Birchtree
Quick Notes 2.0 is out now
UbiSoft is serious that this game is totally coming out
+ Don’t call me a vibe coder
Trump invited his friends over and you’ll never guess who happily showed up (with movie snacks, I can only assume)
The White House is creating their own reality
Micro app 7: Quick Tier List
Micro app 6: SRT Tester
What's making us stupid now?
Thing that everyone with a functioning brain said about tariffs is indeed happening
Everyone experiments a little in college (or, should I say, experiments with Linux, and by college I mean in 2026)
I'm learning so much non-AI stuff by using AI
ROG Xbox Ally X review: amazing performance, but the worst software I've ever used
ChapterPod is out now!
Micro app - MP3 Dreams
Fast track another one of those gold trophies!
Micro app 4: App Store Images
Moving beyond consoles
Worldwide enemies of sovereignty now includes the United States
Trump raises taxes on Americans again
Let the ChatGPT enshitification begin!
Meet Apple's new AI model, Gemini
This post was almost angry, now it's just confused
It's just like Reddit 10 years ago!
Rapid iteration in the modern coding world
+ Filter bubbles
Micro app 3 - Podcast Dashboard
Back when the iPad didn't do files
Apple (finally?) reveals their pro suite of apps
Elon Musk monetizes CSAM on X and Grok
It's already happened
Quick Subtitles, now with live activities
Quick Reviews, now with a 5-score system
Birchtree Productions joins the 21st century, builds a website!
Micro app 2 - Download folder sorter
I can't do this
Micro app #1: Yearly Run Tracker
2026: the year of micro apps
Apple could do the right thing. I’m not holding my breath.
LLMs have made simple software trivial
Ranking Apple's products (a definitive list, no one will disagree)
+ The ROG Xbox Ally X made me appreciate the Steam Deck even more
Here we go again
NVIDIA's astounding rise sadly isn't powered by gaming
My app defaults in 2025 (a few days late)
Introducing ChapterPod, now in beta
If anyone can do it in 45 minutes, it’s not special
Don't fall in love with the product, fall in love with the problem
That’s just how media discussions go
Third Republican US President in a row invades a sovereign nation without good reason (it's oil)
Quick Subtitles 1.6 (benchmark history, more stats, and more)
Apple’s 2025 report card - Wearables
The wild year of code
Clean energy had a baller 2025
Let stories end
Apple’s 2025 report card - Vision Pro
471 movies in 4 years (and my fav 2025 films)
Apple’s 2025 report card - Mac
+ The impossible LLM standard
Apple’s 2025 report card - iPad
Apple’s 2025 report card - iPhone
How to enable 120Hz mode in Safari (Mac, iPhone, and iPad)
What if we ended the "podcast"?
+ The sequel trilogy…
LLMs can be poisoned
When your Apple ID gets banned…
Ghostty goes non-profit
Streaming music is the lie we tell each other
Oops, I made a benchmark
The Information has some information on Apple's 2026 lineup
Quick Reviews receives an unexpected award
Times New Roman, Calibri, and who accessibility is for (hint: all of us)
Stealing your AI chats
"Trump derangement syndrome"
Bye, bye, Face ID
Why hasn't the desktop UI evolved in years?
My crazy 2026 prediction (it involves Linux)
My pet peeve with traditional publishing
+ What is easy is boring
More on Spotify metrics
It's just technology
More on the messy economics of streaming music
My favorite terminal emulator, Ghostty, is now a non-profit
Pay per stream is a messy metric
+ That's what makes you interesting
Generative AI use continues to rise
+ I don't need a Workout Buddy, I need a Workout Trainer
Long-term effects of the Covid vaccines
The digital driver's license isn't what I hoped for
2025 was the year of making a (small) dent in my universe
Here's why Threads fucking sucks and Meta knows it
Financial freedom's step 1: get a $400k salary
I hate supporting my favorite creators
Indulge a bit
These damn consumers won't update their phones fast enough
+ My 2025 video game tier list (25 games covered!) 🦃
Ghost Explore
+ Eating my words
Anyone with a different opinion to mine is getting paid
Are consumers just tech debt to Microsoft?
AirDrop* comes to the Pixel 10
👏🏻 Arc 👏🏻 was 👏🏻 massively 👏🏻 influential 👏🏻
A new decade begins (omg I'm 40, someone send help!)
AI as an accelerant, not a replacement
Mastodon’s leadership change
The F1 game is taking a year off
+ 5k on my birthday ✅
I was so close to saying something nice about Dia
My favorite M5 iPad Pro review
+ Text files are eternal
Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads after the hype
+ 5 GTA games in 12 years, then 13 years to wait for the next one
If the KKK loves what you're saying, you might be the baddies
0Password
I just won’t buy one
Leveling up the "spend more to get less" iPhone
+ The enshitification cycle keeps going
Another example of babying your phone for minimal advantage
How do you review a product that you don’t find useful?
LLM memory: either the best or worst thing about chatbots
Quick Subtitles is FINALLY on the Mac!
The App Store is now on the web
iOS 26 gets another glass slider
An absolute drubbing
Apple TV's new sound
+ Browser agent modes are fucking stupid
+ The only thing of value I can provide
My iPhone Air secret
All of Trump sheep's least favorite things happened when Trump was President
Basically every PC game works on Linux
Pixelmator update when?
When you put your brand's mascot on the enemy's platform
Coding is not software engineering
You can’t just trust everything you read…
Reddit sues Perplexity, but maybe Reddit are the baddies?
When speeds and feeds don't matter
+ ChatGPT's Atlas, the pessimistic takes
From new project to the App Store in 6 days (Quick Notes is out now!)
What I expect the iPhone lineup to look like in a few years
More on AI as normal technology
My next app is called Quick Notes
The next big browser is here
Liquid glass gets a slider (and why liquid metal should be next)
+ Why I don't think the iPhone Air is quite like the iPhone X
The elusive 5th type of new iPhone buyer
Not all A19 Pros are the same
Apple just closed their F1 deal, and I think it’s good news for me?
+ Another "Quick" app beta
Cheaper MacBooks spark outrage
15 years of Birchtree
Screen oddities and the M5 Vision Pro
This is a Mac…sorry, an iPad!
Should I be doing sponsorships?!
Pokémon Legends Z-a might be a winner
iPhone Air review
Psst, it’s a cult
Watching Apple TV in Apple TV on the Apple TV
+ Why I’m not an AI art doomer
Apparently modern DVD releases are worse than they were 20 years ago
The sort of mother fucker who makes SlopTok
AirPods 3 review
Apple Watch Ultra 3 review
Thank you sir, can I have another?
Battery test: does the C1X make the iPhone Air a battery champ?
+ Judging my iPhone and Apple Watch predictions for 2025
What's next for the Vision Pro?
Goodbye, the "good old days" of Game Pass
You must at least respect the office
+ Oh no, I'm already tired of Liquid Glass
Yes, the 2x and 8x "lenses" on the iPhone 17 Pro are legit and you should use them
iPhone 17 Pro Review
Boiling over, but with numbers
With the folding iPhone be two Airs smashed together?
The subtle magic of the Apple Watch Ultra 3
I'm running to the press
AirPods Pro 3 first impressions (I'm so confused)
The hotly-anticipated TechWoven review