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Title: Birchtree
Description: By Matt Birchler
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Slamming Into Walls
Date: 2025-04-19 13:00:00 +0000 UTC
2025: The year of fitness (members post)
Date: 2024-12-30 17:00:24 +0000 UTC
400 million people use OpenAI/ChatGPT every week
Date: 2025-02-20 16:00:00 +0000 UTC
A few recent examples of beautiful, distinct TV cinematography
Date: 2025-04-14 20:00:27 +0000 UTC
A lot changed for LLMs in 2024
Date: 2025-01-07 01:14:42 +0000 UTC
A new/old Pokémon game, how Hollywood can make good movies, and a puzzle with all edge pieces
Date: 2025-04-03 13:00:54 +0000 UTC
A personal update on Apple TV+
Date: 2025-03-20 22:42:23 +0000 UTC
A project to smooth relations with devs
Date: 2025-04-10 12:00:00 +0000 UTC
A quick, incomplete thought about Squid Game 2
Date: 2025-01-04 13:00:29 +0000 UTC
AI as Normal Technology
Date: 2025-04-19 14:00:00 +0000 UTC
All the Switch 2 pricing questions I had last week are answered
Date: 2025-04-07 22:10:00 +0000 UTC
Another study on LLM energy use
Date: 2025-02-18 22:42:03 +0000 UTC
Apple hits a major milestone in greenhouse emissions
Date: 2025-04-18 12:10:00 +0000 UTC
Apple jumps in the hot tub
Date: 2025-02-06 23:00:00 +0000 UTC
Apple might be cooking this fall
Date: 2025-03-10 20:09:01 +0000 UTC
Apple says they will add encryption to RCS
Date: 2025-03-14 11:55:58 +0000 UTC
Apple’s 2024 report card: Apple Watch ⌚
Date: 2024-12-29 13:00:00 +0000 UTC
Apple’s 2024 report card: iPad
Date: 2024-12-27 13:00:36 +0000 UTC
Apple’s 2024 report card: iPhone 📱
Date: 2024-12-26 14:00:41 +0000 UTC
Apple’s 2024 report card: the Mac 💻
Date: 2024-12-28 14:30:37 +0000 UTC
Apple’s 2024 report card: Vision Pro 👓
Date: 2024-12-30 13:00:00 +0000 UTC
Apple’s new iPads are here, let’s break them down
Date: 2025-03-04 17:11:50 +0000 UTC
Are these 2025’s new iPhones?
Date: 2025-02-18 14:45:00 +0000 UTC
Balatro continues to bring a smile
Date: 2025-03-27 20:49:00 +0000 UTC
Before you burn it down…
Date: 2025-03-28 20:40:00 +0000 UTC
Bending the knee, $1 million at a time
Date: 2025-01-05 17:00:00 +0000 UTC
Birchtree's new look
Date: 2025-03-03 16:11:46 +0000 UTC
+ Book and video game review catchup
Date: 2025-03-29 14:15:42 +0000 UTC
Castro is back, baby
Date: 2025-02-18 12:57:33 +0000 UTC
Chrome might be for sale. OpenAI says they'd buy it.
Date: 2025-04-23 12:04:08 +0000 UTC
Claude finally gets its “thinking” update
Date: 2025-02-25 16:00:00 +0000 UTC
Comfort Zone: OLED Dreams and Studio Display Realities
Date: 2025-01-09 21:55:28 +0000 UTC
Comfort Zone predicts tech in 2025
Date: 2025-01-17 22:11:21 +0000 UTC
Dangerous ground
Date: 2025-04-15 13:00:19 +0000 UTC
Development is going through a real change
Date: 2025-02-10 14:00:00 +0000 UTC
El Salvador gives up on Bitcoin
Date: 2025-02-05 21:40:00 +0000 UTC
First look at my next big thing (members post)
Date: 2025-01-15 15:00:31 +0000 UTC
Benchmarks from M2 Pro to M4 Pro
Date: 2025-04-01 22:58:20 +0000 UTC
Get Off My Turf, Lawley
Date: 2025-04-24 20:03:32 +0000 UTC
Ghost 6 is coming in 2025 and will include ActivityPub for everyone
Date: 2025-01-17 21:00:00 +0000 UTC
Ghost gets ActivityPub into beta
Date: 2025-03-19 01:21:53 +0000 UTC
Ghostty is the hot new terminal and it’s out now
Date: 2024-12-27 23:50:26 +0000 UTC
Grading my 2024 Apple predictions
Date: 2024-12-24 13:00:00 +0000 UTC
Grammarly still bests Writing Tools
Date: 2025-02-05 23:00:00 +0000 UTC
Handheld consoles, assemble!
