Apple recently introduced in the Numbers spreadsheet the ability to pull live stock prices from the internet, making it now possible to track portfolio performance.

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One of the best, and most spot-on, comics from xkcd:

In episode 45 of his "Waking Up" podcast, I loved this piece by Sam Harris on identity politics, and wanted to capture it here for future reference:

Sam Harris:

As far as I can tell, becoming a part

Over the past four years, we’ve been to chess tournaments around the world, and a common thread has been that tournaments outside Spain are generally better organized and executed than those in

I’m the owner of a Gmail address that bears my name, in the form first.last@gmail.com.

Many others who share my name, have addresses that are slight variations of mine, e.g. first.last2@gmail.com or

On December 1, the Canadian company formerly known as BitGold, sent an email to their customers, announcing a change that fundamentally affects how their customers use and experience the service.

The

The first business email address I used, matt@makalumedia.com, now almost twenty years old, is the source of 95% of the spam I receive. I no longer use this address, and would simply like to kill

When I signup for an online service, I like to use an email address that's unique to that service, i.e. something like service@my-special-domain.com. Email for my-special-domain.com is then

This is the story of how Goldmoney botched the communication of a fundamental change in policy, that ultimately may lead to me taking my business elsewhere.

Buying gold in the early days

As you know

Long-time Apple customers became accustomed over the years to thoughtful and delightful interaction design. As Apple has grown—and perhaps as Steve Jobs has passed, and Jony Ive's involvement seems