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@mattro.design

Photographer Guitarist Software designer & maker I made a weather app for Australians. It is called Sunshine. 👉 @sunshineapp.bsky.social 🌻 👨🏻‍🚀 https://mattro.design 📸 https://glass.photo/mattro 📷 https://instagram.com/mattro.photo

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Well, that was fun. I had an invite from Vision Australia's Studio 1 podcast to discuss how accessibility is considered during mobile app delivery projects: indie and corporate. omny.fm/shows/studio1/sunshin...

The best weather widget.

I enjoy using my RSS feed to keep up to date with a variety of topics. For tech, I don't need to hear about - baseball - "yours truly" - whatever this latest x related igno-arrogance is It's a simple unsubscribe.

Home device with a screen on an arm, you say?

machinelearning.apple.comELEGNT: Expressive and Functional Movement Design for Non-Anthropomorphic RobotNonverbal behaviors such as posture, gestures, and gaze are essential for conveying internal states, both consciously and unconsciously, in…

Coming to an iPhone Duo near you. @sunshineapp.bsky.social 👀

I make a very good weather app. And, from here it will only get better.

It's ridiculous that I managed to make this. It just works. I love it. The complications update. The location updates. Glanceable bulletproof weather stats. The full app is even better. apps.apple.com/au/app/sunshin...

The MainActor is TomCruise FYI.

I just changed a major thing in Sunshine's back-end. You shouldn't have noticed anything.

AC⚡️DT #Adelaide

Look at what they took from us.

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Skala has parametric components.

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Skala has parametric components.

Introducing Molotov the Magpie. #newBirdSite #birds #photography #Australia

Molotov the Magpie and sibling Mikhail. I'm disappointed that i missed focus on these.

Reddit sucks. And, tons of people post useful information there. I've been using rss to follow subreddits I'm interested in. It's been good. Of course, they announce that they're getting rid of rss.

Sunshine 1.1 has been out for a few days so far, and people are telling me they absolutely love the watch app. 😎 My plan was to update for the Duo quickly, then move on to building some (very) big new features for v2.

But, those rejections I whinged about last week demotivated me entirely. I tested Sunshine in the Duo simulator, and it works pretty well. Some things are stretched where they shouldn't be, but it's fine. No black bars. I think I might roll Duo support into a future update.

I mean, the only reasons I'd have Duo support are - People who use Sunshine have iPhone Duos and really want support - I have some great ideas unique to the form factor - Apple will feature Sunshine, increasing customers None of these things will happen soon.

Really, give this one a try. The complications on watchOS are really neat. Also i rebuilt the api. And the main weather view.

Sunshine Weather@sunshineapp.bsky.social

Yes! Sunshine for watchOS has arrived. The coolest weather app in Australia just hit version 1.1, and has a completely refreshed main weather view, faster loading, landscape support, and a heap more. Check it out. ☀️😎☀️ apps.apple.com/au/app/sunshin... #australia #weather #indiedev

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Sunshine Weather

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Yes! Sunshine for watchOS has arrived. The coolest weather app in Australia just hit version 1.1, and has a completely refreshed main weather view, faster loading, landscape support, and a heap more. Check it out. ☀️😎☀️ apps.apple.com/au/app/sunshin... #australia #weather #indiedev

That fresh new album from Flume is ten years old now.

youtube.comFlume - Skin (2016), Full Album

Illustrator was great. Photoshop's vector drawing was great too. Sketch & Figma have never been great vector drawing tools. Skala.

bjango.comSkalaMakers of iStat Menus, Skala and other great apps.

Gonna whip out my 14 year old Skala tshirt.

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Skala’s private beta is starting soon. We’re going to have a staged rollout, so signing up ASAP is critical if you’d like to be at the front of the queue. Skala is going to blow your mind. bjango.com/mac/skala/

bjango.comSkalaMakers of iStat Menus, Skala and other great apps.

If you right click on the "Ask Siri" option in the right click menu, it creates a bugged out floating "Ask Siri" window that floats forever on your desktop. Double cursors!

