I found this recap even more interesting than yesterday’s if only because I watched the keynote and didn’t need the recap. But now that the developers are getting hands on, more and more interesting things that didn’t make the Keynote are being reported on. There’s some really interesting screenless app interaction demoed at 57 seconds in for example.

Let’s all shed one single solitary crocodile tear in false sympathy for an industry that did everything it possibly could to abuse users.

High praise from Sinofsky, a guy who has lots of experience with this kind of stuff.

Riding a Segway is gloriously dorky. I’ve ridden them in a warehouse in Nashville, and on tours in San Antonio, Rome, and London and always had a blast. But they were doomed as soon as various big city governments banned their use on city streets.

Really well done and really interesting.

Short but good description of the possibilities of App Clips.

At first blush, Back Tap seems wonderfully geeky but useless. Thinking on it some more, I can see some advantages but also some disadvantages as well. For example, would it be invoked easily, say while bumping around in a jacket or purse?

It will take some time to tell whether this is an olive branch or lip service to developers. On the face of it, it sounds like Apple is making some accommodations in the wake of the Hey email app kerfuffle.

I wonder if this is just the first shoe (of possibly many) to drop? According to the story, “JIP specializes in restructuring loss-making businesses to make them profitable before reselling them.” So this is likely the end of Olympus as we know it which would be a huge shame. I’ve used their M1 and TG brand cameras and like and recommend them.

Is it just me or does anyone else think this could have been done so much better?

If nothing else, Apple is making users more aware of the security issues surrounding web browsing. What the user does with that information is up to them.

Check out some of the goodies Apple has in store for iOS 14.

How many of these are not necessarily innovative (that can be subjective) but features you want to use?

Because this presentation was pre-recorded, the replay is already available.

There it is. The biggest day in Apple history in the past 10 years. It’s going to be fascinating.

Lots of design features I’ll turn off immediately.

Makes me want a new iPad even more.

Some interesting new features in iOS 14. No name change though.

Apple’s WWDC 2020 Keynote is happening right now.

Before its release, the movie was dogged by controversy outside of its subject matter. Starring Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie, it tells the true story of two African American businessmen in the 1960s. Their actions led to the Fair Housing Act established in 1968.

Betteridge’s Law applies to the headline but it’s still a good overview of the situation.

No surprise. Apple doesn’t want anything to do with being a vector for this disease.

Along with Smarter Every Day, The Slow Mo Guys is another fave YouTube channel.

I wasn’t a huge fan of the show if only because I had no idea of the characters’ back stories but it was still well done and worth watching.

That’s a lot of money spent on explosive lawn darts.

I’m a big fan of this simple little feature.

Yet another example of a company having two options – the “right” thing and the “wrong” thing – knowing what the “right” thing to do is, and still choosing the “wrong” thing only to be forced by public pressure to backtrack and do the “right” thing after all.

I absolutely love Smarter Every Day’s videos.

Adobe is slowly but surely making Lightroom and Photoshop for iPad much better and much more full-featured as well as increasing the integration between the two.

Apple has to be cautious here. The EU is not nearly as “forgiving” of these kinds of actions as the US is.