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Retired technology problem solver.
Writing at JAG’s Workshop: A curated collection of eclectic ephemera.
Advocate for Black, female and other under-estimated people in tech.
I worked at Apple for a bit.
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I love that these beautiful notebooks are lovingly handcrafted, despite the many machines and mechanical aids. I was especially delighted by the corner-rounding tool. So simple, yet remarkably effective. Cah-chunk! I understand why they’re $79—beyond my notebook budget, but increasingly tempting.
Meditative Video on the Making of iA Notebook
I love that these beautiful notebooks (from the creators of iA Writer) are lovingly handcrafted, despite the many machines and mechanical aids. I was especially delighted by the corner-rounding tool. So simple, yet remarkably effective. Cah-chunk! I understand why they’re $79—beyond my notebook budget, but increasingly tempting.
@tperfitt Oh, yeah, I've heard of those ACH scams. I remember reading that insistence on refunds via a different form is a huge red flag.
Glad you avoided that one.
@tperfitt I think if start from the premise that "Apple will never call first,” you can go into a call with “Apple” with a heightened sense of skepticism that can help protect against being scammed.
And yeah, developers are a vulnerable cohort. I would expect someone from App Review (to use your example) to give enough context to make it clear they're legit, and those calls won't include being asked to log into a site they text or email.
Even so, we all have to be hyper-vigilant.
@tperfitt Unexpected as in timing, or as in unrelated to something in flight?
(Importantly, I expect none of these calls are asking you to visit or click on a random link?)
What's your validation process when you get those calls?
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Clément Sauvage: WWDC is a pilgrimage, a community. Every keynote spark. Every late-night breakthrough. Every handshake that turns into a collaboration. Those moments deserve something memorable. So: Enamel pins — collectible, wearable, emotional.
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I’m in for the Collector set, plus the Apple 50 pin.
WWDC26 Limited Edition Enamel Pins on Kickstarter
https://jagsworkshop.com/2026/03/wwdc26-enamel-pins-kickstarter/
Long-time iOS developer Clément Sauvage is back on Kickstarter with his 2026 collection of enamel pins that celebrate the Apple developer community: For decades, WWDC (Worldwide Developer Conference) has been more than just a conference… …it’s a pilgrimage — a community of builders, thinkers, makers, and friends who share a
@gruber I’m late to the game here, but worth noting that Apple does have a few “whatever-apple.com” URLs (e.g “appleid.cdn-apple.com”). Not necessarily user-facing in my experience, but it means it's not entirely implausible that “audit-apple.com” could have been real.
(Apple maintains a list of its legitimate domains for network administrators, for anyone curious.)
https://jagsworkshop.com/2026/03/matt-mullenweg-almost-phished/
Matt Mullenweg, of WordPress fame (and infamy), was almost phished in a sophisticated scheme that used Apple’s own support structure to enable the diabolical attack: What made the attack impressive was the next move: The scammers actually contacted Apple Support themselves, pretending to be me, and opened a real
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The first rule of Apple support: Apple will never call you first.
Also: Use a password manager. If you inadvertently click a link that asks for your login credentials, and your password manager doesn’t fill them in, *proceed with caution*. It's not foolproof, but it’s a good backstop against fraudulent domains.
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