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I have ideas all the time. Most are fleeting and not fully flushed out. Some ideas are for things I want to write, others are things I want to say, and still more are creative projects I want to try. Recently I’ve started putting all that into Apple Notes.

Failure is an interesting word. My brother and I were talking about it earlier today. First, I love how stories get to the heart of so many things we wrestle with each day. From a recent quote I learned, attributed to Cassandra Clare: Fiction is truth, even if it is

Everybody’s dunking on Magic Mouse, meanwhile I’ve tried all the MX’s and MSFT mice, and always come back to it. Even prefer it over Magic Trackpad. From Stephen Robles on Threads. I’m a massive fan of the Magic Mouse. When I’m working away from a

I remember the days of working in an office, nearly a decade ago, and can compare that now to working remotely; and the common thread through that is the value of my work has been tied to autonomy, clarity, and combined trust between me and my colleagues. When it comes

Because of the types of companies I’ve worked with (mostly startups), and because of years of freelance with smaller teams, I’ve had the privilege to work with a ton of people since 2007. In all that time the biggest factor that came down to my personal enjoyment of

A half apology is a little like half a balloon. It takes effort, but it doesn’t have much utility. Seth, as usual, nails it. The opportunity for an apology is just that–an opportunity to demonstrate to the person you care about that you see them, understand them, and

Apple Inc. will introduce a new homegrown app next week called Passwords, aiming to make it easier for customers to log in to websites and software, according to people with knowledge of the matter. From Mark Gurman at Bloomberg. This was a topic with my cohosts on Ultra Pro Max

This week we were joined by the fantastic Heather Corallo as she came back on Fractional to talk about finding customers as a fractional business owner. It was a fantastic chat. If you’re interested in being in freelance/fractional work in general you’ll find the topic fun to

It’s Ben Surtees, the original developer of Bartender. Twelve years ago, I embarked on a journey to create Bartender, a macOS app designed to help you manage your menu bar items. Over the years, it has been incredibly rewarding to see Bartender grow and become an essential tool for

Over the last year I’ve started to share my thoughts on something before digesting what others think. It’s really fun! In the past I would hear a bit of news and instantly try to understand it through the lens of someone else. Taking a moment to write out