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Mehdi Ouazza @mehdio.com ๐งก Data Engineer at heart
๐ฅ DevRel @motherduck.com (Cloud-based @duckdb.org)
๐ฅ YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@mehdio
โ๏ธ Blog http://mehdio.com/blog
Openvibe @openvibe.social The App for Connecting Open Social Web
Mastodon, Bluesky, Nostr, Threads in ONE app, in ONE feed โจ
https://openvibe.social
Barry Collins @bazzacollins.bsky.social Journalist, editor, little ray of sunshine for Forbes, PC Pro and others.
Gary Rosenzweig (MacMost) @rosenz.bsky.social ๐จ๐ปโ๐ป Host and producer of MacMost.com
๐น๏ธ Game developer
๐ Book writer
๐จ Ice cream enthusiast
I post things here that help you get the most from your Mac, other Apple devices and technology in general.
Lou Plummer ๏ฃฟ @amerpie.lol Dedicated #Mac user. #Obsidian fan. #AppalachianTrail thru-hiker, Retired from educational IT after 31 years (K-12 and Higher Ed). Creator of AppAddict. Left of Liberal. North Carolina native. Friendly member of the Woke Mobโข. โ๏ธAlly๐ณ๏ธโ๐ #EdTech #Resist
R8YN @raynerm.bsky.social 20 | Leeds United + Golden State fan | 16K on Instagram | Sniper on COD | Xbox Gamerag: MarleyRayner. 320k Gamerscore | Activision ID: R8YN#2176511
TolerLive | Tyler Klimek @tolerlive.bsky.social | Currently:
| Senior Lighting Artist @ #TurtleRockStudios |
| www.tylerklimek.net |
| Previously:
| Lighting Artist II @ #EA #skate |
| Senior Lighting Artist @ #DeviationGames |
| Lighting Artist at #343Industries #Halo |
| Twitch.tv/tolerlive |
Axel ๐จโ๐ป Developer @axelgarciak.bsky.social ๐จโ๐ป Software Engineer ๐พ Software minimalist/retro
๐ค AI tinkerer ๐๏ธ Building tech communities
๐ช๐บ UK ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ป๐ช | Check bio: axelgarciak.com/bio
Douglas Hill @douglashill.co Software engineer at Nutrient (previously known as PSPDFKit) and a former NSLondon organiser. Mostly near London or Innsbruck. Find me ice skating, wakeboarding, skiing or snowboarding. he/him
Adrian Eves @swifteves.bsky.social Dad. iOS, Game Developer. Prev @Marvel / @WaltDisneyCo, @Apple. Ironman finisher. Voice Actor. Cartoonist. ๐งฉ
Stewart Lynch ๐จ๐ฆ @stewartlynch.bsky.social ๏ฃฟ Distinguished Educator. Focused on IOS development and helping others improve their coding skills.
All social and communication links:
https://linktr.ee/stewartlynch
Keith Harrison @useyourloaf.com I write about iOS development at useyourloaf.com.
Tom Harrington @atomicbird.bsky.social Emeritus iOS Developer. Iโm not very active here but you can find me at https://mastodon.social/@atomicbird
Rob @coperob.bsky.social Retired techie. Traveling, writing, coding, and just living.
Donovan H @hop.ie Web developer. Learning iOS dev. Enjoying Toast. I write blogs about CSS animation and other front end dev stuff. Also handstands. He/him.
Frank Foster @frankefoster.com Senior iOS Engineer | @iosdevhappyhour organizer | Father of three | Creator of Utility Window | My views are my own | #BLM | CommunityKit @frankfoster@iosdev.space
Jonathan Willing @willing.bsky.social iOS @ Waymo, self-driving cars & SwiftUI
Myke Hurley @myke.social Podcaster and Co-Founder at @Relay.fm, Creative Director and Co-Founder at @CortexBrand.com.
Marco Arment @marcoarment.bsky.social Overcast, Accidental Tech Podcast, andโฆย the internet, I guess
dan seifert @dcseifert.bsky.social just doin my best
product critic at Google
used to be at The Verge
i still love technology, always and forever
Panzer @panz.bsky.social Now: Tiptop
Then: TechCrunch
Onlypanz: instagram.com/panzer
Dan Moren @dmoren.com Author, podcaster, inexplicably a two-time Jeopardy! champion. I have the death sentence in 12 systems. He/him.
https://dmoren.com
Alex Cox ๐ค @alexcoxfm.bsky.social https://alexcox.omg.lol
Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com I work at https://panic.com
Find me at https://cabel.com
๐Portland, OR
Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com I work on movies and talk about movies. http://www.tvaziri.com
Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
Quinn Nelson @snazzylabs.com Host of the YouTube channel, Snazzy Labs! I talk about tech.
Iโm @SnazzyQ most other places.
Tara Mann @taramann.bsky.social Designing software.
John Siracusa @siracusa.social Programmer, tech writer, and co-host of Accidental Tech Podcast, Reconcilable Differences, and Robot or Not. https://hypercritical.co
John Voorhees @johnvoorhees.macstories.net I write and podcast at MacStories.net with @viticci.macstories.net and the MacStories team where we cover Apple, apps, videogames, and more.
My podcasts: @appstories.macstories.net, @npc.macstories.net, @unwind.macstories.net, and @ruminate.macstories.net
Apollo App @apolloapp.bsky.social I am an iOS app for Reddit!
Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social host and founder, Post Games
co-host, The Besties
https://www.patreon.com/c/PostGames
https://postgame.substack.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-games/id1815131711
Signal: plante.01
MacRumors.com @macrumors.bsky.social Apple, iPhone, iPad, and Mac rumors, news, tips, and videos. This is the official MacRumors.com Bluesky account. Follow us! Message us with questions and comments.
Juli Clover @juli.bsky.social Managing Editor at MacRumors. Email me: juli@macrumors.com. Also a cat parent, pottery student, plant enthusiast, and gardener (natives not lawns). 
Vidit Bhargava @viditb.bsky.social MDes at UC Berkeley. Prototyping with emerging technologies. Systems Thinker.
Design and Develop iOS Apps (like LookUp)
When Iโm not making apps, Iโm baking Pizza, or watching movies.
Ben Sandofsky @sandofsky.com I make Halide and Kino.
nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
Chris Welch @welch.bsky.social Reporter and photographer at Bloomberg
The Verge for a long time before that
chris-welch.com
Signal: 845.445.8455
@chriswelch elsewhere
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social Designer
Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg | co-host of Triple Click | New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice + Press Reset + Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | Email: jschreier@gmail.com | Signal: jschreier.10
Chance Miller @chancemiller.me 9to5Mac.com editor-in-chief, host of 9to5Mac Daily and 9to5Mac Happy Hour
Email: chance@9to5mac.com
Signal: โช469-383-8069โฌ
Kalamazoo, MI
nate parrott @nateparrott.bsky.social computer user and fool
nateparrott.com
The Verge @theverge.com Covering life in the future
Subscribe here: https://www.theverge.com/subscribe
Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk Senior Correspondent @theverge.com โ Sign up to Notepad, my weekly newsletter on Microsoft's big bets at http://theverge.com/notepad โ Tips? msg me on Signal: tomwarren.01
Ben McCarthy @benricem.bsky.social Irish, non-binary, maker of apps, taker of photos.
benricemccarthy.com / anilineapps.com
weirder here than everywhere else.
they / them
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฎ๐ช
Christopher Lawley @chrislawley.me YouTuber, Photographer, Podcaster, and overall nerd. I cover the iPad, iPhone, apps, and more.
๐บ YouTube: YouTube.com/@ChrisLawley
๐๏ธ Podcast: MacStories.net/comfort-zone/
๐ Links/Contact: chrislawley.me
Matthew Cassinelli @matthewcassinelli.bsky.social Independent journalist & creator covering Appleโs Shortcuts. Former Workflow team. App Intents/Apple Intelligence developer consultant. #ElgatoPartner.
Get my shortcuts: https://matthewcassinelli.com/sirishortcuts
Feed: @cassinellimedia.bsky.social
Six Colors @sixcolors.com Daily coverage of Apple, other technology companies, and the intersection of technology and culture.
Rosemary Orchard @rosemaryorchard.com Professional nerd, developer, podcaster, geek!
