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<!--kg-card-begin: html--><blockquote><p>In every case, we have been manipulated by marketers, advertisers, and retailers to shop more and more and more.<br /> The artificial manipulation to change our wants and spending stems from our internal desire to create the perfect

<!--kg-card-begin: html--><p>I am a few days away from deciding on which iPhone 12 size to go for and it’s making me think deeper about myself than I am comfortable with. It’s a ridiculous issue to have, but it’s one that I

<!--kg-card-begin: html--><p>After touching on the subject in <a href="https://gr36.com/gtt/gtt-18/">last weeks newsletter</a>, I am inspired by Matt Birchler (once again) to push into <a href="https://birchtree.me/blog/my-productivity-goals-for-the-week/

<!--kg-card-begin: html--><p>I’ve been delving into origin stories of some of my sons favourite superhero’s and it got me thinking about mine. You might think I have been around here for ages. Bleating on about Apple news like some kind of village idiot

<p><!--kg-card-begin: html--></p> <p>Yeah, I’m <em>that</em> guy this year. I couldn’t decide which iPhone size I wanted, so I <a href="https://twitter.com/GR36/status/1327606056562925569?s=20"

<!--kg-card-begin: html--><p>Three years ago I was <a href="https://gr36.com/the-amount-of-times-ive-missed-the-dual-camera/">dismissive of the zoom lens</a> that featured on the bigger versions of the iPhone. In part because I didn’t want a bigger phone, in

<!--kg-card-begin: html--><div> <div> <p>I am currently trying, and failing quite a lot, to write my iPhone 12 review. Not because it isn’t an excellent phone, but it’s hard to review something that is basically the same as the

<!--kg-card-begin: html--><p><a href>youtu.be/G-M13O-ur…</a></p> <p>Despite ordering weeks ago, out of the blue my MagSafe Wallet turned up yesterday. I happily posted a picture on Twitter and all of a sudden quite

<iframe style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/l28UAs30Jjk" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p>As soon as

<!--kg-card-begin: html--><p>A few times a year these kinds of posts start to appear. Around the time of installing new iOS updates, or getting a new phone, users start to think about what’s on their phone, and new people start to look for apps