Guy English

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Guy English21h ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@marioguzman/116326493397767894

The Power Mac G3 was a thing of beauty. It was a fashionable and ground breaking design while being unapologetically a computer. It went so far beyond the aesthetics of PC cases of the time to address the functional requirement to be able to open it up and add things to it. This aspect was shared with earlier Power Mac towers but never so beautifully realized as in the Power Mac G3. A truly innovative design and product and a self assured early first step on Apple’s decades long run.

Guy English22h ago
Glenda Adams22h ago

For Transgender Day of Visibility, here’s a throwback photo of me from circa 2006, when Apple featured Mac developers in an online ad campaign for WWDC.

Yes, we were around even then. There’s a pretty good chance if you played Mac games in the 90’s, one was written by me or @burgerbecky
#transdayofvisibility

Guy English23h ago
Jan Lehnardt 1d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rosyna/116319500964346146

My friend and yours @rosyna is in dire straits. Any mutual aid or macOS/iOS contract work you can send along would be much appreciated.

Guy English23h ago

Whoops.

https://apple.news/AZWg2anoKQga1bSq2Ir18sg

Entire Claude Code CLI source code leaks thanks to exposed map file — Ars Technica

512,000 lines of code that competitors and hobbyists will be studying for weeks.

Guy English1d ago
Show threadKen Case1d ago

Every time I see the original bright six-color Apple logo, I'm reminded of the Apple ][ donated to our small school just before the end of the school year. I asked the librarian if I could borrow its stack of spiral-bound manuals over the summer. I pored through that stack of manuals as my family road-tripped from Seattle to South Dakota—my mind fully occupied by the information contained within, as my senses took in the feel of the paper and the smell of the books.

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Guy English1d ago
Jason Snell1d ago

Really honored to be asked by The Verge to write a couple of pieces about Apple at 50. Here’s the first one, about the computer that made Apple a success long before the Mac: The Apple II.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/900677/apple-ii-personal-computer

Apple II Forever!

Apple would never have made it if it weren’t for the Apple II, the company’s first hit product and the first one to generate the amount of devotion we’ve now come to expect from fans of Apple’s products.

The Verge
Guy English2d ago
Show threadRosyna Keller2d ago

I thought I had a really good job prospect available but it turned out they’re not currently hiring. Sigh, I’m not sure what I can do. I desperately need a job but I don’t want to release AI slop and the article I wrote didn’t do as well either. https://paradisefacade.com/blog/2026/3/9/how-to-fingerprint-users

I need help. Please help me! I can’t go through the pain of eviction again.

How to Fingerprint Users on iOS — Paradise Façade

Apple vs? Google and the Hidden War for Your Identity AKA Why Klingon Isn’t Funny and Liquid Glass is a Trap

Paradise Façade
Guy English2d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ccgus/116315147193680697

Good game.

Turns out I’m bad at remembering colors. Worse than you?
https://dialed.gg/?c=UDAKRW

Guy English4d ago
Sean Coates4d ago
Mind blowing to me that this thing is running a #Swift web server on my WiFi. Like half of the size is the pin breakout and the USB-C connector! Also: single-sided PCB. (must be multi-layer, but there are no components on the back) 🤯
Guy English5d ago
Show threadTodd Vaziri5d ago
Visual effects - made by artists.