Fresh Fusion

Alternate title: How to Be Productive and Successful as a Content Creator. (Yeah, I know…it’s cringey…but I have a bunch of pent-up thoughts and some helpful tools/workflows to share with you all and figured now is as good a time as any to dive into all that. Also feeling all the feelz after a tweet actually went viral. Imagine that!) Links & Show Notes Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Creator Class (a Newsletter) Follow Jared on Twitter / YouTube Apple Watch Ultra Milanote Bear Craft Taio “The Viral Tweet”

Could it be? Maybe? Yes! Fresh Fusion is BACK, and in this episode I catch you up on the last couple of months as I recovered from Covid and moved across town to a new home! And not just Fresh Fusion, but the vlog (Essential Life with Jared) is also in the process of making a comeback. Listen for the inside scoop. Links & Show Notes Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Creator Class (a Newsletter) Follow Jared on Twitter / YouTube Sometimes That Rug Just Ups and Vanishes (essay)

In this possibly final episode of the show, I candidly share my struggles with creative identity and finding success in the “wrong” genre. I contemplate whether I should cancel Fresh Fusion and put greater effort behind other projects. And I wonder what makes sense as a creator in a year when I expect to be on the road more often than not. Should I stay or should I go? Let me know! Thanks for listening. :) Links & Show Notes Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Creator Class (a Newsletter) Follow Jared on Twitter / YouTube

“After all these years, to go back to where it all started…back to The Matrix!” And that, my friends, is exactly what we’re doing today. A fireside chat about my off-the-charts excitement level at entering back into the world of The Matrix—my favorite movie of all time—and how much the real world has changed over the past 20+ years. Will The Matrix Resurrections live up to the hype? Links & Show Notes Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Creator Class (a Newsletter) Follow Jared on Twitter / YouTube /r/matrix on Reddit (possible spoilers!) REWATCH! The Matrix (YouTube) INCREDIBLE Walkthrough (Flythrough?) of The Matrix Awakens on PS5 (YouTube)

My kids are obsessed with “Squid Game” — even though they’ve (obviously!) never seen the show. “You” has taken over Netflix Top 10. Twitter vs. Meta: I’m amazed at the shockingly different trajectory these two companies are taking. The social media landscape is fracturing and it’s no longer Facebook/Twitter as a monolithic duo. Let’s do a deep dive into just how much Twitter has grown and changed since Jack Dorsey become CEO. Episode 75—here we go! Links & Show Notes Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Creator Class (a Newsletter) Follow Jared on Twitter / YouTube You, You, You! You, in the Netflix Top 10 - Global Bloomberg Interview with Dick Costolo (YouTube) Twitter’s CEO, Dick Costolo, Resigns: His Half-Decade of Missed Opportunities - The Atlantic How Twitter Applied the “Jobs to Be Done” Approach to Strategy Twitter, inc (TWTR) Q2 2021 Earnings Call Transcript Twitter, inc (TWTR) Q3 2021 Earnings Call Transcript

Apple’s latest and greatest M1-powered MacBooks (MaxBooks?) are here, and Jared wonders if there’s anything left for Mac nerds to be upset about when it seems like Apple has fulfilled all their wishes. (For a hefty price of course!) Plus a special rundown of all of Jared’s favorite podcasts he frequently listens to and why they’re worthy of your attention. Hmm, sounds like…a Fresh Fusion Reaction! 🤓 Links & Show Notes Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Creator Class (a Newsletter) Follow Jared on Twitter / YouTube Technology: Upgrade (Hosted by Myke Hurley and Jason Snell) Connected (Hosted by Myke Hurley, Stephen Hackett, and Federico Viticci) Analogue (Hosted by Myke Hurley and Casey Liss) Code with Jason (Hosted by Jason Swett) Six Colors Secret Podcast (Hosted by Jason Snell and Dan Moren) The Dalrymple Report (Hosted by Jim Dalrymple and Dave Mark) Accidental Tech Podcast (aka ATP — Hosted by Casey Liss, Marco Arment, John Siracusa) Remote Ruby (Hosted by Chris Oliver, Jason Charnes, and Andrew Mason) Media & Business: Downstream (Hosted by Jason Snell and Julia Alexander) Business Movers (Hosted by Lindsay Graham) The Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes Podcast (Hosted by Luke and Gus ?) Mission Log (Hosted by John Champion and Norman Lao) Religion: The Bible for Normal People (Hosted by Pete Enns & Jared Byas) The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill (Hosted by Mike Cosper) Heretic Happy Hour (Hosted by Keith Giles, Katy Valentine, Derrick Day, and Matthew Distefano) Weird Religion (Hosted by Leah Payne and Brian Doak) Politics: The Lincoln Project (Hosted by Reed Galen) Mea Culpa (Hosted by Michel Cohen) A F*ckup’s Guide To The Universe (Hosted by Jamie Kilstein)

