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Iconfactory: The Twitter app for people who actually use Twitter. Now all-new for macOS. Imagine if Twitter cared as much about their desktop and mobile apps (and the people who used them)…
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Attending the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic: The Music of John Williams (audio)
This past weekend Eliza and I attended an orchestral presentation by the NEPA Philharmonic that featured musical scores composed by John Williams – my favorite score composer. Forgive the audio quality, the…
Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic – October 2017
Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic – October 2017 So much fun.
SnapThread
SnapThread by Becky Hansmeyer: Portrait video compilations made easy—that’s what SnapThread is all about. Like SnapChat without the network. I've long held that SnapChat and Instagram have the best UIs but it…
The Apple Watch is less obtrusive than a phone
Jeremy Keith: I’m always shocked when I’m out and about with someone who has their phone set up to notify them of any activity—a mention on Twitter, a comment on Instagram, or…
Required reading
The first time I linked to Colin Walker, which was only about 4 months ago, it was because he was fiddling with his blog, trying to come up with the right way…
Lackawanna Lake – October 2017
Lackawanna Lake – October 2017
Keystone Observatory from above – September 2017
Keystone Observatory from above – September 2017
Microsoft releases Edge on iOS and Android
Joe Belfiore: Introducing Microsoft Edge for iOS/Android and Microsoft Launcher for Android, two apps designed to make it easy to move what you’re working on between your phone and PC. Great move….
The Weekly Index, extending the Bullet Journal (audio)
Recorded October 1, 2017. Eliza and I have extended the Bullet Journal to include a Weekly Index – a two-page spread showing the entire week in one snapshot. It has been working…
Ryan Lau on iOS 11’s inconsistencies
Ryan Lau: The unfinished feeling in iOS 11 mostly comes from UI and animation. UI elements in iOS are quite inconsistent, mixing a variety of UI elements, which might look quite similar…
Benmarl Winery, Marlboro, New York – September 2017
Benmarl Winery, Marlboro, New York – September 2017 It was a gorgeous September day to enjoy a bottle of wine overlooking the Hudson Valley. See also.
Mike Davidson on Newsvine
Mike Davidson: Today, the creation I am most proud to have brought into the world disappeared from the internet. It is easy for people to say "well, this is why you don't…
Scott McNulty’s 31 TNG posts
Scott McNulty: To celebrate the 30th anniversay of a show that has had a large impact on my life I’m going to write a TNG related blog post every day this month….
Slow down and listen (audio)
Recorded October 1, 2017. Slowing down and listening helps you to really soak in your surroundings. See also. And maybe this too. Download.
Browser struggle
In the opening scene of It Might Get Loud, Jack White fashions himself an instrument from a single guitar string, a glass Coke bottle, a piece of wood, and a few nails….
Clark Telescope, Keystone Observatory – September 2017
Clark Telescope, Keystone Observatory – September 2017
Dave Mark on Apple Music
Dave Mark, writing for The Loop: To me, the biggest issue with Apple Music is the depth of the user experience. For example, with For You, the on-boarding is primitive, at best….
Kip Thorne wins the Nobel
Nobel Media AB: On 14 September 2015, the universe’s gravitational waves were observed for the very first time. The waves, which were predicted by Albert Einstein a hundred years ago, came from…
Newburgh Brewing Company, Newburgh New York – September 2017
Newburgh Brewing Company, Newburgh New York – September 2017 Recommended. Great brews, space, branding, view.
Palm, Bahía de Banderas, Mexico – August 2017
Palm, Bahía de Banderas, Mexico – August 2017
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…