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The Bubble Wars
There’s been an increasing tension around the exclusivity of Apple’s iMessage product, and it feels like that tension has hit a peak over the last month or so. Here’s a handful of the iMessage related events in recent history: Automattic (the WordPress people) acquired the Texts app, a universal messaging app with support for, among…
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The “That’s How Apple Does Things” Tautology
Earlier this year I was on Mastodon, opining casually on Apple being so tight-lipped about their strategy with their highest-end pro Macs, and suggesting that Apple just speak openly about the long term plans because there isn’t really much of an Osbourne effect to be concerned with, and it will help pros trying to make…
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Meta Update
2023 was a relatively quiet year for icanthascheezburger. It wasn’t a quiet year for me, though. I spent much of the year adjusting to the new reality that the most important person in my life decided to pursue another relationship and moved out. I had experienced a previous loss in momentum back in 2021 when…
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Thoughts on Yesterday’s “Scary Fast” Event
As it turns out, “scary fast” was referring to the fact that the event itself was contained to a tight 30 minutes. I noticed a few things in the event: Macs are available with a dizzying array of chip options now. Not only do you get to choose between M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max,…
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Mastodon After Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter
About a year ago, I laid out some ideas for how Elon Musk could take a company like Twitter, which he recently acquired, and turn it into something that makes money and retains its value. Elon Musk didn’t exactly go with that approach. Instead, he’s kind of been running it into the ground. There’s little…
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Ozempic’s Biggest Side Effect Is Insufferable Thinkpieces
Ozempic’s been getting a ton of attention in the media over the last year or so. If you’re not familiar, Ozempic (generic name semaglutide) is a relatively new drug that came on the market a few years ago to treat diabetes. One of its side effects is loss of appetite and subsequently weight loss, and…
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The ZSA Voyager Keyboard Is the Moonlander To Go
I’ve been using ZSA’s new Voyager keyboard for a few weeks now. The first thing that hits you when you unbox it is how damn thin it is. It’s not just thinner because it’s using low-profile Choc switches (and similarly low-profile keycaps), the actual case of the keyboard itself is considerably thinner than even the…
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WWDC 2023 Keynote: First Impressions
Overall, I really enjoyed this WWDC keynote, and it feels like one that belongs to the ages (after all, it’s not every WWDC that gets a brand new platform announced). WWDC events nowadays are a massive info dump sure to overwhelm every time simply because there are so many platforms now. I want to focus…
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Apple’s VR headset is a long shot
On the eve of WWDC I’m going to share my hottest of takes: there’s a decent chance that Apple’s VR headset ends up being a product that Apple tries but will ultimately exit the market. It’s not that I think Apple will do a bad job with this product; if anything I think their execution…
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Spotlight Bionic
In the “free idea for Apple” spirit of my SwiftScript post from awhile back, I want to share a vision for the kind of AI-powered product Apple could incorporate into macOS and iOS: Spotlight Bionic. Spotlight was pretty revolutionary when it was first announced back in Mac OS X Tiger. With really good indexing technology…