My third word for 2025 is "Today." Also, as many happy little trees as you need, eight years of my childhood, steps for survival, the fourth branch, do not despair, Maggie's link to the first IQ test, and Adam Bell on McLarens and CarPlay.

Check to see if the windows are down or up before venting your anger, then find the best way to move on.

My second word for 2025 is "Levers." Also an animated list of the top library titles from 2024, Liberal arts gave me the world, Terry Pratchett's Bominable snowman, a stimulation clicker, Maggie's link to a landscaper dispute, and Wil Wheaton on voices for reading books.

Being the same person on stage that we are backstage.

My first word for 2025 is "Distance." Also, squares and cubes, how to go viral, celebrating earthrise, ants in an escape room, kicking news addiction, Maggie's link to the Squid Game cast trying American foods, and James Thomson's story on working for Apple.

I've updated my SwiftUI Kickstart book for the latest versions of Swift, Xcode, and iOS.

In memory of a dog who gave me so much.

Taking a moment to look back before moving forward. Also, three words, two way decisions, who's unqualified, the Sherlock Holmes puppet, Maggie's link to on-stage cake tricks, and Soroush on accessibility.

Reviewing the things we should value in our day-to-day.

When people push to be first. Also, making bulletproof material, new to the public domain, the news is too fast, stopping Spam, Maggie's link to SNL post production, and A Very Pilky Christmas.

Moving forward without moving on.

There are things that you should do - but not now. Also, Baby it's me, Polio, Find my luggage, Trumpugees moving north, pizza wars, Jazz snapshot from 1958, Maggie's link to an Alien guide to Memento, and the Advent of iOS Accessibility.

Social media has become all-request radio stations without the guardrails.

Remembering to wander more. Also, love at 99, paper airplanes, Origami - the movie, the clown didn't die, Maggie's link to learning beef cuts from human muscle, and MacStories apps of 2024.

Recommiting to making where you are into where you want to be.

Finding the play button. Also, robot kidnapping other robots, the best bowling video ever, outrage taken to its extreme, don't think of an elephant, Maggie's link to an Arena changing from an ice rink to a basketball court, and Slava on Compiling Generics.

Three years ago I wrote that to change our country we had to start small with school boards and city councils.

Preparing a Thanksgiving meal. Also, Alice of Alice's restaurant, the turkey drop, Depression Quest, How to pivot, Maggie's link to magic from Penn's daughter, and Timothy Snyder on Hegseth.