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Dec 6, 2024: Scheduled Summary on iOS I’ve been experimenting with the iOS Scheduled Summary notifications feature (no, not the AI summary thing). This feature has been out for a while but …
Dec 4, 2024: My dog is psychic. He will sleep on the floor at the foot of our bed until the exact moment I silently remove my AirPods and truly drift towards …
Dec 2, 2024: Let Me Download Apps I heard Snell’s verbal explanation of The Mac is the Model in Upgrade 539 (and again in 540) and couldn’t agree more with the idea that App Store plus …
Nov 28, 2024: After seeing Sparky’s post I asked Image Playgrounds for a “turkey who overate at thanksgiving” and got this sad blob. Giving up at the faintest hint …
Nov 28, 2024: Apple Intelligence message summary taught me a valuable lesson, omitting words can change the meaning of a sentence? Original Message: Thank you so …
Nov 28, 2024: Say Grace Last night my parents told me a fun story that I wanted to relay to the world: My parents spent this past Easter with friends. Before brunch was …
Nov 26, 2024: Need proof that domain names don’t matter? Amongst massive growth this month, I give you: Bluesky.com. (PS this is coming from someone actively …
Nov 25, 2024: Checking out the incredible 2024 apps highlighted by Apple and saw this Mac-only game by @Panic called Arco but I couldn’t buy it from my iPhone 😔 …
Nov 24, 2024: I have a million questions about the Windows 365 Link but it’s an interesting idea for the future. Imagine accessing a powerful Mac Pro from a MacBook …
Nov 21, 2024: Ongoing Migration Almost done migrating my site to Micro.blog. I’ve been enjoying how easy it is to post here compared to 11ty! Wish the Mac app handled in-line images …
Nov 18, 2024: Having a fossil-fuel climate-denier jackal Chris Wright run the DOE is a sad (yet predictable) preview of the next 4 years.
Nov 17, 2024: Mark Gurman says Apple might make a TV. Say it had a FaceTime camera, a HomePod pair for sound… OK but it’d be super expensive. It’d be very Apple to …
Nov 16, 2024: Reflecting on Getting Laid Off I was laid off a couple years ago. Long story short: the startup ran out of money. It was not ideal, of course, but I was able to join my wife’s …
Nov 16, 2024: Loving this 3D printed Mac mini from Christian Selig, especially the planter 🪴 If only I saw this yesterday before ordering a Mini to replace my …
Nov 15, 2024: Rewatching all of Slow Horses and enjoying it even more the second time around.
Nov 11, 2024: Winding Down News I’ve removed news sources like Political Wire, The Index, and NPR from my RSS app (NetNewsWire) and will reconsider in a month. These were all fairly …
Nov 9, 2024: Holiday Party 2024 I distinctly remember listening to the previous Holiday Party in 2016 after the election. A lot has changed since. John and Merlin have done it again. …
Nov 9, 2024: Mac mini Teardowns Having fun watching teardown videos of the new Mac mini. Some legit “back of the cabinets” vibes with its insanely tidy interior. Still considering …
Nov 6, 2024: Moving to Micro.blog After months of listening to Manton Reece on Core Intuition I’ve decided to move to Micro.blog. My domain name will carry on but I’m not 100% sure if …
Nov 6, 2024: New Mac mini Dan Moren writing about the new Mac mini with M4 and M4 Pro, writing at Six Colors: … it’s basically a smaller version of the Mac Studio, which …
Nov 4, 2024: Nvidia Makes All the Money I heard Nvidia overtook Apple as the most valuable company in the world today. Their insane growth has been driven by the need for GPUs to build data …
Oct 7, 2024: Q3 Update The past few months have flown by. Our kiddo is almost 5 months old now and I was lucky enough to spend September home with the family. We went to a …
Oct 2, 2024: Moon Music Despite Coldplay’s new album Moon Music not coming out until Friday, I found a way to listen to it. In a world where many people tune into endless …
Sep 29, 2024: Considering Starting a New App Seth Godin’s 20 Questions post has some good considerations for starting a new project. I think it’s mostly in the context of consulting but I’ve been …
Sep 28, 2024: Outboard Compute for Vision Pro M.G. Siegler tosses out a few interesting ideas for how Apple Vision Pro could be re-envisioned as accessory to the iPhone. Let the iPhone be the …
Sep 22, 2024: Dark and Tinted Icons for MapKeep Version 1.3.5 of MapKeep will hit the App Store shortly and adds support for dark and tinted app icons for iOS 18. Thanks to Louie Mantia for his dark …
Sep 16, 2024: Observations with iOS 18 Icons I’ve been busy with making a few substantial updates to MapKeep this summer so I avoided touching the betas. The main item on my todo list is …
Sep 12, 2024: Vague iPhone 16 Myke Hurley in Upgrade 528 commenting on the densely packed iPhone event: We built these phones from the ground up for these new features and none …
Sep 10, 2024: I Now Have a Now Page I added a now page to my site after seeing a few bloggers talking about it. I requested to be added to Derek Sivers’ nownownow.com and we had a nice …
Sep 4, 2024: Yeah GameBaby Yeah I bought the GameBaby immediately. I’ve been wanting something like this for a while: I knew USB-C + Delta on iPhone would lead to this inevitability. …
Sep 2, 2024: Regretting SwiftData While the majority of complaints in Michael Tsai’s post go way over my head, I kinda regret adopting SwiftData in MapKeep. I felt adopting the latest …
