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…
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…
There is a new retrospective book about Apple that’s just out, “After Steve: how Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul”, by Tripp Mickle. It sounds like a good book with some good stories. But many Apple followers are pointing out the flaws in the narrative. It seems the author doesn’t really “get”…
As I walk along the path near our home, I smile and say hi to people who pass. Some return the greeting, or smile. A few don’t notice me. And a few give me a look of consternation, or look down or away as they speed past. It occurred to me today that it’s important…
This is a great time to get started learning Swift and SwiftUI. The language and tools have matured to a very usable state, and there are some excellent learning resources out there. I’ve been learning Swift and SwiftUI for a bit now and I’m getting fairly proficient. During this journey I’ve taken several online courses…
One of the problems we face is that it’s easy to get people to agree with the premise that social media manipulates people, but difficult to get them to believe that they, personally, are being manipulated. “You’re converting people’s lives into digital models. Collecting all the data the leave out in the world, and using…
For the first time ever, I’m tempted to get a PlayStation! youtu.be/qC5KtatMcUw
I frequently look up things on my iPhone or iPad. If I then decide to drive there, it’s easiest to send the location to the Tesla for the in-car navigation instead of looking it up all over again when I get in the car. It’s done, simply: From the location in Apple Maps, touch the…
There is a lot of really great stuff in Apple’s new macOS release, Catalina (macOS 10.15). But there is also a lot changed that can cause problems. I strongly recommend you wait until the first major update (likely macOS 10.15.1) before upgrading to macOS Catalina. If you do decide to upgrade to Catalina, be…
at the inclusion camp event hosted by Fenixia Foundation at Punta de Gloria Resort, there was a traditional Philippine feast for the volunteers, staff, and families… Before: … and after: