The CHIPS Act is now law, injecting $52B into domestic chip production. Increasing US-based chip production is a swell idea. I wonder, however, if this act will actually accomplish that. I don’t write that trying to be clever. Building a domestic chip ecosystem is…
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To Help A Teacher
I haven’t said much lately about my oldest daughter, Samantha, but I’m immensely proud of her. In the last few months she completed her Masters in Education program and now is now about to launch her career as a high school teacher. She’ll be…
Continue reading →The Voice of Baseball
We lost Vin Scully tonight. At 94 years old, he had a good run. But we sure will miss him. Growing up in the greater Los Angeles area in the 70s and 80s, there was one constant in our lives, Vin Scully. His soothing,…
Continue reading →The New Anker 65W Portable Charger
I am so in the bag for Anker. I’ve been buying their stuff for years, and they’ve always been reliable. In the MacSparky Labs meetup last week, I was asked a question about portable batteries for the new M2 MacBook Air. It got me…
Continue reading →$83 Billion
Source: sixcolors.com I remember when Steve Jobs went on stage, astounded that Apple had become a $50 Billion per year company. Now Apple beats that in a non-holiday quarter. There aren’t a lot of surprises with Apple’s latest quarterly earnings. It still makes half…
Continue reading →Hoban Cards and Stationery (Sponsor)
This week, MacSparky is sponsored by Hoban Cards, where they use a 1902 letterpress machine to make cards that your colleagues, clients, and customers will never forget. I sure love mine. Evan and the gang at Hoban Cards are masters at the craft of…
Continue reading →Wither iPhone Mini
The rumors all seem unanimous in their opinion that this year the iPhone mini will go away, and in its place we’ll get a bigger (non-pro) iPhone to match the size of the iPhone Pro Max. I suspect a bigger iPhone will sell more…
Continue reading →iOS 16 Lock Screens and Focus Modes (MacSparky Labs)
I’m digging deeper with iOS 16 and I really dig how you can combine focus modes with lock screens on the new operating system. In this video, I demonstrate how I’m mode-shifting on my phone using this new feature, and what I’d like to see improved before…
Continue reading →Hook Turns Three
Hook is the link-everything app for your Mac. It creates links to files, email, and other digital bits, letting you easily “hook” things together. It’s increasingly becoming part of my contextual computing workflow, and this week it turns three. You can get 30% off…
Continue reading →M2 MacBook Air Reviews
The initial reviews are in on the M2 MacBook Air. My two favorite are Jason Snell’s at Six Colors and Brian Heater at Tech Crunch. Overall, it seems that the M2 MacBook Air delivers on its promise. It’s a small, light Mac that can…
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