Writing

I had the opportunity to author my first newsroom post for Meta today. We announced a slew of new features from my team that make encrypted messaging in Messenger more expressive.

If you work in tech, you've likely heard the term "accessibility." But you may not understand what accessibility is, get why it matters, and know how to make it a reality for your products. That's what I'll cover in this post.

On December 17th, Jon Carl, Tory Martin and I launched a new iOS app called Fitness Totals. We were lucky enough to get some press on launch day from 9to5Mac, iMore, 512pixels, BirchTree and…

At the beginning of the year, before the lockdowns started in the US, I presented at Really Good Emails’ really good conference, UNSPAM. I spoke about accessibility in email…

Alyssa and I are so incredibly blessed. We’re physically healthy. We can work from home. We’re financially stable. We (like many of you) are using technology to communicate with…

A friend of mine, Matt Birchler, recently wrote a really solid article on how to deliver great product demos. He starts the piece off with what, in my opinion, is the most important part of a product demo.

Alyssa and I are launching a new product—Decline Stickers! It’s a set of 25 hand-lettered stickers. Each a different way to say “no.” Alyssa designed all the stickers, and I built into an iMessage sticker pack.

I was recently a guest on the iPad Pros podcast where we discussed some of the accessibility features of iPadOS.

If you struggle to sleep, can’t seem to focus, or grapple with persistent stress, you might want to check out Headspace. It’s a personal meditation guide available for iOS, Android, and the Web with a large catalog of guided meditations for people of every experience level.

When I approach a new product problem, after I’ve interacted with users, dug into the data, researched the market, and built a clear problem statement, I've found it incredibly valuable to set aside time to look for analogies.

Every year Matt Birchler writes the best watchOS review around. This year is no different.

As the day passed and I let Apple’s keynote hype machine fade into memory, a few strategic moves in Apple’s services announcements stood out to me as particularly interesting.

I recently tested Twitter’s Quick Promote and Promote Mode ads with my podcast to see if they really work. Then I wrote about each step of the process.

If you’re a Gmail user who is frustrated by all the visual clutter, I’ve got the perfect little free tool for you.

When we first saw AirPower in 2017, Apple announced a fix to the biggest drawback of wireless charging. Two years have passed. AirPower has been canceled. And we’re still waiting for a remedy.

It has been four years since I wrote an Overcast review. I’ve tried a bunch of other podcast apps in those years, but I keep using Overcast, every single day, year after year, and this is why.

I love learning about what other people carry around every day. I think it’s a fascinating way to see into another person’s life, so I thought it’d be fun to share a bit of myself in that way.

Here it is. The full high resolution, 4k desktop wallpaper from macOS Mojave. Download here for free (obviously).

If you create things, whether for a living or for yourself, you have an inner critic, and you need to squash it…