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I had gotten out of the habit of watching YouTube videos on my TV. Believe it or not, the Apple Watch has reinvigorated this habit since I can control it from my wrist. Didn’t think of that.
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Just watched Space X’s presentation about the BFR. What an incredible presentation! The timeline seems impossible but I’ve given up doubting Musk a long, long time ago.
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What is Blockchain and Bitcoin?
Paul Bouchon at Site Pen: Much like the term “cloud”, the term “blockchain” is heavily overloaded and oftentimes used incorrectly. Without delving into the historical origins behind the confusion around the term itself, let’s understand exactly what a blockchain is. He goes on to clearly explain blockchain and Bitcoin. Be sure to read it if […]
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An interview with Satya Nadella and Bill Gates
Seth Stevenson, for The Wall Street Journal: In February 2014, Satya Nadella became the third CEO of Microsoft . Nadella, more soft-spoken than his predecessors, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, assumed the company’s helm amid one of its stormiest chapters. Ballmer, toward the end of his 14-year tenure, had purchased Nokia ’s mobile phone business […]
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First day with Apple Watch Series 3 (audio)
Recorded on September 22, 2017. I’ve been writing a lot about the Apple Watch Series 3. So, of course, you want to hear me yack about it. Enjoy. Download
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Twitter is solving the wrong problem, again
Twitter: We want every person around the world to easily express themselves on Twitter, so we’re doing something new: we’re going to try out a longer limit, 280 characters, in languages impacted by cramming (which is all except Japanese, Chinese, and Korean). Twitter’s largest issue* is gaining and retaining active users. The platform hasn’t meaningfully […]
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Apple Watch sales so far
Horace Dediu, doing what he does best: Overall, about 33 million Apple Watch units have been sold since launch and they generated about $12 billion in sales. Coupled with a 95% customer satisfaction score, altogether, this has been a great success story. But only 2.5 years in, it’s still act one. An incredible beginning for […]
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Firefox Quantum Developer Edition
Julian Descottes, for Mozilla Hacks: Firefox 57 Developer Edition was just released! It’s such an advance that we’ve given this browser a new name: Firefox Quantum. I’ve been using Firefox as my default web browser on the Mac, iPad, and iPhone for a little over a week. I’ve also been using Developer Edition for most […]
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More on Firefox Quantum Developer Edition
Dan Callahan: Compared to Firefox six months ago, today’s Developer Edition is twice as fast on benchmarks like Speedometer 2.0 that simulate the real-world performance of modern web applications. See, on a tear.
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Facebook will drop the patent clause for React license
Matt Mullenweg: I am surprised and excited to see the news that Facebook is going to drop the patent clause that I wrote about last week. They’ve announced that with React 16 the license will just be regular MIT with no patent addition. I applaud Facebook for making this move, and I hope that patent […]
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FollowFriday, belated
I was away for the weekend, so this is coming on Monday, sorry. Jimmy Baum: Colin Devroe suggested a #FollowFriday movement. I’ll start off with two bloggers I’m enjoying. Thanks to Jimmy for including me! Here are two others I suggest following: Manton Reece – Many discussions begin with Manton’s blog as he’s the tip […]
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Marco Arment on needed watchOS updates
Marco Arment: But limitations in watchOS 4 make it impossible to deliver standalone podcast playback with the basic functionality and quality that people expect. His post focused on updates that are needed for podcast apps to make sense on watchOS. After using the Apple Watch Series 3 while traveling for the weekend I expect to […]
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Trees, Merli-Sarnoski Park, Carbondale, PA – September 2017
Trees, Merli-Sarnoski Park, Carbondale, PA – September 2017
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My second day with the Apple Watch Series 3 was a full-day of use, travel, driving directions, notifications, activity monitoring, and Siri and I ended the day with 78% battery life.
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I used my Apple Watch Series 3 extensively all day. Just plugged it in for the night with 48% battery remaining. This works.
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Austin Mann’s iPhone 8 Plus camera review
Austin Mann: While the iPhone 8 Plus looks essentially the same as the phone we’ve had since the 6 Plus, there are some new features in the 8 Plus which really impact creative pros across the board — most notably Portrait Lighting, along with a few other hidden gems. As per usual for Austin, he […]
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How to save battery life on the Apple Watch Series 3
Follow me on Twitter. And be sure to read my blog. The following tips are very likely no-brainer battery saving tips for most of you and I’ve only used my Apple Watch Series 3 for a single day so feel free to completely ignore me. However! Here is my current strategy for saving battery power: […]
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Den Temple attends NativeScript Developer Day[s]
Den Temple, fellow NEPA.js attendee, hopped a bus to New York City for a developer conference: A three-hour bus ride and one sleepless night in a hostel later, I find myself attending NativeScript Developer Day in NYC. Glad he shared his notes. Reminder: attend meetups!
