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  • Here is a free tip to those developers thinking of adding widget support in their apps: widgets are not a great way to display information from high density, high speed info channels like social network feeds (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc). You are welcome. #iosdev #apple

  • Lost in a see of content

    There is way more content online than we can humanly consume. There, I said it. I’m myself part of the problem, as a content creator too, albeit in a very small tiny fashion. To make things worse, I consider myself a writer. It’s not helping as less and less people are reading these days. read more

  • Stupid 5G Marketing

    Saw that picture of a guy paying an VR game on a Rogers website to promote 5G networks in Canada. How stupid is this marketing!? What are they thinking when they “design’ their marketing campaign? You tell me. read more

  • You cannot trust the human race. #covid19

  • Thought of the day: I think that blogs and newsletters are more than ever critical conduits for crafted content in a world of AI-generated feeds. #writing #newsletters #blogging #blog

  • Steve Ballmer’s reaction to the launch of the iPhone. LOL. Same applies to car companies reactions to Tesla. We all know how this will probably end up. twitter.com/sawyermer…

  • Forgot to put the evidence for my previous post. Here it is.

  • The Social Dilemma by Center for Humane Technology

    I can’t wait to watch this, even if I know it will be a troubling portrait of our modern society. While waiting for it, here is something even more troubling. The email I got announcing this new short film to be shown on Netflix does contain a tracking pixel, according to Hey. How curious this is. 🧐 … read more

  • Interesting trend indeed. For each movement, their is a counter-movement. For AI generated feeds movement, there will be a slow-feed, user-selected feed content movement. And I like it. The Rise of Slow Feeds

  • Remember Apple inviting professionals to learn about their workflow so they could use that input to reimagine the Mac Pro? What if Apple asked developers to a round table discussion to get input to reinvent the App Store? #iosdev #apple #apple

  • I want to be paid or get credits on my account to answer questions of potential buyers about things I bought on @Amazon. Who do you think I am?

  • Super interesting read. Careful explanation of where things come from and why it has to change. #appstore #apple App stores, trust and anti-trust — Benedict Evans

  • It’s pretty much how I see the American society, if I put it mildly. twitter.com/thefarmer…

  • Something I should show to all my friends on Facebook who doesn’t care about privacy…

    twitter.com/snowden/s…

  • On EPIC PR Stunt - Because this is exactly that!

    On Apple vs The World: I’m all in for Apple to change its App Store rules, whatever it could mean, and reduce its cuts, etc. But @gruber post is dead on, Epic move this week is pure PR stunt. Plain and simple. EPIC can’t be selective and hit only Apple. They have to hit them all on the basis of … read more

  • If Epic doesn’t play the same game with Sony and all the other online stores, they are making fools of themselve. If you fight for principles, do it diligently.

  • That’s what teachers are for. 🧡 twitter.com

    philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) Tweeted: This is extremely wholesome t.co/AmC4I1ZOb…

  • Sadly, I think we’re not done yet with 2020.

  • How Long Apple can stand like this?

    On Apple’s stance on its App Store policies. Developers are complaining. The tech press is complaining. Governments are complaining. Now Microsoft is complaining. And Facebook too. Google? Are users complaining? I don’t see that. Does it make a big difference for Apple? How long Apple … read more

  • As I see it, Twitter could easily differentiates itself from Facebook by actually acting on wrong content and locking their owner out of their account. Something Facebook is not doing. twitter.com/craigsilv…