Yes my friends, it’s time to pull back the curtain and share about some events which have transpired in my personal life—things which have been among the most challenging moments of my life. But first, an announcement: I have a newly redesigned website! Woo hoo! =) Links & Show Notes Brand-new Website Design! Goals for the new site design (episode 70) Essay: Hello Singleness, My Old Friend Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Creator Class (a Newsletter) Follow Jared on Twitter / YouTube

In today’s episode, I step through some follow-up and a few items of note I’ve been tracking (such as the gorgeous Nikon Z fc retro-style camera!) before kicking off a rant about the ways algorithms privilege the already privileged instead of favoring content off the beaten path. Apparently you’re likely to do quite well on YouTube if you’re young, white, cis, “attractive”, and so forth…but what about the rest of us? Links & Show Notes Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Creator Class (a Newsletter) Follow Jared on Twitter / YouTube Nikon Z fc design is based on the Nikon FM which in turn was based on the Olympus OM cameras Cool #boatlife channels on YouTube: Sailing Ruby Rose Unforgettable Sailing Sailing Millennial Falcon

Jared returns with a brilliant solution to the woes of maintaining a deep podcast content pipeline: read tweets! 😅 So contained herein is the riveting, rousing, and really rad reading of Jared’s Top 7 Tweets of July. Or something like that. From Bosch to LG 4K, remote work to news feed readers, there’s a little something for everyone. Enjoy! Links & Show Notes Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Creator Class (a Newsletter) Follow Jared on Twitter / YouTube 1: Posture announcement! 2: LG 4K monitor Follow up mini-review 3: Remote work is not sitting around at home on Zoom 4: Before and after pics! 5: WFH is the chief enemy of creativity – wut??!! 6: Bosch spin-off in the works!! 7: iPadOS 15 public beta

I’ve embarked on a huge restructuring and visual overhaul of my website, and as I thought about it more and more, I started asking the Big Questions such as: What even is a “personal website” in 2021? How do we evolve from the mental model of the circa-2005 “blog”? How can you integrate with other mediums such as social media, newsletters, and the like? Does the world really need me, a “white dude”, endlessly pontificating on one thing or another when there needs to be space for other voices to be heard? Join me for a dive into my design notes as I think through these sorts of questions! Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Creator Class (a Newsletter) Follow Jared on Twitter / YouTube

The last two weeks have been devastating for me—on multiple fronts, both as a huge fan of the #VanLife community as well as a figure in the Ruby programming community. This podcast episode is my catharsis, as I try to work through the heartache and find something meaningful to hold on to at the end of the day. As content creators, it’s only natural that a huge part of our identity is wrapped up in the work we do and the subjects we’re passionate about. But what do you do when that world starts to fall apart? Content warning: this episode deals with very sensitive and troubling issues. Please, if you find yourself triggered at any point, feel free to switch off the show and take care of yourself. If you’re in the US: call 800-273-8255 or text TALK to 741741. More information and resources available at the AFSP website. Links & Show Notes Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Creator Class (a Newsletter) Follow Jared on Twitter / YouTube YouTube: For Lee – Eamon & Bec What really happened at Basecamp How Basecamp blew up

Creator Class is my new newsletter all about the challenges and rewards of being an underpaid content creator building an audience one connection at a time. In today’s episode of Fresh Fusion, I talk about why I decided to rebrand and refocus my newsletter and why it’s so important to highlight conversations around motivation and ethics in content creation. (Also why I’m ditching YouTube and going back to an audio-only format!) Links & Show Notes Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Creator Class (a Newsletter) Follow Jared on Twitter / YouTube

I opened the Patreon mobile app on my iPhone. I looked at the feed. Suddenly, in the twinkling of an eye, POOF! A bunch of the creators I follow vanished. Gone. Out of this world. Did they suddenly shut down all their accounts? Was there a rapture and I wasn’t notified? No, it was none of those things. Patreon just had a temporary snafu billing my debit card, and because of that, I was unceremoniously placed in fan purgatory with little elucidation of my crimes. This wasn’t a temporary user experience glitch. This was a UX disaster. And yet, buried in their help center, Patreon states this is exactly how they handle such matters. Boo! Creators and fans deserve better. Links & Show Notes Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to My Email Newsletter Follow Jared on Twitter / YouTube Can declined patrons access my posts? – Patreon Help Center

This is me stumbling my way through an episode all about systemic racism in zoning laws and white supremacist policies harming disenfranchised minorities, and how I was raised to believe affluent suburban neighborhoods are the American Dream. While the global pandemic has been horrifying and so very hard to stomach, perhaps we can also see it as a much-needed opportunity to accept just how much work remains to be done to bring liberty and justice to all. We shouldn’t ever want to go “back to normal” if the new normal could be oh so much better. Prefer Video? Watch on YouTube Links & Show Notes Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to My Email Newsletter Follow Jared on Twitter / YouTube Berkeley may get rid of single-family zoning as a way to correct the arc of its ugly housing history Portland Just Passed the Best Low-Density Zoning Reform in U.S. History

Subtitle: Rumors of Portland’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated This is a deeply personal episode. I spent most of my life within a 60 miles radius of where I was born. That all changed when I relocated to the Portland, Oregon metro area. I came here on a fact-finding mission in 2017 and fell head-over-heels in love with the place. It’s no accident in the slightest that the most creative period in my entire life has transpired right here in Portland. I guess that’s why it’s a real sore spot for me when I see Portland dragged through the mud in the press—not to mention the whole concept of living in a dense urban environment. Are moving to the suburbs really the answer to the challenges of pandemic living? Does living in a “hip” city really have any influence on high-level creativity and artistic scope? Tune in to hear my story and my take. Prefer Video? Watch on YouTube Links & Show Notes My new Tumblr photoblog! My new Whitefusion website! What It’s Like to Live in Portlandia – by Jared White Death Of A City: The Portland Story? Crying Wolf: If Portland Tourism Dies, You Can Thank Downtown Business Interests and the Police - Blogtown - Portland Mercury Oregon’s Dependence on People Moving Here Highlights Why State’s Reputation Matters - Willamette Week Why Do People Move? The U.S. Census Report (PDF) Why COVID-19 won’t kill cities The People the Suburbs Were Built for Are Gone

Tumblr is a social media platform heralding from a different time…the era of “Web 2.0”, when oodles of visual customization features were a given and open functionality like RSS feeds were compulsory. Yahoo! and Verizon nearly drove Tumblr to an early grave, but with the acquisition by Automattic, there is hope yet. Can Tumblr survive—nay—thrive in 2021? Jared White investigates. Prior discussions of Web 2.0 stalwarts Tumblr and Flickr: 38: iPad Roadtrippin’ + Tumblr Has Gone Automattic 21: It Was the Bee’s Knees Watch as Video YouTube

The vital necessity of competence in leadership and governance, life imitating art imitating life, and a megadose of fascinating news regarding Twitter’s forays into decentralization and open moderation tools…all on the latest installment of Fresh Fusion. Links & Show Notes Buy American Act: Biden will sign order aimed at strengthening American manufacturing - CNNPolitics Can You Tell if These Still Life Objects Are Real or Rendered? - WIRED Twitter’s decentralized future – TechCrunch bluesky research report Twitter Birdwatch announcement Watch as Video YouTube

In the wake of last week’s horrific events at the United States Capitol where domestic terrorists stormed into the building and nearly toppled a duly-elected Congress, one of the top questions on everyone’s minds is: what is the role of Big Tech in the face of such extremism and anti-democratic conspiracy theories? What should Twitter, or Facebook, or Amazon, or Google, etc., be doing about all this? Do we even want them making unilateral descisions at such fundamental levels which affect policy making and political discourse? And just where did this violent strain of conservative evangelicalism come from anyway? All this and more right here on the Fresh Fusion podcast. Links & Show Notes The Trump of God (an article I wrote for Trellis Magazine in 2017) Upgrade #334 (great conversation aroud content moderation and fighting the trolls)

This is it! Tune in for all the juicy details of why I walked away from Mastodon and the “Fediverse” after a year of fanboyism, and what needs to change in open social networking protocols before I let go of Twitter and Discord. Also some Fresh Picks of the day! Links & Show Notes Google avoids updating iOS apps as Apple adds privacy labels- 9to5Mac 20 Macs for 2020 – Six Colors 20 Macs for 2020: The cutting-room floor – Six Colors Qualcomm president Cristiano Amon is taking over as CEO - The Verge Twitter is Like a Decentralized Twitter (Episode #45) Watch as Video YouTube

My year in review episode. What a year! What a review! Ooo boy. Tune in to hear how my “3 Words for 2020” went and what I’m looking forward to in 2021. Surely everything’s going to get better, right? RIGHT??!! Watch as Video YouTube Vimeo

I just came back from a retreat. Wow! The saying is true: change of pace + change of place = change of perspective. As creators, we’re always working in one of two modes: the nose to the grindstone, going through the motions of daily output mode; and the 20,000 feet, blue sky thinking mode. It’s difficult, if not impossible, to get into that second mode in the same physical environment as where you’re typically heads down making incremental progress. Let’s dive into the vital importance of getting away in order to reinvent everything. Fresh Creator / Fresh Pick Mari Dangerfield’s cover of The Telephone Call by Kraftwerk Use the hashtag freshcreator and/or freshpick on Twitter to let us know what to feature next! Watch This as Video YouTube

