Tanner Oakes

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Welcome to the future. From the tweet factory to the fruit stand. Apple platforms engineer.

So excited for the opportunity to cover our work on widgets across platforms this year and the new experiences it unlocks! Check out “What’s new in widgets”

#wwdc25 https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/278

What’s new in widgets - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer

WidgetKit elevates your app with updates to widgets, Live Activities, and controls. Learn how to bring your widgets to visionOS, take...

Apple Developer

Twitter abandoned their trademark, all the ActivityPub sites are twitters (lowercase t) now

(normally you get lawyer letters for using a TM like Kleenex® or Band-Aid® as a generic word but I doubt that the company formerly known as Twitter is paying that legal bill)

https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/the-problem-of-genericide-in-trademarks

The problem of genericide in trademarks

Sometimes a company's branding can become so pervasive in our culture it goes beyond the traditional confines of its trademark. What seems like a good problem to have can actually create a new public relations headache known as genericide.

Almost

It is stunning to think of all the people who were paid money to design & build this office, all to have the company kicked out of the space after hardly anyone ever even used it.

There have been so few people to ever be inside in that building that I would imagine everything is still in absolutely pristine condition, but branded with Twitter design that now has to be ripped out by a landlord who constructed the building just for Twitter, and never collected a dime.

Shrederighi 🎸
New GarageBand icon inspired by the 3-neck guitar Craig Federighi shredded at WWDC

https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/shrederighi

Garageband Icon Replacement — Basic Apple Guy

Garageband alternate icon inspired by Craig's 3-Neck Guitar from WWDC23

Basic Apple Guy
Did everyone have this level of animosity to Koroks in BotW?