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The personal website of Matt Henderson.

Face management in Photos.app version 1.0

Mac OS X 10.10.3 introduced version 1.0 of Photos.app, Apple’s iCloud Photo Library enabled replacement for iPhoto and Aperture. Over the past couple of weeks, having finally uploaded my 120GB of

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The people at Squirrels have a shameful approach to communications

As a past user of Reflector—an app for mobile device mirroring—I wasn’t surprised to receive an email announcing the availability of version 2. When I received the second email, I figured it was a

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A letter to LoadStorm about first-time user experience

When designing an online service, always try to anticipate the motivations of potential new customers, and make it easy for them to get a taste of how things work.

I recently created an account at Lo

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Why I switched from DreamPress to GoDaddy Managed WordPress Hosting

I recently switched from DreamHost’s DreamPress to GoDaddy’s managed WordPress hosting service. This article explains why, and discusses my experience so far. [Update: Since writing this article

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Predicting Apple Q2 iPhone Sales

In anticipation of Apple's Q2 earnings call on April 27, 2015, Fortune published some predictions of both professional and indie analysts.

Will be interesting to check back here after the 27th to see

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iCloud Photo Library

Having updated to OS X 10.10.3 and iOS 8.3, I’ve finally had the opportunity to start using iCloud Photo Library, and here are my initial observations:

  • I shipped my 90GB Aperture library to the

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iCloud Photo Library and the synchronization of Faces data

This morning, in a post discussing my first impressions of iCloud Photo Library, I mentioned a concern about the synchronization of Faces data, which I’d like to discuss in more detail here.

As

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Investment returns of the average investor — What happens when you don’t stay the course.

In my book, Money for Something we discuss how important it is to "stay the course." Most people, however, don't stay the course, and this chart from the J.P. Morgan Guide to the Markets illustrates

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Rand Paul is up to some slimey shit

It began yesterday with a “personalized” email spam from Rand Paul, announcing that he’s running for president, and asking for contributions to his “money bomb”. This morning, I received a second

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Lifecycle Investing

We live in an age in which the responsibility for providing for one’s financial needs during retirement mostly lies on the individual. A historically successful approach involves persistent saving

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