Developer support is key to The new visionOS platforms
… it’s not enough to let those developers get their hands on the hardware with some access to support from Apple
Design in visionOS
The WWDC23 session “Design for spatial user interfaces” gives an excellent overview of how some of the interactions work in visionOS. It’s impressive, and very Apple-like, the care that’s gone into designing these interactions and the supporting elements. https://developer.apple.com/wwdc23/10076
Summer of Blogging
The folks at Micro.blog are running a fantastic promotion, Summer of Blogging. You get their standard plan for just $1/month for four months (and after that it’s just $5/month). It’s an easy way to get started with blogging. As the Marco.blog folks say: Personal blogging is making a comeback. Post short thoughts or long essays,…
It’s Hip to Be Square
Dave and Gina Pell were among the very first to encourage and support our dreams for Square Peg Foundation. They were there when we were just a couple people with a few horses and a dream. Their support and the support of so many others over the years has kept this dream alive through some…
Take control of your online life
There are so many ways to get started, the choices available can feel like their own barrier. But these days it is easier than even just a few years ago. In the IndieWeb community, we still recommend you Get Started with your own domain and website. But I admit that’s a big lift for folks…
The Timeline is often the wrong paradigm
It’s great to see folks stepping away from assumptions brought over from other social media systems. The river of posts may serve the attention merchants’ engagement goals when they can keep you endlessly scrolling, but it’s not the way we naturally think. So we have filters and other methods of tightening our focus down to…
Moving from Dark Sky to Apple Weather
Apple Support has posted a helpful guide to Apple Weather especially for people coming from Dark Sky: Dark Sky’s features have been integrated into Apple Weather. Apple Weather offers hyperlocal forecasts for your current location, including next-hour precipitation, hourly forecasts for the next 10 days, high-resolution radar, and notifications. Apple Weather is available on devices running…
Watch WWDC for Technology Futures
Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference is this morning, and so I’m annoyed by all the people who are wrong on the internet. 😉 The mainstream press, and even some of the tech press (and certainly the financial press) never seem to know what to think of the news from WWDC. The tendency is to think of…
Apple Design Awards 2022
Every year, Apple celebrates brilliant app and game design with the Apple Design Awards. It’s a huge honor to be a finalist or selected as an Apple Design Award winner. I love this event because it celebrates the best of the independent software world. Many of the recipients of the awards are small teams or…
Hacking with Swift – a great learning resource
I’ve been following Paul Hudson’s work for a few years now, and I’m also a very happy subscriber to his Hacking with Swift+ program. Paul provides great learning resources, many of them for free. If you want to get started learning Swift (and SwiftUI), I recommend 100 Days of SwiftUI, his free learning program. He…