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Hi! My name is Cédric Bozzi, I make websites and iOS apps, and this is my blog about technology (mostly a Twitter archive, really).

19 September

Especially considering that my iPad mini is as old as my iPhone 6, but with no likely replacement in sight 😔

# 2017/09/19 - 14:50 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Warming up to the idea of buying an iPhone 8, and I guess I could consider the Plus form factor this time?

# 2017/09/19 - 14:50 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

@9to5mac:

iPhone 8 and X support pad-free wireless charging, third-party distance charger on the way [9to5mac.com]

# 2017/09/19 - 14:29

Weird that Apple seemed to have gorgeous copper-colored prototypes and ended up going with uncooked chicken

# 2017/09/19 - 14:27 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

@pgor:

BEFORE UPDATING TO IOS 11: Go to “Settings > General > About > Applications”. Verify you can live without incompatible apps listed there.

# 2017/09/19 - 12:33

“3D Face Reconstruction from a Single Image”

Machine learning is unstoppable.

# 2017/09/19 - 02:13 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

18 September

@tsion:

1997: your lightbulb emits more heat than light

2017: your lightbulb is a futuristic color LED currently DDoSing GitHub on behalf of the PRC

# 2017/09/18 - 19:47

TIL the Xbox One’s Kinect 2 measures distance by the time photons take to travel there and back 😮

# 2017/09/18 - 14:27 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

“CCleanup: A Vast Number of Machines at Risk”

This kind of thing is terrifying; as an end-user, I have no idea how to protect myself against such risks 😱

# 2017/09/18 - 12:08 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

@willkirkby:

Put “Ã©” into online forms and imagine the devs tearing their hair out trying to find the bug in their unicode handling.

# 2017/09/18 - 10:04

17 September

Je suis en train de rénover mon portfolio et, paf, j’ai envie de refaire une version compatible iOS 11 de Tarot Royal 🤦🏻‍♂️

# 2017/09/17 - 21:58 — originally published on @garoo

@dhh:

“Works a lot ≠ has good work ethic”. Fuck 70+ hour work weeks as some sort of noble quality. [m.signalvnoise.com]

# 2017/09/17 - 21:45

Looks like you can have your app respond gracefully to ‘Smart Invert’ but not the launch screen? For now at least.

# 2017/09/17 - 19:34 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Why isn’t ‘Smart Invert’ in the Control Center? Why does iOS 11 make it customizable but only offer the bare minimum of options?

# 2017/09/17 - 19:28 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

I don’t need an iPhone X, I just want a jailbreak tweak on my iPhone to put rounded corners over every app. (Hashtag webOS.)

# 2017/09/17 - 13:07 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

16 September

Three years too late, it looks like iOS 11 finally keeps third-party keyboards in memory after their first load.

# 2017/09/16 - 15:49 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Instagram displays a small (probably too discreet, even) prompt to use the share functionality when you screenshot a post 👍👍👍

# 2017/09/16 - 15:44 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

@ow:

.dev as a REAL TLD is coming and oh god I have to get out of the habit of using it locally 😨😨😨 [twitter.com]

# 2017/09/16 - 11:55

15 September

@flyosity:

The S8 family of phones with the infinity edge screen simply look more futuristic than the iPhone X.

# 2017/09/15 - 22:45

Apple’s docs now store language choice in the URL instead of a cookie 🙄 so a Google search will always send you to the default Swift 😠

# 2017/09/15 - 19:24 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

App Review hasn’t become any less silly while I wasn’t making apps.

# 2017/09/15 - 16:21 — originally published on @garoocomplains

@KeithKrimbel:

E-mailed #CraigFederighi about #FaceID and actually got a response!

# 2017/09/15 - 13:36

Xcode 9 doesn’t want to connect to my iPhone and the simulators don’t seem to support Dark Mode / Smart Invert. Oh well, maybe next time.

# 2017/09/15 - 00:34 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Good news: @uniconsole only requires a tiny fix. Bad news: the app doesn’t use Auto Layout so I have no idea how to handle that fix 😬

# 2017/09/15 - 00:09 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

14 September

Why do you still ask me to enter separate version + build numbers only to throw an error afterwards if they differ

# 2017/09/14 - 23:48 — originally published on @garoocomplains

I can’t be bothered to fine-tune the location of the buttons and app title, but at least the notch looks fine on a textured background

# 2017/09/14 - 23:09 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Why. Do I. Always make. Complex. Unmaintanable. Interfaces.

# 2017/09/14 - 22:13 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Every time I have to update my apps for a new iOS version it’s a unpleasant reminder that I used to consider myself an app developer.

