My 2023 Workspace – Worms and Viruses
The War on Cars
What We Lost When Twitter Became X
As a former Twitter employee, I watched Elon Musk undermine one of the Internet’s most paradoxical, special places.
9 years of Apple text editor solo dev
Thoughts on building Paper as a solo maker.
All about Tagging in the Mavericks Finder - TidBITS
Tags in OS X 10.9 Mavericks is one of the new operating system’s most touted, but least-discussed new features. Josh Centers shows you how to use tags, and what they’re useful for.
The hidden gems of moreutils - Jiri Pospisil
Your Eco-Friendly Lifestyle Is a Big Lie
Eating organic and switching to low-energy light bulbs feels like the green thing to do, but are people missing the bigger opportunities right in front of them?
The Best Audiobooks of 2023 - B&N Reads
It was a year of exceptionally strong performances by narrators in the world of audiobooks. Some of those, like the work of the always brilliant Barbra Streisand and Meryl Streep, were not surprising, but others were unexpected discoveries that left us mesmerized and moved. From fiction to history to poetry, and, of course, a few […]
What's the Future of AI in Business? - Professional Development | Harvard DCE
Harvard Professional Development instructor Mark Esposito says artificial intelligence can empower humans to address challenges.
‘We hoped not to use WebKit at all,' says Vivaldi CEO, as iOS browser ships
With Europe's DMA in place, “the gatekeeper is no longer going to be able to dictate what you use or try to force you to use software you do not like," says Vivaldi chief Jon von Tetzchner.
Nikon Coolpix A comparative review: Digital Photography Review
A number of factors have helped spur a great increase in the diversity of camera types now available. The Nikon Coolpix A - an APS-C compact with a fixed 28mm equivalent F2.8 lens - is something that would have seemed incredibly unlikely just a few years ago and yet is now just one option providing those specifications.
Mobile App, redesign, new dev, promotion… let’s build a bright future for PeerTube !
Developing an ethical and emancipating alternative to YouTube, Twitch or Vimeo without Surveillance Capitalism's means is a huge undertaking. Especially for a small French not-for-profit that already manages several projects to promote digital commons. 🦆 VS 😈: Let's take back some ground from the tech giants! Thanks to your donations to our not-for-profit, Framasoft is...
Peer into the future: PeerTube’s plans for 2024
PeerTube has released their plans for 2024, with a new app, new designs and a bigger team.
Untangling Threads - Erin Kissane's small internet website
Back in the fall, I wrote a series of posts on a particularly horrific episode in Meta’s past. I hadn’t planned to revisit the topic immediately,
Last Week in Fediverse – ep 49
PeerTube's plans for 2024, Flipboard flips the federation switch, and a lot of links to read.
The moral case for iMessage on Android
It’s bad for Apple but good for humanity.
Trying to improve copy/pasting on iOS
As of a few years ago, iOS started showing a modal warning whenever an app tried to read your clipboard. This was done to prevent apps from transparently monitoring your clipboard and gobbling up whatever was there. Some apps did this for nefarious reasons, while others had practical user-centric reasons
ChatGPT is winning the future — but what future is that?
The biggest thing in tech since the iPhone was basically an accident.
Globetrotter: Your Photos and Memories on a World Map
Every time I open the Memories tab in Apple’s Photos app, I feel disappointed. The memories it surfaces always seem to rehash the same events in my life, and they never really achieve to put my photos back in context. This is a big reason why, for so many years, I’ve been keeping a personal
How Twitter broke the news
“No one chasing money in media ever chased Twitter. But anyone chasing power found themselves irresistibly drawn to the platform.”
Dirt: The future of search
TikTok vs. chatbots
Dirt: Requiem to the DVD menu
Play the movie!
Apple’s Journal App: Journaling for All?
I’ve been keeping a journal in Day One since at least 2015, and I’ve got to say, the practice has become very engrained in my otherwise chaotic daily routine. Whenever I get asked about journaling, I always say that it’s a habit that can take any form you like. It can take place in a
Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 17.2 with Journal App, Messages and Music Improvements, and More
Today, Apple released iOS and iPadOS 17.2, the second major updates to the operating systems that launched in September and I reviewed on MacStories. iOS and iPadOS 17.2 revolve around two kinds of enhancements: there are a series of updates to built-in apps (mostly Messages, Music, and Camera) and various tweaks to widgets; then, there’s
How Meta built the infrastructure for Threads
On July 5, 2023, Meta launched Threads, the newest product in our family of apps, to an unprecedented success that saw it garner over 100 million sign ups in its first five days. A small, nimble te…
The Verge’s 2023 in review
It was the blurst of times.
Reliving My Memories in Apple Vision Pro Almost Brought Me to Tears
Firefox 121.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
My favorite little Mac tips (or, how to make a better computer 👀)
Today I wanted to take a few minutes to share some of my favorite little things you can do in macOS that are tucked out of the way and you might now know about. Whether you've been using a Mac for 30 years or you just bought one today, I
Implementing Federation, Part I | MRo Blog