joe cieplinski
Back in 2013 , I suggested the story of Steve Jobs would best be told as a 5-act opera, with the most crucial part of the story being Act III. Act III: The NeXT / Pixar years. Includes an initial period of Jobs not knowing what he wants to do. Then the
I have a giant, Polish head. My neck has been holding it up for decades. Thus, I don’t find wearing Vision Pro particularly heavy. If you suffer from geek neck, where your head is already hanging forward over thin air instead of above your shoulders where it should be,
Note: This is currently a rumor, and I hope it doesn’t come to pass. I remember the early 90s, when I was first considering getting a 5-string bass. 5-string had suddenly become very popular, thanks to Grunge and a lot of other popular music featuring those extra low notes
Yesterday I ordered a new Apple Silicon Mac. The 13-inch Pro, to be precise. With all the trimmings. I did this, even though: This is clearly a Mac meant to be a replacement for the entry-level 2-port model of the 13-inch Pro. Not the high-end 4-port model I am using
Long-time readers know I am no fan of big phones. I’ve been begging Apple to make a smaller iPhone since the iPhone 6 was released. And while the SE was a smaller option for a while, I had many good reasons not to go in that direction. I don’
Here’s my new theory. Maybe I’m nuts. The new Apple Solo loops are not about the Watch. They are an operations experiment, to see how well Apple can manufacture at grand scale products that are more personal and customizable than ever before. Some industries would laugh at this
Rumor had it, Apple was going to add native sleep tracking to Apple Watch. In 2019. That summer, I began work to add sleep data analysis to RECaf , a feature I had wanted since I conceived of the app. The timing seemed right. If Apple were going to be adding
I totally understand why so many devs are loving the new WWDC format this year. I can see why many don’t want to see it go back to the “old” way. I don’t, either. There’s no question this online format gives more access to far more people.
This privacy page in the HBO Max iOS app is a work of art. Let’s start with how I navigated here. (Shout out to Dave Mark for making me aware of its existence in the first place.) Launch the app, tap on the account tab on the bottom right,
Over two years ago , I wrote a piece about long form writing on iPad, which I’ve grown to love as an activity over the years. My combination of iPad and Canopy/Magic Keyboard served me well for much of the intervening time. But then I made the mistake of
“it appears the world is going up in flames, both literally and figuratively, and the Apple rumor mill, which once brought us a bit of cheer throughout the winter doldrums, is now greeted with a general sense of weariness and indifference.” via Becky Hansmeyer I hadn’t thought of that
I managed to get my fingers on one of the new MacBook Pro 16-inch laptops at an Apple Store yesterday. As someone who actually likes the butterfly keyboard that preceded it, I thought I’d share my perspective. I know I’m not alone in worrying this new keyboard would
Apple TV+ is launching today. We’ve already heard, and will continue to hear, hot takes on how Apple has far too little content, how the shows are hit or miss, that they can’t possibly compete with Netflix and Disney, and on and on. But here’s the thing.
I’m thoroughly enjoying using SwiftUI. But like any new API, there are limitations that can at times be maddening. One issue I ran into while developing the UI for logging custom and favorite items in my RECaf watch app was the lack of any way in SwiftUI to pop
I have reached the unfortunate conclusion that RECaf’s watch app will not be able to go fully independent this fall with the release of watchOS 6. While you have always been able to log from your wrist using the app or Siri shortcuts, I was hoping folks who didn’