Forget the Meshtastic App Flaresat Does It Better
Stop fighting with ATAK plugins. Flaresat is the missing map layer for Meshtastic. Get real-time tracking, shared pins, and live routes over LoRa mesh, setup takes 2 minutes. No sideloading, no…
WE HAVE AN EV
It’s happening. 50 miles away is a 2019 Tesla Model 3 sitting in a parking lot with some battle scars and a salvage title. We picked this up at auction through Copart for $5,100. It’s…
Apple Home Office & Desk Setup for 2023
Check out my updated office and desk setup for 2023. This week I had the opportunity to write about my desk setup on Club MacStories weekly newsletter so I'm also sharing it here in case you are…
GitHub and Claude Are Down Three Out of Four Days
146 out of 198 days, at least Github or Claude had an incident. GitHub averages 91% uptime, Claude 80%. Six months of status page data visualized.
Links of the Day
Meet Kit, your companion for a new internet era. Mozilla has officially unveiled Firefox’s new mascot. This “new internet era” is, according to Mozilla, “shaped by AI and a web that’s harder to…
ModRetro is a Grift
Nothing about ModRetro's "M64" makes sense
Cloud Stocks: Amazon Raises Stakes in AI with $200 Billion Investment
The invest in AI frenzy continues with Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announcing $200 billion AI related capital investment this year. Like other tech players, Amazon wants to invest heavily in building…
My thoughts on Apple’s Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and numeric keypad
The Apple Magic Keyboard is an outrageously expensive wireless Mac keyboard with just one redeeming feature.
the design systems moment for ai content
Internet users will drown in AI-generated content. The brands who survive won't be the ones who generate the most. They'll be the ones who generate the most narratively coherent content. If you're a…
Fedora 44 Coming Soon
Based on the Fedora Project schedule and the Fedora package announce list, Fedora is on track for a Tuesday, April 14 earliest release date. If that date isn’t met, the primary release date is…
Product has always been the bottleneck, it’s just clearer now
If you’ve been doing engineering in a big enough company for a while now, you are probably aware of the process most companies with a substantial number of people use. Engineers wait for the go ahead…
Wayland set the Linux Desktop back by 10 years
Wayland has been a broad misdirection and misallocation of time and developer resources at the expense of users. If you're not familiar with this space, hopefully it will still be interesting as an…
Interaction Costs: The High Price of Low Usability
How Balsamiq's recent redesign broke rapid wireframing
"free speech" on x? my $10 promoted post experiment (zero spend, 80% engagement, still "running")
I promoted a tweet on X. they took my $10, approved the creative, showed the green “running” status, and then something strange happened. No delivery. in 24 hours: 39 impressions. 80%…
Why your next mobile app is probably headless
For years, companies fought to get their icon on your phone. They wanted you inside their app: their layout, their offers, their brand. For years after that, product teams lived and died by UX:…
QGIS 4.0 is now available - but don’t upgrade….. yet!
QGIS 4.0 is now available! But yes, you have read my title correctly - I would recommend many people don’t upgrade…. yet. QGIS 4.0 is an ‘Early Adopter’ version - which means that there are new…
GNOME 50 Wallpapers
Hexagons finally claim the default spot in GNOME's wallpaper lineup.
700
Today GlanceCam reached 700 Mac App Store ratings.
Months to minutes: an AI feature-gap harness
The best product outcomes always came from someone who talked to customers and could also build. That was rare and didn't scale. Now it's a system property.
🏠 🕹️ ⭐️ My top 10 home office gadgets in 2026
I work from home. Just like the rest of my Nozbe team. We all work from our homes. That’s why I’ve been tweaking my home office almost every year since 2008 and documenting it on my blog. Now it’s…
update from the jolla phone running sailfish os
ladies and gentlemen BEHOLD: A SMART PHONE WITH REPLACABLE BATTERY!!!!! (OMG!) AND (!!!) A MICROSD SLOT! NO KIDDING 2x MUST HAVE FEATURES 😀 that for some strange reason got removed by most other…
"you should already have a google account"
Android will be a pain in the ass if the platform doesn't remain open
Top 5 Streaming Tools
Tools to help you become the best streamer you can be. Find the various levels of ease of use, and market your streams!
Speak First, Prompt Later: Using Windows + H to Supercharge Your AI Prompts
There’s a small Windows shortcut that quietly makes AI tools dramatically better. It’s Windows Key + H. Press it and Windows opens a tiny voice typing microphone popup. Start talking and Windows…
Zillow Restarts Its Coming Soon Program
Do you believe me now when I say that private listings are going mainstream? It's time to end the masquerade.
