The unscratched itch (why I meditate)
I came late to the mindfulness party. In the conservative Christian tradition of my childhood, prayer was more about talking than listening.
Author: Matt
Imagining the Apple Watch Series 4
What hardware improvements can we hope for in the Series 4?
Imagining the future of AI photography
Portrait mode and corollary features (e.g. portrait lighting) are halting first steps towards a true AI-augmented camera.
My favorite Black Friday tradition? Complaining about Black Friday.
A few years ago, I surrendered any right to sneer at Black Friday shoppers; I became one of them.
The AppleCare gamble
I’m betting on my own ability to prevent iPhone catastrophes. As long as I don't bust my phone more than once every few years, that gamble will continue to pay off.
Tracking health data for its own sake
My sleep-tracking app is surprisingly accurate, and I enjoy peeking at the trend lines every once in a while. But I don’t actually do much with all that data.
Being okay with being terrible
Publishing something imperfect, let alone something that's genuinely bad, is difficult for me.
Fixing Portrait mode’s grossness
Even if the Portrait mode algorithms improve, I'd like to see some support for touching up problematic depth maps.
Detecting CTE—before it’s too late
Football is irredeemably brutal. A new test may help us confront that fact.
Never unintentional: my brain on linear TV vs. Netflix
The internet has fundamentally changed my relationship to content. I won't go back.