Great post and advice.

Jose Pagliery: Although 97% of Android phones have encryption as an option, less than 35% of them actually got prompted to turn it on when they first activated the phone. Even then, not everybody chooses that extra layer of security. This is entirely a messaging and opt-in problem. Encryption should be on by default and…

Christina Warren on the Freewrite(the entire post is a must read if you ask me): Yup. You know why I think this product really upsets me? I buy everything. Like, seriously. I buy everything. I’m every horrible stereotype you can think of of an early adopter crossed with a label whore. I’m actually the worst…

Stephen Hackett on the iPad Pro Smart Keyboard Cover: All that said, if you can get used to reaching up and tapping the screen a good bit, using the Smart Keyboard is a much better experience than I first thought it would be. I’ve seen this repeated a fair bit recently. The idea that using…

James Shelley: Writers, remember: the more we play the algorithmic game, the more the algorithmic game plays us.

Steven Levy on TED: Like Obama in his last term, TED seems to have run out of fucks to give. It’s doubling down on its TED-ness. 🙄

Om Malik on Instagram ads: Great ads are actually great fun. I mean, the best parts of the Super Bowl are the ads and talking about them on Twitter and Facebook. But bad ads are just bad. They distract and they disappoint. And a lot of advertising on the internet is dumb and boring and…

Joshua Taylor presents an interesting case for designers learning business. I was talking about this the other day with a friend, about how it is a shame that every college, or high school, student isn’t required to learn basic accounting and business principles. It’s the foundation of most societies and helps everyone at any level.…

I recently wrote about how I’ve slimmed down to just three apps for my news consumption. However Quartz News came out with a new app yesterday and it is fascinating. It’s news delivered via a chat like interface. Basically it gives you a headline (you can click to read) or prompt for more information or…

Casey Newton on Medium’s bullshit release notes: Over the past year, the duo have tried to rein themselves in. “The most common blowback we get is from people who want to know what’s in the release,” Fisher says. “They hate these because they have no idea.” So, by their own admission, their release notes don’t…

Riccardo Mori: You can’t make everybody happy, but with Control Centre as it is today, Apple has made sure that every iOS user can find a certain degree of usefulness. Not an easy balance to achieve. I use the piss out of control center — and I have to say it works nicely for me.…

Good post from Watts Martin, responding to my post about the compelling features of iOS. He does have one part I disagree with: I confess this strikes me as akin to those “As Seen on TV!” commercials trying to convince you how much time you’re wasting by not using their in-shell egg scrambler or electric…

Immensely proud of my wife for being one of the 41 photographers Apple has included in the latest gallery and campaign. (I wonder what my daughter will think when she grows up, knowing Apple promoted an image of her.) The images in the gallery are great. There’s some great articles out there about the campaign…