# 2017/09/14 - 22:09 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

@KristenMcTighe:

Nikon creates team of 32 professional photographers to be the faces of Nikon D850- & picks not a single woman. #2017

[fstoppers.com]

# 2017/09/14 - 20:03

@joshuafry:

1984, 1997, 2017

# 2017/09/14 - 19:57

The iPhone X doesn’t just require apps to be updated, but also every single website that isn’t on a white background

# 2017/09/14 - 19:53 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Actually the eSIM is not really virtual at all; it’s just rewritable (and tiny)

# 2017/09/14 - 19:50 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

No roaming on Apple Watch, even in Europe

Could it be a technical limitation of the virtual SIM card?

# 2017/09/14 - 19:40 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Eek yeah okay good bye IPAs (FYI the new iTunes won’t automatically delete them, which is reasonable in case you still want them)

# 2017/09/14 - 19:03 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

I can’t wait for machine learning to be able to censor memes I’m tired of seeing.

# 2017/09/14 - 18:23 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

And I love how you can customize Control Center for quick access to anything you like except the only way to toggle Night Shift is now a compulsory long press.

# 2017/09/14 - 15:06 — originally published on @garoocomplains

Remember when they finally updated Control Center so you could change the brightness while seeing what it would look like in the active app?

# 2017/09/14 - 15:03 — originally published on @garoocomplains

I haven’t used Xcode in a while and OMFG how about you remove the fucking xattrs yourself if you know where they are

# 2017/09/14 - 14:49 — originally published on @garoocomplains

@drdrang:

Google Earth is a little behind, but it captures the Steve Jobs Theatre at an interesting stage of construction.

# 2017/09/14 - 13:19

@chrismasterson:

Apple: Embrace the notch! Black bars would waste valuable screen real estate.

Also Apple:

# 2017/09/14 - 13:08

@ow:

IKEA’s Augmented Reality app is such a great demo of ARKit. Going to be huge (and avoid awkward furniture mistakes)

# 2017/09/14 - 12:42

13 September

Why is the Siri watch face’s weather display so much better designed than the modular face’s

# 2017/09/13 - 18:51 — originally published on @garoocomplains

Three ‘Update’ buttons per screenful

# 2017/09/13 - 15:39 — originally published on @garoocomplains

As is customary, enjoying my MBP being unusable for half an hour

# 2017/09/13 - 15:24 — originally published on @garoocomplains

I was skeptical about Face ID but Apple’s implementation convinced me. (Kinect in a phone!)

I was cautiously optimistic about the notch but Apple’s implementation disgusts me.

😖

# 2017/09/13 - 15:14 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

But it’s not like we have a choice when Apple won’t sign iOS 10, let alone push iOS 10 security updates, on devices compatible with iOS 11 😒

# 2017/09/13 - 15:07 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Even though both of my devices are just the right age to receive the new iOS and be made worse by installing it.

# 2017/09/13 - 15:04 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

I should be working but instead I’m finally installing iOS 11 because the urge to have something new is irresistible post-keynote.

# 2017/09/13 - 15:03 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

@valentinsocha:

Voilà. #iPhoneX

# 2017/09/13 - 14:13

@vojtastavik:

I think I’ve fixed the notch issue in landscape 🍾 #iphoneX

# 2017/09/13 - 13:46

@stroughtonsmith:

The iPhone X home indicator isn’t a solid color; it actually adapts in realtime to the content beneath it (a luma dodge effect)

# 2017/09/13 - 12:54

@maxrudberg:

This was my reaction to the Apple Maps UI as well. Double grabber looks odd. [twitter.com]

# 2017/09/13 - 12:52

@ForkParker:

Looking forward to people that buy a $1,000 iPhone telling me it’s terrible to charge $2.99 for a game on the App Store.

# 2017/09/13 - 12:50

@laen:

Apple Touch Bar == I have a band-aid on my finger and can’t hit escape anymore.

# 2017/09/13 - 12:43

@thomasfuchs:

iPhone X renders webpages with literal white bars on the sides

# 2017/09/13 - 12:40

@stroughtonsmith:

Wow they really are stripping things out of iTunes. Never expected to see that

# 2017/09/13 - 03:01

@Snowden:

#FaceID

Good: Design looks surprisingly robust, already has a panic disable.

Bad: Normalizes facial scanning, a tech certain to be abused.

# 2017/09/13 - 00:35

12 September

This should be fun (hello Fire Phone)

# 2017/09/12 - 22:16 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

@mpesce:

Given the integration I’m seeing, I’d have to say yes, Facebook will be able to read your face gestures while you read your newsfeed.

# 2017/09/12 - 21:54

You’re redefining the iPhone from scratch; why cling to the external aspect ratio instead of making the device easier to handle?

# 2017/09/12 - 21:47 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Of all the iPhone X design choices I disagree with, the one I don’t understand is why make it so tall.

