iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

also the artwork color bleed now extends down into the episode listing

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"Continue Playing" is now right under the renamed "New Episodes" kind of like every tv app

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changes to the Apple Podcasts app in 27.2 beta 1:

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- SwiftUI: many more duo APIs, like this fun one: onHingeChange developer.apple.com/documentatio...

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- SwiftUI: new toolbar item axisBehavior modifier duo api alert developer.apple.com/documentatio...

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- StoreKit: new ExternalPurchaseCustomLink.ExternalPurchaseType enum in or out of app developer.apple.com/documentatio...

- NetworkExtension: deprecated pirServerURL in favor of info plist Private Information Retrieval server sounds peachy developer.apple.com/documentatio...

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- LiveCommunicationKit: new LiveAssistanceExtension thing developer.apple.com/documentatio...

- Foundation: wonder if the new siri caught these 😈

- CryptoKit: fancy swift _read vs get property access anyone know what this does?

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- CallKit: "call notes - Whether notes are currently being gathered for this call." is this a new user-facing feature in the beta?

- AVFoundation: AVRouteDetector.detectsCustomRoutes deprecation developer.apple.com/documentatio...

- AVFoundation: ah, we're gonna get the 27.1 duo goodies in here as well e.g. new inner vs outer uw camera devices developer.apple.com/documentatio... developer.apple.com/documentatio...

- AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration: enhanced docs not sure why this couldn't have been in 27.0 - looks like they handed it in late

- AppTrackingTransparency: cool new markdown-enabled usage description string for you ATT-ers in the EU developer.apple.com/documentatio...

- AppManagedFeatures (secret framework that disables features when you don't pay your bill) now available on visionOS

John Spurlock @johnspurlock.com · 13/09/2026

clod, on the aws console agi achieved

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John Spurlock @johnspurlock.com · 11/09/2026

one thing I haven't heard anyone mention, but noticed yesterday when upgrading the new apple watch back side went from sapphire crystal to zirconia on both the series 12 and the ultra 4 alert r/shrinkflation

John Spurlock @johnspurlock.com · 11/09/2026

jazz trio in madison square park on Monday beautiful day in nyc

John Spurlock @johnspurlock.com · 10/09/2026

amanda peet keeps track of her playback position in podcasts by taking screenshots ‘You can probably do it in an easier way.’ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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John Spurlock @johnspurlock.com · 10/09/2026

nice visualizations in this ft article ig.ft.com/golden-dome/...

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John Spurlock @johnspurlock.com · 09/09/2026

only thing that really surprised me from today's apple thing was the new "audio intelligence" features on the watches, specifically "rewind" and "recap" it's some low percentage creep-factor of facebook glasses, but certainly non-zero www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...

John Spurlock @johnspurlock.com · 09/09/2026

imagining the new iphone duo section in the new york philharmonic www.swiftjectivec.com/iphone-duo-f...

John Spurlock @johnspurlock.com · 04/09/2026

‘Our current structure was built for a different media landscape.’ x.com/benmullin/st...

John Spurlock @johnspurlock.com · 03/09/2026

totally normal domain name, zero point zero red flags

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John Spurlock @johnspurlock.com · 02/09/2026

‘But these lengthy e-mails, customized for me, purport to be personal communications when they really aren’t. Sometimes I’ll reply with questions or feedback, and it feels like the entire conversation is with an AI.’ mjtsai.com/blog/2026/09...

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John Spurlock @johnspurlock.com · 31/08/2026

‘Your model did what now? Well, MY model can do...’ (crimes) www.felonybench.com

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John Spurlock @johnspurlock.com · 28/08/2026

heads up @james.crid.land @samsethi.co.uk podbean supporter here you absolutely can add analytics prefixes to podbean shows here is their help article about it help.podbean.com/support/solu... at least 30 OP3-measured podbean shows for a total of 53k non-bot downloads in July

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John Spurlock @johnspurlock.com · 27/08/2026

lol shitty new twitter site dripping with claude language

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bill gates quote, 2026 edition: "eight external displays ought to be enough for anybody"

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today Apple is giving me $400 more for my 128GB ram m4 max mbp than the last time I checked, but no way am I giving this machine away for that

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- NowPlaying: and a new late-breaking addition: AnimatedArtwork.compatibleAspectRatios developer.apple.com/documentatio...

- NowPlaying: removed collectionId and serviceId from the main protocol MediaContentRepresentable developer.apple.com/documentatio...