Ian Betteridge @ianbetteridge@mastodon.social

Oh boy, some of the takes on the new iPhones not having 5G are so, so bad. Heard one which suggested that networks might start pulling LTE coverage within three years. That’s just not happening.

Gosh this is a cracking piece
https://unherd.com/2019/08/dominic-cummings-is-no-chicken/

The “literature of the future” so often is a clutching at straws from the past…

If you get chance, this documentary on the BauHaus is really good. BBC iPlayer - Bauhaus 100 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0007trf/bauhaus-100

Pixel 3XL’s camera just isn’t as good as the iPhone. Too much smoothing on faces and attempts too much weird colour balance that often puts colours way out of whack - pure whites ending up pinky for example.

Winchester, pub, two pints down

If you like strange short stories, you are going to absolutely love Julia Armfield’s “Salt Slow”
https://books.apple.com/gb/book/salt-slow/id1445437370

Respect your chips!

Possibly the most truthful advertising in history

I approve of this soft drink.

I approve of this soft drink

Edge is getting closer to being the one browser that I can use happily across all my devices. Once history sync is there, I’ll probably switch over full time https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Discussions/Updated-Dev-channel-update-to-77-0-235-5-is-live/m-p/793725

Is “being angry on the internet” a career option now?

Of course they do. Of course they do.

Morph appears on my desk.

I jump around platforms a lot. Lots of days, I end up using Windows, MacOS, ChromeOS, and of course iOS. There’s only one ecosystem I can use that actually plays nicely with everything, and guess what? It’s Microsoft’s.

Everyone (I’m looking at you, everyone on The Verge) dumps on the Catalyst apps for Mac. Seriously guys, have you even used Google Home for Android on a ChromeOS device?