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Pre-Apple Watch chat (audio)
Listen to me ramble on about the Apple Watch for a few minutes. Download
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Repost: Manton Reece re: NBA pre-season
👉 Manton Reece: NBA preseason starts in 10 days. 🏀
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Serenity Caldwell on Apple Watch Series 3 \”LTE issues\”
Serenity Caldwell: In any case, no, this isn’t a problem with the watch’s Cellular service. It’s an existing issue that’s just suddenly become extremely relevant. Glad to see that it is very likely going to be solved in short order. My bet is that there are a few people at Apple that are going to […]
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Serenity Caldwell on Apple Watch Series 3 \”LTE issues\”
Serenity Caldwell: In any case, no, this isn’t a problem with the watch’s Cellular service. It’s an existing issue that’s just suddenly become extremely relevant. Glad to see that it is very likely going to be solved in short order. My bet is that there are a few people at Apple that are going to […]
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Serenity Caldwell on Apple Watch Series 3 \”LTE issues\”
Serenity Caldwell: In any case, no, this isn’t a problem with the watch’s Cellular service. It’s an existing issue that’s just suddenly become extremely relevant. Glad to see that it is very likely going to be solved in short order. My bet is that there are a few people at Apple that are going to […]
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Serenity Caldwell on Apple Watch Series 3 \”LTE issues\”
Serenity Caldwell: In any case, no, this isn’t a problem with the watch’s Cellular service. It’s an existing issue that’s just suddenly become extremely relevant. Glad to see that it is very likely going to be solved in short order. My bet is that there are a few people at Apple that are going to […]
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Serenity Caldwell on Apple Watch Series 3 \”LTE issues\”
Serenity Caldwell: In any case, no, this isn’t a problem with the watch’s Cellular service. It’s an existing issue that’s just suddenly become extremely relevant. Glad to see that it is very likely going to be solved in short order. My bet is that there are a few people at Apple that are going to […]
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Serenity Caldwell on Apple Watch Series 3 \”LTE issues\”
Serenity Caldwell: In any case, no, this isn’t a problem with the watch’s Cellular service. It’s an existing issue that’s just suddenly become extremely relevant. Glad to see that it is very likely going to be solved in short order. My bet is that there are a few people at Apple that are going to […]
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iPhone X’s new margins
Brian Voong on his excellent YouTube channel Let’s Build That App: With the introduction of iPhone 10, we as developers are now faced with another option for our apps to be displayed in. Fortunately, Apple has provided us with the necessary APIs to get around the unsafe regions of this phone. We do this by […]
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John Gruber on Apple Watch Series 3
John Gruber: Apple Watch Series 3 with cellular networking completely alleviates this anxiety. It is not a replacement for a phone, and is not supposed to be. But it lets you leave your phone at home when you go for a run, or in your locker while you’re at the gym, or in your hotel […]
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Pacific ocean, Higuera Blanca, Punta de Mita, Nayarit, Mexico
Pacific ocean, Higuera Blanca, Punta de Mita, Nayarit, Mexico We had quite a view from our room’s balcony.
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Serenity Caldwell on Apple Watch Series 3 \”LTE issues\”
Serenity Caldwell: In any case, no, this isn’t a problem with the watch’s Cellular service. It’s an existing issue that’s just suddenly become extremely relevant. Glad to see that it is very likely going to be solved in short order. My bet is that there are a few people at Apple that are going to […]
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WatchDots
WatchDots: Personalize the look of your Apple Watch™ Sport with WatchDots™. Available in a variety of colors, WatchDots™ are precision cut, durable and thin. This is how the Apple Watch™ Sport should look. Personally, I have no issue with the red dot on the Series 3. We’ll see what I think once I have one […]
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Colin Walker hits 1000 posts
Colin Walker: I am enjoying blogging now more than I have in a long time. The addition of microblogging greatly removes the burden of constantly writing essay pieces and the clamour for perfection that it instills. And that’s something to be thankful for. Agreed. Congratulations to Colin. I expect him to hit 2000 in no […]
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Harris’s Hawk, Mexico – August 2017
Harris’s Hawk, Mexico – August 2017 These hawks were used to keep the pesky, french-fry thieving, gray birds away from the tourists. Most effective.
