Archive (353 posts)
Sep 2025
Aug 2025
Jul 2025
Could I use the internet without a proper web browser?
Jun 2025
May 2025
Something terrible happened with CSS
On the Jony Ive and Sam Altman announcement
The quest for the best writing tool, a spinoff
Apr 2025
I think I’m done with Safari and Apple Mail
Mar 2025
Feb 2025
How great is the Send Later feature?
The nice feeling of trusting tools
Jan 2025
The age of insecure billionaires
Nov 2024
Some thoughts on RSS and newsletters
Oct 2024
The joy of accidentally weird-looking websites
The hard truth: People don’t trust billionaires
Why are static site generators so complicated to use?
Sep 2024
The wonderful rabbit hole of BBEdit
Third-party apps and services I use on my devices, 2024 edition
Is Safari now a bad web browser?
Nine quick observations from the 2024 iPhone event
One year of publishing “Blend of links” posts
Maybe news websites can stop embedding tweets now
Aug 2024
Jul 2024
Jun 2024
Should I remove this blog from Google Search?
May 2024
Could I use the iPad as my only computer?
Apr 2024
Mar 2024
Changing my mind, all the time
Feb 2024
Questions about DuckDuckGo’s future
What bothers me about ChatGPT and A.I.
Jan 2024
Changing bad web browsing habits
Dec 2023
The struggles of the web browser
Nov 2023
On the ideal length of a blog post
How I managed to fit A.I. into my blogging habits
Third-party apps I like and use — 2023 edition
The stress of using something brand new
Finished software or abandoned product?
Oct 2023
I have found my favourite Markdown editor, again
The journey to finding the perfect writing app
One of the worst pieces of content I’ve read all year
Sep 2023
Is an A.I. better if it sounds more human?
The Apple event format needs its “iPhone X” moment
I wish I could quit Twitter once more
Aug 2023
Jul 2023
Microsoft changes the default font for new Office documents
Jun 2023
A few random thoughts on the Apple Vision Pro
May 2023
Will Google A.I. search kill search traffic and discoverability?
Apr 2023
NPR no longer active on Twitter
Web fingerprinting or how surveillance advertising should be illegal
My simple, minimalist blogging workflow
Mar 2023
The age of (me needing to learn more about) A.I. has begun
The truth about read-later services
Jason Kottke: 25 years of blogging
Of course younger people don’t know how to use a printer
The Mac and iOS apps I use — early 2023 edition
Feb 2023
Good reads and perspectives on generative A.I. and ChatGPT
A very annoying little thing or bug on Safari
A.I. is about to face its biggest challenge yet: trying to make Bing not suck
Jan 2023
On AI-generated content and the future of my job
Dec 2022
Four things you need to start a blog
Nov 2022
A great and completely unexpected Read Later app
I bought a new camera: the Ricoh GRIIIx
We already know the name of the World Cup 2022 winner: Qatar
Ten perks of taking a walk every day
Finding a native and fast text editor for the Mac in 2022
Leaving Twitter but reading tweets via RSS
Twitter verified accounts for Blue subscribers are live. Sort of. Somewhere. Soon.
What CSS is best: external or internal?
Oct 2022
Uncertainty is the main keyword of the Twitter takeover
Something is rotten in the state of Bing search
The Apple Watch could be much better for left-handed users
Back at using a proper content blocker on Safari
Blocking JavaScript on a per-site basis with Safari
Sep 2022
Mathematics, design, and convenience
What is a website, according to Laurel Schwulst
The real goal of the Apple Watch Ultra
Aug 2022
On turtlenecks, focus, and minimalism
The new Instagram is not the old Instagram and it’s fine?
Replacing your phone battery instead of buying a new one
Jul 2022
The whole thing might as well have been a joke
Jun 2022
A list of all the 3rd party apps currently installed on my devices
Twitter to launch feature allowing users to post long-form content
Apple signs a 10-year deal with the Major League Soccer
The Lotus philosophy applied to blog design
May 2022
The most minimal blog you can find
WWDC 2022: Things I want to be announced
Apr 2022
Thinking about what my next camera will be
Mar 2022
If only comments on the internet were always like this
Justin Smith shares new, meaningless details on his future media venture
Feb 2022
Google search isn’t very good and yet still the best around
A short list of recommended Mac and iOS apps — 2022 edition
Zuckerberg doesn’t want to quit, even if a new CEO may be what Meta needs
Dropbox, once great now barely mentioned in cloud storage services reviews
Tumblr: the future-minded social platform for nostalgic users
Jan 2022
Working on the website instead of the blog itself
Having a blog is good, writing on it is better
Tumblr, without ever really leaving, is back (apparently)
Bear: an interesting, worth-knowing, and fast blogging platform
YouTube keeps on letting misinformation spread and reach millions of people
My first and last post on Web3
Can Ben Smith’s new media venture be the one I’ve been looking for?
