9 Best Articles in 2021
First Round
Radical Candor — The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss
First Round
10 min read · 627 saves · From 2015 · Kim Scott cut her teeth as a manager at Apple and Google, and now helps create great leaders as an author and coach for companies like Twitter. Here's the secret that's made all the difference for her.
Esquire
Why Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Need to Be Disrupted
Esquire
20+ min read · 523 saves · From 2018 · Scott Galloway · Four companies dominate our daily lives unlike any other in human history. The only logical conclusion? We must bust up big tech.
medium.com
Progressive Web Apps on iOS are here 🚀
medium.com
~11 min read · 478 saves · From 2018 · With iOS 11.3, Apple has silently added support for the basic set of new technologies behind the idea of “Progressive Web Apps” (PWAs)…
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How to Make $80,000 Per Month on the Apple App Store
medium.com
8 min read · 431 saves · From 2017 · It’s far easier than you think. No luck or perseverance necessary.
The Outline
Apple is really bad at design
The Outline
~12 min read · 421 saves · From 2017 · Let me just rip this band-aid off...
Fast Company
Forget the new iPhones: Apple’s best product is now privacy
Fast Company
6 min read · 418 saves · From 2018 · Under Tim Cook’s leadership, Apple saw just how critical an issue user privacy would become. Now it’s at least as important a feature as shiny industrial design or a nice camera.
The New Yorker
The Shape of Things to Come
The New Yorker
414 saves · From 2017 · Inside the top-secret lab where the world’s most powerful design team created the Apple Watch.
medium.com
The Future is Without Apps — Fwd: Thoughts — Medium
medium.com
8 min read · 395 saves · From 2016 · How we may soon no longer need to install apps with help from Google and Surprisingly: Apple.
WIRED UK
The untold story of Stripe, the secretive $20bn startup driving Apple, Amazon and Facebook
WIRED UK
20+ min read · 387 saves · From 2018 · If you have ever bought anything on Amazon, subscribed to Spotify or paid for a Lyft ride, you may be surprised to learn that software company Stripe may have processed your payment. Unlike PayPal, the $20 billion startup operates quietly in the background and won’t show up on your credit card bill. In Wired magazine, British journalist Steven Armstrong provides a colorful portrait of the company’s founders and their mission to facilitate e-commerce around the world.
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Fast Company
Ex-Apple engineer: Apple’s ‘Privacy Nutrition Labels’ have a fatal flaw
Fast Company
5 min read · 32 saves · Jan 11th · Johnny Lin · The company’s latest attempt to protect people’s privacy should give users verified information, not a false sense of security.
Input
Apple's MacBook revival plan is stupid smart: Bring back old features
Input
3 min read · 27 saves · Jan 17th · Raymond Wong · MagSafe is coming back. So might the SD card slot. Ditto for function keys instead of the gimmicky Touch Bar. Apple has come to its senses and I am giddy as a child.
Mashable
Hyundai and Apple are talking about Apple Car production
Mashable
1 min read · 22 saves · Jan 8th · Stan Schroeder · The Apple Car is turning from a myth to a potential product.
The Verge
Apple patents point to using your MacBook to wirelessly charge your iPhone and Apple Watch
The Verge
3 min read · 21 saves · Jan 5th · Mitchell Clark · The patent shows a MacBook charging an iPad, which is charging an iPhone, which is charging an Apple Watch.
Fast Company
Apple announces new commitments to its racial equity initiative
Fast Company
2 min read · 16 saves · Jan 13th · Pavithra Mohan · Following last summer’s protests, Apple pledged $100 million toward education initiatives, economic empowerment, and criminal justice reform.