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Please turn on Do Not Disturb When Driving!
Jason Snell for Six Colors: iPhone users, well, there’s still great stuff there—Do Not Disturb When Driving is going to make the world safer—but it’s a bit less of a world-shaker. Not a world shaker? This isn’t a ho-hum, hum-drum update for iPhone. This is going to save a ton of lives, injury, heartache, and […]
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My tips for new iOS 11 upgraders
I’ve been using the iOS 11 public betas on my iPhone and iPad for several releases and I think it is one of the most important updates to iOS. It brings lifesaving features to the iPhone and powerful features to the iPad. Tomorrow iOs 11 is being released to the public, I thought I’d jot […]
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Many are sweating over a notch on a phone while Space X is making trips to Earth’s orbit routine.
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Attending September’s NEPA.js meetup
On September 12th, NEPA.js held its September meetup. Anthony Altieri presented on beacons – the typically small Bluetooth devices that “chirp” some very basic information multiple times per second allowing app developers to understand the proximity of a user. This allows for things like understanding where a shopper is in a retail space. His overview […]
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Firefox Multi-Account Containers
moz://a: The Firefox Multi-Account Containers extension lets you carve out a separate box for each of your online lives – so Exhaustive Shopping Researcher Self can steer clear of Humble Bragging Social Self, and Super Professional Work Self can go about the bizness without worrying about being followed by those other two. What a fantastic feature […]
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Matt Mullenweg on Automattic’s use of React
Matt Mullenweg: I’m here to say that the Gutenberg team is going to take a step back and rewrite Gutenberg using a different library. It will likely delay Gutenberg at least a few weeks, and may push the release into next year. Automattic will also use whatever we choose for Gutenberg to rewrite Calypso — […]
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Pacific coast, Higuera Blanca, Punta de Mita, Nayarit, Mexico
Pacific coast, Higuera Blanca, Punta de Mita, Nayarit, Mexico
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Repost: Ike on Twitter re: the iPhone X notch
👉 Ike: So here’s a nice wallpaper for your iPhone X, OWNING the notch. (be sure to follow the link) /via Mike Rundle on Twitter.
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Cassini dies tomorrow
Lee Billings for Scientific American: All good things must come to an end. For NASA’s Cassini orbiter—its fuel dwindling after 13 years exploring Saturn, along with the planet’s sprawling rings and dozens of icy moons—the end will come Friday at 7:55 A.M. Eastern time. That’s when mission planners project radio communications will be lost with […]
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Jason Washo interviewed on tecBRIDGE Radio
Jason Washo, owner of Sho Technology Solutions in downtown Scranton and someone who I’ve worked with on multiple client projects and who has become a friend over the last year, was recently interviewed on tecBRIDGE Radio. Here’s just one bit: I work hard, and I will work to bring things to close and I think […]
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John George shares a solution
John George, fellow NEPA.js attendee: I’m writing this because I discovered the hard way that .NET Core’s ‘dotnet run’ command is NOT meant to be production ready. My biggest headache was that my website shut down when I exited my shell. Not even the ‘disown’command would dissociate the running service from the user. Posts like this […]
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Brad Frost on \”full-stack developers\”
Brad Frost: The term “full-stack developer” implies that a developer is equally adept at both frontend code and backend code, but I’ve never in my personal experience witnessed anyone who truly fits that description. In many of the descriptions I’ve seen it goes even further than that. Sometimes full-stack developer refers to someone who can also […]
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Brad Frost on \”full-stack developers\”
Brad Frost: The term “full-stack developer” implies that a developer is equally adept at both frontend code and backend code, but I’ve never in my personal experience witnessed anyone who truly fits that description. In many of the descriptions I’ve seen it goes even further than that. Sometimes full-stack developer refers to someone who can also […]
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Brad Frost on \”full-stack developers\”
Brad Frost: The term “full-stack developer” implies that a developer is equally adept at both frontend code and backend code, but I’ve never in my personal experience witnessed anyone who truly fits that description. In many of the descriptions I’ve seen it goes even further than that. Sometimes full-stack developer refers to someone who can also […]
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Brad Frost on \”full-stack developers\”
Brad Frost: The term “full-stack developer” implies that a developer is equally adept at both frontend code and backend code, but I’ve never in my personal experience witnessed anyone who truly fits that description. In many of the descriptions I’ve seen it goes even further than that. Sometimes full-stack developer refers to someone who can also […]
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