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Make the most of any monitor with BetterDisplay
BetterDisplay fixes the monitor scaling and management problems that macOS leaves unsolved, especially on screens that fall short of 4K.
Why are webcams so cursed?
Reviewers say the camera on Apple’s new display is horrible. Not surprised, tbh.
2 weeks with the Fuji X100V
I got a new camera for summer vacation shooting. Fuji’s fixed-lens compact is a lot of fun.
Thoughts on Apple’s “Spring Loaded” Event
If you were hoping for Apple to sell you a $350 keychain, I have good news!
Let Me Tell You About My Boat
More than you ever wanted to know about my WFH setup.
Apple Watch Strikes Back
Thoughts on 2015’s most iconic product design, plus more on the Sept 2020 Apple Event
Apple’s new keyboard and mouse, reviewed
A same-day review of Apple’s 2015 Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse 2.
The Kindle “Finally” Gets Better Typography
I’m very excited for this update. I bought an e-ink Kindle for bedtime reading earlier this year, and while I love the simplicity, small size, and the reduced eyestrain from not staring at yet another LCD screen for hours, the layout and…
Notes from the OS X Yosemite beta
About a week ago, I broke one of my own rules and installed an early developer preview of OS X Yosemite on my regular, day-to-day, work-issued Mac laptop. I had previously promised myself I’d at least wait until the public beta, on the…
iPhoto & Aperture Now Use The Same Data Format
Sure sure, yesterday's Apple announcements — iOS 6, Mountain Lion, the new MacBook Pro with Retina display — were really cool and amazing and all that. But what really made me jump out of my chair with excitement was the news that…
The Failed Promise of ‘The Verge’
Verge, the new project from the former Engadget editors who left to start their own site after theirs was acquired by AOL, is probably the best shitty gadget rag out there. But it's still a shitty gadget rag, and Ben Brooks wanted more:…
Little Printer
People I know who aren't even web people are tweeting and posting about this Little Printer thing. I agree, it looks really, really cute. It's hard to design an electronic gadget with that much personality that doesn't look like a…
‘Inflate’ Web Type with FitText
A new jQuery plugin for creating ginormous headlines that scale to fit the width of their parent elements, especially useful in fluid or responsive layouts. Just beware: Don't you dare let us catch you using FitText on paragraph text.…
Instapaper 2.3’s Adaptive Dark Mode
Marco Arment's Instapaper iOS app has long been able to switch into a light-text-on-dark-background mode for easier nighttime reading. That's useful, but not so interesting. Other apps, such as Amazon's Kindle app for iOS, do the same…
Microsoft Cancels ‘Courier’ Tablet Project
Remember right before the iPad was announced, when Microsoft was all like, "whoa, dude, hold on there—what about our secret tablet project?" Yeah, that's been cancelled. (Though they say technically they never planned to ship it as a…
Ten Weeks Later…
Yesterday was the iPad's launch day. It's a new beginning, and the consensus so far seems to be that the iPad really is a new kind of device, that the future of computing will look more like this magical multi-touch gadget than the clunky…
Simple Elegance.
TechCrunch says the upcoming Foursquare app for Windows Phone 7 “destroys” its iPhone counterpart with its “simple elegance.” I have to admit, the WP7S version is a lot simpler. None of that pesky “information” to clutter the display,…
WSJ: Sharp Expands Its TV Color Palette With Yellow
Whoa: While televisions have transformed from bulky and boxy to slim and sleek over the last decade, one thing hasn't changed. The basics of displaying color on TVs still derive from the same three fundamental building blocks: red, green…
Jason Calacanis Says Apple Gave Him A Tablet
Calacanis says it has an OLED screen, a solar panel for recharging, an HDTV tuner and a DVR built-in. He also says there's a Farmville app for the Tablet, that Steve Jobs himself is going to demo it onstage today, and it's "insane." (Note…
Dustin Curtis has pictures of The Tablet.
Well, maybe. They look real, and they look right. The Tablet could just be a gigantic iPod touch, or this could be a gigantic hoax. 24 hours to go until we find out.
Predictions for Wednesday’s Apple Event
When writing about things I'm passionate about, such as Apple products, I tend to be long-winded in a misguided attempt to demonstrate just how much I know about the subject at hand. This usually results in me spending days crafting a…
Apple Sees New Money in Old Media
The WSJ: Apple has recently been in discussions with book, magazine and newspaper publishers about how they can work together. The company has talked with New York Times Co., Condé Nast Publications Inc. and HarperCollins Publishers and…