Twitter: @tedsvo; Website: teddysvoronos.com.Lecturer in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Screen 1: Work The layout of my Home screen is a function of how I’ve adapted to the iOS 11 dock-centric approach of working. With this in mind, the vast majority of my time is spent interacting...
Interview: Shawn Blanc
Twitter: @shawnblanc. Founder of shawnblanc.net, The Sweet Setup, Tools & Toys, The Focus Course, Learn Ulysses,All The Things, and more. 1. You’ve made a number of online courses including the Focus Course, All The Things, and Learn Ulysses. What’s the process like developing and producing projects like those? Basically there are three main phases: (1)...
Home Screen: Jason Snell
Twitter: @jsnell. Editor-in-Chief of Six Colors, host of podcasts at The Incomparable and Relay FM, and Macworld columnist. In the intervening three years since I last updated you on my Home screen, there have been a lot of changes. Most notably, I have lifted Slack above email in my personal communication hierarchy. (I also abandoned...
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Submitted to Apple as a WWDC ‘18 scholarship application, VPL is a proof of concept visual programming language that assembles executable Swift code using touch gestures and an Apple Pencil. (Link) Instagram is cutting off API access for some developers and limiting how often apps can use the API to retrieve user information. The change...
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If you enjoyed Stephen Hackett’s video about Apple’s short-lived Pippen game console, check out this article on Ars Technica, adapted from Richard Moss’ book The Secret History of Mac Gaming, for even more details about the system, which debuted in the early 90s. (Link) Sensor Tower data highlights the most successful ARKit-only apps presently on...
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Silicon Valley tech companies can go to great lengths to protect their secrets. Olivia Solon of The Guardian looks at secretive ‘rat-catching’ teams used by Facebook, Google, and others to catch leakers. (Link) Cryptocurrency and blockchain were big topics at SXSW this year. Nick Statt takes a look at the hype and scams surrounding both...
Home Screen: Mikah Sargent
Twitter: @mikahsargent. Senior editor at Mobile Nations and co-host of podcasts including Clockwise. A long time ago on an iPhone screen far, far away, I would spend an embarrassing amount of time rearranging my apps, striving for the perfect placement to “boost my productivity” and “improve my workflow.” I can remember plugging my iPhone and...
Home Screen: Ben Bajarin
Twitter: @BenBajarin. Principal at Creative Strategies leading primary research on global consumer technology. I’ve always tried to maintain a clean Home screen that contains only the apps I use on a regular basis for work and life. My Home screen also has to look a certain way or it feels cluttered and stresses me out....