Notices by sdw@mastodon.social

I genuinely believe we’ll look back on this era of the web and think we were all just collectively insane.

The best technology of our existence for reading is ubiquitous yet there’s never been a worse reading experience.

The best habit I started a few years ago was daily journaling. I'd tried it before with apps, or books, etc. — this time I made it the least possible effort: just a monthly entry in Notes. One word counts. Just try to always write about every day, and make up if you forget a few days.

I have a wonderful rich journal now going back years. Some days are thin, some days I have elaborate prose on some of the most beautiful or difficult days of my life. If you want a new habit, I can recommend it.

Moonrise in Patagonia.

“Apple has lost its way”

Sit down, man.

I can’t be the only one that noticed this Finder icon’s corner radius is weirdly not the regular app icon radius

“An Apple employee demonstrates a new 30-inch flat panel display”

Just a random Apple employee.

My most irritating first world problem is that I have to buy all my Apple devices in silver because every device's 'Space Black' is a different color :(

@feld @daringfireball I'm guessing they'd be happy to take that one to court. Shareholder value should apply to values, not just money.

This is just an incredible bit about the one time Tim Cook lost his cool. What a guy. (on @daringfireball — https://daringfireball.net/2024/09/the_things_they_carried)

I’m feeling pretty strongly that with the EU / US ‘forking’ of iOS thanks to the DMA, the only people who really being helped here are other tech giants and not users and small developers like us.

Well written by @gruber. https://daringfireball.net/2024/09/the_ios_continental_drift_widens

Out and about in Portland for #xoxofest

Teenage Engineering is insane in the best possible way

Incredible stuff from The Washington Post here.

Ah, an exciting new chapter in “Give EU the control over software and enjoy the consequences”:
https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/112655719626158942

Your GPS Is Wrong

AI: Actually Indians

European iPhone users will be on a timer once out of the EU: after a ‘grace period’, alternative app marketplaces will stop working.

This shining example of a man drove his Cybertruck on our local beach near Santa Cruz and of course got it stuck. This car is really becoming a symbol for poor life choices.

I asked this new ‘AI UI design tool' startup to make me a pro iPhone camera app UI and it literally calls itself Halide in its Settings UI without any prompting from me. uhhh...

Please choose from the two contemporary design styles for your wifi hardware: “rounded soft box with white light” or “satanic death cult blood sacrifice altar”