Tim Schmitz
@timschmitz.bsky.social
Apple platforms developer, available for hire to help build your app. Developer of @tinseltown-app.com 🍿
I'm here live, I'm not a cat
I'm here live, I'm not a cat
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Tim Schmitz
@timschmitz.bsky.social
· Oct 25
Tinseltown - Streaming Tracker
Tinseltown is an app that makes it easy to keep track of where you can stream all the movies and shows you want to watch.
Let's be honest, there are tons of streaming services out there and nobody c...
apps.apple.com
Hi all! 👋 Short intro about me: I’m a freelance/contract developer for iOS and other Apple platforms. When I can find spare time I’m also working on indie apps like Tinseltown. (apps.apple.com/app/id648034...)
I may also be the only person in America who doesn’t like cheese. (It’s a whole thing.)
I may also be the only person in America who doesn’t like cheese. (It’s a whole thing.)
Aside from Casino Royale, The Incredibles is the best Bond movie this century. Prove me wrong.
November 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Aside from Casino Royale, The Incredibles is the best Bond movie this century. Prove me wrong.
This will be an insta-buy 📖
Hard times spreading just like the flu / Watch out homeboy don’t let it catch you
October 29, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This will be an insta-buy 📖
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And once again you can only shake your head and wonder how a group of people came together and decided it was a good idea to trade a player and person like this.
Mookie Betts was named winner of the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award "for his many extraordinary efforts including supporting young people in a variety of ways and helping victims of the Los Angeles fires."
The award is based on character, community involvement and philanthropy.
Such as:
The award is based on character, community involvement and philanthropy.
Such as:
October 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
And once again you can only shake your head and wonder how a group of people came together and decided it was a good idea to trade a player and person like this.
SwiftUI peeps: Is it possible to create a view like the Apple Maps bottom sheet with a search bar at the top and no title using .searchable? I can't seem to get it to work without leaving an awkward empty gap between the search field and the top of the view.
October 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
SwiftUI peeps: Is it possible to create a view like the Apple Maps bottom sheet with a search bar at the top and no title using .searchable? I can't seem to get it to work without leaving an awkward empty gap between the search field and the top of the view.
How are we feeling about macOS Tahoe at this point? Are there still issues with installing/updating Mac App Store apps? Design quibbles aside, any productivity deal-breakers?
October 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
How are we feeling about macOS Tahoe at this point? Are there still issues with installing/updating Mac App Store apps? Design quibbles aside, any productivity deal-breakers?
Excited about the new M5 iPad Pro because I assume the "old" M4 model will soon be available at a discounted price 💸
October 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Excited about the new M5 iPad Pro because I assume the "old" M4 model will soon be available at a discounted price 💸
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“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
October 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
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Tinseltown 1.3 is out today with updates for Liquid Glass and the ability to import your watchlist from Trakt. It's a great way to get started without manually adding everything you want to watch. 🎬 Trakt import is free once for everyone, or unlimited for VIP users. apps.apple.com/app/id6480349413
Tinseltown - Streaming Tracker
Find what to watch. Know where to watch it.
Tinseltown helps you track your favorite movies and TV shows — and tells you which streaming services are worth paying for.
With so many streaming platforms out there, it’s hard to know which ones are actually giving you value. Tinseltown makes it easy:…
apps.apple.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Tinseltown 1.3 is out today with updates for Liquid Glass and the ability to import your watchlist from Trakt. It's a great way to get started without manually adding everything you want to watch. 🎬 Trakt import is free once for everyone, or unlimited for VIP users. apps.apple.com/app/id6480349413
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portland update: this just crossed the street in front of me holding a bright yellow sign that said WELCOME TO HELL
September 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
portland update: this just crossed the street in front of me holding a bright yellow sign that said WELCOME TO HELL
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My general belief is that Dems need to spend more time thinking about what they believe and less about what they think some imaginary swing voters want them to believe.
Political strategy will stem from an authentic set of beliefs.
Political strategy will stem from an authentic set of beliefs.
This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...
Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My general belief is that Dems need to spend more time thinking about what they believe and less about what they think some imaginary swing voters want them to believe.
Political strategy will stem from an authentic set of beliefs.
Political strategy will stem from an authentic set of beliefs.
If you used the Xcode 26 betas, make sure to go into Xcode settings and clean out the iOS 26.0 beta simulators that you no longer need. Mine didn't get deleted automatically and each one consumed about 10 GB. 😳
September 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If you used the Xcode 26 betas, make sure to go into Xcode settings and clean out the iOS 26.0 beta simulators that you no longer need. Mine didn't get deleted automatically and each one consumed about 10 GB. 😳
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Thirty-two years ago today, Myst was released.
Happy Birthday, little guy!
🎂
Happy Birthday, little guy!
🎂
September 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Thirty-two years ago today, Myst was released.
Happy Birthday, little guy!
🎂
Happy Birthday, little guy!