Date: 2025-03-12 23:10:09 +0000 UTC
Hark! A new CGP Grey video!
Date: 2025-04-14 19:06:34 +0000 UTC
How I’m using AI tools in early 2025 (members post)
Date: 2025-03-02 13:19:38 +0000 UTC
How Nintendo's "game-key cards" actually work
Date: 2025-04-04 12:30:00 +0000 UTC
🕹️ I casually recommend Steamworld Heist 2 (members post)
Date: 2025-02-25 14:45:00 +0000 UTC
I feel more empowered than ever
Date: 2025-03-26 00:50:00 +0000 UTC
I keep telling people Google TV is better than you think
Date: 2025-03-29 16:51:40 +0000 UTC
📕 I mildly recommend: Life as No One Knows It (members post)
Date: 2025-01-08 13:36:36 +0000 UTC
📕 I recommend: Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
Date: 2025-01-12 13:00:00 +0000 UTC
🕹️ I recommend Pokémon Emerald Seaglass
Date: 2025-04-24 21:39:11 +0000 UTC
🕹️ I strongly recommend Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (for the right person)
Date: 2025-03-16 18:58:08 +0000 UTC
📕 I strongly recommend: Nexus (members post)
Date: 2025-01-22 23:00:40 +0000 UTC
I strongly recommend Portal: Revolution (members post)
Date: 2025-01-06 13:00:15 +0000 UTC
🕹️ I strongly recommend: Resident Evil 2 (members post)
Date: 2025-01-20 13:00:44 +0000 UTC
I think OpenAI’s next app is a web browser
Date: 2025-01-25 20:17:35 +0000 UTC
If this post isn’t a joke, it’ll win my “most cringe blog post of 2025” award
Date: 2025-04-22 22:23:11 +0000 UTC
+ I’m a season 1 sorta guy
Date: 2025-03-21 13:15:41 +0000 UTC
I'm just gonna be your YouTube algorithm now
Date: 2025-01-04 14:00:41 +0000 UTC
I'm not crazy about liking Android TV, here's why (members post)
Date: 2025-02-05 15:00:23 +0000 UTC
I’m not used to seeing this
Date: 2025-03-13 12:45:00 +0000 UTC
I'm setting the bar too low
Date: 2025-03-06 18:00:23 +0000 UTC
I'm Sick, I Have a Sickness
Date: 2025-03-06 23:31:20 +0000 UTC
Introducing Quick Stuff
Date: 2025-04-03 12:00:00 +0000 UTC
+ iPhone 16e review in progress: battery life
Date: 2025-03-08 13:00:41 +0000 UTC
➕ iPhone 16e review in progress: photography
Date: 2025-03-06 15:00:34 +0000 UTC
Is ChatGPT the next Dropbox or the next iPhone?
Date: 2025-03-02 18:04:41 +0000 UTC
It's time for some more YouTube videos just in time for the weekend
Date: 2025-01-11 00:00:22 +0000 UTC
It’s time to engage
Date: 2025-02-10 23:30:00 +0000 UTC
I've moved to Ghost Pro
Date: 2025-03-30 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
Let's move on from post-credits scenes
Date: 2025-04-04 13:30:00 +0000 UTC
Matt Gemmell is back on the Mac
Date: 2025-02-11 17:22:48 +0000 UTC
Meta got tricky with LLM benchmarks
Date: 2025-04-08 11:30:21 +0000 UTC
Meta has squandered Threads
Date: 2025-03-22 20:32:52 +0000 UTC
Meta, moderation, and whose freedoms come first
Date: 2025-01-16 22:52:00 +0000 UTC
Modding a Nintendo 3DS is precise, but doable in 2025
Date: 2025-04-16 02:23:33 +0000 UTC
More YouTube goodies? More YouTube goodies.
Date: 2024-12-30 18:00:20 +0000 UTC
My default apps of 2024
Date: 2024-12-22 15:00:41 +0000 UTC
My god, where did the YouTube suggestions go?
Date: 2025-03-15 13:59:50 +0000 UTC
My job doesn't need to exist?
Date: 2025-03-27 12:00:00 +0000 UTC
My lil' Ghostty terminal config
Date: 2025-01-03 20:00:03 +0000 UTC
My toxic tech trait
Date: 2025-02-16 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
Netflix accidentally gave us something nice
Date: 2025-02-14 20:57:24 +0000 UTC
New estimates have ChatGPT using 10x less power than previously thought
Date: 2025-02-11 23:38:35 +0000 UTC
New weekend, new video recommendations
Date: 2025-02-15 13:00:04 +0000 UTC
noclip is my favorite website find of 2025 so far
Date: 2025-02-07 00:44:39 +0000 UTC
Nothing in your workflow is permenent
Date: 2025-04-10 18:00:00 +0000 UTC
Now I love Pedro Pascal even more
Date: 2025-02-27 18:00:50 +0000 UTC
NVIDIA finally gets some competition
Date: 2025-03-06 13:32:26 +0000 UTC
Oh my gosh, I can try the horse browser!
