The worst thing about my Ford MachE is that there’s no buttons at all (except a volume knob). I’m hoping this forced North American manufactures to change too. @Natasha_Jay https://tech.lgbt/@Natasha_Jay/117003829554514911
My current favorite. It looks so great on my iPhone: @Iconfactory https://iconfactory.world/@Iconfactory/116830251179480515
RE: https://mastodon.social/@twostraws/116580854591495140
This video - wow. So much stuff in this app, a ton for free. I’ve downloaded and signed up. Funny to see my apps in the store for like 4000 days. lol.
RE: https://www.manton.org/2026/05/08/working-on-security-this-morning.html
OH NO!
You can help Manton offset this by subscribing to his wonderful Micro.blog blogging/social networking service.
It's what I use for my blog and it's very well done and is all about open standards and built for real people. It doesn't monetize you. You pay a small fee per month and get a great service in return.
RE: https://iconfactory.world/@Iconfactory/116501215053512145
I keep forgetting the back catalog is amazing!! :)
RE: https://curmudgeon.cafe/@fahrni/116465726161157244
I think Rob and I would be great friends if we lived close to each other :) This is always a great read on Saturday mornings! Subscribe in your favorite RSS reader.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Aaronvegh/116432038473089472
Thanks for the reminder, been meaning to buy this. It’s really great! Also paid more. ~$5 seemed too little.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@gedeonm/116409660007294807
That's funny, I was going to post the very same thing as Ged. I love developing apps at work that don't go in the app store, but my side projects it's very hard to get motivated. I'm constantly concerned about being rejected by app review.. maybe I'll just switch to all macOS apps and skip the app store? The thought had run through my head more than once.
Saturday Morning Coffee:
"Netflix is ultimately the big winner here. They get to save billions of dollars for content creation and lure Paramount into a huge amount of debt"
A great point by Rob, when I heard they called off the deal, this is what I thought too. Did they do it on purpose vs just pulling out initially? https://rob.crabapples.net/2026/02/28/saturday-morning-coffee.html
I was listening to the latest The Talk Show with Brent Simmons, and thought of a good RSS app idea that I haven’t seen yet.. I might just write it, to expand the UI ideas for RSS apps, but also to scratch my itch of how I think I want to read RSS. https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2026/01/31/ep-440
Let's do this.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@badastro/115979087383705901
I signed up late last year, it's been really great to read some super well written astronomy stories. Well worth it.
Kickstarter for Ollie’s Arcade Expansion
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/01/29/kickstarter-for-ollies-arcade-expansion
2025 mood continuing in 2026.
Yesterday I wondered aloud why RSS readers look like email clients.
@brentsimmons replied. Turns out he borrowed that layout for NetNewsWire in 2002 — and twenty years later, he's asking why no one's tried something different.
That conversation became an essay. I built a visual version (with an ASCII fallback).
Octavo, my PDF cleanup, layout, imposition and printing app for Mac, is now in TestFlight beta!
Head over to https://octavo.pro if you want to join the beta and check it out.
All comments welcome. (Gulp — this is the bit that always makes me nervous!)
I’ve really wanted to boost/promote our Kickstarter more this weekend but with the shooting in MN and the winter storm it just didn’t feel right.
I’m doing it now because time is waining and so much is on the line. Even if you don’t play iOS/casual games please consider backing the project/spreading the word. One of its goals is to stay in business. Thx for your support and understanding. 🖖
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games
Two thoughts for Conference organizers -
Once you know you're not going to include a speaker, let them know. A quick "no" allows them to plan accordingly. I've heard from a couple of speakers lately who have seen conferences announcing speakers and they still haven't heard either way. If it's a maybe depending on other things - let them know that. Your speakers are your partners and spokespeople. (1/2)
Watching some live storm coverage on the snow storm, and now their are a bunch of tornados breaking out south of the snow.. crazy day weather wise: https://www.youtube.com/live/lRdd2ktAcBk?si=hNHnVodXwe6C1Pl_