Jordan Robison

Apple's Foundation Models Framework Now Supports Claude. Here's Why That Actually Matters.

WWDC26 session 339 quietly made Anthropic a first-class citizen in Apple's AI framework. It changes how anyone building local automations on Mac should…

Jun 18 • Jordan A Robison

What if the MacBook Ultra is Also an Ultra Keyboard for the iPad Pro?

A theory I had to write down before it becomes confirmed or mere fantasy — what if Apple's thinnest MacBook ever is also a keyboard base that turns your…

Jun 17 • Jordan A Robison

The iPad Pro Can Run a Language Model Now, It Still Won't Open a Terminal.

At WWDC 2026, Apple proved the M5 iPad Pro can run AI models on-device, then shipped iPadOS 27 with no additional desktop features. Can the iPad finally…

Jun 11 • Jordan A Robison

April 2026

I Keep Coming Back to It: Writing

I am a writer. I will always be a writer. I’ve been writing since as long as I can remember. That’s not something I say to sound romantic about it. It’s…

Apr 27 • Jordan A Robison

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March 2026

WWDC 2026: The Year Siri Runs Out of Excuses (and Developers Run the Show)

I watched Apple’s WWDC 2026 announcement replay this morning while I waited for the usual buzzwords.

Mar 24 • Jordan A Robison

A $599 MacBook Can Do More Than a $2,000 iPad Pro, and That's a Choice Apple Made

Reviewing iPadOS 26 and what Apple needs to fix before iPadOS 27, because the MacBook Neo just made their software limitations impossible to ignore.

Mar 24 • Jordan A Robison

Federico Viticci Proves My Point

When a celebrated tech writer draws the line exactly where it protects his own craft

Mar 23 • Jordan A Robison

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February 2026

Drafts as Hub- How AI Helped Me Connect Five Apps on iPad -Part 4

What broke, what I compromised on, what I built and never use.

Feb 26 • Jordan A Robison

Drafts as Hub: How AI Helped Me Connect Five Apps on iPad (Part 3)

I built a cloud backend for my iPad, an AI morning briefing through my AirPods, and a beta of what Siri 2.0 was supposed to be.

Feb 24 • Jordan A Robison

Drafts as Hub: How AI Helped Me Connect Five Apps on iPad (Part 2)

I'm not a developer. I just have five apps that need to talk to each other and an AI that writes JavaScript.

Feb 17 • Jordan A Robison

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Weekly Newsletter - Issue No. 12

The Week I Got Nerdy, Got Mad, and Found the Thread: Drafts Automation, Exelon's Senator, and Safari's Identity Crisis

Feb 14 • Jordan A Robison

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Safari 26.3 Is Here, and the iPad Is Still Pretending to Be a Mac

Safari 26.3 dropped yesterday with a new compression algorithm, some Navigation API improvements for single-page apps, and a handful of bug fixes.

Feb 12 • Jordan A Robison

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