Link to: http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/31/13477236/trump-seriously-literally-thiel

I don’t worry that Apple is in trouble because Jony Ive is leaving; I worry that Apple is in trouble because he’s not being replaced.

The single biggest misconception about iOS is that it’s good digital hygiene to force quit apps that you aren’t using.

The iPhone X is a triumph, a delightful conceptual modernization of a ten-year-old platform that, prior to using the iPhone X, I didn’t think needed a modernization.

Dave Winer won’t link to Facebook posts from his blog. I don’t either.

Link to: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/musks-twitter-intentionally-suspended-tweet-bot-third-party-apps-messages-show?rc=jfy0lk

To acknowledge how good the new M1 Macs are — and I am here to tell you they are *astonishingly* good — you must acknowledge that certain longstanding assumptions about how computers should be...

Apple had amazing product introductions before the iPhone, and it’s had a few good ones after. But the iPhone was the only product introduction that felt *impossible*.

Link to: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/11/instagram-pushes-back-on-apples-ios-ad-tracking-change.html

Link to: https://twitter.com/sigjudge/status/1660991982095745024?s=61&t=IO0gpJ6MMbM8xFDvXZt-Nw

Link to: https://daringfireball.net/2002/08/baby_needs_a_new_pair_of_processors

The M1 is up *here*, running fast and cool, and all the competing chips from Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, Samsung, and whoever else are down *there*, running hot or running slow, looking around for their...

Choosing to do what you *know* will be unpopular in the short run but you *believe* will prove correct in the long run takes courage.

The biggest threat to the Mac isn’t iPads, Chromebooks, or Windows 2-in-1’s — it’s apathy towards what makes great Mac apps great.

Link to: https://www.commentarymagazine.com/john-podhoretz/donald-trump-should-be-impeached-and-removed-from-office-tomorrow/

“Unbending stance” is a rather harsh description of Apple and Google’s desire not to (a) “undermine people’s privacy” or (b) “drain phone battery life”. This isn’t an “unbending stance”. It’s table...

Change for change’s sake alone is masturbatory. That with Safari 15 it actually makes usability *worse*, solely for flamboyant cosmetic reasons, is downright perverse.we

A low moment in Apple’s proud history, and a sadly iconic moment for Tim Cook. I hope avoiding those tariffs is worth it.

In the same way that the introduction of multitouch with the iPhone removed a layer of conceptual abstraction — instead of touching a mouse or trackpad to move an on-screen pointer to an object on...

Link to: https://www.wsj.com/graphics/apple-still-hasnt-fixed-its-macbook-keyboard-problem/

Regarding the event itself and the devices announced at it.

The problem isn’t your camera, it’s malware. Don’t install any software from unknown or sketchy sources, keep your OS up to date, and you should be fine. And if you do have malware on your Mac, the...

You can’t pack every last ounce of joy, beauty, and elegance *into* something while simultaneously trying to squeeze every last dollar *out* of it.

Link to: https://daringfireball.net/2011/12/merry

Special guests Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak join me to discuss the news from WWDC 2021: the all-new multitasking interface in iPadOS 15, on-device Siri, new privacy controls in Safari and Mail,...

Zoom is popular, useful, and by their own admission not trustworthy.

Apple’s tracking permission dialog is something no sane person would agree to because this sort of tracking *is* something no sane person would agree to.

The New York Times has no more reason to describe Mar-a-Lago as “the Winter White House” than they do to refer to their own publication as “the failing New York Times”.

What people took away from his letter and TV appearance today is that the iPhone laid a turd last quarter. Properly delivered, the takeaway should have been that China is crazy but the iPhone is...

Special guests Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak join me to discuss the news from WWDC 2022, in front of a live audience at the new Apple Developer Center at Apple Park.

Link to: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/08/the-truth-is-paywalled-but-the-lies-are-free/

Link to: https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/company/thank-you—guido

15 years, 2 million words.

Link to: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/08/as-epic-attacks-apple-and-google-it-ignores-the-same-problems-on-consoles/

Link to: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/oh-my-fucking-god-get-the-fucking-vaccine-already-you-fucking-fucks

We shouldn’t be celebrating the return of longstanding features we never should have lost in the first place. But Apple’s willingness to revisit these decisions — their explicit acknowledgment that,...

Thoughts on the new iPhones, Apple Watches, AirPower, Face ID, and more.

Link to: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/19/open_source_insider_google_amp_bad_bad_bad/

Link to: https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/product-tips/new-dropbox

Link to: https://lore.kernel.org/ksummit/CAHk-=wiB6FJknDC5PMfpkg4gZrbSuC3d391VyReM4Wb0+JYXXA@mail.gmail.com/

Recorded in front of a live audience at The California Theater in San Jose on Tuesday 4 June 2019, John Gruber is joined by Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak to discuss the news from WWDC 2019.

Link to: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/johnpaczkowski/amazon-parler-aws

If Apple had really been dithering over Touch ID-embedded-in-the-display vs. Face ID in June of this year, iPhone X wouldn’t be hitting the market until 2018. And the final decisions on the hardware...

