questlove's documentary on the summer-long music series from 1969 is incredible. i had high expectations for this and it blew them away.

and if you like this one, check out the aretha franklin "amazing grace" doc that came out a couple years ago.

exactly. this is all about keeping developers happy (and treating them fairly). there are lots of apps out there with different iOS & mac versions and, with the mac versions often costing 3x as much or more, being able to install the iOS version on your mac has the potential to really cut into developer revenue. take fantastical or the carrot weather app as two easy examples.

that said, not being able to run things like the nest or kasa app on an apple silicon machine is frustrating because in many cases there is NO alternative or way to run these apps on a mac. want to control your thermostat or lights from your mac? too bad. that said, the fault here is with google and tp-link for not allowing you to install those apps on a silicon mac. hopefully with a little time to polish them they will allow it.

and then there are some apps, like authy, whose iOS app runs better than the mac version on an m1 mac..

there are also lots of other handy uses for having a camera in your pocket all the time.

i have often used my phone to take pictures of things like posters and signs that i want to remember but don't feel like writing down telephone numbers, names, email addresses, etc. it's just a handy way to record info and access it later.

i also read once about someone who would always photograph his car in the lot so he could find it later. he also would photograph his door in hotels so that he could remember where he was staying. makes sense to me. it's like having a photographic memory.

then again, though, i don't think feature creep really scares me too much as a treo 600 owner. i like having a calendar, contacts, browser, vindigo, camera, video recorder, audio recorder, etc. in my pocket. i use those things all the time. i actually recorded a small bit of a jazz show i saw last night on my phone to play to my brother later so he could help me identify the standard the band played as an encore. i thought it was 'round midnight and he confirmed that i was right. silly? maybe. but it's kindof cool too.