Ben Brooks

I was able to bust out that Blockbuster membership card again for another review of a wallet.

In addition to my Dunkin Donuts review, I talk about why the Things update is so important.

For members I review Dunkin Donuts among other things.

This screen time calc is fucking unnerving. Apparently I average picking up my iPhone every 6 minutes over the past few days. And every 4 minutes today. It’s 5, FIVE, for my iPad Pros. God help me.

No joke, I just saw another kid at my daughter’s school with a GORUCK Echo. So at least I am not completely alone.

New backpack post: Backpacks for kids. Hide your wallet, I’m crazy.

Found my first iOS 12 iPhone casualty: Zoho Expenses. Trying to open camera, crashes the app. FYI. (Still a great app)

Good time in San Jose.

this is priceless

iOS 12 on my 10.5 iPad Pro is impressively stable.

Some great deals on GORUCK gear right now (affiliate link). That woodland Bullet is sweet.

Some interesting and good App Store rule changes.

I’ll have a member’s post up a little later today, in case you were wondering.

Since I’m at WWDC this week, no better time to post my review of Allbirds.

Office clothes are basically terrible. But there’s better options.

Raising the “good iPad app” bar.

Member post for this week: a redux on Standing Desks, and some thoughts on my favorite EDC/Backpack focused sites.

Also my post for everyone on picking a better travel bag. ‘It’s the season.

My post on tech companies losing self awareness.

Because I’ve heard some people can’t pack for a week in a 20L bag, and want more options. New post on travel bag options.

Bluetooth, mechanical, and a good layout. Damn, hard not to buy.

Published this week: review of shorts, travel essentials, and many thoughts on how Slack is not good.

I had a chance to try these boxer briefs, and though that’s not what I normally where. They are super comfortable.

Icro is a pretty nice Micro.blog app.

This morning I wrote about Slack and how it’s not good, and some iPad stuff.

Suns out, time to clean some @GORUCK bags.

Article for you on surviving an open office layout. Oh, before I go, MartianCraft is hiring. We are remote.

Oh crap, just got a Cherry MX Black board, and now I don’t know if I like these better than the clears or not. Shit!

Lots going on in the member post today, but I also am asking you for some feedback. Especially about portable keyboards.

www.buzzfeed.com I’m Sorry To Report Instagram Is Bad Now

From Monday, how I deal with social networks and such.

I wrote about designing better notifications, and the real winner is the blog art they came up with.

Westport Beach Weekend

2018-04-21 Cohasset Beach: Weekend at the beach. The dog is very leery of me. 2018-04-22

Member only post this week is a more practical look at how I put my removal of social networks in place.

This struck a serious nerve for me.

@manton Wavelength doesn’t work with self-hosted sites?

Still looking to hire senior people for iOS, WPF .NET, React.js, and UX Design. Come apply.

How does Apple do such a good job with the ‘Chill Mix’ playlist thing, but fails at the other ones?

Today’s member post has a sale on a unique backpack I have.

From Friday: another watch review.

I’ve basically decided everyone needs this watch.

Ok I cannot stress how much I love this GMK Carbon SA keycard set on the Pok3r. So much so I am considering taking my keyboard with me this weekend to the beach. I mean, it’s so lovely and nice.

Any chance there’s a Tumblr for ‘Mark Zuckerberg testifies in front of congress gifs’? Or is my internet old age showing again?

My two favorites from today: Booster seat: https://i.redd.it/zriccvaf15r01.jpg Smile: https://i.imgur.com/Mk3FFhw.gifv

Best thing on the web today. (ht Julia)

If I were in charge of marketing for Ancestry.com I would change to one simple question: “Ever wonder if your parents, are really your parents?” Sales would be booming.

A smattering of thoughts about various app related things, and an update to my iPhone home screen.

Pro Tip: for those applying to work for me, spell “MartianCraft” correctly. Kthxbye.

Earlier this week I talked about privacy in iOS apps and monitoring them with Charles for iOS.

I cannot recommend any Bosch brand dishwashers. This thing has more bullshit errors than any other appliance I’ve ever owned. When it works, it’s great. It’s that I’ve taken it apart 4 times in a year of owning it. So far.