Do you ever find yourself watching a video on YouTube from your favorite creator, only to find that—as the video plays—it slowly dawns on you that the whole story arc of the video was simply a pretense for a sponsored product promotion? Sucks right? Because as a content creator, if you lose the trust of your audience, what do you have? Nothing. Let’s talk about that. Also: I only use Rollings Reliable Baking Powder. 😜 Watch as Video YouTube Vimeo

You can enjoy the process, and optionally you can enjoy the outcome of that enjoyable process, but you can’t enjoy the outcome if you hate the process. The ends never justify the means. Also on today’s episode: my spoiler-free review of Seduced, the shocking sex cult documentary now playing on Starz. Share your Fresh Pick of the day with the hashtag #freshpick on Twitter, and your link just might appear in a future episode of the show! Watch as Video YouTube Vimeo

It’s the first official new episode of Fresh Fusion, and it’s a doozy! There’s an oft-expressed notion rooted in misguided pragmatism that says your users/customers/audience don’t care about the tools you use behind the scenes. They only care about the final product. I fundamentally reject such a notion, and I’m here to tell you why. Users DO care about the tools you use, because you MAKE them care. That’s your job as a creator. That’s your job as a marketer. Let’s dive in! Watch as Video YouTube Vimeo

As the Year from Hell heads towards its inevitable conclusion, Jared is back from a retreat born from desperation, fully recharged, and ready to (gasp!) reboot the podcast in a new form. And so a hearty hello and welcome to Fresh Fusion, the new weekly show by Jared focused squarely on the business and art of content creation. Whether you write, record, code, produce, teach, or perform, this is your show. This is your time. This is…well, you get the idea! Watch as Video YouTube Vimeo

Greetings, fellow citizens of the internet refuge from the global pandemic! How are you surviving Crisis? I am, to echo the words of Morpheus, STILL HERE! 💪 In this episode I bring you up to speed on what I’ve been up to…some fun things, some rewarding things, and one terrible, horrible, no good, very bad thing I’ve been battling with for a couple of months now (predating the coronavirus lockdown!). If you’ve been wondering how I’ve been fairing as a Dad during this whole shelter-at-home situation…well, the answer may surprise you. And at the very least, tune in for my barely-tolerable impression of Agent Smith from The Matrix! 😎 Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Follow Jared on Mastodon / Twitter / Instagram / YouTube What’s New: Agent Smith “Virus” Speech My album release “Multnomah” by Yarred Bridgetown website framework for developers Illustrating with Affinity Designer for iPad Recommended Games: Rise of the Tomb Raider / Shadow of the Tomb Raider Stella on Apple Arcade Recommended TV Shows: Star Trek: Picard (CBS) Star Trek: Discovery (CBS) Altered Carbon (Netflix) The Expanse (Prime) Westworld (HBO) Run (HBO) Good Girls (S1-S2 Netflix, S3 Hulu) Stumptown (Hulu) 11.22.63 (Hulu) Devs (Hulu)

What a strange and frightening time to be alive! But I’m here and I’m back to try to lighten the mood a bit with talk of the brand-new cursor and trackpad support for iPad in iPadOS 13.4, as well as speculation on how the sudden transition to remote work might change the business landscape for good as we look ahead. I also convey my impressions using Photoshop for iPad now that the new cursor-based input brings the user experience closer to the Mac and even surpasses it in many ways. Links & Show Notes: Support the show on Patreon! Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Follow Jared on Mastodon / Twitter / Instagram / YouTube

Kicking off our Creator Series, Nathan joins Jared to talk about his journey from software developer to YouTube content creator, the challenges and rewards of presenting your authentic self, ups and downs in entrepreneurship, what’s the deal with privacy and the tech industry, centralized vs. decentralized social media, diversity in startup culture, and introducing children to an engineer’s mindset. There’s also something about tampons in there…it makes sense in context, I swear! Links & Show Notes: Support the show on Patreon! Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Follow Jared on Mastodon / Twitter / Instagram / YouTube Follow Nathan on Twitter / YouTube

I haven’t talked much about the general state of social media on the show in a while, so it’s high time we revisit this topic! Here are my latest thoughts on all the top contenders large and small—what they’re getting right, or wrong, and what is coming down the pike. You might be surprised where my head is at these days… Links & Show Notes: Support the show on Patreon! Follow me on Mastodon / Twitter / Instagram / YouTube Kicking off today’s discussion: Facebook Facebook’s redesigned web interface with dark mode support rolling out before spring (9to5Mac) Twitter 45: Twitter is Like a Decentralized Twitter (The Jared White Show) YouTube Instagram Mastodon / Fediverse Reddit Byte (successor to Vine)

