I had the pleasure of joining Andrew O’Hara on the HomeKit Insider podcast to break down the differences between Home Automations, Personal Automations, and Shortcuts.
Stephen Hackett is stepping away… and Stephen Robles is stepping in! Congrats to Stephen(s) and David Sparks for continuing the legacy of this show.
According to a new report, the long-rumored “HomePad” is finally coming this spring – and I think it runs on Interactive Snippets.
I had the pleasure of helping Greg Pierce update his Shortcuts support for Drafts – check out the release.
If you’re building with a Terminal chatbot, make yourself a Developer directory to store all your projects.
If you’re fatigued by the animation in long-running shortcuts, my tip for you is: run it without opening it first.
For anyone using Claude Code or OpenClaw, try querying Spotlight with Apple’s own Terminal tool `mdfind.`
Amazon has rolled out Alexa+ (free if you already have Prime) and shared details like how usage is up 2x.
Apple is hiring a new Tech Lead Manager for the Shortcuts team – an intriguing role (located in the San Francisco Bay Area).
Casey Liss has shared a unique Status Board setup he’s created using a now-discontinued switch and Home Assistant – clever.
New from Apple: Developers can leverage coding agents, including Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex, directly in Xcode to tackle complex tasks autonomously, helping them develop apps faster than ever.
I am now the proud owner of a “Hiboy S2 Pro Daily Commuting Electric Scooter” thanks to this video and Facebook Marketplace.
Developer Matt Corey has released Within Reach, a weight-loss app targeted at people taking GLP-1 medications – and it includes Shortcuts support.
Mark and Steve from Ripple Training have a great walkthrough of everything new in Final Cut added alongside Apple Creator Studio – I learned so much from these guys.
Apple’s handy “item finder” just got a spec bump across the board – a solid update for the device.
Filipe Esposito has an exposé on Enchanté (and Enterprise Assistant), Apple’s way of testing their AI tools internally.
Code-named Campos, Siri will convert to a chat experience rather than one-off requests – check out the full report from Bloomberg.
Mark Gurman reports that we’ll see the “new Siri” announced at WWDC24 before we get a chatbot version at WWDC26 and in the fall – plus Jason Snell on Google TPUs.
Nike Master Trainer Kirsty Gordso stars in a new campaign from Beats for the Powerbeats Fit – my daily drivers as of late.
Federico Viticci dove deep into the OpenClaw project from Peter Steinberger and reported back on his experience – a must-read for the state of AI at the beginning of 2026.