Jeff Perry

Assessing the success of my newsletter

Simon Owens: Let’s say I traveled back in time and told 2020 Simon where his newsletter would stand in May 2022. Would he be disappointed or encouraged? If I’m being honest with myself, I’d say he’d be pretty disappointed. I always assumed that there’d be

Mobile Games Are Trash and We All Know It

Matt Birchler: I love video games, and I love some mobile games (Alto’s Odyssey, Holedown, Grindstone, Golf on Mars, to name a few), but we all know that those games aren’t what Mobile Games are all about. Mobile games are a shit industry with shit companies making shit

Announcing the 2023 Apple History Calendar

Stephen Hackett: I’ve got big news today: I am launching my second Kickstarter project! For 2023, I’ve designed a new edition, focusing on the software that powers our favorite devices. These dates cover everything from Apple’s earliest software to the latest and greatest versions of macOS, iOS,

Back to Blogging, for Good this Time

After a while of waffling between blogging, making a newsletter, blogging some more, and making another newsletter, I am back to blogging with absolutely no intention of leaving. The Substack Situation Along with moving to a platform that is easier to use there are also some other issues I have

My Note-Taking System with Craft

My Note-Taking System with Craft

How to choose the tools you need for a winning writing workflow.

The Mona Lisa Attack, Apple Design Awards, Bo Burnham, Substack, and more

The Mona Lisa Attack, Apple Design Awards, Bo Burnham, Substack, and more

Quick Links * If you want to find a good note-taking app you can use NoteApps.info as a way of comparing features between popular note-taking apps. SPOILER I will be diving very deep into note-taking next week. * Apple announced the finalists for their Apple Design Awards. Most of these apps

I don't have it in me today

I don't have it in me today

I don’t have it in me. Yesterday morning I woke up with an eagerness to write something for my newsletter. I was off last week, and I wanted to hit the ground running with this week’s issue to make up for it. Even while I was at work,

What it Means to be a Creator

What it Means to be a Creator

On May 9th Jason Kottke announced he would be taking a sabbatical after over 24 years of blogging. He started his blog in 1998 and has been regularly posting and sharing links to intriguing things online ever since. In fact, Kottke was one of the reasons I decided to give

The iPod is now dead.

The iPod is now dead.

Apple has officially said that the iPod is no more. You can still buy one, but only while supplies last. Since its introduction over 20 years ago, iPod has captivated users all over the world who love the ability to take their music with them on the go. Today, the

Why I'm not Leaving Twitter

Why I'm not Leaving Twitter

Twitter has always been my social media platform of choice. The atmosphere was fun, making me instantly fall in love with it. In addition, I was able to find other weirdos like me to talk about Apple products, Batman and have open conversations with them. Over time, with my newfound

The Reason CNN+ Failed

The Reason CNN+ Failed

The average housefly can live for around 28 days, which means that there are literal bugs that will have outlived CNN+ as they close their streaming service on April 30th. An Explanation of What Happened Better journalists than me have explained what happened with CNN+, and I would much rather

Elon Bought Twitter, What’s Next?

Elon Bought Twitter, What’s Next?

In case you missed it, Elon Musk just bought Twitter for $44 billion. The deal isn’t done, and Elon can walk away from this for a cool $1 billion, but everyone and their mother is speculating what is next for Twitter. The question remains to be: what changes will

The Man Behind iBeer

The Man Behind iBeer

Steve Sheraton went from making a silly video online where he was drinking a beer with his iPhone into a full-fledged app, which then became a breakout star when the App Store launched. Quinn Myers writing for MEL Magazine: Before the App Store was even a concept, Sheraton started selling

Substack, The New York Times, and Nuance

Substack, The New York Times, and Nuance

While everyone has been up in arms about Elon Musk and the Twitter takeover, I wanted to talk about something else from this past week. I have been reading up on a new tiff between Substack and The New York Times that I feel essentially is a tit for tat

The Loyola Project

I don’t remember where I found this teaser, but as a basketball fan, this documentary went right to the top of my watch list.

The Attention Economy and this Newsletter

The Attention Economy and this Newsletter

I have a Bachelor’s degree in communication. Specifically, I majored in broadcasting. I have been doing production in television in some capacity since I was a junior in high school. I love my job, but I don’t always enjoy how the news is entangled with the Attention Economy.

Success and Failure at Pebble

Eric Migicovsky, the former CEO of Pebble, wrote a post recently detailing why the smartwatch company failed. In the days after our Kickstarter campaign, it was easy for me as the CEO to explain what our goal was. Ship the best damn smartwatch that we ourselves wanted to use. Over

Mike Tyson Can’t Sell His Weed Gummies in Colorado

Mike Tyson, who famously bit Evander Holyfield's ear, is now selling THC edibles in the shape of the mangled ear. The name of those gummies: Mike Bites. The kicker is he can’t sell them in the US weed capital of Colorado due to a 2016 state law that “prohibits

The Good from Comic Sans

The Good from Comic Sans

David Hoang shared an article from The Cut about the font Comic Sans and it raised my eyebrows to learn how accessible this abhorrent font is. Recently, Instagram added to its Stories an option that looks a lot like Comic Sans, a font design people have long derided. A campaign

The Elephant in the Room

The Elephant in the Room

I wanted to kick this week off with something light and fun, but if we are being honest here—I like to think this is a safe space—this week has been a lot to handle as an “Apple enthusiast.” I have been reading so many different news stories, opinion

Can we talk about the Kanye and Drake album covers?

Can we talk about the Kanye and Drake album covers?

Kanye West and Drake both have released new albums and I can’t help but enjoy them both. I have been listening to Donda since its release only to take a break from it to listen to Certified Lover Boy after its release. Both albums sound great, but I want

Sticker Doodle makes messaging fun again

Chad Etzel, who recently went independent, released one of the most fun apps for the iPhone this year. 🚀 ANNOUNCING: Sticker Doodle - draw your own stickers for iMessage, Discord, and Slack!! My first post-Apple app 😃 Create fun stickers with your finger, Apple Pencil, or from your own photos! Website: https:

An Artisan Mac Keycap

An Artisan Mac Keycap

I finally got a custom keycap for my Keychron K6 keyboard, and boy was it worth the wait. KeebMonekey’s MAC Modular Artisan Keycap makes your escape key and tab key reminiscent of the Apple Macintosh days allowing the LED light from your keyboard to fill the “screen”. Worth every

A Conversation with Kotaku's Editor in Chief

Patricia Hernandez, the editor-in-chief of Kotaku, talks with Alanah Pearce about the changes in coverage for Kotaku, online publishing in general, and the state of games media/journalism. A very open and enthralling conversation for anyone interested in online publishing and journalism. For extra credit you can read Patricia’s

Goodbye iPad Pro, Hello iPad Air

Matt Birchler ditches his 2018 12.9” iPad Pro for the new iPad Air. His reasoning is great and honestly I am in the same boat as him when it comes to my uses for the iPad.