Are there challenges that can help your character overcome their flaws or fears? Put them in. Let your character tell yo

I wanted to take a different approach to this. I came up with 4 design “improvements” that (as a user) I would like to see more of in 2021. (I use the word “improvement” because I can only hope they are not temporary fads.),So let your character tell you what’s going to happen next. Ask them questions of what they don’t want to happen. Look inside at their fears and understand what motivates them to protect themselves from the outside world. Now, unleash that world onto your character and study how they respond. Give them opportunities to fight back, grow, fail, and grow again.,Many of us have heard about the marshmallow experiment. If you haven’t, I’ll give you a quick rundown. Kids were given a marshmallow and told that they may eat the marshmallow now or they can wait for a few minutes and then they will get two. The person running the experiment leaves the room and comes back a few minutes later. If the kid didn’t eat the marshmallow, they’re rewarded with a second.,The MacBook Air’s brain transplant is an unalloyed success. After running on Intel gray matter for more than a decade, the transition to Apple silicon is surprisingly smooth and, in most ways virtually unnoticeable.,So let your character tell you what’s going to happen next. Ask them questions of what they don’t want to happen. Look inside at their fears and understand what motivates them to protect themselves from the outside world. Now, unleash that world onto your character and study how they respond. Give them opportunities to fight back, grow, fail, and grow again.,Shortly before the world plunged into a pandemic, Apple upgraded its popular, ultra-slim notebook with a new Intel 10th Generation Core i CPU and replaced the derided butterfly keyboard with the reengineered Magic keyboard it first unveiled with the 16-inch MacBook Pro in 2019. Little did we know that this would be the last MacBook Air with an Intel processor.,Conservatives are looking for political conspiracies where there are none. They’re so obsessed with traditional gender roles — from magazine covers to their attack on trans people — that they’re unable to see when a dress is just a dress.,During the keynote, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that they were working on Apple Silicon (ARM-based processors, similar to those that already power all of its iPhone and iPads), and that it was set to begin the 2-year process of transitioning all of its Macs to the new platform (and away from Intel). While not officially combining its mobile and desktop platforms — MacOS, iOS and iPadOS — into one, the Apple Silicon would, among other benefits, allow for mobile apps to run on the desktop platform.,To support what might be a bumpy transition, Apple delivered a Developers’ Transition Kit in June to support Universal Apps, and Rosetta 2 to support applications that typically run on Intel CPUs but will need support for Apple’s ARM-based silicon.,Around this time of year, plenty of articles start to circulate about “Design Trends” for 20XX. Although these articles are nice to browse through, they serve more as inspiration (like Dribbble) rather than a checklist or guide.,And now we see inner growth. The man above is panicking, terrified, unsure of what to do. There’s a moment of clarity as the bird stands between him and the car. But something changes. Is it a look of curiosity in the bird? There’s a small injury on it’s leg that prevents it from standing still, which is why the bird is constantly flapping and cawing.,The man realizes that the bird is just as terrified as him… because he’s hungry. Our man braves the little bird and offers him a slice of bread, inching closer to his biggest fear. Instead of screaming, the bird lets out a soft coo and accepts the bread without biting the man, flying off to a nearby tree where little birdies are happily waiting for food. Our main character learns that not all birds are bad, and they are only looking out for their survival. Inner growth.,Conservatives are looking for political conspiracies where there are none. They’re so obsessed with traditional gender roles — from magazine covers to their attack on trans people — that they’re unable to see when a dress is just a dress.,There are so many cursor types out there, it’s a shame we do not use more of them. Yes, they are not always visually appealing, but sometimes they are the only affordance users get — especially if you take color out of the equation.,As COVID-19 took hold and Apple, like virtually everyone else, adjusted to our new reality, the company was cooking up a generational shift, one that it would have to unveil during its first-ever virtual World Wide Developer’s Conference.