Notices by James Thomson (jamesthomson@mastodon.social), page 3

Today the internet has brought me a thread of people on Twitter complaining about PCalc being featured on the Vision Pro store:

https://twitter.com/_LucasRizzotto/status/1757361280732606603

Going to rejoin Apple, work my way into the Photos team, add a top level button to rotate a photo, then quit the next day knowing I have improved the lives of billions.

@thomasfuchs Some of the trig functions were originally based on code in a C64 programming book, so it's kind of true :)

I am definitely running out of space on my pin board.

We can go further.

One thing people many are discovering with the Vision Pro:

Eyes are weird.

Sounds like there will be more Vision Pro apps on day one than iPhone apps on day one.

https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/01/new-vision-pro-apps/

This seems like a pledge amount made just for me, @Iconfactory!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/project-tapestry

Reasonably acceptable for 51.

Happy 40th birthday, Macintosh!

To make it about me for a second, the fact that PCalc is 31 years old too is just wild, because it means I’ve been doing all this for a not insignificant chunk of the Mac’s entire existence.

It definitely felt to me like I came late to the Mac, because I didn’t use one until 1990, but in reality it was only 6 years old when I bought a Mac Classic.

Not to mention, I was working at Apple itself when the Mac was only 12.

Now somehow, it’s 40? How does that work?

The true visionOS experience.

When I hear people refer to the Apple Vision Pro as “AVP”.

Since it's Apple Vision Pro day, I've been playing with a layered visionOS icon for PCalc.

@bbaugh @thomasfuchs Actually, how does this work? Seems like it would be a good addition!

Updating the firmware on my Xmas tree lights, what a world.

Introducing the PCalc “More Than 42% Off Super Sale” for #blackfriday!

PCalc iOS: $4.99 down from $9.99
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pcalc/id284666222

PCalc Mac: $4.99 down from $9.99
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pcalc/id403504866

Dice by PCalc iOS: $0.99 down from $1.99
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dice-by-pcalc/id1468680083

Dice by PCalc Mac: $0.99 down from $1.99
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dice-by-pcalc/id1479250666

Everything is roughly 50% off until the end of Monday 28th November. It's extremely rare for PCalc to go on sale like this, so act now!

Get your kids ready for their inevitable future as gig economy workers!

Some real late stage capitalism vibes from the Aldi UK leaflet this week.

And this is why we test things, rather than blindly submit when you get the final Xcode build.

I have _no idea_.

Are we all getting a birthday present from Tim?

The good news is Sonoma finally fixes the bug where the icon for a third-party screensaver wasn't using the retina asset.

The bad news is that Sonoma has also broken all third-party screensavers, including the one I made for a children's cancer charity fundraiser.

If somebody could look into this bug, that would be most appreciated:

FB13003899