My friend John Gruber is incensed by the idea that AI watermarking schemes adjust the output of a given LLM so that the output can later be assessed as likely coming from it in particular: They say “imperceptible” and “doesn’t change the me…
If you ever travel to other countries, particularly to the same ones repeatedly, register an Apple Account for each country with an easy to remember format. For example joe.uk@example.com, joe.es@example.com, joe.jp@example.com. Obviously t…
If you ever travel to other countries, particularly to the same ones repeatedly, register an Apple Account for each country with an easy to remember format. For example joe.uk@example.com, joe.es@example.com, joe.jp@example.com. Obviously t…
Today marks the 30 year anniversary of my becoming a full-time employee of Apple Computer, Inc. When I was hired on May 13, 1996, I was 20 years old, a week shy of 21. I was hired on to the Mac System Integration team, which was responsible…
In the wake of AI coding assistants like Claude and Codex, which can seemingly perform the equivalent of a day’s work in a matter of minutes, many of us are wondering if the human role of “computer programmer” is coming to an end. Will the
Once, in 1994 or so, I was sitting in a cafe with friends, and I had the crazy idea that I was going to write my own web browser. I was a college student at the time, and had played with Mosaic and … well, probably only Mosaic. But had also…
Once, in 1994 or so, I was sitting in a cafe with friends, and I had the crazy idea that I was going to write my own web browser. I was a college student at the time, and had played with Mosaic and … well, probably only Mosaic. But had also…
Three years ago, when I abandoned FogBugz after having used it for nearly 20 years, I landed on Help Scout, a fantastic support system offered by a company that seems to have a positive spirit and, cherry on top, is based locally to me in B…
As WWDC draws near, anticipation of Apple’s long-rumored VR headset is high. The company is widely expected to announce an impressive, albeit expensive new product at the June 5 Keynote event. In short: people expect Apple to make a strong
On the latest Accidental Tech Podcast, John reminisced about the early days of the Mac, when a single 3.5″ floppy disk drive was typically used not only to boot a Mac, but also to run any applications, and to save any user data. He describe…
Since the earliest days of Mac OS X, Apple has complied with the licenses for the dozens of open source components it includes in the OS by posting (sometimes a little belatedly) updated versions of the source code to its Open Source at App…
Apple’s macOS 13 “Ventura” beta features a major redesign of the System Preferences application. In addition to renaming it “System Settings,” Apple revamped the interface with an organization style that is far more reminiscent of the iOS “…