John Siracusa

@siracusa
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Programmer, tech writer, and co-host of Accidental Tech Podcast, Reconcilable Differences, and Robot or Not.
Websitehttps://hypercritical.co
Twitter@siracusa
@siracusa We measured MBP 2021 (120 Hz) at ~40ms. 100ms sounds way too much for 2014 MBP https://late-mate.com/old/updates/003/update-003
Late Mate — Measure latency from keypress to the screen

Portable universal latency measurement device — from keypress to the screen

Late Mate

“Apple II Forever” indeed…

https://www.inkandswitch.com/slow-software/

John Moltz Enterprises is pleased to announce that it has acquired Apple for the low price of $20. As the new CEO I would like to assure customers that most operations will remain the same. With the big exception of government relations. And a bunch of App Store shit.
NASA’s mission to orbit the Moon is being interrupted by Outlook (New) and Outlook (classic) both refusing to open 😂

Rob McGinley Myers and Britta Greene just released an episode of their podcast, Phonograph, about “The Greatest Podcast Ad Campaign of All Time,” featuring me and some other folks I know.

I’m not sure if it’s more interesting if you already know about the events it describes, or if you don’t! Either way, check it out.

(Here’s three kinds of links, just to be thorough.)

https://pod.link/1438655330/episode/ZDVhMmY3YzEtNmJjOS00ZmFiLWI3YjgtMDQ3YWZiN2E3NDhk

https://overcast.fm/+ABTumP7B7PY

https://beforeithadatheme.libsyn.com/knob-feel-the-story-of-the-greatest-podcast-ad-campaign-of-all-time

@atpfm my son (14) caught the discussion of the Phone.app icon with me, I asked him if he knew what the thing on the icon was:

“a phone”
“have you seen one like that?”
“I think, like at the museum, but just a rectangle wouldn’t look good on the icon”
🫠

The Talk Show: ‘Apple at 50’

Link to: https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2026/04/01/ep-445

Daring Fireball

Icons, logos, UI design & more — we make apps delightful ✨

Need design help? Let’s connect. https://iconfactory.com/services #UXDesign #UIDesign #AppDesign #IndieDev

Straight up listening to the latest @atpfm to convince myself why I need to buy a 2019 Intel Mac Pro

I'm not the only person to have thoughts about Apple's 50th anniversary today, but these are mine:

https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/04/apple-at-50-gonna-be-gonna-be-golden/