A very special day here at The Jared White Show…we’ve arrived at the 50th episode! So let us take some time out of our normal schedule to celebrate the journey so far and what will propel us towards the next 100th episode milestone. –> Guess what? This was recorded in video form as well! -> Watch it now on YouTube Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Episode 1: The Moment I Fell Into the Fissure Do 50 Things to Celebrate Your 50th Birthday Thoughts from episode: “Consistency is hard! Putting stuff out before you reap the “rewards” of fame and fortune is not easy at all. John Campea talked about this in a recent video where he shared his challenge every day of having to convince himself to get out of bed early in the morning and start working on the next episode of The John Campea Show. Even for a seasoned broadcaster who makes a living from YouTube, this stuff isn’t easy. Or look at folks like Jimmy Fallon or Stephen Colbert doing their thing every weekday, every week (almost), year in and year out. They’re professionals. You have to treat your creative work like a professional, even if you’re still an amateur (in the best sense of the word). To do truly meaningful work, to become great at your art, it takes consistency and perseverance to forge a real legacy.”

John Gruber’s feeling grumpy on the 10th anniversary of the iPad, but we’re here to revel in geek iPad fandom and—despite any lingering limitations—reflect on the importance and success of the iPad product category and muse on where the iPadOS software can go from here. Past, present, and future…all coming together here in this latest episode of The Jared White Show. Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! Send me your listener questions via Buy Me a Coffee! Subscribe to the Mark Up This! newsletter Happy Birthday iPad! My thoughts last year about the iPad: Episode 22: A Tale of Two Millennials (jump ahead to17:50) Rene Ritche: Secret History of iPad (YouTube) iPad at 10 (512 Pixels) The iPad’s original software designer and program lead look back on the device’s first 10 years Video showing off prototype BeIA devices Vintage images of the Be, Inc. Tablet Computer) The 10th Anniversary of the iPad: A Perspective from the Windows Team Video of Slate PCs from Microsoft (LOL) Booooooo! John Gruber’s bizarre and factually incorrect take on the iPad over at Daring Fireball… …Gruber’s later correction…of sorts… iPadOS 14 Wishlist Unix terminal and background processes Safari web inspector Better mouse & external display support Picture-in-Picture-style apps / content Three-finger tap gesture taking over more context menu tasks, possibly removing the floating text menu (maybe an option?) More pro apps like Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro

This week’s special topic is all about…writing tools! Which apps I use to write and for organizing research, the environment and context in which I write, and what I like to do for inspiration to become a better writer. If you’re looking to shake things up this year and adopt new workflows or technology to jumpstart your writing career, this is the show for you. Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! Send me your listener questions via Buy Me a Coffee! Subscribe to the Mark Up This! newsletter Intro: Video: 3 Things I Hate About YouTube (and how to fix them) And the new Mac that Jared purchased is revealed to be the…DRUMROLL PLEASE Writing Apps: DayOne Bear 1Writer Brainstorming & Research: Miro MindNode Notion Tech Setup: iPad Pro 12.9” Apple Magic Keyboard Lamicall S Tablet Stand (my video review)

In today’s episode, Jared dives into the swirl of consternation over what Twitter’s new reply controls might mean for the platform, product anniversaries of note in Apple history, all the wacky new cyberpunk and brutalist designs of phones, pianos, trucks, websites, etc., and tons of TV fandom followup. And we’re just getting started! Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! Send me your listener questions via Buy Me a Coffee! Subscribe to the Mark Up This! newsletter Top Topic: Twitter will soon let you control who replies to your tweets Bridgetown documentary on the bridges of Portland Link Segment: Today Marks the 13th Anniversary of When Steve Jobs Unveiled the Original iPhone Apple’s Mac mini is the little Mac that could, 15 years later Apple TV App for Sony and VIZIO Smart TVs arriving “later this year” Hands on: Brydge Pro+ brings a keyboard & trackpad to your iPad Pro Bing loses out to DuckDuckGo in Google’s new Android search engine ballot Why I quit using Google – Kyle Piira Panasonic breaks out of VR’s “headset” bubble with fresh “eyeglasses” design Thief (1981) Hands On With The NEW Foldable Moto RAZR at CES 2020 The Split Personality Of Brutalist Web Development — Smashing Magazine Roland Facet Grand Piano Human body temp has dropped over time Fandom Segment: Ian McKellen’s Journal/Blog for The Lord of the Rings Buff Mage on Twitter: “🎶 Toss a coin to ur Witcher 🎶” The Witcher – Map of the Continent Witcher VFX Breakdown – Framestore Alice X. Zhang on Instagram: “Toss a cooooin to your witcher 🎵🎶 my first painting of the year! 🖤” Interview with Victoria Pedretti of “You” on Build Penn Badgley Can Go From Charming To Creepy Without Changing His Expression (Late Show with Stephen Colbert) Bonus Patreon Episode coming soon: My review of Bombshell and thoughts on Megyn Kelly’s panel via her new YouTube channel

