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I’ve noticed recently that it takes two taps in the iRobot #ios app to start a vacuuming job.
I don’t know when that started but it sure seems like a bug.
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I really feel bad bashing Apple at this point b/c I know some folks that work on apps there but man o man Liquid Glass is something else.
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Whoa @Microsoft is increasing the Xbox Ultimate price to $30/month? Hard pass. I’ve been an Ultimate subscriber since the early days but I’m barely getting value out of it at $20/month.
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Oh fun talk to type on iOS 26 decides not to work tonight. No reason it’s just like “Nah”
I really can’t believe Apple released this.
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Finally got a chance to go to Laurel Hill in Philadelphia
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I wanted to do an update to the Settings screen in my new app Minimalist Meditation
So, before I started making dinner, this is what I asked Claude to do.
This is the future.
#indiedeveloper #ios #meditation
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Wow, amazing show Saturday night with Elbow @ Brooklyn Bowl in Philadelphia. We had a great spot on the side of the stage.
Here’s the set list music.apple.com/us/playli…
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Oh the irony although to be fair working remotely, using Teams does kind of suck.
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The Apple Watch Sleep Score is like the James Suckling wine reviews. It’s looks like a 0 - 100 scale but we really know it’s a 90 - 100 scale.
Last night: Went to bed at a 11, finally fell asleep around 1.
Today: Apple Notification “Excellent Sleep Score - 93”
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I just listened to a recent interview with Cory Doctrow on a TWiT podcast and immediately pre-ordered Enshittification from @pluralistic.
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The Alien Earth team really knows how to build tension and suspense.
I am all in.
#tv #storytelling CB
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I’m experimenting with building a #watchOS application. Man, the tooling for watch development for Xcode is terrible. Connecting to the watch to fire up a test is painful and often just doesn’t connect.
#iosdev #watchosdev #indiedev
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Rolled out a new version of ClipDish all ready for #ios26. Some highlights:
- Uses Apple Intelligence to categorize recipes
- Scan and save written or printed recipes (don’t lose grandmas cookie recipes)
- Printing
- Liquid Glass support
#cooking #food
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Eww Plex
Want proof that decision fatigue is real? Try learning a new UI after a 12-hour day.
Last night I sat down at 11pm, ready to relax with some TV. Instead, Plex on my Roku surprised me with a brand-new UI.
I was disoriented by the new layout and spent over a minute trying to find the content I wanted to watch.
Then after I began streaming I realized that the Roku remote didn’t work. Play, pause, nada. Every tap the UI taunted me with a beep deepening my frustration.
The only functional button? “Back.”
Here’s the thing: I’m a product person. I love change. I geek out on redesigns and new features. But this one hit at the exact wrong time. At the end of my day when my cognitive “fuel tank” was empty.
Cognitive load is real. Decision fatigue is real. Drop a confusing, broken interface on a user at night, and you’re basically guaranteeing frustration.
What Plex should have done:
- Offer me a choice. “We’ve got a new UI. Want to try it now?” → If no, let me keep the old one.
- Give me a tour of where my content lives and let me explore the rest later.
The lesson for product teams: rollout matters as much as the redesign itself. Respect your users' mental state.
Familiarity, consistency, and empathy go a long way.
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After a long day, the last thing I want is to wrestle with a confusing new UI just to watch TV.
New Plex app on Roku is not great. Had to relearn where everything is and worse - it’s buggy af. Start playing content and the remote becomes unresponsive except for the back button.
#Plex #Roku #UX
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Damn another cacio e pepe fail. I can’t seem to get the cheese consistency right. I think this time the pasta was too hot ~174 degrees w/ a infrared thermometer.
#cooking #romanpastas #food
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Called Visible because Apple Watch cellular data hasn’t been working. They fixed it by having me restart my phone and assured me that they didn’t do anything else on their side.
Disconnect from support head out the door and realized that now my iPhone has no cellular service.
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TIL charcuterie comes from some obscure French meaning cooked flesh.
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Hey Plex users looks like they were hacked - change your passwords.
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Start making extra rice when you’re cooking. That plus random veggies in your drawer, an egg, and it’s so easy to throw together fried rice.
Even better if you keep some chili crisp, and soy sauce in your house.
Just through a fried rice dish together faster than takeout.
#cooking
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Best thing I’ve read this week.
How Tim Cook sold out Steve Jobs
“The son of an immigrant, a child of the counterculture, a man offering an unmistakable fuck-you to Big Brother, and a person who, above all, would never kiss the ass of someone who had absolutely awful taste. This was Steve Jobs.”
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Waymo spotted on 76 in #Philadelphia.
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Just heard an old song from #Philly band Huffamoose. Check out the album “We’ve Been Had Again.” It’s a great listen.
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Is it irony that I just received a spammy calendar invite about protecting my online presence?
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Want an easy way to elevate your next grilled-cheese sandwich? Add a little sun-dried tomato pesto. I’m using a store brand and it’s delicious.
👨🍳 #cooking #tips
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