Month: June 2015

Big fan of Manton’s approach, and I adopted it myself not to long ago.

A little audio snippet I posted to Spoken.

You've likely seen that Dark Sky version 5 is out. It's quite a change and it's awesome. Custom weather alerts. Push notification forecasts for the day. So many cool things. Do everyone a favor and head into the report button and turn on auto pressure reporting — a clever thing they are doing to improve […]

The only post I hope to have to write about writing.

Justin Blanton on notification badges: I look at it 1000 times a day to get stuff done and manage my time. He makes solid points, I’m turning back on some badges.

Some useful things.

Including a bottom navbar which means there is no logical reason for Twitterrific to not be your main Twitter client.

Some time ago the New York Times reached out to interview me about pocket knives. I had no clue what they were working on, but here it is. Neat.

Could not disagree with you more, sir.

Federico Viticci: The iPad is on the cusp of becoming a completely new computer. This is not an overstatement. Anyone who uses the iPad enough has known for a long time that the device could be capable of a lot more, and iOS 9 is Apple's answer. Very exciting stuff.

My poor, lonely, iPhone.

Edward Snowden: Yet the balance of power is beginning to shift. We are witnessing the emergence of a post-terror generation, one that rejects a worldview defined by a singular tragedy. For the first time since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, we see the outline of a politics that turns away from reaction and fear […]

Love this post on Shawn's writing routine.

Speaking of new apps, this is a great new app that I have been testing. It shows you if there is anything using your microphone or webcam. Love it.

Today we (at MartianCraft) launched Re:quest, an app I have been working on for the past two and a half months with a very talented team of people. It’s a free app and very useful. Give it a download and see what you think. UPDATE: We wrote about the launch on the MartianCraft blog.

I asked my wife to explain how she took this photo, damn if I don’t see things the way she does.

Tim Cook, as reported by Matthew Panzarino: “We shouldn’t ask our customers to make a tradeoff between privacy and security. We need to offer them the best of both,” Cook wrapped up. “Ultimately, protecting someone else’s data protects all of us.”

My wife is going to presenting at the San Francisco Apple Store on June 10th, at 6:00pm. Take a look at the linked page to make a reservation.