Since Poolside's (now Poolsuite) iOS app slowly fell apart over the last few years, summer hasn't felt like summer without it. Out of nowhere, a brand new rewrite is out today—and it's a screamer. Never been more excited to float in a pool with a cocktail apps.apple.com/us/app/poolsuite-fm/id1514817810

My wish for iOS 26 is that, in preparation for the 20th anniversary all-glass iPhone, the new UI design will pave the way for system-wide pass-through video (just as visionOS uses) so as to feel like your content is the device. No more static background wallpaper. Truly transparent-seeming.

This mode probably won't debut until iPhone 20, however, since it will depend on a higher baseline of camera and sensor hardware (as Vision Pro did).

It's been six months since I posted my eulogy for dad. Just re-read it and cried three times. justin.searls.co/mails/2024-12/

Just heard for the thirtieth time: "who out there is asking for a thinner phone? For whom is the current phone too heavy?"

Me. That's who. It's absurd how thick and heavy each and every single piece of electronics I own is. My phone should weigh a third this much.

Took a month off from application programming. Coming back to it today, man, why did I ever do this? This sucks.