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Craig Hockenberry

Mac and iOS developer at the Iconfactory, where he has worked on Twitterrific and Tot; he writes at furbo.org.

5 things

TimerSoftware Apple

loved

The Timer has been my favorite app since it debuted in the first version of watchOS.

A close reading of what changed in the watchOS 10 Timer app.

2023-09-28·furbo.org ↗

Fatbobman's BlogOther Fatbobman

recommended

As you get more familiar with TipKit, I highly recommend this article on Fatbobman’s Blog

A week-long struggle to add Apple's TipKit tips to an existing UIKit app.

2026-08-31·furbo.org ↗

TipKitSoftware Apple

mixed

The biggest failure with the TipKit introduction is that it ignored the past and how apps have historically been built.

A week-long struggle to add Apple's TipKit tips to an existing UIKit app.

2026-08-31·furbo.org ↗

Spotlight (iOS)Software Apple

disliked

This bug affected the App Library, Mail, Notes, Messages, Settings, and more. Having a device that couldn’t find things was crippling.

An account of his iPhone's Spotlight index becoming corrupted and nothing short of a settings reset fixing it.

2026-04-29·furbo.org ↗

Canon MF644CdwHardware Canon

disliked

As you’ll see below, this is not a printer that will be easy to deal with on a Mac. It will be a purchase you regret.

A long post on why his household's colour laser printer will not stay online on a Mac, and how to work around it.

2026-03-14·furbo.org ↗

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The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.

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The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is for its kind of thing.

The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Fully green is recent. It drains a quarter at a time as the post gets older, and is empty once it reads as dated.

What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:

Stripes mean the post carries no date and the date shown is an estimate. No date at all, no shading.