Anything beyond simple media consumption or limited writing (like a text or an MPU post) are just too tedious, with too many “pokes at the screen” (as Jobs would say). Text selection Getting the Select | Select all | … thing to pop up, or not to pop up. Saving files. Using Share to, then Print then pinch/spread to create a PDF. It’s just tedious. It’s better with a keyboard and mouse connected, but then it’s a laptop. I have a laptop for laptopping. Maybe it’s just me.

About three years ago, I wrote a piece on how to get system fonts in CSS. The San Francisco fonts had just been released and getting them onto a web page wasn’t obvious or easy. A recent tweet reminded me that I needed to update this information. In my original post, I proposed the idea […]

Documentation for The Psalms - my blog about software’s intersection with culture. Not just for the website - for the entire process (correspondence, notetaking, drafting, *revising*, editorializin...

Apple's automation platform had a big year with the release of Shortcuts for Mac, but growing pains are holding users back – here are 8 things Apple could fix to improve the Shortcuts app for everyone whether you're new or a power user.

“@gruber @stroughtonsmith Which means you can override the "default" app that opens by manually doing Share ⇾ Open In... again. Yes, this is totally hidden and most people have no idea that the double-tap thing even exists.”