Iris ships today. 2,023 days since the first line of code. Before I say anything about what it is, I want to show you what the app started as — because the two things barely resemble each other, and the gap between them is basically the whole story.
read the full post →I don't care if AirPods are the better product for my needs. They're no longer the experience I want. And, increasingly, more and more of what Apple offers is not, either.
read the full post →As a parent, I often lose faith that I'm doing a good job raising my kids, but then I'll get a sign that maybe things are going OK after all. Last night, my daughter came into my office to show me a list she made of things she thinks she's good at. Reading it nearly melted the eight inches of snow outside my window.
read the full post →"My idea of being a luddite is more like someone who keeps advocating that technology should be in our service, and not vice-versa. Technology seems to be on a path of eroding people’s agency, whereas I want people to have more agency and to be less ‘personal data fodder’."
read the full post →Maybe it's because my eyes are getting old or maybe it's because the contrast between windows on macOS keeps getting worse. Either way, I built a tiny Mac app last night that draws a border around the active window. I named it "Alan".
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