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I'm tired boss

"Apple [UI design] took on an impossible task… And even if the premise was solid, I still wish I could say: they did the best they could, given the goal. But that’s not true either: they did a poor job consistently applying the metaphors and designing the icons themselves.”

https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/

Yup. Tahoe's redesign, perfectly summarized: self-inflicted problems, executed poorly, contradicting their own stated principles.

Good riddance to its DRI. Fingers crossed for a better macOS 27.

A brief rant / thought dump on why I think the every "iPhone Killer" will fail.

TLDr;
1. There's no general purpose computer
2. There's no Joe Six Pack
3. The iPhone was neither meant to be a general purpose computer nor did it replace the Macintosh.

https://blog.viditb.com/why-every-iphone-killer-will-fail/

https://replaceyourboss.ai/ is an absolutely brilliant illustration what AI would look like if it served workers (without toppling company structures).

AI CEOs - and everyone's lives will be better!

This is the positivity we need right now:

With Trump intimidating the US with ICE agents, Canada sends NICE agents on a mission to talk to US tourists.

https://youtu.be/S1yYGb1U31o?si=MbDe8auC2V-xiEiW