Chris Shaddock

@Chrisshaddock
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Graphic designer, educator, father, husband. 
Being a designer makes me hypercritical of how things are designed. Like doors to stores. Why is there 2 and why is one always locked?
Chris ShaddockJan 17
gmcsJan 17
Au final, qui a financé l'investiture de Trump ? Parmi les gros donateurs (1millions) :
- Géants de la tech : Alphabet (#Google), #Amazon, Meta (#Facebook, #Instagram, #Whatsapp), #Microsoft (donc tous les #GAFAM). #Apple (don personnel de Tim Cook), OpenAI (#ChatGPT, don personnel de Sam Altman), #Perplexity, #Adobe. etc.
- Hors tech : Uber, Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Chevron, Hyundai, Stellantis (PSA/Fiat/Chrysler). Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, etc. (pas McKinsey, qui a donné pour un autre événement). Pfizer. etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Donald_Trump#Donations
Second inauguration of Donald Trump - Wikipedia

Chris ShaddockJan 9, 2024
We moved into our first detached home before the holidays. There’re some learning curves. Apparently I didn’t put the blue bin out far enough and so they didn’t take it. There’s a city app for garbage collection. I followed the steps. Still, apparently, there’s a secret expectation I didn’t meet. I called the city and learned two things: they’ll only take the blue bin, nothing extra and not overflowing, and I’ll have to wait till next week. Feels like I’ll always be a week behind now. Argh.
Chris ShaddockJan 9, 2024
I think this adds to the declining trust in Internet information. The article references cat quest II which is not even on Apple Arcade anymore.
Chris ShaddockDec 13, 2023
I wonder if anyone has measured the amount of time in a year someone spends fixing autocorrect and Siri missed dictations. #apple
Chris ShaddockNov 25, 2023

Strictlycanadian.com has an article about monitored home security systems but won’t let me secure myself with an ad blocker (unable to load URL due to ad blocker)

The irony.

Chris ShaddockJul 24, 2023
There is a really nice feature is #applemusic and the photos app that I wish was in other apps. When there is a search button taping it will activate the search field. I can just start typing. This feature is inconsistently applied across other #Apple apps. As example the podcast app.
Chris ShaddockJul 2, 2023
The Macworld article titled “how to get Photoshop for Mac for free” is a scam article. What a waste of time. #adobe #photoshop #mac
Chris ShaddockJun 16, 2023
It’s sad when someone in your household is so unfamiliar with technology and the way that things are done today and you’re asked the question “do you have any stamps?” Just email them the thing or use the online service to submit the document. Woof.
Chris ShaddockJun 14, 2023

I struggle with a little annoying behaviours in iOS. E.g., when typing in Safari search field a notification banner will deprioritize focus. This also happens when repositioning the insertion point by holding the spacebar.

When search using Safari search field, it returns a Google page of search results. I now have two search fields: Google at the top, Safari at the bottom. Banners will deprioritize focus if I’m using the Google search field.

#apple #ios #applekinks

Chris ShaddockJun 11, 2023
We can put a person on the moon, but we can’t figure out how to make butter not hard at room temperature.