A quote from John Ternus’ internal memo leaked today (emphasis is mine):

As you’ve by now heard, Tim has announced that he will be transitioning into the executive chairman role, and in September, I will become Apple’s new CEO. It has been such a privilege to lead the hardware engineering team, to be part of such remarkable work, and to see all of you in action, determined as ever to do everything we can for our users. I look forward to working with you very closely in my new role. Needless to say, I still plan to be very hands-on.

I like this a lot. I always admired people who can be very high-level and very hands-on while being relevant at both levels.

The latest Huawei folding phone kind of previews the iPhone Ultra — 9to5Mac

Apple is believed to be going for a wider screen on the outside of its foldable iPhone, which creates a wider aspect ratio for the larger screen on the inside.

I wasn’t very keen to such devices until I saw and okayed with one recently. I’m not sure about this form factor, though. It reminds me of the fat iPod nano. What’s I’d like to see in the future is a foldable iPad where the full size would be equivalent to the current 11-inch iPad, but once folded would be closer to a mix of the iPhone 17 Pro Max and an iPad mini.

App host Vercel says it was hacked and customer data stolen — TechCrunch

Vercel said the hack may affect “hundreds of users across many organizations,” and not just its own system, warning of potential downstream breaches spanning the tech industry.

All my web apps are hosted on Vercel. I got an email this morning to tell me my account wasn’t impacted by the data leak. Should I trust this statement? One thing that blows my mind: how on earth such a serious company don’t have a more restrictive policy as to what employees can download and test?

Now that my Mailbrew account is closed, I have moved many of my Brews1 to my RSS Flow web app. This is my home page with many photo-heavy sources. Pretty nice, enh!

  1. Mailbrew objects for configuring a set of RSS sources that form a newsletter. ↩︎

I’ll never buy anything other than traditional house furniture at IKEA. Don’t trust anything involving electronics or smart home appliances. I learned the hard way. 🤬

After several years of loyal service, I finally closed my Mailbrew account. This service was sold by its creators a few years ago, and since then, development had completely stopped. It’s a shame because when Mailbrew first appeared, it was an innovative idea that filled a niche for news and reading enthusiasts. I’ve moved on to something else. My reading workflow evolved around RSS and using the best client for the task.

Just finished watching this video from Tom’s Guide with Apple’s Joz and John Ternus. I paid attention to Ternus’s words and answers while asking myself: is this guy really the CEO Apple should be transitioning to? I think so. I much prefer his tone and more apparent enthusiasm compared to Tim’s.