I really enjoyed @jaimeejaimee’s talk this morning about “building tools for life”. What a great mantra to live by. I’m going to steal that as I evaluate what I work on.
I’m happy to be at Swift By Midwest this week. A lot of great classes and talks. The people are great and the ideas are helping to motivate me to keep moving forward with my ideas.
I did this with my daughter so we could both watch a movie when we needed it to be absolutely quiet elsewhere in the house.
If this is possible for AppleTV or other iOS devices let me know.
Apple released a holiday video about a girl who is reluctant to share her art.
Apple also released a making of video - and only then did I realize they hand made all the sets. It’s incredible. If this is a taste of the quality going into Apple’s proprietary TV offering rumored for next year then I’m very impressed.
I’ve been on a social media diet since August 1st. I deleted the Twitter app from my Mac and my iPhone. I rarely used Facebook before then anyway and only through Safari. It’s been over three months and I can firmly say that I’m much happier and no less informed than I was previously.
Most of my ‘news’ comes through the Apple News app or visiting websites directly. This makes my consumption of news very deliberate and usually very short. I can review things for the day in about 5-10 minutes and that is all.
I have more time for what really matters and I feel like I’ve not wasted my time endlessly scrolling through noise and interruptions.
This November I’m thankful I gave up social media.