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Quiet 4.0 and a commitment

TLDR: Quiet 4.0 is a restart of Quiet and a commitment to support it for a while.

Gems

The Cab Ride I'll Never Forget

We were like strangers on a train, the passengers and I, hurtling through the night, revealing intimacies we would never have dreamed of sharing during the brighter light of day.

Essays

Your own personal website

Owning a corner of the internet gives you control. A personal website lets you build something lasting. Here is why you should create one, how to start, and what to include.

    Gems

    The Strangely Beautiful Experience of Google Reviews

    I slept under the overpass that night, and in the morning, I wrote a review: “Reasonably good bridge. A little loud for sleeping.” I gave it four stars. After I set off on my bike, I couldn’t stop thinking about it.

    Mac

    20 years of Safari

    Safari was introduced in Mac OS X Panther on January 7, 2003. It was also included with the first generation iPhone, which was released in 2007.

      Development

      New Year, New Me

      The Vapor team has launched a new design for their blog, marking the initial step in updating all Vapor websites to reflect the framework’s maturity and provide a consistent, modern look.

      Essays

      Using RSS feeds

      RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, offers a clean, efficient way to stay updated with your favourite websites without the distractions of modern web browsing.

        Books

        Build by Tony Fadell

        Tony Fadell’s Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making distills lessons from his 30-year career in Silicon Valley, where he led teams creating the iPod, iPhone, and Nest Learning Thermostat.

        Monthly Updates

        Monthly update #0392 • December 2022

        Monthly update 392 • December 2022 • 2022-12-01 - 2022-12-31

          Journal

          Goals of 2023

          This year’s theme is being more positive. I am pessimistic.

          Gems

          What is a Wildcard Person?

          You know that person on your team who seems to be good at everything? I mean the literal definition of the word good. Not master. Good. When a problem comes up that nobody else has any experience with, this person volunteers to jump in head-first.

          Books

          Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

          Viktor E. Frankl’s Man's Search for Meaning recounts his survival in Nazi concentration camps during World War II and introduces his psychological theory, logotherapy.

          Development

          The Future of Foundation

          Apple announced a new open-source Foundation project, rewritten in Swift to eliminate C code wrapping, improve performance, and simplify contributions.

          Monthly Updates

          Monthly update #0391 • November 2022

          Monthly update 391 • November 2022 • 2022-11-01 - 2022-11-30

            Books

            No Plan B by Lee Child

            No Plan B, co-authored with Andrew Child, witnesses Reacher a 'suicide' that's murder, leading to a prison release scheme and organ harvesting.

            Mac

            Sync podcasts to iPod

            So, I do not have have a smartphone anymore. After a while I missed listening to music and podcasts; therefore, I bought an iPod Classic.

            Development

            Swift project in 2023

            The Swift Core Team has shared a roadmap for the next year, highlighting plans across workgroups, though these are not tied to specific releases and may evolve.

            Development

            System Fonts CSS

            System fonts used on this website...

            Development

            Permission request guidelines

            A good user experience for a permission request is important, because often permission request are the first thing the user sees.

              Monthly Updates

              Monthly update #0390 • October 2022

              Monthly update 390 • October 2022 • 2022-10-01 - 2022-10-31

                Gems

                Baraye

                A beautiful song that is now the soundtrack of the protests in Iran.

                Gems

                Sound

                Invisible and relentless, sound is seemingly just there, traveling through our surroundings to carry beautiful music or annoying noises. In this article I’ll explain what sound is, how it’s created and propagated.

                Monthly Updates

                Monthly update #0389 • September 2022

                Monthly update 389 • September 2022 • 2022-09-01 - 2022-09-30

                  Development

                  Swift 5.7 Released!

                  Swift 5.7, officially released, brings significant updates including shorthand syntax for optional unwrapping and closures, enhanced generics with a rewritten type checker for better performance, and improved data race safety with new concurrency annotations.

                  Monthly Updates

                  Monthly update #0388 • August 2022

                  Monthly update 388 • August 2022 • 2022-08-01 - 2022-08-31