michaelsteeber

michaelsteeber, 1 day ago to random

The sea of tech pessimism out there now makes it feel like a full time job trying to maintain the optimism that first drew me to it back in middle school. It's still what I love! But it feels harder than ever to find others with the same outlook.

michaelsteeber, 3 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to random

Easily my favorite Apple ad in recent memory. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ https://youtube.com/shorts/KrhPraOGrwY?si=dMTpTvmpqCZv1-bB

michaelsteeber, 4 days ago to random

Ephemera https://michaelsteeber.substack.com/p/ephemera

michaelsteeber, 8 days ago to random

Has anyone here attended an online Apple Developer tech consultation? I'm a bit bummed that I wasn't able to get in. I don't know if I picked a too-obscure topic or if it's just first come, first serve. My registration was "pending" until 1:30 AM, and the session was scheduled for 5:00 AM 😅

michaelsteeber, 11 days ago to random

Making textures

michaelsteeber, 11 days ago to random

Seeing BitMaps featured on visionOS is so cool! 😎
It was a great decision to build for this platform while the pool of apps is still small.
https://apps.apple.com/us/story/id1742821422

michaelsteeber, 11 days ago to random

Apple Parly 2 reopens in France: https://michaelsteeber.substack.com/p/apple-parly-2-reopens

michaelsteeber, 12 days ago to random

For some inexplicable reason, South Coast Plaza is using a solid color version of the 1977 “wobbly" Apple logo used in extremely early marketing materials. Baffling but charming. http://thebrainfever.com/apple/the-lost-apple-logos-you-ve-never-seen

A six-color, wobbly Apple logo.

michaelsteeber, 13 days ago to random

I don't want a Rabbit R1, but seeing videos of it reinforces how much I want to write software for extremely tiny, handheld hardware. I think about it almost every day. Is the Playdate the only accessible platform that allows this today?

michaelsteeber, 14 days ago to random

It feels amazing to report a bug in a Swift package and literally have a fix waiting in my inbox when I wake up. This community is so great.

michaelsteeber, 17 days ago to SwiftUI

I've been trying to push the bounds of the visionOS interface a bit and came up with this really nice split view for BitMaps. #SwiftUI

A screen recording of the split view in BitMaps.

michaelsteeber, 18 days ago to random

I don't know if this is just a U.S. thing, but over the past five years it's become almost impossible to purchase plain puffed wheat cereal in a grocery store. The last chain here finally stopped stocking it. There are essentially two suppliers offering it for extremely inflated prices on Amazon, but elsewhere it's a completely extinct product. I’m out of unsweetened cereals!

michaelsteeber, 18 days ago to random

It’s wild how much of the collective Swift knowledge online is locked behind a Medium login. I don’t really understand why so many developers still go that route when setting up a new blog today. When I hit that wall, I bounce.

michaelsteeber, 18 days ago to random

Apple Stores celebrate Earth Day. Plus: Apple Parly 2 is moving. https://michaelsteeber.substack.com/p/down-to-earth

michaelsteeber, 21 days ago to random

Anyone working on a Pippin emulator? Think it would pass app review? It's definitely a retro console, but you'd have to redistribute Apple source code 🤔 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Pippin