Craig Grannell @craiggrannell.bsky.social Writer for hire. Mostly tech, Apple, games, retrogaming, design. Smashes out words for Stuff, Wired, TapSmart and others. He/him. GF/DF. Likes Lego and Mini Schnauzers. Email: hello at craiggrannell dot com // https://linktr.ee/craiggrannell
Aaron T. @unreality.bsky.social hi im aaron! vgc player, coauthor of www.vgcguide.com, he/him. i smiled into the abyss and the abyss smiled back.
Scott Glaza @nostrom.bsky.social Sr. Content Strategist, Pokemon Digital Marketing & Communications. Former PlayPokemon VGC commentator. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐. He/Him. All post my own.
Inferis @inferis.org Some visionOS UI Frameworks kind of guy working at Apple.
Aaron Pearce @aaronpearce.com Developer of HomeKit apps, such as HomeCam, HomePass, HomeRun, HomeLog and more.
Apps: pearcemedia.app
Blog: aaronpearce.com
Adam Bell @b3ll.bsky.social I make synths, interactions, animations, and hack things ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ #no #u
Ryan Ashcraft @ryanashcraft.com Indie iOS dev building a nutrition tracking app called @foodnoms.com. Living in SF Bay Area with @tannersmith.me. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Greg Gardner @gregggreg.bsky.social Founder, Cromulent Labs. Indie iOS developer. Creator of Launcher, Articulate AI Language Tutor, and most recently WalkStar.
https://cromulentlabs.com/
Manton Reece @manton.org Founder of Micro.blog.
Thomas Ricouard @dimillian.app Developer Experience, Codex @OpenAI
Builder, Entrepreneur, iOS/macOS, Swift/SwiftUI & more
https://dimillian.app
David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz Editor-at-large at The Verge. I could eat.
Anders Borum @borum.dev I make developer tools for iOS and Mac: @workingcopy.app @secureshellfish.app https://s3files.app
MacStories @macstories.net Apple news, reviews, stories, and podcasts. By @viticci.macstories.net, @johnvoorhees.macstories.net, and friends at https://www.macstories.net.
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Riley Testut @riley.social App developer. Building @deltaemulator.com and @altstore.io
Shantini @shantini.bsky.social she/her
๏ฃฟ Notes software engineer.
www.shantini.co/about
Nilรฉane @nileane.fr ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Prรฉsidente @toutesdesfemmes.fr
โ Co-fondatrice @partidesfemmes.fr
๐๏ธ Silliest co-host on @comfortzonepodcast.bsky.social every week
๐ I make @tinystart.app, a tiny launcher for macOS (https://tinystart.app)
also on @mastodon.nileane.fr
overkill ๐ช @overkill.wtf Commentary on hobbies, obsessions, and the overkill approach to life.
https://overkill.wtf
By @cliophate.wtf.
Alex Guyot @alex.unapologetic.io Software engineer. Proprietor of @unapologetic.io. Dev @macstories.net.
I like a fine cocktail and I build a nice website.
In search of great coffee. โ
Greg Pierce @agiletortoise.bsky.social I make things. Mostly for Apple plaforms. See agiletortoise.com
Casey Liss @liss.bsky.social A man of occasionally refined taste and usually coarse language.
I make the iOS app Callsheet, I am a host on @atp.fm and Analog(ue) on @relay.fm. I write at https://caseyliss.com
Based in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Hypercritical @hypercritical.co Nothing is so perfect that it canโt be complained about.
Ricky Mondello @rmondello.com ๐ Friend
๐ณ๏ธโโง Trans, nonbinary, they/them
๐ท Caring, careful
๐ Passkeys & passwords
๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ Itโs not a phase
๐ฆ Speedrunner
Gui Rambo @inside.bsky.social I know a thing or two about AirPods. App developer, security researcher. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐งฉ
https://mastodon.social/@_inside
Marques Brownlee @mkbhd.com Video maker
Sofa @sofahq.social iOS app that helps you organize your downtime by keeping lists of books, movies, podcasts, and more.
โข Website: https://sofahq.com
โข Made by @shawnhickman.me
Shawn Hickman @shawnhickman.me Designer/developer of the iOS app @sofahq.social. I also love Disney, photography, and cereal.