To reach its potential, Apple needs to recognize they have made profound conceptual mistakes in the iPad user interface, mistakes that need to be scrapped and replaced, not polished and refined. I...

Link to: https://futurism.com/the-byte/study-finds-that-buttons-in-cars-are-safer-and-quicker-to-use-than-touchscreens

Link to: https://www.wsj.com/articles/polaroid-walkman-palm-pilot-iphone-11547208002

Link to: https://twitter.com/viticci/status/900396684844433409

It might sound silly if you’re not a heavy user of browser tabs, but I am convinced that the lack of favicons is holding back Safari’s market share.

So when you see that the new iPhone 12 and 12 Pro have 6.1-inch displays, 12 years of iPhone experience are going to make you think these are iPhone XR/11-sized devices. They’re not. In hand, in...

Link to: https://andadinosaur.com/launch-vinegar

Link to: https://www.diyphotography.net/samsung-used-my-dslr-photo-to-fake-their-phones-portrait-mode/

The iPhone SE is an excellent value if you’re fine with the smaller display and Touch ID instead of Face ID. It’s an astoundingly good value if you flat-out prefer the smaller form factor and...

Link to: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/14/ivanka-trump-jobs-find-something-new/

Link to: https://oblador.github.io/hush/

Link to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZc8qMNiONo

Game consoles are different because we own a successful game console platform.

One phone in two sizes. It’s all about the camera.

The stakes are incredibly high, and Apple knows it. Whatever you think of Apple’s decision to implement these features, they’re not doing so lightly.

This whole ad reads more like an ad *for* Apple’s privacy initiatives than against.

Link to: https://mrmacintosh.com/how-to-enable-the-mac-startup-chime-on-your-2016-macbook-pro/

Link to: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/microsoft-reverses-course-will-require-vaccines-for-employees-who-want-to-return-to-the-office/

Link to: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/scnow/name/brad-cox-obituary?pid=197454225

Trump can blather all he wants, but the counted votes are going to put Biden in the White House.

Press and hold the power button and either volume button to hard-lock an iPhone or iPad.

Link to: https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/

Link to: https://9to5mac.com/2020/12/02/windows-on-m1-macs-run-arm-virtualization/

Link to: https://www.extremetech.com/computing/322120-apples-m1-positioning-mocks-every-x86-cpu-amd-and-intel-have-ever-launched

The 2020 iPhone lineup.

There is something noble about two longtime rivals — competitors, yes, but with nothing but deep respect and camaraderie for each other — facing this terrible cliff together, with dignity and grace,...

https://finance.yahoo.com/video/kramer-capital-researchs-hilary-kramer-212848057.html

These are solid year-over-year updates — at least as impressive as the iPhone 7 was over the iPhone 6S. If they hadn’t debuted alongside the iPhone X we’d be arguing about whether these are the most...

The event itself, Nintendo, iWork real-time collaboration, Apple Watch Series 2, iPhone 7, AirPods, and more.

Link to: https://cabel.com/2023/03/27/apple-passwords-deserve-an-app/

Link to: https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/24/21234170/microsoft-word-two-spaces-period-error-correction-great-space-debate

Link to: https://mastodon.social/@christianselig/110509739563895220

Link to: https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html

Link to: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/iphone-8-benchmarks-fastest-phone,review-4676.html

Link to: https://wormsandviruses.com/2022/07/a-burger-without-heinz/

Link to: https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/social-platforms-policy

Link to: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/08/warning-of-serious-brain-disorders-in-people-with-mild-covid-symptoms

As a physical contraption the iPad Magic Keyboard is utterly brilliant. As a practical device for work, it feels seamlessly natural.

Stallman’s harassment of women — compounded greatly by his esteemed position at MIT and the world at large — should have been the main story. His rankness should have been the postscript.

Link to: https://kendallkaut.substack.com/p/why-joe-biden-is-going-to-win

“Make something wonderful and put it out there.”

Link to: https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/4/22491629/apple-employees-push-back-return-office-internal-letter-tim-cook

Link to: https://github.blog/2020-11-16-standing-up-for-developers-youtube-dl-is-back/

Link to: https://www.wsj.com/articles/shopify-takes-trumpstore-com-offline-in-response-to-riot-11610035673

Link to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHZ8ek-6ccc

Link to: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/business/apple-hires-googles-ai-chief.html

iOS’s “Erase all data on this iPhone after 10 failed passcode attempts” feature is far more clever than I realized, and it’s highly unlikely that your kids or jackass drinking buddies could ever...

Link to: https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2018/06/14/on-the-sad-state-of-macintosh-hardware/

As a product, the original iPhone exemplified Apple’s holistic approach to hardware and software that are designed for each other, yet, at the engineering level, the iPhone hardware and software...

Link to: https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/28/watch-how-elon-musks-boring-company-tunnels-will-move-cars-faster/