Interesting coincidental scheduling on BBC this evening
Testing the new slideover on iOS26 and does it really have to be limited to a single app? And what’s with enormous window border?
Some weeks just absolutely fly right past you. This has been one of them. Only thing guaranteed to quicker is the next 2 days.
In the design and manufacture of handheld physical objects the surface finish and radii are essential for comfort and usability. But there is no place for radii on digital UI. None. Window radii don’t enhance usability they degrade it.
Brilliant as The Monster Slash Video is, it’s heartbreaking to know this is very real.
Jamie Lee Curtis in The Bear is an absolute force of nature. What a performance.
Discovered the lightweight blogging platform Bear Blog. Love the speed and simplicity of the interface.
Created a new page on my list of annoyances. Somehow I think I will be adding to this for some considerable time.
Read the headline Google Photos Gets Conversational Editing and almost had the urge to check the article wasn’t dated April 1st.
I see iPadOS26 still hasn’t fixed the keyboard issues with an external keyboard.
I like the idea of both Now and Then pages on a blog. Makes sense.
Daring Fireball: Woz: ‘I Am the Happiest Person Ever’
Better to live rich than to die rich
Hard to disagree with that sentiment.
Spotted another example of comparisons made which show a future state / new product (left) and the current state / current product on the right. At what point this become the norm? It’s completely alien to me. I can’t see beyond before/after or now/later, today/tomorrow. The reverse is perverse.
New resolution for 2nd half of 2025 is to care, but not care quite so much about things which don’t matter.
Surprisingly, for the first time in years I have opted to install beta OS from Apple. In this case it’s the iPadOS public beta of iPadOS26. The lure of the windowing on iPad was just too much.
Whole bag airport scanners. What a breath of fresh air. Incredibley easy
Checked in for my flight and in selecting a seat was informed that these are preallocated. Seriously? What’s the point of airlines offering online check-in and seat selection if seats are determined without any consideration of customer preference
Apple’s classy new iPhone ringtone is available to try right now
Ok but who actually has a ring tone on their phone anymore
Only today did I hear about the More Space option on ipadOS Display settings. Toggling it on has a dramatic impact on the relationship between window size and text size on ipadOS18. I can only hope it’s usable on ipadOS26.
Considering buying a parasol for the decking. That’s a sure fire of guaranteeing miserable weather for the rest of the year.
I honestly think I need to concede bankruptcy in both the Shortcuts and Drafts apps, and simply start again.
On 512 pixels
at no point does Dye show any emotion about the work
or any consideration of design is how it works. Usability must be the primary consideration above everything else.
I never thought it would happen. But Donald has finally said something most people can agree with.
I am now, and will forever be ensorcelled. I’m so amazed and grateful to be with her.
Sunset this evening is to be after 10 pm. Ok, I know it’s the summer solstice but witnessing that amount of daily that time of night still seems abnormal.