Hello and welcome to 2020! We’re kickin’ into high gear on The Jared White show this year with a fresh new format where I answer listener questions each week, as well as a bonus episode exclusively for Patreon members. I go into all these changes on today’s show, PLUS: The chasm (if any) in UI/UX quality between open source and commercial social platforms, the total meltdown over at Collider Video around their change in direction on YouTube, when to upgrade an OS vs install from scratch (or buy a new Mac or PC), tons of cool links showcasing the best of the internet, top movies and streaming TV of 2019, and a whole lot more. Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! Send me your listener questions via Buy Me a Coffee! Subscribe to the Mark Up This! newsletter My tootthread on open source UI/UX that blew up on Mastodon MELTDOWN: Collider Video now losing subscribers daily Kenobi: a Star Wars Fan Film Hands-on with ‘invisibility cloak’ material designed for military use The Deep Sea (also check out the other cool stuff he’s built) Creator of the Week: Becki & Chris on YouTube (make sure you watch Cold Island) My top streaming TV shows and films of late 2019: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Knives Out A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Jojo Rabbit Frozen II The Mandalorian (Disney+) Watchmen (HBO) Servant & The Morning Show (Apple TV+) You (Netflix) Stranger Things (Netflix) The Witcher (Netflix) Note: I forgot to mention The Joker, but I saw that too and loooooved it. Finally, don’t miss the Bonus Episode of this show going up later today on Patreon!

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey dropped a bombshell announcement yesterday about the decentralized, open-protocol-based future of Twitter, and The Jared White Show is here to talk about what it means for the “fediverse” (the existing federated social networking world of Mastodon, etc.), why Twitter is even doing this, how Dorsey has never been a clone of Zuckerberg, and much more. This just might be one of the most important episodes of the show to date! Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! Subscribe to the Mark Up This! newsletter Jack’s Announcement (Twitter) Bluesky team account on Twitter Twitter plans to fund ‘Bluesky,’ an open, decentralized social network standard (SiliconANGLE)

Welcome to this very special BONUS episode of The Jared White Show where we talk about the most exciting topic in all of computing: file storage! But seriously, this episode is a deep dive into my very specific photography and videography workflows, and especially how I get it all done on my iPad Pro with Lightroom CC and LumaFusion. In addition, I cover the pros and cons of iCloud Drive, Nextcloud, and Dropbox, and make some recommendations for what you might want to choose for your cloud storage needs. Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! Subscribe to the Mark Up This! newsletter Cloud Storage Providers: iCloud Drive Nextcloud Dropbox Photography on the go with Lightroom CC Video editing on the go with LumaFusion USB-C Card Readers: Hicober SD Card Reader HyperDrive SOLO 7-in-1 Hub

The collective Apple pro laptop userbase can finally breath a huge sigh of relief, as the brand-new MacBook Pro 16” with Magic Keyboard is HERE!!! (Now when’s that keyboard coming to the rest of the lineup??!!) Also in the episode: Disney+ has landed (much to delight of children everywhere and, yes, many adults too), as well as Apple TV+, and Jared has to eat some crow because The Morning Show is FANTASTIC. All this and more…right here on The Jared White Show. Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! Subscribe to the Mark Up This! newsletter Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro is here and it has a good keyboard (The Verge) MacBook Pro teardown confirms the new keyboard is basically just the old, good keyboard (The Verge) Accidental Tech Podcast 352: No One Else Had Calipers Upgrade 271: Interview with Shruti Haldea, MacBook Pro Product Manager April 2018: Apple’s 2019 Mac Pro will be shaped by workflows (TechCrunch) Old Mac of the Month: Titanium PowerBook G4 (512 Pixels) Alex Honnold (of Free Solo fame) How Joker’s gritty logo was created with wood type letterpress (The Verge)

Hindsight is 2020, but that won’t stop us from talking about what kind of company and what kind of social network Facebook will be as we head into 2020 and the height of the U.S. political season. Will regulation force Facebook, Twitter, and other massive networks to interoperate with newer, smaller networks? Will the values of free expression online prevail? Will the specter of Chinese censorship change the debate on what we expect from social networks here in America? All in a day’s conversation here at The Jared White Show. Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! Subscribe to the Mark Up This! newsletter Facebook will spend $1 billion to address California’s affordable housing crisis (The Verge) Mark Zuckerberg took on China in a speech defending free expression (The Verge) How would opening up Facebook change the internet? (The Verge)

