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Hands-on with the iPad Pro’s Smart Keyboard
I suspect I'll love typing on this keyboard.
I suspect I'll love typing on this keyboard.
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On the iPad Pro and the Constraints of iOS
Justin Williams: The iPad Pro is a device that is begging for great third-party software from both large companies like Adobe and Apple, as well as the smaller guys like Gus at Flying Meat. A larger screen, keyboard case, and a Pencil aren’t going to solve those problems. You can’t have a Pro tablet without…
Justin Williams:
The iPad Pro is a device that is begging for great third-party software from both large companies like Adobe and Apple, as well as the smaller guys like Gus at Flying Meat. A larger screen, keyboard case, and a Pencil aren’t going to solve those problems. You can’t have a Pro tablet without pro apps to go with it. There are a few great iPad apps out there, but most of them feel like minimum viable products at best.
Exactly. I don't think iOS is necessarily holding it back, but lack of pro software is definitely holding the iPad back.
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Hypertext: iPhone 6 vs. iPhone 6 Plus
I am agreement with everything Justin says here — except that PopSocket, because liking that is just mental.
I am agreement with everything Justin says here — except that PopSocket, because liking that is just mental.
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Summer– Disney World
My wife covers our trip to Disney, it truly was a great time.
My wife covers our trip to Disney, it truly was a great time.
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Initial Thoughts: MacBook v. iPad Pro
Man is that iPad Pro sweet.
The 12” MacBook brought OS X hardware as close to iOS as it can possibly be. The MacBook is slim, light, silent, and doesn’t get to burn your thigh levels of heat. The iPad Pro? The iPad Pro brings iOS hardware as close to MacBook hardware as one can, with massive performance gains. And iOS 9 brings iOS as close as you want it to be to OS X.
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A Look at NetNewsWire 4
Here’s hoping that updates can restore NetNewsWire as the power users go to RSS reader.
When I first got a Mac, one of the first pieces of software that I fell in love with was NetNewsWire — it was a revolution in how to keep up with news. It was quite something, and so it took a lot for me to move away from it. But years of stagnation meant I had to try other services. For quite sometime that was Fever, a self-hosted RSS reader, but that too started to get long in the tooth. A while back I went through the plethora of great RSS services before deciding on FeedWrangler + Reeder + Unread.
While FeedWrangler isn’t the prettiest offering, it is the fastest, and it is damn reliable.
On September 3rd, Black Pixel announced that NetNewsWire 4 was out. I didn’t even bother to try it before buying the iPhone and Mac version and making the switch over to it.
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Removing Mental Overhead on Your iPhone
iOS Spotlight search and the once screen CGP Grey method
A while back I mentioned that I had switched to the CGP Grey method of organizing my main home screen on both my iPhone and iPad. This method is simple:
- One page of apps only
- At least one row of apps empty
- Three icons in the dock
I was highly skeptical that this method would work, but as it turns out this method is supremely good — as long as you are ok with using Spotlight search. I’ve only used this setup on iOS 9, so I can’t speak to how it works on iOS 8, but I can say that there is no going back at this point.
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Fuji Fun Vs. Sony Specs
I loved this post. Great explanation of why I don't care about all the specs of the new Sony cameras. As I tweeted the other night: Cameras: Sony plays the spec sheet. Fuji plays for your heart. I hadn't read this article yet, but I knew what it would say. Fujifilm reminds me of Apple:…
I loved this post. Great explanation of why I don't care about all the specs of the new Sony cameras.
As I tweeted the other night:
Cameras:
Sony plays the spec sheet.
Fuji plays for your heart.I hadn't read this article yet, but I knew what it would say. Fujifilm reminds me of Apple: they care about the smile the device gives you in the end. But Sony sure seems to impress some people, and I'm happy for them.
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The EZGO Slim 2.0 Wallet
I wrote about my new go to wallet for Tools and Toys. It’s pretty nice.
I wrote about my new go to wallet for Tools and Toys. It’s pretty nice.
