Lyrics, videos, and other aspects of the music industry are increasingly influenced by Twitch, TikTok, and Twitter, which have rewarded artists whose material is memeable. (Link) Steven Sinofsky is working on a book about his years at Microsoft and has a fascinating excerpt from a draft of it in Fast Company this week that looks...
Home Screen: Brian King
Twitter: @bkbkbk; Website: brianking.org. Brian King is a creative technologist and media producer in Redwood City, CA. A few years ago, I started pulling myself out of a bad mental place with a simple tweak to my Home screen. I deleted the Facebook app and replaced it with Day One Journal. Day One’s icon populated...
MacStories Unplugged
[[unplugged_artwork]] Last weekend, we released a new episode of MacStories Unlugged, ‘Unwinding from Another Week at Home,’coveringour new show, MacStories Unwind and its origins, how we find interesting links for MacStories Weekly, how we use Twitter’s lists feature, and the ways in which so much has changed around us, while our day-to-day work lives have...
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Ulysses 19 Brings iPad Cursor Support, External Folders, Material Sheets, and More Todoist Introduces New Upcoming View Across All Platforms Introducing MacStories Unwind: A Weekly Podcast Review of Everything MacStories and More Due Adds Modern Shortcuts Support with New Reminder Creation Parameters iOS and iPadOS 13.5 Betas Released with COVID-19 Exposure Notification Tools and Face...
Interview: John Brayton
Twitter: @goldenhillsw. Founder of Golden Hill Software,developer of Unread. Unread 2 was a major update in many respects. What was your original goal for the release, and how do you feel about the way it turned out? My first goal with Unread 2 was to catch up on newer iOS features: things like context menus,...
Interesting Links
As always when a new iPhone is released, the developers of Halide put the device’s camera through its paces. This time, they explain how portrait mode works on the single-lens 2020 iPhone SE. (Link) Adam Tow has put together a great retrospective featuring all the keyboards Apple has made for the iPad line in the...
Reader Setup: John Voorhees
Twitter: @johnvoorhees. Managing Editor, MacStories, and co-host of AppStories, MacStories Unplugged, and Dialog. Whatever This Is, I Know It’s Not an Office I’ve never known what to call the area of my home where I work. My ‘office’ seems too stuffy and formal. I spent years commuting to an office, and my desk never had...
Interesting Links
Along with new Human Interface Guidelines for HealthKit-compatible apps, Apple has rolled out a new ‘Works with Apple Health’ badge for apps. (Link) What happens if you challenge Stephen Hackett to use an old Apple display with a 2019 Mac Pro? A video featuring a dozen dongles is the answer. (Link) Jason Schreier, who just...
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