# 2017/09/12 - 21:45 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

It bums me out that I’m probably gonna have to update some of my apps to accommodate the stupid notch on the stupid 1200€ phone.

# 2017/09/12 - 21:30 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

@doney:

WTF we’re not even allowed to resist [twitter.com]

# 2017/09/12 - 21:24

@twostraws:

Watch now! 14 new developer videos released by Apple, teaching iPhone X, face tracking, and more: [developer.apple.com] #swiftlang

# 2017/09/12 - 21:22

Really curious to see if anyone buys an iPhone before iPhone X is available. I’ll say it again, this launch seems completely crazy to me.

# 2017/09/12 - 20:51 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

“Look at it, swipe up” doesn’t really sound like it’s simpler and quicker than pressing the Home button, does it.

# 2017/09/12 - 20:36 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Interesting to see Schiller acknowledge outright that Face ID won’t work for twins, when Microsoft’s face recognition has been touted as differentiating them in most cases. (Of course, “most cases” is problematically vague.)

# 2017/09/12 - 20:30 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Did not expect for a second Face ID to include Kinect. In a tiny phone. 😮

# 2017/09/12 - 20:26 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

@benthompson:

I miss ‘Slide to Unlock’ 😥

# 2017/09/12 - 20:25

Apple using an open standard for wireless charging? Am I dreaming?

# 2017/09/12 - 20:15 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

It’s completely absurd that they worked so much on iPhone 8 only to immediately supplant it with iPhone X. A simple 7s upgrade would have made sense; not a completely redesign.

# 2017/09/12 - 20:03 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Non-Plus iPhone 8 still doesn’t have the twin cameras 😠

# 2017/09/12 - 19:58 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

I miss the original iPhone’s announcement like I miss a first hit of heroin.

# 2017/09/12 - 19:55 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

With an A10X the Apple TV could really offer some serious gaming experiences. If anyone ever bought it for that.

# 2017/09/12 - 19:47 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

I would have expected the LTE model to be about $100 more. Being on a Series 0 I’m possibly curious about upgrading.

# 2017/09/12 - 19:38 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Does the virtual SIM really take dedicated silicon space instead of being just software?

# 2017/09/12 - 19:33 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Why would you (seemingly) force the red crown on everyone who buys the LTE Watch?

# 2017/09/12 - 19:30 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

@ironicsans:

I can’t unsee. #iPhoneHairline

# 2017/09/12 - 18:32

@computertales:

A presentation of the PDP-11/45 used in 1976 to create the Death Star CGI in StarWars

[chicagotribune.com]

#retrocomputing #retrocgi

# 2017/09/12 - 14:35

“The Internet of Things: A return to feudalism?”

# 2017/09/12 - 13:58 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

@stroughtonsmith:

iPhone X’s fluid multitasking UI is /very/ webOS, just w/ more physics. Shame existing iPhones won’t get it; going to feel very different

# 2017/09/12 - 12:47

@RickyHelgesson:

What if the new iPhone tracks your face to project the right part of wide-fov video on screen, you’d percieve it 100 % see-through #arkit

# 2017/09/12 - 00:15

11 September

Aww, it has its own widdle landmark logo

# 2017/09/11 - 19:38 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

10 September

Because — I don’t really use Watch apps, but they’re still all pretty shit, right? Even after watchOS 2.0?

# 2017/09/10 - 20:36 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

I wonder whether Apple Watch series 3 communicates with iPhone over cell network as if it were wifi, or only runs local apps.

# 2017/09/10 - 20:36 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Twitter’s headquarters need to be razed and salted

# 2017/09/10 - 19:50 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

@jckarter:

With thousands of Mars workers scrambling to escape the dust storms, Musk announced he would remotely unlock their suits’ oxygen capacity

# 2017/09/10 - 16:39

I don’t remember any details, but I know I dreamed last night that I had a new laptop. I really need an offline vacation.

# 2017/09/10 - 14:22 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

9 September

@stroughtonsmith:

iPhone 8

iPhone 8 Plus

iPhone X

# 2017/09/09 - 17:50

@rjonesy:

For the last YEAR I’ve been battling App Store rejections - we made an app called Animoji with animated emojis…now I know why. [twitter.com]

# 2017/09/09 - 16:30

8 September

“RED finally reveals what its ‘holographic’ phone screen actually is”

I’ll believe it when I see it.

# 2017/09/08 - 15:39 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

But apparently the WSJ leak doesn’t include any pricing info so I guess it really goes for $999 and Apple will sell 100,000 iPhones per month this year.

# 2017/09/08 - 15:28 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

I still say iPhone X needs to start at $1500 if there are “extended supply shortfalls,” so people can accept buying the second-best instead.

# 2017/09/08 - 15:26 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

It’s time to manage expectations by leaking to WSJ, and this one isn’t pretty