Wikipedia, but for iOS/SwiftUI documentation.

This app powers all the colours in my apps (Assets Catalog) and my website (CSS/shadows/variables). It's so fast, and great. Also, Marc will add whatever you ask him to if you ask nicely.

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Pinwheel is now available on the Mac App Store! apps.apple.com/app/pinwheel...

apps.apple.comPinwheel - Design Systems App - App StoreDownload Pinwheel - Design Systems by Bjango Pty Ltd on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Pinwheel - Design…

App Zapper 3000!!!!

appzapper.comAppZapper 3000The uninstaller Apple forgot.

You cannot prepare yourself for how cool App Zapper 3000 is.

Technical dimensional drawings of your apple gear. developer.apple.com/accessori...

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I’m done with LG TVs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFV...

youtube.com216,000,000 Spy TVs | The LG Smart TV ProblemYouTube video by Gamers Nexus

@samisun-k.bsky.social FYI

The Neil Breen@theneilbreen.bsky.social

You can rent or buy 3 of my earlier Indie feature films on Amazon, Apple TV, itunes, Google play / YouTube movies. They are FATEFUL FINDINGS, TWISTED PAIR, CADE-the tortured crossing. Enjoy the films !!!!!

It goes all the way to 1.11.1.

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Pinwheel 1.11.1 is out with a brand new Liquid Glass tool bar and a bunch of other design tweaks and bug fixes. Enjoy! bjango.com/mac/pinwheel/

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Modern living on the internet: Cookie banner? Inspect element, delete. Or, reeder mode. X or Insta video link? yt-dlp to download it. Want to sub to a YouTube channel? RSS reader.

How many journalists and editors had to approve this nonsense before it ran?

I rewatched Barry Lyndon. It holds up.

youtube.comThis Planet is...Up to SomethingThanks to Carl. The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfvMm4t5lQg The Pale Blue Dot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g Links to all of the podcast places here: https://humanswithhank.com Music is "Fade" by Ever So Blue

SwiftUI is one of the neatest things I've learned. I prefer it over Figma/Sketch when mocking up UI now. It's faster, and real. I highly recommend learning it if you're a designer with the curiosity.

I am alarmed, and also alerted.

"I now have the full picture, and am ready to execute the plan. … You've hit your monthly spend limit." — Claude

It holds up. I rewatched Arrival.

Marshall and Margaret have evicted/banished last year's fledglings. Farewell, Mao and Mulan. I'm wondering what names I could give the new ones.

Some very poorly made apps install background processes that run all the time on your computer. Even after you close the main app. macOS 27 calls them out, and gives you the agency to kill them. #loveToSeeIt

As of the time of this writing, macOS 27 beta is a far better overall experience than macOS 26 release. The big annoying stuff: mostly gone. The smaller annoying stuff: It gives me hope they're working on it.

And, Siri is good now. It understands Australian cultural references, and mundane things like "when will the tram be back online?"

"What better place than here? What better time than now?"

It's probably a good idea to listen to Mossy sing "My Baby" right now.

youtube.comMy Baby (2011 Remastered)Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group My Baby (2011 Remastered) · Cold Chisel East ℗ 2011 Cold Chisel Pty Limited Released on: 2011-01-01 Producer: Cold Chisel Producer: Mark Opitz Composer Lyricist: Phil Small Auto-generated by YouTube.

Oh hey. That's the road i dodged roos on over the weekend.

abc.net.au'Falling apart': Major SA highways given lowest possible safety ratingParts of the Sturt Highway, which connects Sydney to Adelaide and provides an integral part of the country's freight network, have been given the lowest possible safety rating by the Australian Road Assessment Program (AusRAP).

I deployed a significant rewrite of Sunshine's back-end. You shouldn't have noticed.

Went to the deep space centre, and some other hilltop locations around the big C.

Me, in a packed sports pub on the eve of the NRL state of origin match: "2 beers please!" Bar staff, pouring the beer: "are you watching the game tonight?" Me: "what game!?" 🫗🫗