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This week: four day work weeks; advice on interviewing, hiring, and job seeking; Instagram; AirPods Pro; Parenting; obligatory watch talk.

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This week: my plans for this writing month of November, billionaires subsidize us all, digital distractions, content blockers, VPNs, thinking, and of course a few notes about watches.

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This week: warp speed in a big galaxy, sleeping office workers, my list of must see things in Japan, status and luxury goods, and my bad back.

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This week: luxury watch talk, military off-road vehicles make use of my travel kit, 11 Pro cameras, good shoe advice, iPad Pro keyboard Folio advice, cheap bourbon, and my personal blind spots. In other words, this might become a country song…

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Hi, and welcome to another week, and another round of things you scratch your head about, including but not limited to: being alone, making my life less easy, the weather, watches, and details on an upcoming giveaway.

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This week: a look at what is better about Apple Maps, and where it still falls down; Texas’ Postmates; small screen computing; Microsoft’s Duo; and sleep science.

## Apple Maps Updates

Apple’s mapping software was been in the spotlight the last week, with updates to the NE section of the US following a series of updates to various other coastal areas of the US. Which brings us to two articles, the first:

[Apple Maps is better than Google Maps?](https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/google-dominated-this-product-for-a-decade-apple-just-unveiled-its-plan-to-make-it-obsolete.html) In this post Jason Aten argues that Apple is on the path to take down Google Maps. Aten concludes by saying Apple Maps is now a ‘worthy contender’ and in a lot of ways he is right. Which brings us to the next post:

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This week: $5 off, podcast ad blocker that all apps should use, where we are with iPhone, iPhone 11 Pro briefly, and iPadOS notes.

## A Podcast and Radio Ad Blocker

[Oh wow, this is great.](https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-to-read-the-news) It is an ad blocker for podcasts and radio, which uses some audio like matching stuff to snuff out ads in audio. That’s pretty amazing.

Now we will see who owns the podcasting apps. And I am not really joking, because this is a great feature and something every podcast app *should* implement, except if like the owners of the app make money from podcasting, right?

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This week: how I dealt with a natural disaster without social media; USB-C Pro; I comment on a few of anti-office and hipster articles; where to park; and Usain Bolt.

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This week: things about being back in an office, Dan Cooper, immortal savings, making $350k and middle class, and lastly what does it mean to have an MDM device.

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This week: a smattering of thoughts on the parts of remote work no one talks about, screen time usefulness, iPadOS gestures, coincidences, and my pitch for you to wear better pants.

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This week: full iPad segregation, self-improvement the glorified hobby, Speedmaster wearers amirite, iconic watches, and Justin Blanton is blogging again.

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This week: toggling Bluetooth, vibrating to keystrokes, what is harmful, a potpourri of computing notes, and 10 things about Houston.

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This week: why I no longer trust The Wirecutter, socks for sock less shoes, my thoughts on paper and pen note taking, Keyboard Maestro 9, iOS 13 thing I love, and Gruber wakes up.

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This week: a reckoning for activity trackers, yep, iOS 13 reactions, iPad OS thoughts, my iPad workflow update, and lax enforcement.

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This week: where does my iPad usage stand, what is an expert, social media and moderating it, anxiety driven apps, and a touch of Silicon Valley ‘disruption’.

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This week: lack of swearing now, EDC cult, Amazon is testing my trust, Instagram is shady, and watches watches watches.

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Wait, half way through summer already? Jeebus. This week: there are two iPad issues, I got a white backpack, I got an all black knife, where Amazon doesn’t win, my pursuits of fewer, and the remaining items for sale with a discount…

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This week: I’m reminded of my dad, activity trackers still suck, I sell things, bags for the inside of your other bags, picking just one watch, and profiting from mindfulness.

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This week: blogging’s consternation over Ive, initial thoughts on Whoop, talk about watches, tech-bro terms, there’s a new Raspberry Pi, and lastly some simple pants.

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This week: I use Google, I drink things which are smoking, hashtag that office life, someone says that backpacks aren’t cool, kids with horns, and Cheetos.

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