I’ve used the 14-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro now since its debut and the only thing I wish I had more of is screen real estate. I love the 32GB of RAM. I love the I/O. I love everything about the computer. I don’t need its portability though, so next time I figured I’d be going with as close to baseline as possible 16-inch MacBook Pro. But with today’s rumour mill from Mark Gurman, I might have to wait to see what this 15-inch MacBook Air holds in store for us.

Say what you will about this laptop’s funky design, I think it has a lot going for it. A), I think many folks get 75% more work done with two displays, and B), the ability to use it as an actual book is super intriguing. Maybe it’ll fall flat, but colour me intrigued.

This has to be one of the worst bits of taxation reporting I’ve ever read. If you are a Canadian (and likely American, or English, or French, or really a citizen of Planet Earth that files a tax return) and you contribute to a pension, or pay for childcare expenses, or pay mortgage interest (in America, specifically, I think), then you also have deducted expenses to reduce your tax owing. Deductions aren’t loopholes.

I’ve seen a variety of spots recently where folks consider cash outflows as “expenses” or “expenditures”, rather than the more accurate categorization of “capital” and “current”. This misunderstanding has led me to the question: If this is how folks interpret financial definitions, how bad were the/are the misunderstandings regarding the COVID-19 pandemic? Capital and current are pretty simple concepts. Now throw in complicated medical terms and there is major cause for concern.

Great list of great subscriptions from Matt Birchler. My current list includes Fantastical, Sunsama, Day One, Ulysses, Tweetbot, Unread, and a few others. I might need to scale down a little.

Looks like I’ve found the next notebook system I’ll buy and ultimately not use. What a beautiful piece of analog stationery.

This has to be the most beautiful camera ever made. It’s extraordinarily expensive, but I still think it might be within impulse splurge territory because of how beautiful it is.

As the title suggests — iPadOS does now allow extended display mode without an external keyboard or mouse, but they should allow it. At least allow it without the external keyboard. The software keyboard on the iPad isn’t bad at all, especially on the larger 12.9-inch iPad. There could be some clever workflows operating between a touch keyboard and a non-touch external display.

Nice, enthusiastic look at iPadOS 16.2’s latest Stage Manager and external monitor features. I learned a few extra tidbits from Chris in this one. Overall, there are hiccups, but I am starting to really like Stage Manager on my iPad Pro. I can see this sticking.