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How iPadOS can win me over
Apple's iPadOS 26 update was undoubtedly a significant upgrade for iPad power users. I've heard from a few people surprised that this update wasn't enough to get me to fully...
+ Quick Reviews 2.0 is coming along
Version 2 is ready for testing! More Birchtree subscribers get early access.
You stay away from my F1 TV!
Dominic-Madori Davis writing for TechCrunch:Formula 1 could have a new U.S. streaming service home soon. Apple is in talks to purchase the rights as it looks to further invest in...
Liquid glass, now with frosted tips
As many now have commented on, today's OS 26 betas tone down the liquid glass effect quite a bit on many elements in the operating system, and I've collected a...
My F1 movie review
Three of my main entertainment categories are Formula 1 racing, movies, and Apple, and the new F1 movie happen to fall into all three of those categories, so I'd be...
macOS still isn't as small as you think
2 years ago I wrote a piece about how the macOS UI isn't as small as you think it is. The point of that piece was to challenge the accepted...
Social media amplifies unpopular opinions
A couple weeks ago I linked to a conversation that discussed how social media services can make us think that everything is a 50/50 issue. It also gives us the...
How to find a good quote for a bad movie
I was watching the Apple TV ads scrolling by on my Apple TV today and I saw Fountain of Youth come up with a quote that made me raise an...
Redistribution of wealth via healthcare
Not-my-favorite-guy-in-the-world Matt Yglesias talking about what Republicans actually mean when they talk about cutting Medicaid:I think you could see there’s a mismatch in the way Mike Johnson characterizes this. He...
What Microsoft thinks about games
SkillUp discussing the Microsoft layoffs I wrote about as well:I'm particularly sensitive to this topic because the closure of Tango Gameworks last year, honest to God, fucking radicalized me when...
Liquid glass one month later
I've been using all of the "26" Apple operating system betas for about a month now, and I've gotten past the "hot takes" stage and feel like I have a...
+ The endless era of deciding what we want to be human
What do we do when technology lets us offload human work?
What is going on at Xbox Game Studios?
Microsoft is laying off over 9,000 people, including some entire game studios they have acquired. These studios were making interesting games with some buzz, including the new Perfect Dark game...
+ Just the best-o-masto
What if you could just get the best of your Mastodon feed without scrolling forever?
In defense of the already-killed Tahoe beta 1 Finder icon
I’m old enough to remember when people in the Apple enthusiast crowd were disgusted by the new Finder icon. No, not the one released 2 weeks ago, the one released...
If you haven't played Monument Valley 3 on an iPad yet, do it now before it's gone
Ash Parrish: Netflix is letting go of some of its best indie games | The VergeSeveral titles like Braid, Katana Zero, and yes, Hades, were available exclusively on mobile via...
+ The other perspective
Not everyone liked that Sarah McBride interview I linked to last week, so let's get into the other perspective.
You are the bowling ball
Corridor Digital with another "we don't think anyone's ever gotten this shot before, so we're going to try and get it" video, and it's amazing.
The reason I want a touch screen Mac, in short
There are Windows users out there who prefer or need Windows to do what they do with a computer, but they really like the look of Mac hardware. They like...
Seriously, use the browser you like, don't worry about battery
Last year I compared the battery life using Safari and Chrome on a Mac. The critical thing that was different from this test to all the others I've seen out...