Apple won by building a system where every device seamlessly works together, from auto-unlocking my Mac to my doorbell appearing on the nearest screen.
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Mostly design. Occasionally everything else.
2025
- Apple trapped me in their ecosystem — and I love it
- You'll start noticing this effect everywhere
A cognitive bias where you notice a specific concept more frequently after recently becoming aware of it. And yes, you'll notice it after reading this.
- Artificial, not intelligent
How rushed and unwanted AI features are making software worse and more expensive.
- Apple's Liquid Glass: When aesthetics beat function
Apple's new transparent design system has obvious readability issues that Apple's own design standards should have caught.
- How to turn getting water into rocket science
A coworker dared me to make a cup of tea using our new office water boiler. Challenge accepted.
- University wayfinding: A master class in confusion
I went to meet a professor of Human-Computer Interaction at a university. The irony was not lost on me.
- Food delivery fiasco
Moving house, hungry, and the app delivered to my old address.
- The Scissor Paradox
Scissors sold in packaging that can only be opened with scissors.