Category: Technology
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Restoring a Magical Piece of Glass
The year 2020 is the tenth anniversary of iPad and there have been many articles, podcasts and videos that all offer their own take on the success and influence of the device. Naturally, I thought that I should throw one in as well, albeit a bit later than the others. Essentially, most commentators fall into…
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Deborah Rutter on ‘Recode Decode’ with Kara Swisher
The latest episode of Recode Decode includes a fantastic interview with Deborah Rutter, the president of the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. in the United States. I had no idea about the Kennedy Center prior to listening to this but I found it absolutely riveting. On the show, Swisher asks Rutter not only about the…
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Inconsistent Whimsy
After quite a bumpy beta period, macOS Catalina was finally released on 7 October. There are welcome improvements, such as the addition of Sidecar, the split-up of iTunes into different apps, a better Reminders app and the all-new Voice Control, which is a fantastic accessibility feature that enables you to control your Mac entirely with…
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Apple and Its Ever-changing, Unchanging Ecosystem
In case you missed Apple’s latest keynote this week (not sure how), the company announced the new seventh-generation iPad, Apple Watch Series 5 and iPhones 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max and gave updates on retail, Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade. Naturally, the event has already been covered to death. The coverage may be…
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Rumination 50: Will Email Ever Die?
A number of things have come up this year in my feeds that have discussed the history, value and disadvantages of email. First of all, I watched the movie You’ve Got Mail for the first time. Yes, I know… I left it for a while after its release. This film presented the tool in a…
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Remembering iBook: the ‘iMac to Go’
This year is a major anniversary for the beloved iBook, which was first announced and released in 1999. 20 years! Along with iMac, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2018, iBook helped to reinvigorate Apple’s product line with a cool, new take on the clamshell design that has come to define laptops, along with a…
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Baked-in Markdown
Since the Mac App Store’s visual refresh, one of my favourite features has been the stories that highlight various apps, developers, extensions and usage tips. I’ve discovered a number of useful apps through these stories! One of the things that really seems to have been embraced by Apple on the store is the great range…
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Apple and the Cult of Personality
If you’re a tech enthusiast, you’ve certainly heard that Apple’s Chief Design Officer (CDO), Sir Jony Ive, has announced that he is leaving the company to start his own firm, LoveFrom. This is massive news, as Ive has played a major part in the design and success of a wide range of Apple hardware, from…
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