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iPad Pro? Sacrificing devices to the beta gods I have lots of thoughts on the WWDC announcements this week, but it’ll take a few days to get them in order. One thing I can say - When it came time 🗓️ June 6, 2023 🏷️ WWDC🏷️ Apple🏷️ iPad

The Case for Mini Widgets Single icon widgets should be a thing. When iOS 14 came out last year, one feature really blew up: Widgets. People were making their home screens not only more usable but "Aesthetic AF", whatever that means. Now that it's been a year and widgets are a thing, I propose a new widget style: **The Mini**. 🗓️ June 3, 2021 🏷️ iOS🏷️ WWDC🏷️ Widgets

WWDC 2019 Wish List What will iOS13 Bring? It’s that time of year again! We’re a few days out from WWDC 2019, and everyone is talking about what they want to see in the next update to Apple’s 🗓️ June 1, 2019 🏷️ Apple🏷️ WWDC

WWDC Week of Wants, Vol 6 Today's Ramblings: Siri Apple was the first compnay to put voice control in a phone with the iPhone 3GS. Siri took over for Voice Control with the iPhone 4S, and was a vast 🗓️ June 12, 2016 🏷️ Apple🏷️ Siri🏷️ WWDC

WWDC Week of Wants, Vol 5 The not-iPhones New software for the last few WWDCs have focused heavily on the iPhone. This makes sense, because the iPhone is such a huge part of Apple’s 🗓️ June 11, 2016 📷 Seriously, Apple? You can do better. 🏷️ Apple Watch🏷️ iPad🏷️ iPhone🏷️ WWDC🏷️ Apple

WWDC Week of Wants, Vol 4 Today's Ramblings: Home Whatever happened to HomeKit? When HomeKit was announced in 2014, it showed a lot of promise. Having one way to interface with all the fiddly bits 🗓️ June 10, 2016 🏷️ Apple🏷️ HomeKit🏷️ Automation🏷️ Siri🏷️ Echo🏷️ WWDC

WWDC Week of Wants, Vol 3 Today's Ramblings: Keyboards Ever since third-party keyboards arrived with iOS8, things have pretty much been a mess. Here are some quick thoughts and wants, from my 🗓️ June 9, 2016 🏷️ WWDC🏷️ Apple🏷️ iPad🏷️ iPhone

WWDC Week of Wants, Vol 2 Today's Ramblings: Messages Messages (the concept) are very important. Messages (the app) needs to live up to that. I use a lot of messaging services for different things. 🗓️ June 8, 2016 🏷️ WWDC🏷️ Apple🏷️ Messages

WWDC Week of Wants, Vol 1 Today's Ramblings: Photos I use Apple’s Photos and iCloud for my main photo library, but I have Dropbox’s auto-upload turned on as a poor-man’s backup, and I’m a big fan of 🗓️ June 7, 2016 🏷️ Apple🏷️ Google🏷️ Photos🏷️ WWDC

Siri Spills It According to the guys over at 9to5Mac, and confirmed by yours truly (and a bajillion other internet geeks), Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference 🗓️ April 18, 2016 🔗 9to5Mac 🏷️ Apple🏷️ WWDC🏷️ Siri🏷️ Linked List

The Obligatory pre-WWDC Prognostication We know (based on posted pictures) that Apple will announce iOS 8 and the next version of OSX. (That’s OS Ten, not OS “X”, people. Let’s get it 🗓️ June 1, 2014 🏷️ Apple🏷️ WWDC