The Enshittification of Search Continues

PLUS: How you can support Clicked

It is time to slow down

PLUS: Threads has some issues with the LGBTQ+ community

Here's why Spotify is making a huge mistake

PLUS: A memorial for my favorite podcast

The Big Changes in Journalism: AI, Newspapers, and Everything In Between

PLUS: Please be a good iOS 18 beta tester

Comfort Zone Podcast

Chris Lawley, Matt Birchler, and Niléane Dorffer have a new podcast called Comfort Zone. Where each week the three of them talk about new things they are doing with technology and challenge each other to get outside of their comfort zone (get it?) with their tech. All three of these

Apple might be going big with iOS 18

If the rumors are true, iOS 18 is going to be one hell of an update. I don’t normally read the rumors for Apple updates and products, but MacRumors has been on a tear lately and it’s gotten my attention. From a complete overhaul in the Settings app,

Window Management on the iPad Sucks

Quinn Nelson boils down one of the biggest frustrations with working on an iPad in a short succinct video on Threads. Post by @snazzyq View on Threads Frankly, I am surprised this is something I am just now learning. I wish I could say I was surprised by this but

The last thing the iPad needs is a spec bump

David Pierce writing for The Verge: Before they even launch, I feel confident telling you these are the best iPads ever. But after all these years, I still don’t know how to tell you whether you should want an iPad. Or what you’d want to do with it.

Pulitzer Prize Board Recognizes Student Journalists

From Pulitzer Prize Board: As we gather to consider the nation’s finest and most courageous journalism, the Pulitzer Prize Board would like to recognize the tireless efforts of student journalists across our nation’s college campuses, who are covering protests and unrest in the face of great personal and

Who Spends $1000+ on Courses?

This isn't a clickbait title, or some sensational headline. This is an honest question that I have had a really hard time understanding. If you are like me you will have stumbled upon productivity podcasts, blogs, YouTube channels, and more. Some of those creators have courses. Things like

How this $40 pencil nearly went extinct

This video from Wall Street Journal is a fantastic short doc about the history of the Blackwing 602 pencil and how it nearly went extinct. I absolutely love docs like this. It’s short, informative, niche, and well edited. Sign me up for any and all other documentaries like this

A New Addition

I’m elated to share that my daughter, Sloane, was born 13 days ago. She’s a happy and healthy girl born 3 weeks early. She has beautiful blue eyes, a fierce set of lungs, and loves being a night owl. As a new parent there’s lots of learning

The Future of Podcasting is Independent

I have been thinking a lot about the podcasting industry lately. The main thread is how even though there were massive layoffs in the podcasting industry, ad revenue and listenership continues to grow. It seems the podcasting industry is set to have the same fate as the newspaper and television

Never Post Episode 0: Independent Media Roundtable

To kick things off, we had a roundtable conversation with a trio of makers and thinkers, all of whom are creating independent media. They are Gita Jackson (Aftermath), Alex Sujong Laughlin (Defector Media), and Rusty Foster (Today in Tabs). We wanted to talk with Gita, Alex and Rusty about the

Project Tapestry

I love the idea behind Project Tapestry by The Icon Factory. With Project Tapestry, we’ll create a universal, chronological timeline for iOS for any data that’s publicly available on the Internet. A service-independent overview of your social media and information landscape. Point the app toward your

Micro.blog Adds Threads and Twitter Cross-Posting

Manton Reece: Today we’ve added a brand new option for manual cross-posting from Micro.blog to other services, including Threads. This new option is great for services that don’t yet have an open API, so Micro.blog can’t automatically post to them, or for when you want

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More Birchtree

Matt Birchler: More Birchtree is a way to get more Birchtree writing, ad-free browsing, and the fuzzy feeling of supporting indie writing. Member posts will be more personal pieces, as well as more raw feelings about the tech news of the day before I’m ready to share with a

Mass Media

CNN Plans to be Everywhere Your Phone is

Alex Cranz writing for The Verge: a memo from CNN CEO Mark Thompson outlines some of the early plans to try to save CNN from cable — and grow its presence on the phone. As noted by The Wall Street Journal, which has seen the memo, the first step will be

Substack

Substack suffers the consequences of their actions

After a hellish month for Substack many writers on its platform have decided it is time to set up their newsletters and writings elsewhere. If you aren’t familiar with what happened, you can find out more on a timeline I made.  A large number of Substack writers, including Ryan

Substack

Substack is Now a Nazi Bar, So I Left

Over a month ago an article from Jonathan M. Katz at The Atlantic made waves with an article titled "Substack Has a Nazi Problem". At least 16 of the [Substack] newsletters that I reviewed have overt Nazi symbols, including the swastika and the sonnenrad, in their logos or

Mona Chalabi on Longform

This Longform episode with data journalist Mona Chalabi, who has written for The Guardian, The New York Times, and won a Pulitzer for her work, was so good I listened to it twice in one day. In the podcast she speaks about the ongoing Israel and Palestine war and her

The Death of Physical Media

An old college buddy of mine, Adam, who also has been a creative partner for me over the years, created an awesome video essay. It’s about the end of physical media, what it might hold for the future of media consumption, and how collectors might be dealing with this

Creator Economy

How to fix online media: focus on the true fans

Between the Vice News layoffs, the podcasting industry crumbling, and Jezebel closing its doors it's safe to say that the media industry is having a bit of a crisis. It's clear that advertising on sites like Jezebel and large podcasts aren't cutting it anymore,

Apple

"Shot on iPhone"

Apple created a really interesting post covering the “Shot on iPhone” keynote they did for Scary Fast. They also created a video accompanying it. What I thought was more interesting though was the backlash it got from people saying that because it had so much gear and equipment required to