Every year, we take a few weeks off from MacStories Weekly to recharge. With upcoming travel plans affecting our schedules, we have decided to make two weeks from now one of those weeks. As a result, MacStories Weekly will not be published on May 4th, but will return on May 11th. In our absence, check...
Interesting Links
The latest entry of Apple’s Machine Learning Journal dives deep into the effort that’s gone into making the “Hey Siri” trigger phrase work. (Link) Jason Snell shares details on Six Colors about his kitchen writing setup, featuring an iPad Pro in portrait mode, paired with a couple accessories you may have never heard of. (Link)...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John explore the pros and cons of ‘everything apps’ and ‘single-purpose apps.’...
Home Screen: Brad Dowdy
Twitter: @dowdyism. Website: PenAddict.com, NockCo.com. Blogger, podcaster, and maker of things. I need my iPhone. There, I said it. NEED! I use this device more than any other for almost everything in my life. And I’m an analog guy. But there are things that work better digitally, and my Home screen is an example of...
Straw Poll
Vote in Straw Poll #23 Apple Pencil and The Future of the Mac Vote in Straw Poll #23...
Perks
Command-Tab Plus Exclusively for Club MacStories members, we have 20 coupon codes for Command-Tab Plus by MacPlus Software, a great alternative to the built-in command-tab functionality of macOS.Entries close 9 pm New York time on April 20, 2018. Winners will be selected at random and contacted from the [email protected] email account within 7 days of...
In This Issue
Microsoft To-Do,iOS note-taking apps, a Command-Tab Plus giveaway, a Dropbox tip, Federico conducts a Finances 2 experiment in The Extension, a poll about the Apple Pencil and the future of the Mac, Teddy Svoronos’Home screen, plus the usual Weekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts, a recap of MacStories articles, and preview of next week’s episode of...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John conclude their series on information overload with a discussion of how they save media for consumption later....
Interesting Links
Starting from what its co-founder once described as a ‘dystopian Craigslist,” Reddit is in the process of redesigning its homepage, and Wired has an in-depth look at the process. (Link) The day after Apple’s education event in Chicago, Tim Cook was interviewed by Kara Swisher of Recode and Chris Hayes of MSNBC. An edited version...