As someone that also can't stand "Magic" Links, this post from John Gruber really resonated with me. Proponents of “magic links” argue that they’re beneficial for technically befuddled users who don’t use a password manager. That’s a good argument for offering “magic links”…
I’ve been using Pocket Casts pretty much since it first launched back in 2011, first on Android but also on iOS after I switched. As you can see from the screenshot above, I've spent nearly two thirds of a year using it over the last decade 😬. I&…
Matt Bircher has a great series of posts on music streaming and revenue per stream. It’s largely a response to a post by Brian Merchant, which I also saw saw and wanted to (but likely never would have!) comment on. I completely agree with Matt on the point that…
Google have had their fair share of hardware issues over the years (and very recently 😬), but I absolutely love that both the Pixel Watch 4 and Buds 2a’s battery case have been designed to have their batteries replaced with simple tools and very little seeming complexity. This is such…
It was interesting listening to Rivian’s CEO on this week’s Decoder, talking about controlling the in car experience to ensure that it’s seamless and integrated (and hence forgoing CarPlay). It’s super ironic that this immediately rankled fans and pundits, given that no one takes controlling all…
It’s a shorter update this week as I have so much going on between work and my daughter’s 11th birthday 🥳. Caught Stealing 🎥 Although it’s a completely different movie to Weapons, I had the same feeling coming out of this of having been very nicely surprised by a…
For the last year, I’ve been helping my daughter with maths and verbal reasoning to prepare her for her 11+ exam. For those of you not in the UK, this is a test which 10 to 11 year olds sit in their last year of primary school to get…
Weapons 🎥 I love it when a great movie just comes out of nowhere and surprises everyone. Given how much I enjoyed Barbarian, I should have already had Zach Cregger on my radar, but Post Weapons, I’ll most definitely be eagerly awaiting whatever he does next. Without delving into the…