Apr 27, 2018 | articles, featured
As you may know, Amazon is raising the price of Prime to $120 per year. Initially that struck me as too much, but after sleeping on it, today I decided to cancel our membership. I did it for two reasons. Value Over the years, Amazon has been packing Prime with a ton...
Apr 12, 2018 | articles, featured
Granting permission for an app or service to upload our contacts can be quite useful. It can also be dangerous to the privacy of everyone involved, and people are understandably losing trust in large parts of the tech industry. But what if it wasn’t a binary,...
Mar 14, 2018 | featured, Finer News
I just posted a short roundup on Patreon of a few changes I made to the newsletter. You should check it out there, but I’ll summarize here. First, it’s back to being free to everyone. I tried Patreon-only for a while, but subscriber growth plummeted. I get...
Feb 19, 2018 | articles, featured, Web
Blendle is an attempt at micro-transactions for news. Whether you use the website or its iPad and iPhone app, you can pick your favorite topics and publications, dump a few bucks into your account, then skim a tailored selection of stories Blendle thinks you want to...
Feb 13, 2018 | articles, featured, Mac
I haven’t used a particular app in a little while. I just got a new Mac and I wanted to start fresh with it, so I had to re-download said app. As it turns out, the app received a major paid upgrade since I last used it. The bad news is that I can’t find a download for...
Feb 11, 2018 | articles, featured, iOS, Mac
Group iMessage conversations can get pretty notification-y, what with all the GIFs and LOLs and thumbs ups. It may be tempting to shut off notifications altogether, but then you might miss actually important messages, including those meant for you. I think a strong...
