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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Well, the Android phone migration process is still as bad as it was two years ago. 😕 You still have to re-log in with every single app, which, for some credit card & banking apps, means getting out your driver's license and doing all kinds of authentication. #GooglePixel11

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm excited to set up my new Pixel 11 Pro! I'm curious to see if the device setup experience has improved. This also got me thinking about phone features I'd like to see. Know what's at at the top of that list? Not a better camera or faster CPU.... #TeamPixel

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The most unbelievable thing about the #iPhoneDuo? That anyone would put it directly on concrete without a case. 🤣 (screenshot from Apple's launch video)

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The USA imports more oil from 🇨🇦 Canada than any other country in the world; 60%–63% of total U.S. crude oil imports, much of that heavy crude turned into gasoline. What do you think will happen to US gas prices if DJT continues to wage economic war on Canada? #gasprices

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I have video evidence that #Amazon has skipped right over drones in my area and gone straight to delivery via teleportation! 😂 (the delivery guy managed to stick his arm around the corner and not trigger the Ring camera person-detection scan, which is impressively efficient!)

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Is there anyone else a bit confused/frustrated by the new M-series chip selection? 😵‍💫 The whole M6 plain/M5 Max is a bit baffling. I've found myself trapped in the swirl of configuration selections, unsure of what the right combo of too-expensive chip and upgrade selections. #Apple

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Does it seem to anyone else like @paramountplus.com turned off half of their CDN servers recently? The app is so slow, shows take 3-5x longer to start, and I'm seeing 3-4 buffering delays during an hour-long show.

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If you haven't traveled in the past couple of years, you might not realize how quickly the landscape of vehicles is changing: China-made EVs are being sold almost everywhere now. I saw a lot of BYD vehicles in India, Thailand, Singapore, and Jakarta. #EVs #cars www.axios.com/newsletters/...

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I feel a deep pang of regret every time I have to activate Starlink, as giving Musk any more of my money is a repulsive thought, but I swear that the local @comcastbusiness.bsky.social network is made of tissue paper and popsicle sticks! 😡

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I have given far too much of my income to @displate.com 🤣 but I absolutely love their products, and it makes decorating my home a pure delight. I finished the last of the major wall projects recently and wrote up a blog post about it: www.jasondunn.com/big-wall-pro...

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Big Wall Projects: Three Down, Zero to Go

We have some big walls in our home, and while many of them have personal photos of my kids and family, I also love creating large displays using my photos and/or colorful metal posters from Displat…

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The upcoming M5 Mac mini can't come soon enough: it took my M1 Mac mini just over two days ⁉️ to transcode a ripped MKV of Project Hail Mary in 4K. 😭 #MacMini #Handbrake #PLEX

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I'm happy with how my M5 #MacBookAir looks in this swanky skin from @dbrand! Coming from an M1 MacBook Pro, I can't believe how thin and light the Air feels in comparison. Yes, I was willing to re-embrace the #DongleLife in order to have something this size.

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

OK, back-peddle from me: I'm considering the Pixel 11 more seriously now given the surprisingly generous $330 trade in credit for my old Pixel 7 (that my son uses; he'd get my Pixel 9 Pro). There's a new camera sensor and a few more upgrades than I realized, so now I'm thinking about it... #Pixel11

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I know that we are in an era of no real big leaps in phones for the most part, but I can't imagine the Pixel 11 being a more underwhelming device compared to my Pixel 9 Pro. I waited two years for this? 🫤 #Pixel11series

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I'm beyond excited to announce that I am starting today at Microsoft as a Director of Community! 💙 More here: www.linkedin.com/posts/jasonr... #Microsoft #Community

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Alright, in what will probably be my last #podcast guest spot in a while, here is a fun romp through tech history, AI vibe coding, and other interesting tech topics with my longtime friend Todd Ogasawara: www.jasondunn.com/podcast-gues...

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Podcast Guest Yet Again: MobileViews Episode 621

I’ve known Todd Ogasawara for over 20 years, and we’ve both been in the tech industry a long time (he’s since retired). We had a great conversation about a variety of topics, and …

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I recently had a chat with Gabriel Torres (AWS User Group Ecuador) and we talked about the importance of community and some hot-button AI topics. #awscommunity #communitymanagement #AIcontent

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Conoce y conversa con el EX-AWS Community Builders Program

YouTube video by AWS UG Ecuador

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My backyard had some visitors this summer! www.jasondunn.com/backyard-bir... #birdphotography

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

You've got to love it when AI image creation tools have no idea how big a GLP-1 needle should be, so it makes it the size for a horse dose. 🤣

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

When #BendingSpoons acquired #Evernote, they accelerated the software development improvement cycle and made it better — it's a superior product today than years ago. But the 171% price increase in a year finally made me jump to #Obsidian; it's just not worth the price they want to charge for it.

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I find this deeply disturbing. Gambling is a cancer on society. "Americans spent $166 billion on sports betting in 2025, which is more than the revenue generated by the American movie, music, book and museum industries combined..." fortune.com/2026/07/26/g...

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Gambling becomes America's favorite pastime as Americans spend more on sports bets than movies, arts, museums, and music combined | Fortune

Americans wagered $166 billion on sports last year, more than Hollywood, the music industry, books, and museums combined.

