Remember the iPod and iTunes Music Store? Customers were free to download and install music on their iPods, but the iTunes Music Store was still a runaway success. Same would be true for the App Store.
Apple could get itself out of a world of hurt and create a better overall experience if it would allow customers to download and install apps outside the App Store.
This is categorically untrue. But at least the position of the majority of Council, including Wheeler and Hardesty, is now apparent: this is complicated, don't worry about it, take the $15m of nothing reform, and hopefully you'll forget about it by the Fall.
Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty https://twitter.com/JoAnnPDX
1) No new amendments can be added to the City's budget at this time. There's a process for getting items on the agenda & we're past that point. We were past it last week ...
So, if you had approximately $60-80,000 to blow, what would you buy? Tesla: caranddriver.com/tesla/model-s ($81K) Mac Pro: petapixel.com/2019/12/10/a-f… ($54K) + Pro Display/Stand ($7K) Boston Dynamics Spot: shop.bostondynamics.com/DefaultStore/s… ($75K)

How can people comfortably continue to endorse and build Apple products when they do things like this? https://timetoplayfair.com/?

Chrome could never.

The biggest problem with all these byzantine Apple App Store rules ultimately isn't the hassle foisted upon developers (though that sucks). No, the biggest problem is IT’S TERRIBLE UX. All the rest of us users suffer because apps are hamstrung by these ridiculous payment rules.
I will say, though, hearing a literal human mullet state clearly that “Black Lives Matter” brings me joy. While its clear that Gundy has handled this extremely poorly, there’s no denying the power of this moment. Keep protesting, folks.
BUM CHILLUPS, NPR CLASS PUNDIT https://twitter.com/edsbs
"when I was informed this would be a disaster for recruiting, I listened" twitter.com/CoachGundy/sta…
i wanna see those chunky arm macs
Watch the first global, all-online Worldwide Developers Conference on June 22 at 10 a.m. PDT. Tap the ♥️ and we’ll send you a reminder on event day. #WWDC20
I am unreasonably excited about this. There are so many use cases that just became possible (and easy, even) as a result of this Lambda + EFS support.
xnoɹǝʃ uɐıɹq https://twitter.com/brianleroux
It shipped!!! This is a BFD people. No more filesystem size limits for your Lambda workloads. aws.amazon.com/about-aws/what…

Now is the time to get it! It’s eternal Caturday!

Woohoo! I'm hosting my first virtual UXNight tonight at 5pm PST and it's all about user research and design. We'll have a private link to the recordings for those who register but can't make it this evening. cascadesf.com
Jack and I turned his bedroom into a livestreaming studio for my event tonight. The backdrop will be lit purple in theme of @cascadesf #UXNight. PS: I am having way too much fun.

guess what I did

“To even begin to achieve the work to make the lives of Black people actually matter, white America must collectively acknowledge the debt it owes us. […] Where are you on the journey, Portland? Not even at the starting line.” Do read this by @theartspj. pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-…
Something else I've been cooking up for the Bridgetown v0.15 release…a new starter theme based on Bulma CSS by @jgthms! Once you install the @bridgetownrb CLI, with just one command you'll be able to #SpinUpBridgetown + Bulma in no time! (And yes, live search too!!)
I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve accidentally tapped an iOS notification while I’m heads-down on a phone task. I can’t wait for them to start applying machine learning to iOS Notification center, so it can actually find appropriate pauses in activity to notify you.
This is massively disappointing by @Apple. How many thousands of apps are in the App Store that already are free frontends to external services that don’t offer in-app subscriptions? Zoom, Slack, all of the GSuite apps, Basecamp, Trello, etc. I bet Apple gets owned by the EU.
Yesterday was such a happy day. We've worked so diligently for over two years to make HEY. The press and customer reactions were making me euphoric. To have Apple, of all...
So excited for this!!!
Hello, world. Today we're officially launching @oaklandside, journalism for Oakland, with a beautiful new home for our work. We amplify community voices, share informati...
Listen folks, when Apple stalwarts like Panic and Basecamp talk about the travails of working within acceptable App Store parameters, THERE IS A F'N SERIOUS PROBLEM. On the eve of WWDC20, it's not easy being an Apple fanboi right now. 🙁
It's pathetic to say, but I respect your bravery in immediately calling them out for this. We've dealt back-channel style with capricious rejections for years and years a...