There’s something oddly thrilling about the first support request you get for a new product. Finally, someone who isn’t me is using the thing we made! 🤩
….of course, it doesn’t hurt when the feedback is mostly positive. ❤️ Bring it on!
Design, technology, and other things on our mind.
There’s something oddly thrilling about the first support request you get for a new product. Finally, someone who isn’t me is using the thing we made! 🤩
….of course, it doesn’t hurt when the feedback is mostly positive. ❤️ Bring it on!
07 November 2023
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Sarah & Matt
If you’re a freelancer, contractor, or business owner looking to track time to your accounting system with an elegant app: we have good news for you!
Read moreabout Announcing Turnip, our new timer app31 March 2022
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Sarah
What I learnt about design when I couldn’t turn on a lightbulb; or, how a cooker hood nearly drove me to distraction.
Read moreabout Now we’re cooking with gas: hamburger menus in the kitchen26 January 2022
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Matt
When a bug in macOS meant Mic Drop stopped working with Bluetooth headphones, we needed to come up with a fix. The solution was far stranger than we expected.
Read moreabout How we fixed the mic on macOS Monterey09 August 2021
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Sarah
Everyone’s talking about going back to normal. But is normal the right goal? We have a rare opportunity to redesign our lives. What could we be doing better?
Read moreabout Let’s not go back to normal31 October 2020
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Sarah
Employers are warming up to the idea of remote working, but not everyone is quite ready to trust their employees fully. Instead of resorting to privacy-invading software, it's time to update how we think about our productivity.
Read moreabout A watched employee never boils12 August 2020
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Matt
It turns out that there's a lot more to simplicity than there seems—and audio, in particular, is especially complex. What we've learned from our first foray into macOS app development, from a (mostly) technical perspective.
Read moreabout How to mute a mic in six months30 June 2020
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Sarah
With the coronavirus pandemic ongoing, it looks like remote working may be here to stay—which means lots and lots of Zoom meetings. Since video calling is our new normal, it’s time we had an etiquette guide for our post-COVID world. Spoiler alert: keep your trousers on and mute your mic.
Read moreabout The Remote Meeting Etiquette Guide29 April 2020
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Matt
Mic Drop is a little app for your Mac that makes it super easy to mute (and unmute!) your mic, using a global shortcut or a menu bar control. It's also our very first app, so please forgive us if we use too many exclamation points.
Read moreabout Say hello to Mic Drop!22 November 2019
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Sarah
Saying you're all about ethics is one thing, but actually quantifying it and holding yourself accountable is another thing entirely. Let's get specific about what "ethical business practices" actually means.
Read moreabout Making ethics the beating heart(s) of our business1
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