Technology

2024-06-10

WWDC 2024

OS Announcements Intro AppleTV+ VisionOS iOS Audio & Home iPadOS MacOS Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Announcements *Coming later this year. Official Press Releases visionOS 2 brings new spatial computing experiences to Apple Vision Pro Apple Vision Pro arrives in new countries and regions beginning June 28 AirPods introduce convenient ways to communicate and interact Updates to the Home experience elevate entertainment and bring more convenience watchOS 11 brings powerful health and fitness insights iOS 18 makes iPhone more personal, capable, and intelligent than ever iPadOS 18 introduces powerful intelligence features and apps for Apple Pencil macOS Sequoia takes productivity...

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2022-11-26

Thoughts on Mastodon: First impressions

So far, this first week on Mastodon has been a lot of fun. The last time I dipped my toe in the Fediverse (the broad term for all federated social media — including Mastodon), it felt…empty. There wasn’t anyone on the service to chat with, or so it felt. Now, with everyone fleeing Twitter, I’m finding many of the folks I would follow have at least opened an account. But I’m also realizing how important connecting on the right instance is as the conversations on the Fosstodon.org server have been fun to follow! Also, my recent revelation that Mastodon allows...

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2022-02-01

‘Wordle’ acquired by New York Times for over $1M, could pave the way for an iOS app

I have a feeling this will move behind a paywall sooner rather than later. If so, it was a fun ride. My wife and oldest had even started playing! Hope I’m wrong. After quickly becoming a viral hit, the popular Wordle word game has now been acquired by The New York Times. The publisher announced the deal today,… ‘Wordle’ acquired by New York Times for over $1M, could pave the way for an iOS app

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2021-06-28

Passkeys in iCloud Keychain

No one likes passwords. And everyone is trying to replace them, even Apple! This year at #WWDC21 they announced they are working on a new private/public key authentication method designed to replace passwords entirely. If you have ever dug into using your terminal and SSH, then this should feel familiar. Simply create a private and public key on your computer and only share the public key with sites that you want to share your identity with. One of the challenges with SSH keys is managing them on multiple devices and with multiple sites. For Apple’s solution, they are using iCloud...

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2021-06-14

Day One at Automattic

I’m not sure when I first came across the critically acclaimed Day One product, which is the best private blogging and journaling app out there, but … Day One at Automattic

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2021-06-14

Day One at Automattic | Day One

This is super a interesting acquisition by Automattic. While I stopped using Day One after they went to their subscription model, I always really enjoyed the app and their design aesthetic. I hope this bleeds over to the WordPress app a bit as the editor needs some love; especially on iOS! Day One is being acquired by Automattic Inc. — Read on dayoneapp.com/blog/day-one-at-automattic

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2021-06-07

WWDC 2021 Keynote

Today’s WWDC keynote included a slew of new features with a focus on iPhone, iPad, and Mac with a heavy focus on refining existing technologies further. There has been a lot of changes in each platform in recent years (most notably on macOS Big Sur last year), so to have Apple announce features that simply expand existing integrations between iPadOS and iOS is a nice change of pace. Possibly the biggest announcement to developers was that you can now create apps on the iPad using Swift Playgrounds and the Xcode Cloud features. For most users though, expanding FaceTime to work...

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