Highlights from Apple in China
I have finished Apple in China by Patrick McGee, a fantastic book dissecting the history of manufacturing and breaking up some common myths around it....
IMAX is a Superbrand
How many companies building cinema projectors do you know? I bet you know at least one, and it’s called IMAX. You’ve heard the name when you watched “Dune“,...
The Myths of Venture Capital
Josh Miller, CEO of The Browser Company in his latest post on finally sunsetting Arc: So when people ask how venture capital influenced us — or why we didn’t...
Why I Don’t Like CarPlay
Get into the car, take out the phone, put in into a flimsy piece of plastic that is somehow attached to the vents, connect the charger. Navigate to your...
The Sad State of Web Browsers
If you’re reading this, chances are you’re doing so through a web browser—one of the most critical pieces of software on your device. Browsers have morphed...
Why People Leak to the Media
Meta recently fired 20 employees for leaking confidential information. The company has become notorious for employees spilling details from all-hands...
iPads Are Now Both Expensive and Useless
The iPad is in a weird place right now. On one hand, the iPad Pro M4 is an extremely powerful and futuristic piece of glass with enormous power inside. On...
Why Greg Egan is The Greatest Living Sci-Fi Author
Jules Verne. Isaac Asimov. Greg Egan. These are my favorite sci-fi writers of all time. Each one represents a separate age in human history and science...
How I Stopped Hating Running
I hated running for most of my life. This year I ran 390 kilometers. I hope to do more next year. Two things changed to make this happen. First, I now live...
My Holiday Gift Guide
At the end of every year, news websites start publishing their gift guides (usually about two months in advance). It helps them gather extra traffic, and...
On Getting Older
Added another year to my age last week. For some reason, I wasn’t afraid of the infamous “30,” although turning 29 terrified me. After that happened, age...
Omnivore is Dead: Where to Go Next
Omnivore was the best read-later app for most people. It was quite modern yet had a generous free tier. Yesterday the team informed the world that they got...
Apple Doesn't Make an iPad for Me
I’m still using the 11-inch iPad Pro from 2018, and it’s great. Yes, it’s showing its age a little bit: the transitions aren’t as smooth, and the battery...
WordPress Doesn't Matter for the Future of Web
In case you haven’t been following, there’s a huge drama in the WordPress community. Matt Mullenweg, the creator of WordPress, launched a crusade against WP...
Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless Review: A Silent Hit
You see the same suspects whenever there’s a discussion of over-ear wireless headphones with noise canceling. People mention Sony WH-1000XM5 (orthodox want...
Why I’m Excited About Meta Orion
I have read dozens of excited reviews of Orion like these pieces from The Verge and Ben Thompson . I have also seen a comparable number of people surprised...
Social Media Platforms Have Killed Links
Within cells interlinked Hyperlinks are the foundation of the internet. People say that Tim Berners-Lee invented the internet as we know it when he connected...
The Ode to Apple Notes
When I got my first MacBook in 2014, the thing that impressed me the most was how many built-in apps MacOS had and how good a lot of them actually were....
Going Direct In Communications
If you spend too much time on Twitter (like I do), you might have heard about the idea of Going Direct. It started with a growing chasm between the tech and...
How to Fight a Crisis with PR
Just listened to a podcast with Nikita Bier by Lenny Rachitsky that explained the power of communications very nicely. Nikita is famous on Twitter for...
What Makes Telegram Special
Telegram is a secretive social media platform with 900 million users. Their employees aren’t allowed to talk about their jobs. It only has one product...
How Twitter Changed Since Elon's Takeover
We’ve all seen these posts about how Twitter fired 80% of its employees, and then nothing happened. Seems it ultimately did affect their revenue: Internal...
What The EU Should Have Done Instead of DMA
The Digital Markets Act is a bad law. I can understand the idea that led to it. Digital tech companies have a lot of power, and existing regulations don’t...
The United Internet is Collapsing
The internet is probably my favorite invention in the whole world. It’s hard to compare it with penicillin or electricity, of course, but I still remember...
Why Arc is The Best Browser
Arc is an alternative Chrome-based browser with a unique interface. It’s become so popular that The Verge reports on pretty minor updates. I switched to it...
