Highlights

 

Lightning Sputters ⚡️

04/21/2022 • #190

Apple’s long-in-the-tooth approach to ports and charging cables is feeling pressure on all sides these days, including from a Brazilian judge.

Are we nearing the end of dongle life? It seems like the evidence is growing that our long dongle winter is about to end, and we’ll be left with more options in the long run. And in a lot of ways, it’s because regulators and governmental… Read More

04/19/2022

New Slang 💬 : 

Taking a quick look at the world’s greatest FOIA request, an 83-page document listing the FBI’s attempt at capturing the internet’s slang.

#189

04/18/2022

A Belated Modern Embrace 🕹 : 

For decades, I wasn’t really much of a modern gamer at all. But now, I’m dipping my toes into a new area. Stress will do that to you.

#188

04/14/2022

Should Elon Musk Buy Twitter? 🪺 : 

Taking on the question that’s been on every Twitter user’s mind this morning.

#187

04/12/2022

Bad Subliminal Work 🍨 : 

The new Baskin-Robbins logo falls into the trap of trying to aim for a new demographic while not properly integrating visual elements that made their old look iconic.

#186

04/11/2022

The Room to Speak Up 💬 : 

Lost in our recent debates on free speech is the context around what created the circumstances for you to speak up. As long as that context is missing, the discussion will always remain hollow.

#185

04/07/2022

The Cult of Corporatism 👔 : 

Two hit shows on Apple TV+ have a hell of a lot to say about corporate culture right now, and it feels like just the right time to hear it … even if the source of said commentary is interesting.

#184

04/05/2022

Your Way Or The Highway 🍔️ : 

You might have heard Burger King is getting sued over the size of its burger patties. If you’re at all offended by this, do you think you would get absolutely anything from that class-action suit?

#183

04/04/2022

The Centralizer’s Lament 😥️ : 

The guy who helped created Twitter, Jack Dorsey, seems to be regretting his work around that these days. Is this an opportunity for the open internet to get back into the conversation?

#182

03/31/2022

Mark One Off ✅ : 

No, it’s not the world’s biggest deal that Google Docs now supports Markdown. But it certainly feels like a friendly nod to the numerous writers that use it.

#181

03/29/2022

How Fast Is Too Fast? 💻 : 

Over the last decade, solid-state drive technology has improved to the point that it’s now significantly faster than any traditional hard drive. New generations of SSDs promise to be even faster—but require active cooling to do the job, which may be too big a tradeoff for most users.

#180

03/28/2022

Remove the Screen 💻 : 

The fad of removing monitors from MacBook screens to use them as a de facto desktop machine seems a little silly to me, but it does feel like it’s pointing out a potential market for Apple.

#179

03/24/2022

Dial Up the Nostalgia ☎️ : 

Old landlines are starting to gain a bit of old-school nostalgia, per the New York Times. The reason? Simply put, smartphones simply don’t feel as creative or eye-opening by comparison.

#178

03/22/2022

An !important Distinction ⚠️ : 

A co-creator of CSS comes out of the woodwork to explain that the !important tag is being used incorrectly by most people.

#177

03/21/2022

A Senseless World  : 

A reporter’s tragic death in a nightclub shooting over the weekend—at a paper I used to work at—has left me grasping for words.

#176

03/17/2022

A Difference of Opinion 🧐 : 

Just to clarify, I do respect what Substack has created. My challenge is that I want to see what that ecosystem model looks like without being so distinctly built around a monolithic platform.

#175

03/15/2022

Vanced and Vanquished 📺 : 

Google’s problem with YouTube Vanced reflects the fact that first-party mobile apps don’t allow for enough customization. Fix that, and minimize the number of people moving into gray areas.

#174

Domain Transfer 🔗

03/14/2022 • #173

How a small personal gesture gave me a different perspective on the Russian sanctions.

It’s weird thinking about the way that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine creates deep side effects that have little to do with the original goals of the conflict. These complexities have helped to stress-test our broader global culture. It’s been… Read More

03/10/2022

Congratulations, You’ve Been Platformed 📫 : 

Substack’s new app, no matter the justification, changes the rules around the pledge the company made to its customers—and puts up a fresh barricade to the openness of the open internet.

#172

03/08/2022

The Unwanted Supergroup 🥁 : 

Epic Games’ deal to purchase Bandcamp is a weird one, but in a way, it harkens back to where Tim Sweeney first started. However, it will break if Sweeney’s megacorp forgets that.

#171