A few years ago I realized I was suffering from acute depression. It was affecting my work and my quality of life. Today, I am doing much better, but I must remain vigilant not to slide back into old patterns and negative mindsets. As a creative freelancer, there are certain pitfalls which can have an adverse effect on my mental health, and that’s what I talk about in today’s episode. NOTE: you don’t have to be a freelancer to appreciate today’s conversation! There’s a little something here for everybody. 🙂 Topics include: Dealing with isolation Coming to grips with financial instability The ephemeral nature of digital production The importance of setting up an inspiring workspace Location, location, location! Where you live and work matters Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! Subscribe to the Mark Up This! newsletter Making the Mental Breakthrough that Depression is Rooted in Fear, Not Sadness The Brain on Mindfulness: a Book Review of Mindsight by Dr. Daniel Siegel Book: Mindsight, Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. Book: Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, Cynthia Bourgeault

Not even trypophobia could keep me from discussing what’s new with iPhone 11, Watch Series 5, and the rest of Apple’s September extravaganza. Also my thoughts on the landmark California ruling which reclassifies Uber drivers (and other “gig economy” workers) as employees. Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! Subscribe to the Mark Up This! newsletter Video: iPhone 11 Pro & Pro Max Hands-On (Engadget) Apple ditches 3D Touch for Haptic Touch in iPhone 11 and 11 Pro (CNET) California Bill Makes App-Based Companies Treat Workers as Employees (The New York Times)

What rights do we as visitors of websites have when it comes to privacy? What measure of control should we be able to exert over the executing of website code served to our browsers? Are some tracking scripts benign or are all suspect? I do a deep dive into these timely topics as well as the latest news on 4K video in Canon DSLR cameras. Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! Privacy Fundamentalism (Stratechery by Ben Thompson) Canon officially announces the EOS 90D and EOS M6 Mark II (Canon Rumors) Subscribe to the Mark Up This! newsletter

Jared has returned from his summer excursion into the wilderness of central Oregon, and he’s ready to talk Tumblr. Automattic, the folks behind WordPress.com, have purchased the long-suffering Web 2.0 stalwart and promise to usher in a new microblogging renaissance. That, plus a bonus topic on how to track daily progress in popular journaling app Day One. Enjoy the show! Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! I joined a Zoom conference call while hiking in central Oregon! Exclusive: Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on what’s next for Tumblr Jared White Show episode about SmugMug’s purchase of Flickr Mac Power Users episode about Day One journaling

The latest Q3 2019 earnings results are in from Apple, and—depending on who you talk to—they’re either surprisingly stellar or dreadfully terrible. Welcome to the world of news media spin. Also, a new ruling from the EU makes website operators responsible for what Facebook does with user data, a U.S. Senate bill called the SMART Act would ban dark UX patterns from popular social apps, and so much more. Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! EU Court of Justice ruling may spell the death of social like and share buttons (ZDNet) New bill would ban autoplay videos and endless scrolling (The Verge) The SMART Act (PDF) Apple third-quarter 2019 results and charts! (Six Colors) DUMB: “Apple Reports Declining Profits and Stagnant Growth, Again” (The New York Times) Apple joins Google, Facebook, and Twitter in data-sharing project (The Verge) Exclusive: Adobe’s new transparent display (Axios) Hopper, P.I. (YouTube)

Jared’s feeling under the weather, but The Show Must Go On! In this episode, he talks about Apple funding exclusive podcast content, the demise of Google’s secret Chinese search engine, whether iPadOS’s “desktop class” Safari ushers in a new app-less era, and, of course, this week’s BIGGEST NEWS STORY: Snoppy goes to outer space. That, and oh so much more… Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! Your Valuable: My Favorite iPad Pro Stands and Cases! This Is How Much YouTube Paid Me For My 1,000,000 Viewed Video Firefox’s Ad-Free Premium Browser Will Cost $4.99 a Month Google officially closes ‘Dragonfly,’ its controversial Chinese search project Apple Plans to Start Funding Original Podcasts “iPadOS has legitimately made 50% of the apps I have installed useless now.” Why Stranger Things 3 Is the Show’s Best Season Yet ‘Snoopy in Space’ trailer teases upcoming Peanuts show for Apple TV+ THE HEAVENS - Weird Religion 19: Wild Wild Google (The Jared White Show)