๐๏ธ: https://sofahq.com
๐บ: https://www.youtube.com/@shawn.hickman
๐: https://www.hickman.studio
Rebecca Owen @beccais.online ๐ฉโ๐ป Indie Apple platforms developer making @chroniclingapp.com, software engineering manager, cat Mum, human Mum. Rarely in that order!
Fan of reading, running, gaming and being outside.
๐Cambridge, UK
https://beccais.online
Matt Birchler @birchtree.me 
Robb Knight @rknight.me Shitposting exclusively on the โdon https://social.lol/@robb
Visit my internet website https://rknight.me
I make @echofeed.app / https://echofeed.app for all your cross-posting needs
M.G. Siegler @mgsiegler.com โข Writer of spyglass.org
โข Investor in some companies you've heard of (and many you haven't)
โข Traveler with ๐ฉ๐ป & ๐ง๐ผ๐ถ๐ผ
โข #GoBlue ใฝ๏ธ๐ป
Ray Wong @raywong.bsky.social Senior Editor, Consumer Tech @gizmodo.com ๐งray.wong@gizmodo.com โข Prevs: Deputy Tech Editor @ Inverse โข Founding Editor @ Input โข Senior Tech Correspondent @ Mashable | My โค๏ธ: ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐จ๐ปโ๐ป
Jay Peters @jaypeters.net Senior Reporter at @theverge.com. Email tips to jay.peters@theverge.com.
Personal website is https://jaypeters.net.
Mark Gurman @markgurman.bsky.social Breaking News on Apple and Tech. Bloomberg Managing Editor and Chief Correspondent. Subscribe to Power On. Tips: mark@markgurman.com. Signal: markgurman.01. Telegram: GurmanMark.
Joe Rossignol @handle.invalid Senior Reporter at MacRumors.com
XBOX @xbox.com Gaming since 2001
Serenity Caldwell @settern.bsky.social Many-hat wearer, roller robot, and Apple design evangelist.
On social media these days mostly to help the Apple developer community, geek out about interactive storytelling and experience design, and say hi to friends.
And write. Writingโs good too.
Craig Hockenberry @chockenberry.com ROSES ARE RED
THIS SITE IS BLUE
I TYPE WITH BIG LETTERS
TOO OVER POWER YOU
MacStories Unwind Podcast @unwind.macstories.net MacStories Unwind is a fun exploration of media and more.
Each Friday, @viticci.macstories.net and @johnvoorhees.macstories.net explore the fun differences between American and Italian culture and recommend media.
https://www.macstories.net/unwind
AppStories Podcast @appstories.macstories.net A weekly MacStories podcast about the world of apps for Apple devices.
Hosted by @viticci.macstories.net and @johnvoorhees.macstories.net.
https://appstories.net
Vlad Savov ๐ @vladi.bsky.social Tech editor, Bloomberg.
SteamDeckHQ @steamdeckhq.com The Unofficial Steam Deck Game Performance Review and News website. If you're looking for a place dedicated to #SteamDeck developments and games, look no further!
https://steamdeckhq.com
Jay ๐ฆ @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
๐ฑ ๐ชด ๐ณ
Matt Leone @mattleone.bsky.social I write stories about the games industry. Formerly at 1UP and Polygon. Now working on @designroom.site.
Comfort Zone Podcast @comfortzonepodcast.bsky.social Each episode @birchtree.me, @nileane.fr and @chrislawley.me talk about technology, review apps, try to justify some of their insane automations, and challenge each other to mix things up in their technology habits!
https://www.comfortzone.rocks
Sandro @sandropennisi.bsky.social Building and designing apps for Apple platforms since 2008
Current app https://woofly.app
All apps https://noidentity.com/apps.html
Soundcloud experiments https://on.soundcloud.com/6a6v9FDsqaxuZvHn6
Steam Deck @steamdeck.com The latest news about Steam Deck and Steam Deck OLED, the powerful handheld gaming PCs from the team at Valve.
Skeets App @skeetsapp.com ...an accessible 3rd party iOS / iPadOS Bluesky App
Key Features:
- Keep reading position
- Edit posts
- Post notifications
- Bookmarks
- Drafts
- Push Notifications filter
Get it here: https://www.skeetsapp.com
created by: @sebastian.eurosky.social