Author Archives: Michael M.

Shortcuts in iOS 12 let you get things done with your apps, with just a tap or by asking Siri. In addition to running shortcuts available on your iOS device, you can use the Shortcuts app to create custom shortcuts, simplifying everyday tasks by combining steps across multiple apps. From now on when people askContinue reading “Shortcuts User Guide”

I’ve used Overcast every day since I got my first iPhone in 2015. I’ve tried other apps, but Marco has something that make everything else pale in comparison. I’m excited to try the Watch app, as watchOS 5 is a game-changer for podcast apps. Also, for nerds like me, Marco’s blog post about development ofContinue reading “Overcast 5 Released in the App Store”

Steve Troughton-Smith on Twitter Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Xcode 10 on macOS 10.14. Dark Appearance, Apple News, App Store w/ video previews Folks like Steve Troughton-Smith and Gui Rambo are always fun to follow around Apple announcements. We learned a lot last year from the pair of them, and the tease of darkContinue reading “Dark Mode on macOS and iOS might be on their way”

iMac Pro at MacStadium Our patent-pending sled design lets us load iMac Pros into enterprise racks with high density and redundancy (like our Mac Pros), and our testing shows lightning fast builds. As Mac Stadiums notes, this is not even in beta yet, but it looks so freaking cool. With the Mac Mini withering away,Continue reading “Mac Stadium Experimenting with Mac Pros as Servers”

Tweetbot for Mac Tweetbot is an award-winning, full-featured Twitter client for the Mac. It has a beautiful interface with light & dark themes, multiple-column support and much more. As Tapbots mentions in their post, the relationship between Twitter and its third-party apps is tenuous, to say the least. I’m glad that the folks at TapbotsContinue reading “Tweetbot 3 is now available”

Classic C1: iPhone X case inspired by iMac G3 by Spigen Spigen revisits the classics and brings them back into a modern technology. Inspired by Apple’s iconic iMac G3 and the first iPhone, Spigen introduces familiar but extraordinary designs. I love my leather iPhone X case, but I’ve already backed this project because damn.

Even though I won’t risk putting my own primary devices through the program, I always get excited when a new iOS is released to developers. I came home from work today to see the announcement the beta versions iOS 10.3, and even though I haven’t seen it hands-on, I do have opinions from afar. Last year, iOSContinue reading “iOS 10.3 Beta Announcements”

When I was a kid, I remember looking at the calendar every year around January 25th and thinking, “Wow, it’s already been a month since Christmas.” At age 22, I mostly reserve these feeling for Apple products. I didn’t get my iPhone 7 on launch day; I had to work the next morning and IContinue reading “iPhone 7: One Month In”

We forget that Indianapolis could have been the world’s automotive hub instead of Detroit. There were car manufacturers–including the Marmon Motor Car company, which won the first Indianapolis 500 with Ray Harroun–who made their home in the Circle City. Indianapolis is a city defined by automobiles; auto racing is our biggest export. Hell, the firstContinue reading “On Tesla & Indiana”