178 Posts under Mango Linked
∞ Apple Unveils Powerful Accessibility Features Coming Later This Year
Vehicle Motion Cues, which can help reduce motion sickness when riding in a moving vehicle, comes to Mac, along with new ways to customize the animated onscreen dots on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
I'm so looking forward to Vehicle Motion Cues on Mac. This will help my Caltrain commute!
∞ Our Souls Need Proof of Work
Julie Zhuo:
It took me far too long to spot the pattern: nothing I ever attained satisfied the fundamental wanting; ergo there is no thing that ever would.
But I noticed something else: there was long-term satisfaction to be found in my journey. It wasn’t in the attaining but in the becoming.
...
What if, instead of easy comfort, we wanted for challenges that transform us into better version of ourselves?
It's the challenges, struggles, failures, your hard work, and the social interactions that make your life joyful and tasteful.
∞ Netflix Introduces Dialogue-Only Subtitles
Fifty percent of Americans say they watch content with subtitles most of the time. It’s a habit we see reflected on Netflix too—nearly half of all viewing hours on Netflix in the US happen with subtitles or captions on, so we’re making the experience even better for members.
Just in time for all the twists, inner monologues, and intense eye contact in the final season of YOU — we’re introducing a new option: original language subtitles that show only the spoken dialogue.
I grew up watching TV with dialogue-only subtitles. Glad to see this is trending in America too, and better support from Netflix.
∞ Google Fi Wireless Turns 10
Improvements to connectivity, coverage and more, especially on iOS
... we’re broadening access to this feature with data-only eSIMs, which means you can quickly and easily connect newer, eSIM-compatible devices like Android tablets and iPads with data on the go, without needing a physical SIM card.
... making international 5G available on iPhone in addition to Android phones.
Sweet deals! Their Unlimited Plus plan is now Unlimited Premium, upgrading high-speed data from 50GB to 100GB.
Now, I just need to wait for the Apple Watch support, if it is ever coming.
P.S. You can use my referral code X7N6XX to get $60 off your bills (I will get $60 too).
∞ How Asian Groceries Are Reshaping America
Priya Krishna writes,
Last year, Americans bought half a billion packets of Shin Ramyun, the spicy, beefy Korean instant noodle.
Half a billion packets in a year? W.A.T.
∞ SF Zoo’s Panda Plan Is on Track — but Tariff May Raise the Price
Han Li, reporting for The San Francisco Standard:
Zoo CEO Tanya Peterson says she’s optimistic about the pandas’ arrival despite the mounting geopolitical tensions. She’s less certain whether the arrangement will be subject to tariffs but is prepared to make the case for an exemption.
Peterson is expected to announce the official panda arrival timeline at Thursday’s Recreation and Park Commission meeting. She revealed that the animals will need to undergo a quarantine and acclimation period after their arrival, likely at the end of the year. If everything goes according to plan, the zoo’s panda zone will open to the public next April.
∞ CW&T
CW&T started as a two-person design practice of Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy.
With backgrounds in Architecture, Film and Computer Science, the duo met at NYU ITP where they began their scale and medium agnostic approach to design.
Every single piece CW&T designed is so astonishing. I have an urge right now to to collect them all!
∞ leaving Google for this
In Scott Yu-Jan's latest video:
... there are dream jobs and careers, and then there are these rare opportunities like this to do things that no longer feel like a job.
∞ When [Dr. Bryant Lin] Got Cancer, He Didn’t Quit. He Taught a Class About It
Kate Selig writes:
Dr. Bryant Lin, who teaches medicine at Stanford University, was given a terminal diagnosis. He wanted his students to understand the humanity at the core of medicine.
∞ End of the Road for Google Drive in Transmit
From Panic's blog:
Well, Google has a new set of policies that require apps that connect to Google Drive to go through expensive, time-consuming annual reviews, and this has made it extremely difficult for us to reasonably maintain Google Drive access. You may have seen iA Writer’s announcement that they are stopping development of their Android version for similar reasons. Our experience was different, but our circumstances are similar. While Google Drive may not be the most popular connection option in Transmit, we know many users rely on it, and we often use it here at Panic to send and receive files from the game developers we work with.
This is not a decision we took lightly, and was the result of much debate and anguish in the office. But rest assured we looked at every angle. Hopefully that explains everything.
Google's leadership continues to drive away developers who made their platforms successful. Why am I not surprised?