I just realized this Topographic watch face actually looks way better if I use the “Legible Digit” option of San Francisco. Gives it a much more outdoorsy look. (This image is if you were standing on the top of Scafell Pike, the tallest mountain in England)

You know I just realized that the Studio Display & XDR have automatic rotation detection, so Apple could probably include a little utility for leveling your monitor. A virtual bubble level that pops up when it detects you are rotating it back and forth.

Reading about the FTX collapse, and I just can’t get this line from Henry IV out of my mind: “…commit the oldest sins in the newest kind of ways…” Henry IV Part 2, ACT IV, Scene V.

It looks like the Apple Watch Ultra is selling very well. Essentially keeping pace with the 45mm Series 8, and actually outselling the 41mm amongst Pedometer++ users. [For context the most used model right now is 44mm Series 6 at 11%, followed by 38mm Series 3 at 10%]

The only little block of code I’m especially proud of writing was this little hack to prevent the badge on Pedometer++ from getting truncated. I worked out that if there were at least two “1”s digits in the number it was narrow enough to fully display. david-smith.org/blog/2017/07/0…

Joking, not joking. My philosophy for navigating the delicious Thanksgiving/Christmas season comes from this clip of the Whoop podcast. I’m not overeating. I’m “putting my body into a great state for building muscle”. Turning pumpkin pie into 💪🏻. 🤣 overcast.fm/+PsPA5HivE

Design Notes Diary #1 david-smith.org/blog/2022/11/2… I’m trying a new approach to sharing my development process in a way that takes more ownership of the content, lessens my dependence on Twitter and hopefully increases the depth of the insight. A daily design/development diary.

Design Notes Diary #1 david-smith.org/blog/2022/11/3… More experiments with the Workout Screen.

Design Notes Diary #4 david-smith.org/blog/2022/12/0… Doing some design work on my Live Activities…and pondering the question. To Notch or not To Notch.

Design Notes Diary #5 david-smith.org/blog/2022/12/0… My process for capturing issues with my apps in development and designing a better system for scaling my step count graphs.

Design Notes diary #6 david-smith.org/blog/2022/12/0… Better graph scrolling, adding colored confetti in SwiftUI and an unexpected difference between iOS 16.1 and 16.2.

The best place right now to follow what I’m working on and what I’m learning is my blog (david-smith.org) where I’m writing a daily diary of my design and development process (just posted my 7th entry). I’m also now on Mastodon, just in case. mastodon.social/@_Davidsmith