🎂
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One thing I notice is that people are just so angry? And most of the time not at anything useful. Just, like, because they had to wait in a short line, or someone’s baby cried once on a plane. The fuse overall is dangerously short, is what I’m saying
September 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
One thing I notice is that people are just so angry? And most of the time not at anything useful. Just, like, because they had to wait in a short line, or someone’s baby cried once on a plane. The fuse overall is dangerously short, is what I’m saying
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Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
September 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
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iOS 26 updates are coming soon with a nice visual refresh. The next release will also bring along with another little goodie that will make it much easier to get started with your watchlist!
September 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
iOS 26 updates are coming soon with a nice visual refresh. The next release will also bring along with another little goodie that will make it much easier to get started with your watchlist!
Feels like an opportune moment to reiterate that we'd all be better off if there were fewer guns in this country.
September 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Feels like an opportune moment to reiterate that we'd all be better off if there were fewer guns in this country.
TIL: If you've never used Clean Up in the Photos app on the Mac, exporting a photo that's been edited with the Clean Up feature on iOS will fail. You have to activate Clean Up on the Mac in order to get it to download the feature, which then allows the export to proceed 😵💫
September 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
TIL: If you've never used Clean Up in the Photos app on the Mac, exporting a photo that's been edited with the Clean Up feature on iOS will fail. You have to activate Clean Up on the Mac in order to get it to download the feature, which then allows the export to proceed 😵💫
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Whatever you think of the glass effect itself in xOS 26, I think it's undeniable that just this is a gigantic improvement. I mean, we've been complaining about lack of button borders in navigation for ~9 years.
August 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Whatever you think of the glass effect itself in xOS 26, I think it's undeniable that just this is a gigantic improvement. I mean, we've been complaining about lack of button borders in navigation for ~9 years.
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my moment has arrived
August 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
my moment has arrived
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★ Gold, Frankincense, and Silicon
Gold, Frankincense, and Silicon
It is disturbing to think that the leader of a beloved, trusted, and widely believed-to-be-ethical company like Apple has succumbed to avarice. That Tim Cook feels no qualms about — or perhaps even delights in — participating in a quid-pro-quo-driven corrupt administration in which flattery, fealty, gifts, and barely-concealed bribes are rewarded. That the United States devolving into kleptocracy suits Tim Cook just fine, because Apple’s pockets are deep enough to pay the vig.
But the alternative is more disturbing.
daringfireball.net
August 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
★ Gold, Frankincense, and Silicon
This is fun! Furthest I’ve been:
N: Edinburgh, Scotland
E: Da Nang, Vietnam
S: Cape Town, South Africa
W: Kauai, Hawaii
N: Edinburgh, Scotland
E: Da Nang, Vietnam
S: Cape Town, South Africa
W: Kauai, Hawaii
Furthest I've been:
N: Helsinki, FI
E: St. Petersburg, RU
S: Mossburn, South Island NZ
W: Hanalei, Kauai, HI
New south champ since I last played this game!
N: Helsinki, FI
E: St. Petersburg, RU
S: Mossburn, South Island NZ
W: Hanalei, Kauai, HI
New south champ since I last played this game!
Furthest I've been:
N: Carlisle, UK
E: Venice, Italy
S: Aruba
W: Mendocino, CA.
Though I'm gonna expand my west to Ohio in late September and, probably, my north to Fort William, Scotland next year.
bsky.app/profile/stac...
N: Carlisle, UK
E: Venice, Italy
S: Aruba
W: Mendocino, CA.
Though I'm gonna expand my west to Ohio in late September and, probably, my north to Fort William, Scotland next year.
bsky.app/profile/stac...
August 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is fun! Furthest I’ve been:
N: Edinburgh, Scotland
E: Da Nang, Vietnam
S: Cape Town, South Africa
W: Kauai, Hawaii
N: Edinburgh, Scotland
E: Da Nang, Vietnam
S: Cape Town, South Africa
W: Kauai, Hawaii
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the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
Earlier this week it was 99 degrees, but this morning I'm drinking hot coffee with the windows open. New England summer: you never know what you're going to get!
August 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Earlier this week it was 99 degrees, but this morning I'm drinking hot coffee with the windows open. New England summer: you never know what you're going to get!
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New app in our Member Shoutout: Fun Edition! 😂
We just added another creative #IndieDev app built with privacy-friendly analytics on board: @tinseltown-app
Check out the full list & get inspired:
🔗 telemetrydeck.com/blog/fun-app...
We just added another creative #IndieDev app built with privacy-friendly analytics on board: @tinseltown-app
Check out the full list & get inspired:
🔗 telemetrydeck.com/blog/fun-app...
Member Shoutout March 2025 | TelemetryDeck
Four fun apps to boost your entertainment – this is TelemetryDeck's member shoutout for March 2025!
telemetrydeck.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
New app in our Member Shoutout: Fun Edition! 😂
We just added another creative #IndieDev app built with privacy-friendly analytics on board: @tinseltown-app
Check out the full list & get inspired:
🔗 telemetrydeck.com/blog/fun-app...
We just added another creative #IndieDev app built with privacy-friendly analytics on board: @tinseltown-app
Check out the full list & get inspired:
🔗 telemetrydeck.com/blog/fun-app...