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“The US took nearly a century to craft its rich scientific ecosystem; if the unraveling that has taken place over the past month...

“The US took nearly a century to craft its rich scientific ecosystem; if the unraveling that has taken place over the past month continues, Americans will feel the effects for decades to come.”

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1112274/the-foundations-of-americas-prosperity-are-being-dismantled/

From a footnote in @rmondello’s excellent post on Passkeys and Magic Sign-In links:“The incentives, economics, and privacy...

From a footnote in @rmondello’s excellent post on Passkeys and Magic Sign-In links:

“The incentives, economics, and privacy considerations around in-app web browsers is a fascinating and important story, but one I am not able to tell.”

That sounds very intriguing. Is anyone telling this story?

https://rmondello.com/2025/01/02/magic-links-and-passkeys/#fn:2

I'll be speaking at the iOSoho meetup on Tuesday, December 3. The talk is on adopting SwiftUI in a large engineering org:...

I'll be speaking at the iOSoho meetup on Tuesday, December 3. The talk is on adopting SwiftUI in a large engineering org:

https://iosdev.space/@iosoho/113579299627111189

Hope to see you there!

Next Wednesday in Mexico City, see some excellent mobile engineers (who happen to be my coworkers) talk about iOS and Android development....

Next Wednesday in Mexico City, see some excellent mobile engineers (who happen to be my coworkers) talk about iOS and Android development. Topics range from AR to Design Systems and more

https://www.meetup.com/es/mobile-development-mexico/events/304401190/

#iosdev #androiddev #cdmx #meetup

Photos from Mexico City, taken in October

Photos from Mexico City, taken in October

Now online: a video of 8 lighting talks recorded a few months ago, including a talk by me on new zoom transitions in iOS...

Now online: a video of 8 lighting talks recorded a few months ago, including a talk by me on new zoom transitions in iOS 18

https://iosdev.space/@iosoho/113354221214143151

#iosdev

Voted!

Voted!

A new set of design-focused Do Not Reply Cards dropped a few days ago. My favorite one:...

A new set of design-focused Do Not Reply Cards dropped a few days ago. My favorite one: https://donotreply.cards/design/do-not-forget-that-edge-cases-are-people

Next week I’ll be speaking at a mobile development meetup in Mexico City 🇲🇽If you’d like to hear talks in Spanish and English from...

Next week I’ll be speaking at a mobile development meetup in Mexico City 🇲🇽

If you’d like to hear talks in Spanish and English from my fellow speakers and me about SwiftUI, Flutter, and Apple Intelligence, please sign up https://www.meetup.com/es/mobile-development-mexico/events/303689997/

#cdmx #iosdev

And more: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wka/collections/72157723080483711/

And more: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wka/collections/72157723080483711/

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Some photos from the San Juan Islands from last month

Some photos from the San Juan Islands from last month

"Chronic issues harm our most vulnerable co-workers first" — Lesley Cordero on Psychologically Safe Reliability...

"Chronic issues harm our most vulnerable co-workers first" — Lesley Cordero on Psychologically Safe Reliability Management
#StaffPlusNewYork

brittleness is profitable only when everything is working — Barath Raghavan and Bruce Schneier, “The CrowdStrike Outage and...

brittleness is profitable only when everything is working

— Barath Raghavan and Bruce Schneier, “The CrowdStrike Outage and Market-Driven Brittleness”

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/07/the-crowdstrike-outage-and-market-driven-brittleness.html

“expertise builds system safety, but doesn’t guarantee the safety of the experts”Some thoughts on the intersection of safety, systems,...

“expertise builds system safety, but doesn’t guarantee the safety of the experts”

Some thoughts on the intersection of safety, systems, and layoffs from @gallego

https://willgallego.com/2024/06/20/layoffs-reduce-safety/

TIL iOS StandBy mode has its own timer view

TIL iOS StandBy mode has its own timer view

Tired of replying to unsolicited text messages with STOP? This looks super-useful: how to automatically reply with STOP via iOS...

Tired of replying to unsolicited text messages with STOP? This looks super-useful: how to automatically reply with STOP via iOS Shortcuts
https://fiasco.social/@brad/112193837750255416

More: https://flickr.com/photos/43675529@N00/sets/72177720315507631

More: https://flickr.com/photos/43675529@N00/sets/72177720315507631

Photos from skiing in Whistler last week

Photos from skiing in Whistler last week

I think about this all the time when I encounter bad UX and user-hostile systems.The purpose of a system is what it...

I think about this all the time when I encounter bad UX and user-hostile systems.

The purpose of a system is what it does
https://tech.intersects.art/@xor/112089437194641369