Date: 2025-04-17 16:56:29 +0000 UTC
On the new iPhone 16e
Date: 2025-02-19 18:23:31 +0000 UTC
On the "streaming is more expensive than cable" complaint
Date: 2025-04-23 13:00:49 +0000 UTC
OpenAI is early Googling late-stage Google
Date: 2024-12-29 23:42:32 +0000 UTC
OS updates should respect my settings
Date: 2025-03-25 15:41:00 +0000 UTC
Peanut butter toast
Date: 2025-04-03 16:53:52 +0000 UTC
People Change (members post)
Date: 2025-02-14 17:00:48 +0000 UTC
People’s passion for art made by humans persists
Date: 2025-04-03 20:00:00 +0000 UTC
Perplexity is making a web browser
Date: 2025-02-25 23:30:00 +0000 UTC
Politics are personal
Date: 2025-03-14 22:24:03 +0000 UTC
+ Power users need love too
Date: 2025-04-07 13:00:00 +0000 UTC
Pulling myself out of the pit
Date: 2025-04-14 13:00:38 +0000 UTC
Quick Reviews 1.0.5: the quality of life update
Date: 2025-02-16 14:19:24 +0000 UTC
Quick Reviews for iOS is coming soon
Date: 2025-01-23 15:00:33 +0000 UTC
Quick Reviews is out now!
Date: 2025-02-02 17:36:11 +0000 UTC
Remember when the Switch 2 was *only* going to cost $449?
Date: 2025-04-04 19:14:17 +0000 UTC
“Retina” is not a static PPI
Date: 2025-04-01 21:38:34 +0000 UTC
Samsung will release their phone first and still gets accused of copying Apple
Date: 2025-01-04 14:30:00 +0000 UTC
Say hello to another Quick Stuff app
Date: 2025-04-10 21:53:58 +0000 UTC
Say hello to Quick Chapters
Date: 2025-04-09 23:12:30 +0000 UTC
Secretary of Defense put war plans in a group chat with a journalist
Date: 2025-03-24 19:42:04 +0000 UTC
Settings > Default Apps > Voice Assistant
Date: 2025-03-30 11:00:36 +0000 UTC
Should we do a Conclave?
Date: 2025-03-27 22:40:00 +0000 UTC
Show “nobody wanted” was the second-most-watched show on Disney+
Date: 2025-01-26 20:17:15 +0000 UTC
Sign up for X to see that amber alert. Yikes
Date: 2025-01-06 18:00:00 +0000 UTC
So much time and money for a minor vibe shift
Date: 2025-03-04 20:00:00 +0000 UTC
Some thoughts on the Switch 2
Date: 2025-04-03 13:56:15 +0000 UTC
Starship is a late contender for favorite new things in 2024
Date: 2024-12-23 22:00:33 +0000 UTC
Steam Deck sales numbers are in, and they’re not as spectacular as I’d hope (but I do still have hope)
Date: 2025-02-25 23:00:00 +0000 UTC
Stunts are getting their Oscar in 2028
Date: 2025-04-18 12:58:47 +0000 UTC
Superhuman’s next big update looks very compelling
Date: 2025-02-20 19:00:00 +0000 UTC
Tariffs, integrity, and chaos
Date: 2025-04-10 00:10:00 +0000 UTC
That app could probably be a website
Date: 2025-01-05 23:00:00 +0000 UTC
That time Apple made Audio Hijack way worse, but eventually made it better for everyone
Date: 2024-12-27 23:29:02 +0000 UTC
That’s not for me, but I love that the open web makes it possible
Date: 2025-02-05 20:45:41 +0000 UTC
The base MacBook Air should have an M1 processor
Date: 2025-03-19 21:18:21 +0000 UTC
The battle of the budget phones
Date: 2025-03-04 13:48:45 +0000 UTC
The best app for gaming on the Vision Pro will soon be Safari
Date: 2025-01-07 15:46:46 +0000 UTC
+ The broken toe
Date: 2025-04-17 12:30:00 +0000 UTC
The day Birchtree grew up
Date: 2025-01-07 19:32:39 +0000 UTC
The "essential" iPhone
Date: 2025-03-12 16:40:41 +0000 UTC
The Gen Z-powered retro gaming revival
Date: 2025-03-24 20:54:15 +0000 UTC
The Intuit vs the government cage fight
Date: 2025-04-24 19:00:00 +0000 UTC
The LLM bubble might be about to burst (but not for the reason you think)
Date: 2025-01-27 15:32:03 +0000 UTC
