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View ArticleRon McLean on Gord Downie
Gord Downie was Canada’s humble genius: “Two words,” Gord was saying quietly to himself. “I only have to remember two words — First Nations.” Gord’s rule about a fresh performance, in this, his final...
View ArticleThe State of the iOS Economy
Horace Dediu dives into numbers of the iOS economy in 2017 based off Apple’s PR release announcing a record breaking holiday season. While the numbers are crazy high and obviously good for Apple, I...
View ArticleTimers, Reminders, and Alarms on Apple Devices
Dr Drang compiles all the various ways you can set timers or alarms on Apple Devices: In the table below, I’m comparing the features of the three alert types on iOS: Timers, Alarms, and Reminders....
View ArticleBlogging in 2018 – Kottke Hits 20
kottke.org was one of the first blogs I remember reading regularly. In this recent interview titled Last blog standing, Jason Kottke talks about how blogging compares with other options out there for...
View ArticleLiterally and Figuratively Out of Touch on Powder Mountain
I have no doubt that the previous generations of rich businessmen were as out of touch as these guys, but at least they presumably had the good sense to keep their mouths shut about it. From The...
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Cancelling My Podia Account
Earlier today I sent this email to folks on my mailing list that had purchased or expressed interest in purchasing a course I published on Podia. I’m cross-posting it to my blog just in case someone...
View ArticleTest of a WordPress Twitter Embed Bug
https://twitter.com/iChris/status/99241890840887706553474 We made email address for our kids when they were little and we would send them email memories. We’ll give them access to those accounts later....
View ArticleA Second Life After Cancer
Federico Viticci, creator of MacStories, on rethinking his life post cancer: That lasted for a couple of years. But the self-centered, work-obsessed barrier I built around myself began to crack...
View ArticleAn Hour with Dallas Schoo – The Edge’s Guitar Tech
An hour of delicious nuggets of guitar and U2 nerdery with The Edge’s guitar tech. Watching Dallas Schoo nerd out about guitars is great. Having it be The Edge’s guitars and amps is pure heaven. Direct...
View ArticleBetty Gilpin: The Time I Went Into a Full-Body Spasm for Six Days
Betty Gilpin plays Debbie “Liberty Belle” Eagan on the Netflix series GLOW. I’m currently a few episodes into season 2 but Gilpin’s description of life trying to make it as an actor puts a whole new...
View ArticleMatt Haughey’s Podcast Diet
Matt’s got a list of podcasts you may not have heard of to add to your listening schedule. He’s broken them down by priority from “drop everything to listen to these” to “shows I occasionally pick up...
View ArticleSharing a Single Family Computer
Katie Reid writes about the idea of returning to the single family computer as a way to heal the screen time issues hitting many families today: Many of the digital anxieties we have today could, at...
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Twitch Streamers I’m Digging
I don’t watch a ton of streamers because my job editing podcasts make it hard to listen/watch anything else while I’m doing it – but when I have a few moments I like to tune in to the occasional...
View ArticleAn Accidental Shop for Kottke.org
I was checking out Jason Kottke’s shop page and love the accidental nature of it, which is where he got the name from: kottke.org was also never supposed to be a store. But as the years piled on, so...
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iPhone X S NR Max Released
I really can’t believe they’re using these names: Introducing the new iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR… The naming won’t affect the sales at all. It’ll make it slightly confusing for the sales...
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The Rush and Jolt of Publishing on the Web
What do you want to do when you grow up, kid? by Robin Rendle is a great reminder of the power of anyone being able to publish something on the web: Someone was building an application of some kind and...
View ArticleKids and Irreplaceable Days
Garrett Murray goes for a shot straight into the feels with thoughts on kids growing up in “Irreplaceable”: We exist only in those memories, Stacey and I. This time, here, our lives–this is the past...
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JJ Abrams’ Production Company Hidden Away
I’ve been trying to come up with ideas for renovating my home office and stumbled on this portfolio piece from Howard Building Corporation for The National Typewriter Company, which is a fake name for...
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Creativity Validated
This weekend my wife and I finally watched A Star is Born (2018) and we both loved it for a variety of reasons. I love watching films about music and the music industry: documentaries, biopics,...
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