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Seattle
First time visiting Seattle (well, Redmond & Bellevue) – a very different feel than the Bay Area. Always inspiring to work on new ideas, meet new people and learn about new technologies.
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A Hundred Years of Shared Stewardship
We’ve spent the week up Brauneck – one of the mountains close to Munich. We come for a week most summers and spend the time in a Hütte (mountain cabin/chalet) that we can use via a hiking Verein (club) we belong to. Ever…
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Königsdorf Airshow
This was our second visit to the Flugplatzfest Königsdorf – held at the end of summer at a glider airfield near the alps. It’s a fairly small airfield and so the sheer number of aircraft on display and in the air at any…
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Review: Kobo Clara BW
I’ve been using a Kindle ever since the original Paperwhite came out in 2012. The combination of easy access to English books in Germany and being able to read at night without a light on made it a super compelling produ…
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New parents tip: Share a note for special memories
Over dinner we were reminiscing about something one of our kids used to do as a toddler. When the kids were born, I created a Notes.app entry for each of them and shared it with my wife. Over the years both notes have gr…
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macos & iOS 26 on ReleaseDates.dev
Life, a new role and other commitments meant releasedates.dev has been on the backburner for a bit, but finally got around to adding this year's releases. https://releasedates.dev
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OP-1 Field: A Guitarist’s Review
Let me preface this review by getting the following out of the way: Yes, I could do all the things I’ll talk about on a laptop, tablet, or even a phone. Even on sale, it’s pricey. I could have bought a MIDI keyboard, aud…
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Trigger Gitlab builds from iOS Shortcuts
I recently discovered a quick way to trigger new Gitlab builds using pipeline trigger tokens. Using iOS Shortcuts you can create a quick Home Screen link to trigger a build of a project and branch. I’ve shared my Shortcu…
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iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard as a Laptop – Tips and Gripes
I’ve been using the iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard for a few weeks now. There are plenty of reviews out there, so I’ve just gathered a few things that struck me as annoying / useful / great. Here they are in no particular…
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Battle of the chunky iPad laptops
iPad Pro 11 with Magic Keyboard vs. iPad Air with Logitech Combo Touch After getting a deal on an 2018 iPad Pro, I splurged and got the ridiculously priced iPad Magic Keyboard with trackpad. I have to say, I have been su…
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iPad app tip: Penbook
Every few years I try switching some workflows to iPad, so after picking up an iPad Pro 2018 on ebay a few weeks ago, I‘ve been trying out various iPad productivity apps. In my role as product manager, I‘m usually diving…
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Who needs the “kids” version?
We've discovered that no matter how realistic the kids toy is, our 2 year old is inevitably going to want the “real” thing: electric screwdrivers, speakers, instruments - the real deal is clearly where the action is. So…
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Shortcodes for Snippets
There are a bunch of little snippets I occasionally need but can't always quite remember the syntax for, e.g. ``` * [] for checklists ``` or ```` ``` for code blocks``` ```` To use these without looking up the syntax, I'…
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App Tip: Screenie 2 – OCR for screenshots
I take a lot of screenshots in my role as PM – taking screenshots of apps I'm working on, collecting UI inspiration or documenting bugs. Since 2015 I've collected about 10.000 screenshots and I often want to check a dial…
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Backing up iCloud Photos to a Synology NAS
A few years ago, I decided to go all-in with iCloud Photos. My library was just over 1TB at the time, so I've been paying for the 2TB plan ever since (I’ve been collecting photos in my library since 2001 and while it cou…
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Markdown Quicklinks
Here's a dead-simple Alfred Extension that lets you turn a URL into a Markdown link just the way you'd expect: Copy a URL Select text Hit ⌘+⌥+k And you have yourself a Markdown link. Get Markdown Quicklinks for Alfred.
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Using Siri at the Office
All voice assistants have the same problem: it feels weird to talk to them in public spaces. I occasionally use Siri on my phone/watch at home or out and about with voice feedback turned off – it's pretty effective for q…
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Introducing ReleaseDates.dev
With WWDC 2019 underway, the real fun now starts for macOS, iOS and iPadOS developers. As we make products for all Apple platforms at equinux, I often find myself needing to know the expected release dates for the variou…
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Best camera accessory: Apple SD card to Lightning adapter
We're on holiday at the moment and I just imported and shared a bunch of baby pictures with the grandparents. And let me tell you: Forget your camera’s built-in WiFi, forget fiddling with QR codes and crappy camera manuf…
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Which camera to buy for a new baby
Before our son was born, I sold my old Olympus OM-D E-M5 and upgraded to its successor, the OM-D E-M5 ii, mostly for WiFi (which I almost never use) and the silent shutter feature (which did turn out to be really useful)…
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