It’s the end of an era as famed head of industrial design at Apple, Jony Ive, is leaving the company. In this episode I break down two Apple products I believe embody Jony’s formidable design leadership and which truly set the stage for both Apple’s preset and future: iOS 7 and iPad Pro. I also get to touch on a couple of odd Apple-related news items as well as the new streaming service from WarnerMedia to rival Netflix. Stay cool out there folks! It’s going to be a hot summer. Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! Why Jony Ive is leaving Apple (iMore) iOS 6 Introduction at WWDC 2012 (YouTube) iOS 7 Introduction at WWDC 2013 (YouTube) Jony Ive: The man behind Apple’s magic curtain (USA Today) Jony Ive voiceover compilation (YouTube) Apple stops selling the 12-inch MacBook, a computer you either loved or were confused by (TechCrunch) Ross Perot dead: Billionaire tycoon and 2-time presidential candidate was 89 (CNNPolitics) The fascinating bromance between Steve Jobs and Ross Perot (Cake) WarnerMedia confirms its Netflix rival will be called HBO Max (The Verge)

Well this is something I’ve never done before! My video show “Essential Life with Jared” and my podcast “The Jared White Show” have joined forces today to bring you a special video edition of the podcast! Also, why use Vimeo instead of YouTube? Quick answer: OWN YOUR OWN PLATFORM. (Long answer: I like paying for ad-free hosting services built specifically to cater to creators. That’s not what YouTube is.) Anyway, whether you consume the audio podcast or video format of the show, I hope you enjoy it! Watch This on Vimeo » Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! Always Own Your Platform My video-related social media prediction came true! Nebula – Now Streaming: Your Favorite Creators Article about Nebula on TubeFilter the “future of work” is here… so why aren’t more companies remote-first? If music gives you goosebumps, your brain might be special This page is a truly naked, brutalist html quine. ‘Deepfake’ AI can turn the Mona Lisa into a convincing real person

It’s that time of year again, when the wizards of Cupertino descend upon San Jose, CA with their magic potions, and spellbind us all with their latest and greatest. Of personal interest is the laser-focused and very welcome attention Apple paid to the unique role of the iPad and its place in the broader world of computerdom, leading to the the rip-roaring announcement of iPadOS. Let’s dive right in. Links & Show Notes My WWDC wishlist one hour before the keynote Apple: The iPad is now the best computer for a lot more people iPadOS - What’s New (YouTube) Safari 13 Beta Release Notes App & Web developers asked to put ‘Sign in with Apple’ above all other sign-in buttons WWDC and Interview with the Mac Pro Product Manager How To Use Your iPad As a Display For Your Mac with Sidecar! (YouTube)

It’s the 1-year anniversary of The Jared White Show! We’ll be celebrating today by a look back at Steve Jobs’ fascinating perspective on the future of the open web and the dangers of proprietary runtimes like Java and Flash, how old tech can be repurposed for new uses in fun ways, WebGL fluid simulations, the joys of seeing your kids get hooked on games YOU loved as a kid, and a whole lot more. Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! Episode 1 of The Jared White Show from a year ago! TenFourFox Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing (WIRED, 1996) Jobs: Thoughts on Flash Hello Weather Privacy Policy WebGL Fluid Simulation zuckerberg.smile Portland becomes first US city to offer Apple Pay Express Transit integration Creator of the Week: Taylor Glenn

Spring fashion is all around us, and this podcast is no exception! The Jared White Show and JaredWhite.com have a fresh, funky new design for spring, and it all started…because of an Apple Watch band. Also a throwback to the internet of 1996, depressed superheroes, and gender-swapping cosplay. Never a dull moment! Links & Show Notes Support the show on Patreon! New Design! JaredWhite.com Apple’s beautiful new Watch bands (March 2019) 6 Fresh Color Trends To Consider For Spring iReview: My First 1996 Website IndieWeb Webring Microsoft’s Edge for macOS arrives in preview (I like this strategy. I like it a lot.) SPOILERS: How ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Tackles Failure, Mortality and Finding Purpose Star Wars SC 38 Reimagined (YouTube) Original Duel: Ben Kenobi vs Darth Vader (YouTube) Creator of the Week: Alyson Tabbitha

Ol’ Vladimir is up to his tricks again over in Mother Russia, but that won’t stop us from talking about the open web and geek culture—from Avengers: Endgame to Veronica Mars to the website typography choices of candidates running for President of these United States. I also play jungle music and read toots. You just can’t get this kind of content anywhere else, folks. Links & Show Notes LIFX Smart Bulb SPOILERS: How ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Tackles Failure, Mortality and Finding Purpose Stuff Mastodon Says: @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] Vladimir Putin Approves Russia ‘Sovereign Internet’ Bill Typography 2020 First teaser for Veronica Mars revival is everything we loved about the series