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Apple’s content blocking is chemo for the cancer of adtech
Doc Searls: On the B2C side, Apple is working on behalf of its paying customers. This is huge. There isn’t a customer on Earth who wants to be tracked like an animal without clear and explicit permission, or to have pages slowed by tracking cookies, beacons and ads fed by unknown and unwelcome servers. Especially…
Doc Searls:
On the B2C side, Apple is working on behalf of its paying customers. This is huge. There isn’t a customer on Earth who wants to be tracked like an animal without clear and explicit permission, or to have pages slowed by tracking cookies, beacons and ads fed by unknown and unwelcome servers. Especially on mobile. Apple knows that because they talk on the phone and in stores every day with those customers. They’ve also seen abundant research (some cited above) that makes clear how much people hate having their privacy violated, which Adtech does with abundant impunity. Meanwhile adtech doesn’t talk to those customers. It only follows them. Ain’t the same.
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The Fave Knife
The least favorite knife I own.
I was recently perusing Huckberry — something I really should not do — and I saw the Fave knife. It’s a 4” fixed blade, full-tang, knife with an interesting tag line:
With this in mind, we set out to create the perfect take-it-anywhere, use-it-for-anything knife, the one that you would always keep close by – for slicing vegtables, cutting a rope or opening a package. A simple, well-built, useful knife that would be equally at home in the kitchen, a workshop, on your desk or out in the backyard.
Oh really? So I picked one up because I had to know. I mean I really had to know: could a fixed blade knife really be a true utility knife? I was skeptical if this knife could both be good around my garage, and also good in the kitchen.
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The Tom Bihn Cadet
Nice review of the Tom Bihn Cadet from Casey Liss. This is a bag that has always intrigued me, that and the Co-Pilot he also mentions. This looks like a good bag for non-backpack people. (Note I'm testing another shoulder bag that is quite different at them moment, if you are in the market that…
Nice review of the Tom Bihn Cadet from Casey Liss. This is a bag that has always intrigued me, that and the Co-Pilot he also mentions. This looks like a good bag for non-backpack people. (Note I'm testing another shoulder bag that is quite different at them moment, if you are in the market that review should be up in a couple weeks.)
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What mobile ad blocking looks like in the real world
The gifs are telling — this blockers are going to be huge. I’ve been testing one for a little bit now and it is extraordinary how much faster things are.
The gifs are telling — this blockers are going to be huge. I’ve been testing one for a little bit now and it is extraordinary how much faster things are.
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The Shinola Pocket Knife
The next best thing to the Chris Reeves Sebenza 21.
I have this terrible habit: once I find something I deem to be near perfect enough — such that continuing to find something better would be not worth the extra effort — I just stop looking around. I am now happy and I move on with my life.
Such was the case with pocket knives.
Was.
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You Can’t Do Squat About Spotify’s Eerie New Privacy Policy
But by all means bitch about the UI in Apple Music instead…
But by all means bitch about the UI in Apple Music instead…
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Building Better Defaults
Fantastic post from Shawn. And it fits in with how I am using the Due app to help try and build some of these small habits. One of the things that never seems to get down at my house is emptying the bathroom garbage. So I have created a new task in Due which repeats…
Fantastic post from Shawn. And it fits in with how I am using the Due app to help try and build some of these small habits. One of the things that never seems to get down at my house is emptying the bathroom garbage. So I have created a new task in Due which repeats weekly to empty those.
Same could be done for a reminder to start something else, like writing, that you want to build a habit of.
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Acorn 5
I buy every new version of Acorn, because it is awesome.
I buy every new version of Acorn, because it is awesome.
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The FluidStance Level
What is it like to work on a nearly constantly moving surface? Turns out that it isn’t that bad at all.
(Editor’s note: This product was sent to me at no cost for the purpose of a review.)
I should start this by saying that I have never been a skateboarder and in general I am not the best at things which require good balance. So it is with that in mind that I met The Level, a product for standing desk users made by FluidStance, with a bit of fear. I was fairly certain that I was going to end up on my ass after standing on the Level for just a day — maybe with a broken hip, or ankle to show for it.