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WWDC 2021 Wish List

It’s becoming such a cliché now during this pandemic when we say that time is a weird concept. But the other day I was in for a rude awakening when I found out that it’s almost June. I say this every year but this year really did fly by. On the bright side, we all know what this means: it’s WWDC time! To keep on the tradition, here is my wish list for this year:

16-inch MacBook Pro with Apple Silicon

We all know it’s unlike Apple to announce new hardware during their big event for new software, but I think this is the right crowd to announce this for. As , my current 2017 MacBook Pro is starting to make me feel like I could use an upgrade. And with how well-received the M1 chip has been, I have never been more eager to see the larger MacBook Pro get a refresh. The rumors this time around have started to really pick up with a couple of saying that there is a new 16-inch MacBook Pro with Apple Silicon coming very soon with “a redesigned chassis, magnetic MagSafe charger and more ports for connecting external drives and devices” as well as the HDMI port and the SD card slot. If these all turned out to be true, this would be the best MacBook Pro update in recent memory. It also would be an unprecedented backtracking from Apple. We just saw a similar thing happened with the new Siri Remote dubbed “The Apology Remote”. So I think we stand a good chance of getting “The Apology MacBook Pro” at WWDC which would make of people very, very happy.

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June 1, 2021
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My Top 5 Books of 2020

If there was one good thing that came out of the horror of 2020 for me, it’s that my reading habit got more solidified. Given that we can no longer go out to restaurants, sitting down to read a book after dinner has become a must-do daily routine. Even though I didn’t read as many books as I’d like with all the time available, this year I tried to read more widely by selecting novels and non-fiction topics I hadn’t usually chosen. Trying to be a more critical reader, I also started taking better notes and highlights, and spending more time thinking about the ideas presented to me. The following are 5 books that made my 2020 top list.

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

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December 27, 2020
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Introducing WidgetLink

A few weeks ago after iOS 14 came out, the App Store was suddenly flooded with apps designed specifically around the new Home Screen widgets and customization. Some of them are Widgeridoo, Widgy, and the most notable one being “Underscore” David Smith’s wildly successful .

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October 13, 2020
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