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.
This has to be the best looking 96% pre-built mechanical keyboard on the market, bar none.
I love Heinemeier Hansson’s writing these days, but he’s off kilter here. Here he questions why someone would say “rising costs of capital” instead of “higher interest rates”. “Higher interest rates” are not the same as higher costs of capital. Costs of capital includes debt and equity financing. Interest rates have an impact, yes, but that’s not the whole story. I’d rather someone use bigger words with more fitting nuance than dumbed down language that can be misleading.
Incredible new-to-me productivity and planning app with some of the most useful integrations and productivity workflows I’ve ever used. I’m going to have a lot more on this in the weeks and months to come.
There are points in this sequence where you go, “OK, nice!”, then “Oh my gawsh!,” then “There’s no way!”, then “Nope, this is fake.”, then “This is the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen.” No matter what your thoughts though, I guarantee the last thing you’ll think is “Ah, bad shot.”
Sports Alerts is the best new sports app of the year. Not even sure if it’s new. New to me. Live Activities and game-by-game alerts. So simple and so good. Free, though you do have to deal with a couple minor ads. (H/T Matt Birchler.)
I love the pace that Keychron releases new keyboards. But how hard is it to stay on top of their naming conventions? I just got used to the K-series, then the Q-series debuted. Then we got the K-Pro, then the V1-series. And now the S-series? I’m dizzy.
I thought it was easy to burn money on stylish Herman Miller furniture. And to think you might need to buy multiple items for multiple children. (Or you don’t. But it’s fun to dream.)
While in the middle of writing this afternoon, the little lights flashed off for good on my favourite Microsoft Surface Ergonomic keyboard. I’m bummed. It was a refurbished unit and had a few different problems, so I’m not surprised it has died. I’ve used the keyboard for four-plus years now — not a very long life. I enjoyed my time with it, to be sure.
Here’s a good tongue-in-cheek comment from a good friend. But seriously — perhaps it’s wiser to just post this sort of a stuff on a blog from now on. Another local Manitoban has been doing the same and I think it’s wonderful.