On making things good again. Also, you gotta be freakin' kidding me, Uncle Thomas, a lawyer joke, resume tricks for AI, Maggie's link to the music director for Hamilton, and behind the scenes of ELIZA.

Remarks on my mother's 90th birthday party celebration.

On sharing memories around a table filled with food. Also, George Clinton's Art, MAGA's surprise, politics in the World Cup, What to the Slave is the Fourth of July, Who own's America's Wealth, Maggie's link to a 1982 video on buying a home computer, and Graham Lee's fun with WebObjects.

On fighting against the move to progressive isolation.

Football is life. Also, a Fotomat lives on in San Francisco, three members of the Japan football team take on one hundred school children, a cool way to watch a baseball game from Ribbie, Ethnic cleansing in Ohio, the Stonehenge experiment, nutmegging, Maggie's link to Philosophers playing football, and John Gruber remembers Om Malik.

On getting rid of the body.

On making the changes you know you need to make. Also, writing using pen and paper, learning to rig elections, systems thinking, AI does horrible things to human thinking, Maggie's link to understanding the group stage of the World Cup, and Cory talks about AI with Ars.

On retracing the steps of others while finding your own way.

On watching an important right dissolve. Also, is Gemini liable for not telling the truth, yo-yo in San Francisco, the new Siri doesn't suck, White trash in the White House, Maggie's link to paradoxes in space navigation, and NetNewsWire's past year.

Just the right amount of magic.

A story of a loss that ended up launching a career. Also, the grids used in comic books and a look at the panels as well, the importance of communicating science and technology, a travelers story about WiFi, Maggie's link to a coaster POV, and Douglas Engelbart.

On shaping the future by accepting little changes now.

Sometimes the most important things are the things you don't see. Also, Take 9 to keep safe, making habits stick, the WWDC 2026 playlist, Shakespeare rewriting, Maggie's link to a song for pride marching band season, and AI proves a mathematical theorem.

On trying to be secure in an insecure place..

On not speaking louder to be heard. Also, how to recognize when someone is drowning, using Vision Pro to paint a mural, the cost of owning a car, cruise ships sail to a destination that doesn't exist, Maggie's link to Pigeon-cala, and not stealing from Ansel Adams.

On playing what people want to hear.

On offering something unique and personal. Also, the Pac-Man rule, Harrison Ford's ASU Commencement address, inventing a better apple (not Apple - apple), the best literature, a fake disease picked up by AI, Maggie's link to the Fast Food Gauntlet in NYC, and thoughts on CloudKit.

Once again contemplating getting things done.

I've just released the first two chapters of my book about App Intents in Beta.

On fooling ourselves into action. Also, my new App Intents book is now in Beta, there were more roman roads than we thought, photographing a rare triple galaxy arch, the Trump phone grift, opening those impossible plastic sleeves, Maggie's links to a Quaker song and a fundraising campaign for her rugby team, and Caitlin asks if Iguanas need tiny Sombreros.

On owning the relationship to my readers and students.

On understanding what you need in order to understand. Also, syncing metronomes, Eilish on green touring, ill-intended lawsuits, Art of Flora in a museum, Maggie's link to Chonkers the sea lion, and Adam Tow controls slides with his voice.

On the importance of being able to answer 'I don't know' when you don't know.

On noticing the beauty around you. Also, Gauld on Almost reading the Greats, farewell to CBS news radio, unlock your Kindle, remembering a talk on being over 40, the war on science, Maggie's link to an astronaut washing her hair in space, and Matt on Designing Protocols.

On launching a new podcast.

On what happens when the things around us that we depend on change. Also, Miyazaki's clock, Flea's music quiz, training your brain to see possibility instead of doom, silent book clubs, Boots on the Ground, Maggie's link to a race around the world, and the try!Swift videos.

Start with something nice.

On the mountain that is there but invisible. Also, a record of people dressed like dinosaurs, Bruce plays Purple Rain, audible alerts, cheap energy, Maggie's link to a review of The Drama, and Philip Bump moves.

The work you present as your own, should be your own.

On Buddhism and a plate of food. Also, the distorted face emoji, math meets fashion, a PC user tries the Neo, gas price challenges, Ars on Altman, Maggie's link to a 96 year old preparing for her birthday celebration, and Swift 6.3 is released.

On fixing a faucet.