Category: Links

There's at least one John who wears his Apple Watch everyday.

George Monbiot:

Fire is raging across the 5,000km length of Indonesia. It is surely, on any objective assessment, more important than anything else taking place today. And it shouldn’t require a columnist, writing in the middle of a newspaper, to say so. It should be on everyone’s front page. It is hard to convey the scale of this inferno, but here’s a comparison that might help: it is currently producing more carbon dioxide than the US economy. And in three weeks the fires have released more CO2 than the annual emissions of Germany.

Holy shit.

CGP Grey:

I’m taking this month to dial the volume down. But the problem is more difficult than it used to be.

I'm having to do similar things as it will be the only way I can meet the crazy goals I set for myself this month.

Here's another app from a co-worker (lots this week). It's tvOS / iOS and is a nice little countdown to Christmas.

Another app from a co-worker. That link? Yeah it won't work. Why? Because you can't link to tvOS only apps. Clever right? grumbles

It's a tic tac toe game, and to find it you search for: “Tac-tics”.

David Sparks:

I think the case for a Magic Trackpad 2 upgrade is stronger than it is the Magic Keyboard. The bigger size and easier click at the top are compelling and while Force Touch isn’t all that just yet, I suspect it eventually will be.

Funny that the selling points for both devices is in part their size. Except it is the keyboard getting smaller and the trackpad getting larger. Goes to show just how important touch controls are becoming, even on a Mac.

Great tvOS game by my co-worker Alex Repty.

Love this little /now page movement. I created my own.

Nat Wagstaff:

It feels like the Bullet has been honed and refined, right down to the core essence of what you’d want a ruck to do. All bulk and excess weight didn’t make the cut and you’re left with a product that gives you a refreshing experience.

Agreed.

Awesome, I bet it looks great.

It's crazy to me the amount of cool stuff Erin creates on her iPhone. She only ever uses her Mac for writing.

Paul Graham:

It seems to be hard for most people to write in spoken language.

I won’t say that I have tried all the wipes out there, but of the ones that I have tried, I like these. They have three things going for them:

1. Cheap
2. Subscribe & Save (auto delivery)
3. They are better than Costco brand.

Both my wife and I prefer these to any other wipes we would buy.

I finally picked a couple of these up for the family and they are super nice. That’s why I am telling you about them now that picnic season is well over. Hmm.

Anyways, I thought the biggest issue would be folding them back up into the little pouch, but that’s no issue. The blanket has little guides sewn in which work really well. Very happy with this blanket.

Best of all, I can keep two of them in the car and you wouldn’t know it.

Bradley Chambers:

For a service I pay for, Evernote had become quite annoying. Instead of making its core features even better, it adding features like Work Chat, and became seriously annoying with notifications about explaining new features….over and over again.

Neil Hughes:

The only time you should force an app to close is if it becomes unresponsive or erratic.

Preach it.

Great post, summarizing the irrational attacking of a writer for sharing level-headed criticism. Welch calls out many here who should be ashamed.

You absolutely need to read this.

If I’m honest, I’m ashamed I did not catch what was going on until it was far too late. I like to think that I could have helped more.

UPDATE 11-25-15: While the analysis of this linked article is still valid, the attacks made against this person — attacks which did not center around gender — look in hindsight to be rational given recent events.

I've been using Notes.app since I installed the first iOS 9 beta. It's truly good. (Though that texturing and text shadows look hideous.)