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I often wonder how brand name medications continue to survive alongside #generics that use exactly the same ingredients in the same amounts. Why would anyone spend 25%+ more? Positive brand association and "it always worked before so I'll buy it again"? Ignorance? 🤔

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Music services need to take AI music seriously and offer customers the ability to filter out and block AI slop. There's a lot I like about generative AI, but I want to listen to humans making music, not software. #YouTubeMusic offers no way for me to block AI artists, or even down-vote songs. 🫤

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

If you're ever feeling a little bit down, just order something from an unknown Chinese brand off of Amazon. It will come with an uplifting inspirational brand tagline. And 58% of the time, it may even make some grammatical sense. What are some of the funniest/best you've seen? #inspiration

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It's bizarre to me that most macOS developers still bundle x86 (Intel) versions of their software; they take up a lot of storage space for no good reason. Is this a default for Xcode, to bundle both? Or some kind of outdated best practice? Seems unnecessary to me in 2026. #macdeveloper #macos

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I'm still in shock about the @apple price hikes. @daringfireball has a good summary of them here: daringfireball.net/2026/06/spen... The Apple TV price jumps are particularly egregious. #ApplePriceHikes

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

It's unfortunate that, even with the latest version of macOS, I still see kernel panics and hard crashes every month or so. It's always the same cause: external USB-connected bluray optical drives. I know I'm in the minority in using them, but why can't macOS handle them any more? 🤔 #macOS26

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

When a society gambles more than it reads — and reading rates drop year by year — you have a society that is getting closer to the future documentary Idiocracy day by day. Yikes. 😬 www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Multiple things can simultaneously be true: data centers use up a lot of water, and the best technology should be deployed to reduce and recycle water. [1/2] www.axios.com/2026/06/25/w... #wateruse

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Water joins energy as top AI flashpoint

Water is fast becoming one of the defining fights around the AI buildout.

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Holy 💩 these are some big price increases! $70 price hike on an Apple TV? $200 on an iPad Pro? I was expecting price increases on their next generation of products not the ones they're selling today. 😯 www.macrumors.com/2026/06/25/a...

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Are you a charging-optimized travel nerd like me? 🤓 Then you may enjoy this update to my Mini Charging pack where I am constantly looking for the best and smallest gear to keep my gadgets charged up on the go. This is my v2 update. #travel #mobilecharging #gadgets

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Updating my Mini Charging Pack

I wrote a post last year about how I optimize my device charging while traveling, and since it’s evolved with some new gear, I thought I would do a new post explaining what I’ve changed…

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Amazon's ordering system is going down so often lately I am getting to know the adorable Dogs of Amazon quite well. Adorable! 🐶 🥰 #AmazonDown

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

We are all living in the future documentary #Idiocracy. I just... can't...even...grasp this level of stupidity. www.axios.com/2026/06/19/t...

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

52% of USA families now have two parents working full-time. I'm shocked the number is this low: we were a single income family for 10+ years (while our kids were young) and I always felt weirdly guilty about it because everyone around me was a dual-income household.

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Mom and dad are both breadwinners in most families for first time

The number of families with both parents working full-time has increased sharply since 2000.

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'm doing my first #LinkedInLive event! And the topic is one I care about a great deal: #swag. If you have a swag budget or influence over swag choices at your organization, join me for this event on June 23rd. www.linkedin.com/events/74709... This presentation is sponsored by Kotis Design.

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

To me, it seems like the media is failing in a very key way right now: when they say "Trump says a deal with Iran is very close. It'll happen any day now", what they should be adding on after that is "This is the 15th time President Trump has made that claim this year". #TrumpIran

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Amazon's checkout system is down so hard right now I'm refreshing over and over just to see the #DogsofAmazon. I must have seen 20 of them! 🐶

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Last month I spent time chatting with my friend @shafrazr and it's finally ready to share! 🚀 We had a great conversation about building communities, what it was like to build the AWS Community Builders program during covid, and a lot more. Give it a watch! #community www.youtube.com/watch?v=d34p...

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How to Build Winning Global Community Programs - Jason Dunn : The Builder Story

YouTube video by Shafraz Rahim

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

"Commander in Thief" indeed. Entire books will be written purely on the wealth accumulation he's been able to pull off. It's #GraftMaxxing. The people who voted for him put a con man into the most powerful chair in the world, and he's looting the country. Shameful. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/o...

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Opinion | Trump Has Failed as Commander in Chief

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

It's funny, but once you start thinking of AI as a tool that can save you time and effort, you start wanting to see things made easier for your AI to help you. Case in point: there are 188 4K movies on this website but there's no way to load them all on the same screen... #AIdataformatting #AIUX

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

This is HILARIOUS! 🤣 The people performing at Trump's event are: - an 83 year old one-hit wonder (Lee Greenwood) - some opera singer 99.99% of people have ever heard of [1/2] thehill.com/blogs/in-the...

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Trump announces musical acts for Freedom 250 rally: ‘We don’t want singers with no talent’

The announcement comes after most of the previously announced musical acts dropped out or distanced themselves from the Great American State Fair event.

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

"Tesla found new buyers for its Cybertruck: Kazakh emergency services" You just can't make this stuff up. 😂 #Tesla #Cybertruck #Borat electrek.co/2026/06/02/t...

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The always-excellent @daringantt.bsky.social has a crude, but entirely accurate term for the modal-window-assault nearly every website inflicts upon its readers: the #dickover. 🤣 And the "first time buyer" variation is especially frustrating... [1/2]

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The First-Time-Buyer-Discount Dickover Scheme

Link to: https://x.com/usgraphics/status/2060559523585355986

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I'm a big fan of their products, but @ankerofficial.bsky.social has officially gone over the edge with their firehose approach to email. They seem to do zero audience targeting and just blast everyone, all the time, with everything. They emailed me asking about my power boat experience. 😂

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Jason Dunn @jasondunn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I used Claude Cowork for something silly but I was curious to see if it could handle it. Dairy Queen has a customer feedback website, and a unique code is on each receipt. When you submit a survey, you get a code for a free Dilly Bar. 😋 [1/2]

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