Jason Snell
@snell
I write about computers at @sixcolors.com and podcast about lots of stuff at @theincomparable.com and @relay.fm. In the words of Ken Jennings, a "strong player."
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Finally I have something in common with Ben Affleck (other than an abiding love for Jennifer Garner, of course): We've both been next to Jamie Ding on a TV game show.
Hello from California from your Upgrade and Designed in California production team. @myke.social
Lots of people enjoyed the Upgrade episode about the origins of Apple! So @myke.social and I are going to try to do it as a regular podcast. It will be a lot of work, so we need your help. Kickstarter campaign launches June 1! designed.fm
I don't have a personal Stephen Colbert story other than that time in 2001 when he wrote to my friend about a piece he wrote for our blog where he, um, negatively reviewed a Steve Carell performance in a bad sitcom.
Google took a moment at Google Cloud today to put up an Apple logo and read the same sentences that it released in a statement a few months back. Still, hard not to see their pride in being chosen as Apple's AI provider
Yep, that's me talking to Greg Joswiak, Phil Schiller, and the future CEO of Apple at the MacBook Neo event last month… photo credit: @gruber.foo
Microsoft in the summer of 2025: Perhaps we should improve Windows somewhat.
New in macOS 26.5 beta: Clicking on the miniplayer in Music no longer takes you to the wacky full-screen view. Instead, the window fills with the same playback interface as on iPad. I like it.
NBC scorebug: look, yellow for base runners. Yes. Two out dots is bad though. The weird texture on the team logos is comical. At least I can read the player names.
Joining @tvaziri.com in questioning new baseball scorebugs... NESN fails the "three dots for outs" test, but even worse... how many baserunners are on here? It looks to me like the bases are empty, but no, the bases are loaded.
@aptshadow.bsky.social Sorry if you've been told this already... S2E13 of St. Denis Medical (NBC), a character describes her husband as being into sci-fi and, can you believe this, "he read a whole book about space spiders." HMM.
TOMORROW the game-show host becomes the game-show contestant! He certainly appears to be in some serious Jeopardy given the quality of opponents this week!
It was an honor to meet @kenjennings.bsky.social and play with @godwelcomesall.bsky.social ! And really to meet everyone in the green room you'll see as players next week. What an amazing group of people.
Another unexpected opportunity 2026 threw my way: I got the call to be on Jeopardy! Tune in next Thursday, March 19 (or March 20 on Hulu or Peacock), to watch me on the Alex Trebek Stage! sixcolors.com/post/2026/03...
Interesting design quirk I noticed - Apple logo on the Macbook Neo is not shiny but just embossed.
This a CAT checkpoint. Show me the most recent cat image on your phone. (the heater is the great equalizer)