James Thomson

@jamesthomson
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Indie iOS / Mac developer from Glasgow, Scotland. Maker of the PCalc scientific calculator, and a cool dice app. Occasional writer, conference speaker, D&D player, and podcast pundit.
My Appshttps://pcalc.com
My Tech Podcastshttp://relay.fm/people/jamesthomson
My Pop Culture Podcastshttps://www.theincomparable.com/person/james-thomson
My Squirrelshttps://www.instagram.com/stresspanda/
James Thomson1h ago

Apple's little mascot doesn't seem to have a proper name yet. The Apple community is calling it variants of “Lil Findy” which is cool, but is still effectively, “Baby Yoda”.

The original Mac OS X Finder when I worked on it was codenamed “Millennium”, so my proposal is…

“Milly”.

James Thomson1d ago
One day I will see Ania Magliano live. Originally booked a show back in October 2025, and it's just been delayed again until March 2027…
James Thomson3d ago
Nearly the time for the keynote.
James Thomson4d ago
I apologise for my lack of hot takes today, I know you were crushed.
James Thomson4d ago

macOS 27 new feature wishlist:

• Lil Finder and Clarus in the print dialog, hanging out together, living their best lives

James Thomson4d ago
Off to a book event this evening, and I fear I'm going to be like the terrible men at weddings glancing at their phones to see what the latest football score is.
James Thomson5d ago
Timothy Wood5d ago
Wearing this shirt tonight to my wife’s choir concert of civil rights era songs, one of the performers stopped me at intermission, “oh I love that app! Been using it since college, and BBEdit!” @jamesthomson @siegel
James ThomsonJun 3
In “It's WWDC in five days, so I don't feel like doing anything” mode.
James ThomsonJun 1
Myke HurleyJun 1

The Designed in California Kickstarter is live right now!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/designedincalifornia/designed-in-california-an-apple-history-podcast

Please support our project to bring this podcast to life.

Designed in California: An Apple history podcast

Expertly-told stories about the 50-year history of Apple... and the world it created.

Kickstarter
James ThomsonMay 29
What do I want from WWDC? Read receipts to work in group chats in iMessage.