Could Apple have “played ball” with the European Commission regarding alternative marketplaces? The assumption is that the European Commission would be more flexible with Apple today for features like Siri AI and iPhone Mirroring had the co…
Imagine if instead of speed limits, all reckless driving was enforced purely on the present sheriff’s ad hoc judgement, and that infractions came with a maximum penalty of 10% of perpetrators’ income. How fast would you drive? To me, the fu…
Count on good old Tom Warren to come up with the take that the MacBook Neo is actually good news for Microsoft in an article titled, and I shit you not, The MacBook Neo is the best thing to happen to Windows in years. In the article, Warren…
In light of Apple’s recent 50th anniversary, I have been thinking about what the world would look like had the company never existed. Specifically, I’ve been thinking about Ridley Scott’s famous 1984 commercial. While absurdly melodramatic,…
Gruber, on whether Apple’s upcoming March “experience” might have something to do with F1: A reader pointed out that the 2026 Formula 1 season starts in Australia on March 8. You will recall from October that Apple TV is now the exclusive b…
John Gruber made an excellent and compelling argument for avoiding certain terms when describing the hateful, nationalist, far right party running the United States currently, and instead suggests we all do what we can to ensure the names t…
John Gruber made an excellent and compelling argument for avoiding certain terms when describing the hateful, nationalist, far right party running the United States currently, and instead suggests we all do what we can to ensure the names t…
My wife and I are big fans of the series Columbo, starring Peter Falk. The show had two separate runs. The first and much better original series aired on NBC in the 1970s while the latter still-sort-of-good revival aired on ABC about a deca…
Nathan Edwards, in a Verge article titled “I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great1“, writes: First challenge: My mouse buttons don’t work. I can move the cursor, but can’t click on anything. I try plugging in a mouse (wi…
Nathan Edwards, in a Verge article titled “I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great1“, writes: First challenge: My mouse buttons don’t work. I can move the cursor, but can’t click on anything. I try plugging in a mouse (wi…
Anil Dash recently made an observation on Mastodon that included a screenshot of an iPadOS 26 setup screen with a prompt showing three options: Full Screen Apps, Windowed Apps, and Stage Manager. While each option had a description, Stage M…
Matt Birchler recently did a nice YouTube video praising the open source tile manager AeroSpace. There is a lot to love about AeroSpace right from the get-go. While I definitely wouldn’t call it Mac-assed, since AeroSpace is for very advanc…