ECA Digital e Linux: dados preliminares
Entrou em vigor hoje no Brasil a Lei 15.211/2025, também chamada Estatuto Digital da Criança e do Adolescente, ou ECA Digital. Confesso que eu não fazia idéia de que essa lei estava em discussão.…
Muppets Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster & Monsters Inc Land Update — Hollywood Studios Construction
The Muppets are taking over Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, construction continues at Monstropolis, and The Magic of Disney Animation opens this summer
Adriatics Tech Summit 2026
I’m very excited to be speaking at the Adriatics Tech Summit 2026 in about two weeks. It will be my first time speaking there, so I’m both thrilled and a little nervous.
Video: Starlink’s New “Auto” Network Mode Fixes An Annoying Issue
Starlink app version 2026.06.0 introduces new network mode settings. Auto network mode is for vehicles, and prevents the Starlink router WiFi from turning on until an internet connection is…
This is fine OS - now with RetroTV!
I stumbled on a pretty neat app called [Channel Surfer](https://channelsurfer.tv/) which fits youtube into a classic cable TV channel format.
GIMP 3.2 Released
GameFromScratch.com GIMP 3.2 Released The popular open source image manipulation application GIMP has just released GIMP 3.2. This release contains an impressive amount of new features, foundational…
macOS Tahoe bloats the Safari Picture-in-Picture window
As I mentioned in my recent blog post Safari web browser bugs: A year in review , I frequently browse Reddit and think Apple employees should too. Today on Reddit I came across the question, Can I…
The Neo cannot scale with macOS behind on the basics
I’m a lifelong Apple and Mac user in Australia.
Workday and Sana Unveil A Bold New Strategy For AI
This week Workday announced a bold and ambitious AI strategy around its new technology platform Sana. We have been partners and users of Sana for three years, so much of this discussion is also based…
On - How a MacBook Neo bought for a high school student is worth $50k to Apple
March 17, 2026 I came across a great piece by Ben Lovejoy on 9to5Mac that offered a new perspective on Apple's MacBook Neo. According to Ben maybe the MacBook Neo isn't necessarily about offering a…
Pixel week 1: switching after 18 years on iPhone
After 18 years on iPhone, I switched to a Google Pixel 10. Week one starts with the move, the data transfer, and a surprise or two.
The System Gets the Technology It Deserves.
I was a junior doctor when the national programme for IT was announced. I had recently learnt to develop in C for the Palm Pilot and I was genuinely excited. Imagine if I could get the test results…
On (Not) Distro Hopping
A look at why I don't constantly, or regularly, switch Linux distributions
Tools I use: Ghostty
Ghostty is a fast, native terminal emulator built by Mitchell Hashimoto. I switched to it for its performance and clean defaults. Configuration (~/.config/ghostty/config)# keybind =…
You don’t have to choose anymore, Hello Neo
My first Mac was an iBook G4. I saved up all summer long doing my summer job to buy that thing. I waffled between the Mac mini at $500 and the iBook which sat around $1,000. I had an HP display,…
Du-ddu-ddum
Maybe, for the first time in my life, after trying dozens of them and reselling them or sending them back because they hurt or bothered me behind the ears due to the temples of my glasses, maybe…
Mobile-based development with Termux on Android
I’ve written a lot about Termux in the past, and since then, have continued to refine workflows around Android terminals, trying to push it to extremes. With extra software, or accessories, how…
please-make-me-an-app, or not
Ever since I started working with Ruby back in 2009, Linux has been my home and recently I got tired. Not like, angry-tired, but more like the “sigh” of someone who’s been working…
AI-Chatbots are the new Settings Search
A small rant about Big-Evil-Corp's product pages.
TCL Note A1 NXTPAPER hands-on
I've been spending some time with TCL's Note A1 NXTPAPER lately after backing their kickstarter a few months ago. It's a tablet-notepad hybrid positioned to rival the likes of the Kindle Scribe and…
From WSL to bare-metal Linux
I’ve been a happy Windows user for most of my life, but last year I grew tired of the split between Windows proper and the WSL. It started getting in the way and, in the spirit of fixing my…
You can help
Product design, product management, any roles that touch the digital creation space for app development: all of these are shifting and changing so fast.In the last couple of weeks, I've had…
On AI Agents and the New SaaS
OpenClaw has gained a lot of attention and notoriety recently, and for a good reason. When I first encountered LLMs, they were useful, but I wasn't really all that excited. It was mostly a chat…
a tamagotchi, a lil guy, or a third thing
The rise of AI and LLMs has created fertile soil for smart Tamagotchis to emerge. I've seen both celebration and derision on the internet. Personally, I like the idea of giving my computer programs…