I really enjoyed this year’s holiday film from Apple. It was actually suprisingly subversive at the start, wasn’t it? Our protagonist is shown creating a stop-motion film featuring a downtrodden grump falling victim to any number of calamities… using Apple hardware. But she’s using her gear for evil! Because it turns out these films are the outlet for her frustrations with her actual boss, who tr... [Read More]

If I’ve learned one thing while attempting to become a successful indie app developer , it’s that I’ve now reached the moment where I fail. The “fun part” is over. I’ve spent months furiously building out apps for PupperPost, making relatively-polished versions for the Mac and iOS. I’ve both contracted out and contributed myself to the Go-based backend servers, that run the API and the web hostin... [Read More]

When I was asked to give a “non-technical” talk at the 2023 edition of SwiftTO , I didn’t realize I was about to explain — both to myself and the world — the first half of my career. But as I celebrated my 50th birthday the week after, I couldn’t help but frame this talk in my mind as an origin story of sorts. I've always believed that understanding why we're here is one of our most fundamental q... [Read More]