The mythical iOS 18.4
Date: 2025-02-17 22:17:00 +0000 UTC
The next few vids you'll watch on YouTube
Date: 2025-02-04 20:30:51 +0000 UTC
The Pebble (which made me fall in love with smart watches) is back
Date: 2025-03-18 22:21:30 +0000 UTC
The post you knew was coming about the Switch 2 display
Date: 2025-04-02 16:25:56 +0000 UTC
The releases keep on coming! New MacBook Air and Mac Studio
Date: 2025-03-05 15:27:05 +0000 UTC
🫡
Date: 2025-01-24 22:00:43 +0000 UTC
The Snow Leopard we've built up in our heads
Date: 2025-03-28 14:00:00 +0000 UTC
The tale of Narcissus
Date: 2025-03-26 13:21:14 +0000 UTC
The Vision Pro makes Touch ID more appealing
Date: 2025-01-17 20:00:00 +0000 UTC
The Vision Pro one year later: this product just ain’t for me
Date: 2025-02-02 16:57:56 +0000 UTC
The VR market shrunk yet again in 2024
Date: 2025-03-19 14:51:28 +0000 UTC
The worst product Marques Brownlee ever reviewed dies after 10 months
Date: 2025-02-18 23:30:00 +0000 UTC
This alert must die
Date: 2025-03-27 00:08:21 +0000 UTC
This challenge escalated quickly!
Date: 2025-03-13 15:25:42 +0000 UTC
This is why people see attacks on DEI as thinly veiled racism
Date: 2025-01-31 18:19:32 +0000 UTC
This menu needs to die
Date: 2025-02-18 14:00:00 +0000 UTC
This remote has me questioning everything
Date: 2025-01-11 15:00:00 +0000 UTC
TikTok is gone for at least a couple days, so here's some YouTube videos to stave off the boredom
Date: 2025-01-19 14:49:10 +0000 UTC
Trump’s latest executive order plainly states no one has authority over him
Date: 2025-02-19 12:55:48 +0000 UTC
“Trust me”
Date: 2025-02-21 21:32:44 +0000 UTC
Incomplete thought: using data to tell a story (members post)
Date: 2025-01-29 12:56:46 +0000 UTC
Was 2024 a good year? Oh, and all the metrics and earnings info you could ever want.
Date: 2024-12-31 17:55:29 +0000 UTC
Watch me write a task manager in 30 minutes
Date: 2025-03-07 13:06:04 +0000 UTC
We do this same thing with AI bots and human blogs
Date: 2025-02-26 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
Web tech rocks
Date: 2025-01-24 13:08:12 +0000 UTC
What people do with an empty text box
Date: 2025-03-20 12:31:38 +0000 UTC
When friends act like enemies
Date: 2025-02-25 22:14:36 +0000 UTC
➕ Who cares about smartphone design?
Date: 2025-03-03 13:00:04 +0000 UTC
Who has time for due process these days?
Date: 2025-04-17 13:48:08 +0000 UTC
Who pays tariffs
Date: 2025-04-15 12:00:00 +0000 UTC
Who's using AI in the workplace?
Date: 2025-02-26 16:57:52 +0000 UTC
+ Why don't I post mock ups anymore?
Date: 2025-03-27 00:30:43 +0000 UTC
+ Why I quit Superhuman
Date: 2025-03-13 19:30:32 +0000 UTC
Worst headline of 2025 contender just dropped
Date: 2025-02-25 22:50:00 +0000 UTC
Wow, what courage
Date: 2025-03-06 14:00:00 +0000 UTC
X Premium Plus now costs well more than running my own damn Mastodon server
Date: 2024-12-23 15:48:49 +0000 UTC
Yesterday's 'golden age' turns into today's mess
Date: 2025-03-29 17:30:00 +0000 UTC
You did not put a lot of time into this
Date: 2025-04-10 17:21:48 +0000 UTC
You don't have to be famous to be great at your job
Date: 2025-04-25 13:44:24 +0000 UTC
You don’t need AI to play old games on modern hardware
Date: 2025-03-17 21:29:04 +0000 UTC
You have got to be kidding me
Date: 2025-04-01 15:30:00 +0000 UTC
Your brain doesn’t want you to work out
Date: 2025-02-21 19:29:25 +0000 UTC
You’re telling me I’m holding it wrong? Really!?!!
Date: 2025-03-20 20:29:49 +0000 UTC