"this will not look good on a resume"
I don’t think it’s any surprise to anyone that social media in general has issues, and Twitter has been roundly castigated lately for its stance on third-party clients and Jack’s tone deafness in general.1 The answer for some people is Mastodon, which describes itself as “social networking, back in your hands”. I joined Mastodon in Read More …
My Mac has really been wrung through the wringer lately, and the story I’m about to tell is fairly anticlimactic given the preceding sequence of events. Nevertheless, let me summarize. The story up until now: A number of weeks ago, maybe four, maybe more, my iMac suddenly began powering itself off. Lots of troubleshooting was Read More …
The Hanoi episode (S8:E1) of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown may be one of the most underrated moments of television history. Yes, memorable certainly for Obama’s visit to Vietnam and the wistful reminder of his intellectual superiority and emotional maturity compared to that of his successor, our current shameful idiot-in-chief, but mainly truly beautiful for the Read More …
Anyone remember a former Mac app called Little Flocker, written by Jonathan Zdziarski? I do, because I used to use it. Essentially, it was a program that would block unauthorized file access by programs and processes based on a set of rules that could be modified by the computer owner. Then something funny happened — Read More …
Federico made a comment on the latest App Stories podcast that expectations around iOS 12 are somewhat low because it’s predicted to be a maintenance release. I disagree, at least about lowered expectations being the correct response to rumors of a bug fix focused iOS release. A simple list of the things that my Pocket Read More …
In the 90’s and early 2000’s, Apple fans used to overwhelmingly reject the idea that marketshare was an indicator of product quality. They had no choice — otherwise they’d have had to accept the argument that Microsoft simply made better things.1 On Friday, John Gruber posted a link to an article he wrote in 2013 Read More …
The people of this country have chosen the path of least resistance, the path of no imagination, the path of accepting the lie that what currently is must by necessity always be. We’ve chosen guns over children, time and time again, arguing that there’s nothing we can do. We yell and rant that even discussing Read More …
I like to podcast, but I don’t like to edit. Actually, I kind of do, I just don’t like to spend a lot of time doing it. Hence my joyous reaction when Rogue Amoeba released Farrago last week. PS. My podcasts are Don’t Nihongo It Alone, Not Speeding in Reverse, and Pocket Sized Podcast, in Read More …
In case you somehow missed it (yes, I’m kidding), Pocket Sized Podcast is back after a three-year coma. It seems that what’s old is new again. Thanks to Ronnie, it has a .fm domain name: https://pocketsizedpodcast.fm. We are going to revitalize our mission of covering Apple hardware and software, apps, and notable Apple community people, Read More …
Just by writing this post, I’m going to make some people mad and other people roll their eyes and stick their fingers in their ears, I already know it. As far as a lot of people in the Apple community are concerned, the discussion about the subscription model for apps is done, it’s been decided, Read More …