Oct 2021
The future of Microsoft in smartphones continues to unfold, and it still sucks
Sep 2021
Abandoning Lightning for USB-C on the iPhone would not be progress
The European Commission wants to impose USB-C on most mobile devices
Apple Watch release cycle: Fancy new features vs. incremental improvements
Does the algorithm work for you, or do you work for the algorithm?
Browsing the web in 2021 is a terrible experience
Aug 2021
My favourite thing about the Mac
My CSS stylesheet is now less than 1kb and it makes me happy
Jul 2021
The Macalope on the Washington Post’s article about Pegasus & iPhone
Jerry Saltz: “My only work is to write for the reader”
On the new Safari (which I like very much)
Jun 2021
Finally a folding phone review worth watching
Nine quick thoughts on WWDC 2021
There is no place like home: Why I love to blog
Another area where Clubhouse is failing: blocking
The smartest new product coming from Twitter in a long time?
Apr 2021
Why the iPad Pro needs its own “iPadProOS”
Mar 2021
The drop-in audio feature looks like it can succeed with or without Clubhouse
Medium joins the new publishing platform battle for independent voices
The implicit and recent differences between the meanings of “follow” and “subscribe”
The quest for the perfect writing tool
A tool kit for the conspiracy-curious
Platforms are now mimicking the way we share content on platforms
Feb 2021
How I use Drafts as my text editor
What’s on my Mac – 2021 edition
What is the biggest threat to Clubhouse: Twitter, Facebook, or Clubhouse itself?
If you decide to join Clubhouse, avoid sharing your contact list
The little problems of the big 432 Park Avenue building
The best explainer of what Apple is doing with the new iOS privacy-related feature
Jan 2021
“Twitter’s ban of the president is proof of the company’s unprecedented and unaccountable power”
Nov 2020
When software speaks its mind (sort of)
Oct 2020
A ranking of all 118 sweaters seen on Twin Peaks
Looking back at my short list of Apple wishes from April
Sep 2020
Nobody gives a crap about Google’s monopoly on search, not even Google
Aug 2020
Samsung commits to deliver three years of Android updates for its phones
“The canary in the coal mine about the corrupting power of the App Store”
Point of entry, browser & advertising: Google pretty much owns the web
Microsoft Surface Duo first impressions: first-gen device, immature vision
Jun 2020
“You should not undermine how quickly people can change their ideas”
Scary heatwave in Siberia is scary
Missing the point reviewing the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip
“I would love to ignore racism and focus all my attention on climate. But I can’t.”
Beautiful illustrations and a peculiar Instagram description
UK National Parks photography competition shortlist
May 2020
When your PR services appear to be like the devices you sell: refurbished
On decision, perfection, and better translations
List of 68 unsolicited tips to improve your life
Apr 2020
Beautifully written story about the closure of a famous New York restaurant
MacBook Air 2020: Thoughts from an average user
Logos, memory, accuracy: pick two
The iPhone SE, the irregular iPhone
iPhone SE: great for buyers, even better for Apple
Another advantage of the iPhone SE to consider for Apple
Why there are no software equivalents of Rolex
“I’ve fallen in love with blogging again”
Things I want Apple to adopt rather sooner than later
Why it makes sense for news orgs to remove their paywalls during the coronavirus crisis
The challenges of translating a video game into 17 languages
Zoom isn’t trust-worthy, but sadly their recent success may already protect them
What’s on my Mac – 2020 edition
If coronavirus was covered the same way American media covered Ebola
Now that commuters are staying home, what does it means for podcasts?
Mar 2020
What is it like to be a copywriter in a company
How to install an AppleScript and save a lot of time writing blog posts
Be ready for what is coming on LinkedIn, or don’t
Apple has underestimated what the iPad can do for too long
On finding the perfect text editor: the one that’s right for you
A new way to interact with the iPad
Gorgeous photographs of empty, usually busy streets
How a new keyboard made me buy the 2020 MacBook Air
Moving a blog from Squarespace to Blot
Feb 2020
The right price to pay for your main computer camera and much more
Samsung unveils its second modern-era folding device
Where to eat good tapas in Madrid, and more
Jan 2020
Planting trees is great. For PR.
Media coverage of Kobe Bryant’s death was a chaotic mess
What it feels like to live abroad as a student
We should not learn about key iPhone features in a news report
If you want to boycott the New York Times, just subscribe to another publication instead
Using insects to feed livestock: not so simple
Dec 2019
Twitter may succeed in building a decentralised standard for social media but probably won’t
Listening to podcasts at higher speeds
How to behave when you encounter a viral story
Nov 2019
“I don’t want them to be independent”
Tech & lifestyle novelties of the year 2019
“Nobody recruited me”: Barbara Liskov on design, A.I., and being a woman in computer science
The advantages of integration, the downsides of a monopoly
“The Queen is the only person I’ve ever been nervous of photographing”
Quick thoughts on the new Motorola Razr folding-phone
Subscription cannot be the only business model for journalism to survive
If it looks good, it must sound good right?
