Phones and Tablets are killing the PC

Steve Jobs Was Right: Smartphones and Tablets Killed the P.C.:

Apple’s latest iPads are different. Not only can you get work done on them; in many ways they’re productivity dream machines. Today’s iPads are powered by custom-designed processors that are faster than the chips on some of the Macs Apple makes, and the iPad’s separately sold keyboard is better and more durable than the accursed, falling-apart mess of a keyboard that Apple is shipping on its much-maligned current line of laptops.

I know this isn’t true of everyone - but it’s true for some of us. I’ve spent the majority of the day working on my iPad, without even considering reaching for the MacBook Pro.


What’s the go-to iOS Mastadon client these days?


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Some links that are worth your time - from the psychology of social media outrage, to a celebration of RSS…


My top artists on Apple Music in 2019.

I’m not a raging brony. It’s my daughters.

Honest.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a 16” MacBook Pro - and they appear to have fixed the keyboard - by reverting to an older approach.


An interesting read for those interested in the psychology of social media:

BPS Research Digest: The Paradox Of Viral Outrage: Public Shaming Inspires Further Outrage — But Also Increases Sympathy For The Offender


I’ll be very sad if this proves to be true. I started becoming serious about photography once I had a Trip 35 as a schoolboy:

Rumor Claims Olympus will Shut Down Its Camera Division Within a Year


For those of you on devices that support it, and are in the right time zone, One Man & His Blog now supports dark mode…


Yo dawg we heard you like Moodle so we put some Moodle in your Moodle so you can Moodle while you Moodle.

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