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.
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.