The Fitbit acquisition is the easy way for Google to appear relevant in wearables
Xennials/Millennials? Gen-x/Gen-Y
If you ever booked a flat on Airbnb, you should read this
Coldest decade on record may have been cause by volcanic eruptions
Sep 2019
Aug 2019
The best soundtrack for your work day
Jul 2019
Media execs and poor decisions
Jun 2019
Good bye iTunes, I owe you so much
In the Mojave desert, the dream city that was never built
May 2019
When politicians try to sell you congestion and traffic as part of your identity
Time, thoughts, tools: pick two
Feb 2019
Should you cover your PC’s webcam? No, unless you still use software from ten years ago
Dec 2018
Moving a whole city a few kilometres away in order to keep it alive
Nov 2018
The imminent climate change catastrophe, if not already started
Social media is not all that bad if you listen to teenagers
When you think of a pencil you probably picture it yellow: This is why
Michel Gondry: “I don’t believe in superheroes, I think it’s a worse way of being a nerd”
The definitive minimalist ressource on minimalism
An attempt at defining content
What happens to web traffic patterns when Facebook goes down
Reporters covering environmental issues are becoming more and more vulnerable
“I’m a nomad who goes nowhere” – Portrait of a young shepherd in France
European nations and their wish of not becoming digital colonies
The year 2000, imagined by an illustrator in the year 1899
What if viral content is not the best content?
Spain is switching to 100 percent renewable electricity by 2050
What will come first? USB-C iPhone or no-port iPhone? Either way, Lightning seems here to stay
What a typical afternoon spent working in a café looks like
One of the best Instagram accounts
MacBook or Mac Pro: Which will be the first Mac to fully run on Apple processors?
My phone’s homescreen, November 2018 edition
On being a boss, by Kara Swisher
On the lack of diversity in newsrooms
How good is the new iPad Pro for photographers
The effective use of satire for convincing an audience
Evolution, climate change, and long-snouted dolphins
Video of outer Shanghai shows an infinity of buildings
Cigarette filters: useless for your health, harmful to the environment
Global smartphone shipments down 60 percent
Live the internet at your own pace
Oct 2018
The climate change catastrophe that is coming
My least favourite quote from my favourite writer
What dedicated cameras are missing to compete with phones in the future
Jul 2018
The worst possible way to get caught forging documents
Have it in French: “je supporte la France mais la France m’insupporte”
Jun 2018
Twitter as a tool to manipulate trolls
Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR
Finding old photographs in the attic, USSR edition
Incredible depiction of the asteroid that wiped off more than 75% of Earth species
Chilling facts about air conditioning
May 2018
Musk gets closer and closer to becoming a typical Bond villain
Fascinating trivia from John Carpenter’s The Thing
Elon Musk gets a pass for simply being ignorant
By the end of this year Bitcoin could be using 05% of the world’s total consumption of electricity
Wasting time on the internet and digital boredom
Improving traffic in New York City
US intelligence mentions risks of buying Chinese phones, provides no evidence
Prince detailed discography as a website
Come for the rant about emails, stay for the gif
Don’t read this if you don’t want to get mad
A depressing picture of the Instagram situation
Apr 2017
No publishing technology is eternal
Is Twitter at risk of becoming irrelevant?
How Twitter might change without the 140 characters limit
Five social media trends for brands in 2016
Apr 2016
Focus, avoid social clutter, get your time back
Feb 2016
Apps and services I like and use
Dec 2015
2015 was the year of the email newsletters comeback
Oct 2015
Twitter for power users and the other Twitter
On the latest Microsoft surface devices
Aug 2015
iOS 9 content blocking will transform the mobile web
Using an iPod Touch as an iPhone replacement
Jul 2015
Windows Phone is dead, this time it seems to be for real
May 2015
Facebook’s Instant Articles are looking great
A good article about notifications with a poor title
Apr 2015
Twitter is facing its end as we know it
Jan 2015
Technology resolutions for 2015
Nov 2014
Do not get lost following anybody on Twitter
Oct 2014
The new Windows is probably a safe bet for Microsoft
Sep 2014
On the daily routine and multitasking
Jun 2013
Jan 2013
David Kelley on design-thinking, Steve Jobs, and life
Not caviar, but better tasting crackers
Nov 2012
How Steve Sinofsky changed Microsoft
Nokia Maps are coming to the iPhone
Oct 2012
BlackBerry 10 event on January 30th