Can Markets Regulate Themselves?
People arguing about regulation tend to favor one side of the argument and believe that either the government or the market has the capabilities and the...
Why Execution Eats Ideas For Lunch
Most people tend to overvalue ideas and undervalue execution. In my experience, that holds even for many people in the tech industry. In general, this...
The Unsettling Battle Between Media and Technology
Balaji started a discussion on Twitter that finally pushed me to put down my thoughts on the matter. Some time ago, around the early 2010s, a tectonic shift...
The Unstoppable EU and The Immovable Apple
The European Union and Apple are locked in a fight nobody wants to cede. First was the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which made Apple create an entirely new...
Why AI Doomerism is Flawed and Misguided
Most politicians are populists, which is the natural result of the basic rule of communications: the larger your audience is, the simpler your message should...
My Default Apps
I saw this post on Matt Birchler’s blog and thought it was an excellent format to share what apps and services I use daily. ✉️ Mail service: Gmail 📬 Mail...
Communicating with Numbers
One of the strongest moves in communications is pushing slightly wrong numbers out so that many people start quoting them and associate with your business...
Does Blogging Even Work?
Blogging became popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with the rise of platforms like Blogger and WordPress, which made it relatively easy for people to...
Why Superhuman Is Worth $30
Superhuman is a productivity-focused email app initially designed for founders and executives that has massively expanded its focus since then. Its “the...
Uber is Good, Actually
There’s a widespread notion that Uber is getting more and more expensive. You can find multiple series of articles produced on this topic each year and...
Basecamp is a Contrarian Marketing Operation
Basecamp and DHH specifically know how to trigger people and use this all the time to drive awareness without spending a dime. They take stuff that’s...
Web Apps Are Better Than No Apps
There’s a certain community in tech that’s very vocal about their preference toward native apps. I share that sentiment, yet sometimes people take this idea...
Sorry, But Google Meet Is Better Than Zoom
It seems that we’re finally getting out of this weird period of collective gaslighting where people tried to convince everyone Zoom was the best conference...
Finalist: A Simpler To-do App
MacStories ↗ Finalist is a new iPhone and iPad task manager that combines elements of note-taking apps, Kanban boards, and calendar apps in a unique and...
Omnivore Review: An Underrated Read-Later App
Omnivore is an open-source read-later app. And that’s the first thing that differentiates it. Of course, consumers don’t really care when things are open...
What Is Elon Musk
Too often, we see two distant sides of the spectrum and nothing in between. Some people (often with blue checks on Twitter) believe he is the most successful...
I Wish Bear Hadn’t Wasted Years
Bear 2.0 Bear is a Markdown-centered note-taking app for the Apple ecosystem. It was first released back in 2016 during a very different era. Apple Notes...
You Can Compete By Being Competent
Building a service business isn’t easy. If we compare it to any software company, the worst part is that you aren’t really compounding. Every client...
How To Recognize Grifters
Grifters have one specific thing in common. Not all of them, but as soon as I see this, I don’t expect them to be serious people. Instead of showing concrete...
Facebook Went Meta, But Google Isn’t Alphabet
I’ve just watched a funny sketch about Threads from Ryan George (look him up!) and noticed one thing. He was calling Threads an app by Meta. When Zuckerberg...
Why Privacy Is Overrated
The launch of Threads, Meta’s alternative to Twitter, has reinvigorated discussions about privacy and data ownership. A number of smaller Mastodon instances...
The PR Flywheel: What It Can And Can’t Do For Your Business
People often think that PR and communications alone can help them achieve their goals and end up surprised when it doesn’t move the needle as much as they...
iPad Isn't Meant for Work
Modern iPads are marvelous machines. I still use the iPad Pro from 2018 and it’s incredibly powerful. Yes, I can’t run Final Cut on it and Stage Manager is...
Why Algorithmic Feeds Can Be Good
People like to say they prefer chronological feeds to algorithmic ones. I’ve seen countless prayers to Meta to re-enable the former option in their apps. And...
Why Micropayments Don’t Work And People Hate Paywalls
Hating on media paywalls is very common. Whenever you see a paywalled article shared on Twitter, you can see people asking what’s inside and if there’s a way...