What Makes the Apple Notes App Good for Apologies and Grocery Lists?

Function with Anil Dash

What does the latest celebrity mea culpa and your weekend shopping list have in common? If your answer is the Apple Notes app, then congratulations! You're not alone.

Apple Notes has become the de facto tool of choice for social media apologies, circumventing the brevity of Twitter, Instagram, and other social media platforms to provide lengthy additional context in a single update. But why?

In this week's episode, we explore the reasons, motivations, and compromises behind this behavior with writer and culture expert Kara Brown and senior user experience designer Regine Gilbert. Together, we look at what the evolving use of Apple Notes means for the ways in which we interact via technology.

Guests

• Kara Brown
• Regine Gilbert

Other Links

• Apple Notes on Wikipedia
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• Deafness Led To The Phone, Internet & SMS Texts (Sound Advice)

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