Aug 31, 2024: MapKeep 1.3 I launched an update to MapKeep this weekend which brings an all-new design. It has a list and map that stay in sync: selecting something on the map …
Aug 1, 2024: Suing Suno and The Obvious Difference I don’t have a fully formed opinion on how much of what Suno’s tools are just traditional “remixing” or sampling but this sentiment expressed in their …
Jul 30, 2024: AI Creation vs AI Editing I learned about Wix’s new blog-writing tools thanks to a post by Jess Weatherbed at The Verge.1 This will enable slop at massive scale. Heaps of …
Jul 20, 2024: Thankful for 5× Zoom I’m a longtime “small phone proponent” and always chose the smallest iPhone available. I went from the iPhone 12 mini then to 13 mini1 and swore I’d …
Jul 18, 2024: Blue Screen of Death It’s days like these that remind you how fortunate you are to use a Mac at a Fortune 500 company. ⌘ Godspeed. Be safe out there. 🪟
Jul 18, 2024: Passwords app for Mac and iPhone I’m looking forward to Apple’s dedicated Passwords app. I rely on the current system extensively but having it trapped in System Settings was never a …
Jul 15, 2024: Overcast at 10 As a listener (and supporting member) of Accidental Tech Podcast I’ve been hearing about Overcast’s big rewrite for a while now. On its 10th …
Jul 8, 2024: The Audacity of Garbage People, Now Powered by AI Can you believe this shit? As reported by 404 Media the scumbags used a byline of a previous and well-known writer, Christina Warren, for AI generated …
Jul 8, 2024: Working on MapKeep I took advantage of the long Fourth of July weekend to work on MapKeep. Don’t worry: I was able to enjoy the beautiful weather from our back …
Jun 29, 2024: Q2 Update I became a dad in May. You could say it’s been a pretty big couple months. I’ll never forget that feeling of the first time I held her. April was a …
Jun 6, 2024: Anticipating Intelligence MacRumors has a roundup of AI features expected to be announced by Apple on Monday during the WWDC 2024 keynote. There’s a lot of buzz around AI …
Jun 5, 2024: Contending with Lingering Lightning Our new car has wired CarPlay. That may sound like a crime against humanity in 2024 but I actually prefer it over wireless (mostly). A cable means it …
Jun 4, 2024: Becoming a Dad A few weeks ago I became a father. I can’t begin to explain how wonderful it was hearing our baby’s cry for the first time. Compared to the work my …
May 28, 2024: The Trials and Tribulations of Creating Delta Skins on iPadOS I decided to work on Absorb, my custom Gameboy skin for the Delta emulator, from my shiny new 11-inch iPad Pro. There’s been a lot of conversation …
May 12, 2024: MapKeep 1.2 Yesterday I launched version 1.2 of MapKeep — an iPhone and Apple Watch app that lets you capture your current location in one tap — with a few useful …
May 3, 2024: Clown Car What a clown. Elon Musk lays off most of the Supercharger team. To think firing people will improve their supercharger uptime is ludicrous. One of …
May 2, 2024: Coding Motivation I haven’t updated MapKeep in a while but I’ve been plugging away at a nice update. I’m almost done and I’m feeling motivated to keep pressing on.1 Two …
Apr 30, 2024: I Love Delta The best Gameboy is the one you have with you. I have been having a blast playing Pokémon Crystal (specifically the Polished Crystal romhack) for the …
Apr 8, 2024: Getting Started in UX A colleague recently asked if I had book recommendations that cover the philosophy of design1 or books that gave me a leg-up when starting in UX …
Mar 31, 2024: Q1 Update The beginning of the year is a great time to hunker down, stay warm, and hibernate. With a little one arriving in May, my wife and I have been …
Mar 20, 2024: US vs. Apple My initial reaction to hearing about the United States versus Apple: I’d boil down the DoJ lawsuit as “Apple works hard to ensure their product has …
Mar 4, 2024: Working at John Deere My UX career started with an internship at Cazoodle (a now-defunct, as far as I can tell) startup in the University of Illinois Research Park. After a …
Mar 1, 2024: Magic Mouse Shoe Wes Davis at The Verge wrote about accessories that attempt to make the Magic Mouse more ergonomic. I bought one of these on a whim back in November …
Feb 16, 2024: Spatial Handoff I haven’t been able to try Apple Vision Pro yet, but the Mac screen-sharing feature reminded me of the “Design for Spatial Interactions” session from …
Jan 31, 2024: Download on Apple TV The other weekend my wife and I watched the excellent Killers of the Flower Moon on Apple TV+. We opted to skip the theatrical and digital purchase …
Jan 23, 2024: The Mac Turns 40 I saw several lovely posts celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Mac today. The 30th gave us the wonderful Mac Font and somehow feels like …
Jan 17, 2024: Chesterton’s Fence Today I learned about Chesterton’s Fence thanks to Merlin Mann’s Wisdom Project:1 Learn about Chesterton’s Fence. Then, actively resist altering a …
Jan 12, 2024: Visiting John Deere Headquarters This past week I was lucky enough to visit the renowned John Deere Headquarters in Moline, IL. The buildings were designed by Eero Saarinen (known for …
Jan 3, 2024: 2023andMe Year in Review Preamble My goal is to collect the stories and art I experienced in 2023 with a sprinkle of personal updates. Reflecting on the year was a fun process …