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This is an old video but I posted it to remind readers who drive cars to please be on the lookout for motorcycles. The life you save may be mine. And riders, I know how incredible it is to go fast on your bike b

I think “revealed” might be typical hyperbole but I’m definitely looking forward to this feature in iOS 12 if only out of curiosity. I don’t think anything it tells me will actually make me use my phone less.

I don’t have CarPlay on my motorcycle but if I did, I’d find this to be good news. I much prefer other apps, including Waze, over Apple’s app for navigation.

There are some developers really excited by this and others who are really unhappy about it. Regardless, it will be interesting to see what this brings Mac users in the future.

I don’t even know 32 people let alone want to simultaneously FaceTime chat with that many.

Would these changes make you use Safari if you don’t right now?

There’s some interesting little tidbits here.

Unsurprisingly, some older Macs will get left behind when macOS Mojave 10.14 is released.

Next up comes the dissection of the keynote.

The WWDC 2018 Keynote is just over. Apple has updated their web site with some of the news that was announced and the replay of the keynote will be posted shortly.

Pay particular attention at the 1:04 minute mark.

This story is funny/sad. I’ve been to the places described and they really can be disappointing if you’re expecting something much grander. It may no longer be there but when I was at the Great Sphinx ten years ago, there was a “Sphinx Guest House” a literal stone’s throw away. It was really jarring.

Sal is an acknowledged legend in the Mac community for his work at Apple but I know him as a friend and a great guy to talk to. I spent a week with him trapped on a cruise ship and he was the only thing that made it tolerable.

I hope kids today enjoy the Muppets as much as many of us did when we were young.

I get this question all the time from beginners. My answer is, “It doesn’t matter. Buy a camera that fits your budget”.

Damn. One wrong move and someone is shishkabob.

This will be a big deal to those of you with compatible systems.

My hometown of Halifax has a yearly “International Busker Festival” so I’m very used to seeing and enjoying buskers. I’ve often wondered what has happened to their revenue with so few of us carrying cash nowadays. This seems like a great idea to help people who want to contribute to a busker.

This is something you might want to do ahead of Apple eventually shutting down access to 32-bit apps. You want to find out what your alternatives are before your forced to.

When I saw the first trailer for this movie, I knew I’d be fascinated by the sound design. I still haven’t seen it but I really enjoyed this article.

Point and shoots are definitely on their last legs but there are still some very specific situations where I recommend them to very specific people. Good to see my favourite “tough” camera, the Olympus TG-5, came out on top.

I love these “inside baseball” stories of how indie developers go about creating their work.

Dave and I had a great time during this show talking about Prince, and a new HBO documentary on Elvis. We also talk about how Google Photos uploads your pictures to its service and whether the process should be clearer.

UPDATE: Back when Dave first wrote about the Google Photos license agreement, someone from Google PR actually responded with this:

Google Photos will not use images or videos uploaded onto Google Photos commercially for any promotional purposes, unless we ask for the user’s explicit permission.

They didn’t change the wording in the license agreement, but this was a pretty clear, for public consumption, clarification. Just wanted to set that straight.

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I can’t praise this essay from Federico Viticci enough. After a long, harrowing bout with cancer, Federico writes about his second life, and a renewed focus on exercise, mindfulness, and gratitude.

There’s not one bit of preachy here. This is personal reflection. Take a few minutes to read it. This really resonates with me. There’s value here.

There are a lot of iOS apps that offer varying versions and methods for doing this with varying levels of success and utility. While I like Gemini Photos’ methodology, because I keep my photo library pretty minimal on my iPhone, it’s not a “necessary” app for me. And, with a subscription pricing model or a flat rate of $15, the price point may be steep for a casual user. That being said, if you’re running out of space on your iPhone, give the three-day free trial a shot to see if the app can save you some space.

I’ve used 1Password for years and love it. My wife is the typical non-techy who didn’t like trying to come up with a new password for every web site so she used the same one everywhere – Sydney1234. I showed her the error of her ways by “hacking” her favourite shopping site and now she loves using 1Password.

Along with sending out press invites today, Apple confirmed they will be livestreaming the 2018 WWDC Keynote for those of us unable to be there in person.

This used to be a much more devastating issue but now it’s just an annoyance. Still, nice little utility to have (yes – I know you can just remap Command+Q).

It feels as if we are at a real inflection point. We can go down the path of allowing marketers unfettered access to all the data they can possible vacuum up about us, giving up privacy in favor of “better” advertisements, or we can try, using any number of personal, governmental and software/hardware-based solutions as we can develop, to lock them out of our lives.

It’s easy to take potshots at Asbestos, a proud Canadian town with a terrible, sad history. I’m very impressed that Tom Scott treated it with dignity and respect.