🔗 Boiling over, but with numbers https://birchtree.me/blog/boiling-over-but-with-numbers/

🔗 With the folding iPhone be two Airs smashed together? https://birchtree.me/blog/with-the-folding-iphone-be-two-airs-smashed-together/

🔗 The subtle magic of the Apple Watch Ultra 3 https://birchtree.me/blog/the-subtle-magic-of-the-apple-watch-ultra-3/

My next video is an hour long with zero edits. It will either be one of my most or least successful videos on the channel.

🔗 I'm running to the press https://birchtree.me/blog/im-running-to-the-press/

🔗 AirPods Pro 3 first impressions (I'm so confused) https://birchtree.me/blog/airpods-pro-3-first-impressions-im-so-confused/

🔗 The hotly-anticipated TechWoven review https://birchtree.me/blog/the-hotly-anticipated-techwoven-review/

Jet Lag is the best show on YouTube and I won’t be hearing any arguments to the contrary. Season 15 just debuted on YouTube. youtu.be/QbXzfSn-jP4

🔗 The A19 Pro is a transcription beast https://birchtree.me/blog/the-a19-pro-is-a-transcription-beast/

Question for my fellow AirPods Pro users, if you’re walking down a quiet, suburban/countey street and a car drives by, do you hear it?

🔗 + Smartypants, my first app idea that might actually be possible now https://birchtree.me/blog/smartypants-my-first-app-idea-that-might-actually-be-possible-now/

I still love a leather case, but TechWoven is definitely better than FineWoven in my opinion. FineWoven felt so cheap, and while I wouldn’t say I love the texture of TechWoven, it at least feels solid.

🔗 Stop expecting the bare minimum https://birchtree.me/blog/stop-expecting-the-bare-minimum/

🔗 How the iPhone 17 Pro zoom lens compares to the Galaxy S25 and iPhone 16 Pro https://birchtree.me/blog/how-the-iphone-17-pro-zoom-lens-compares-to-the-galaxy-s25-and-iphone-16-pro/

The timing for this is not great 🫣

🔗 Kimmel is returning as Republicans wonder, “are we the baddies?” https://birchtree.me/blog/kimmel-is-returning-as-republicans-wonder-are-we-the-baddies/

I think there is a group of people who whom the less substantiated something is, the more they trust it. It’s “secret knowledge.” You see this in productivity gurus as well. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/...

All I want from iOS is to stop trying to capitalize “home screen”, something I’ve never ever ever wanted, but it insists on suggesting ever time I do it.

This was gonna be a blog post, but I'll just link to the things here… Trump recently took credit for ending the war between "Aberbaijan and Albania"…one is not a country, and the country he meant to say isn't anywhere near or at war with Albania. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/...

99% of Apple hardware: I never go on sale, ever AirPods: I came out yesterday and I’m already on sale www.macrumors.com/2025/09/21/...

I really think watchOS for the Ultra should have an alternate design mode that strips away all the glass and transparency and leans into the rugged nature of the device hardware.

Im happy to report that you can take portrait selfies in landscape on the new iPhones. Absolute sicko behavior, of course, but it’s there!

🔗 This console generation is freaking weird (and expensive) https://birchtree.me/blog/this-console-generation-is-freaking-weird-and-expensive/

🔗 Introducing Quick Subtitles https://birchtree.me/blog/introducing-quick-subtitles/

I'm slow to it, but I just watched Chris Lawley's iPadOS video and it's really great. It's like what Apple would do as a breakout session at WWDC to deep dive into iPadOS youtu.be/rzqWgOAejUQ

🔗 Introducing Best-o-Masto https://birchtree.me/blog/introducing-best-o-masto/

I've been using the Galaxy S25 Ultra for almost a month and I have some thoughts on the eve of new iPhones. I love this phone. I prefer it to the Pixel 10. I still do not prefer it to the iPhone. youtu.be/doGg3m0NP-M

I don't know what he's saying at all, but I'm blown away by the production value of this iPhone 17 review. youtu.be/su9aqYLcAhw

Per this reporting, ABC execs didn't think Kimmel ever crossed a line, but they feared the federal government and changed their speech because of that fear. You know, classic small government, free speech enthusiast shit...right? www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/t...

🔗 Jimmy Kimmel said the most shocking thing you've ever heard on television https://birchtree.me/blog/jimmy-kimmel-said-the-most-shocking-thing-youve-ever-heard-on-television/

Wait, wasn't comedy legal now? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/...

My social feeds are a glorious mix of “Liquid Glass is a travesty” and “ooh, my phone updated and looks sick” and each group seems to find the other group crazy. Good times.

Uh oh, another film camera in hand...

🔗 The fundamental shift in Apple's software strategy https://birchtree.me/blog/the-fundamental-shift-in-apples-software-strategy/

I might be asking for trouble here, but what's the best podcast app for Android? 2 rules 1. It can't be Pocket Casts (it's great but I know it already) 2. It must look nice and follow modern Material design aesthetics (don't you dare suggest some app that looks like it was designed in 2013 😅)

These are quite chunky, so I wonder if they'll still be in the Overton window of what's acceptable for sunglasses. I think my Meta Ray-Bans are already walking pretty close to that line, so this extra chonk might be too much. Would love to try these, though. 9to5google.com/2025/09/15/...

🔗 Jason Snell's macOS review resonates with me https://birchtree.me/blog/jason-snells-macos-review-resonates-with-me/

Just a cute little doggo chilling on a summer evening. #dogs

🔗 + I think I'm at a good age to be going through the AI shift https://birchtree.me/blog/i-think-im-at-a-good-age-to-be-going-through-the-ai-shift/

It's hard to properly capture on camera, but the anti-reflective Galaxy Ultra display is awesome. Apple says the new iPhones have less reflective screens, so I'm hoping they close the gap here.

Now to take a break from the incomprehensible overlapping storylines of modern culture by playing Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater

Mic drop!

I'm really, really interested to see the public reaction to iOS 26 next week. Some in the Apple commentary sphere are convinced this is the worst software ever, and it fundamentally ruins the new iPhones coming out.

🔗 "It's just a phone" https://birchtree.me/blog/its-just-a-phone/

Currently downloading the Xcode RC over hotel WiFi to try and get 3 apps into app review and ready for launch. This is gonna be a minute…

🔗 Boiling over https://birchtree.me/blog/boiling-over/

I slept on it and I think I'm confident in saying that barring any surprises, this is the best iPhone upgrade season in years. birchtree.me/blog/this-w...

🔗 This was the best iPhone event in years https://birchtree.me/blog/this-was-the-best-iphone-event-in-years/

I wrote up my thoughts on the iPhone event before seeing any other takes, so we'll see how far off I am from the mainstream. Here's the big wins IMO.

🔗 iPhone event blind reactions https://birchtree.me/blog/iphone-event-blind-reactions/