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Nov 27, 2023: I finished watching this video today while waiting for my car at the garage. Andrej Karpathy gives a great talk explaining Gen AI and how the whole …

Nov 27, 2023: While on my desk, I want to use my iPad Pro over Ethernet @ 1 GbE (much faster than wifi) while keeping it charging. Also, it seems that it’s …

Nov 27, 2023: I’m generally unfazed by black Friday sales… I buy things when I need them, not because of any deals. But, this morning, I bought a Kodak …

Nov 27, 2023: If you don’t know me, but especially the places where I’m sharing and for what purpose, that is the video to watch.

Nov 26, 2023: With a bit of a delay, here is my weekly creative summary for week 2023/47. Coming a bit later for my subscribers! 😅

Nov 24, 2023: A new goal: about security: migrating my two-factor authentication from Authy to Apple’s Keychain / iCloud Passwords. Signing into any service …

Nov 24, 2023: Today it’s time for an update to my creative and blogger workflow1. You can get an overview in this diagram, and the changelog here on my …

Nov 23, 2023: It’s my most “successful” image ever on Pixelfed, by far. 😊 Testing MarsEdit Micropost feature (again).

Nov 23, 2023: I created my Backblaze account earlier this week to replace Dropshare Cloud. Today, I discovered that Cloudflare offers S3-compatible storage too, …

Nov 23, 2023: This week, I discovered and experienced the joy of having my two-factor authentication PIN configured within Apple’s password management, and it …

Nov 22, 2023: I should visit the Micro.blog Discover section more often… there are some gems over there from time to time.

Nov 21, 2023: A follow-up to my previous post about Dropshare: Are any users of Backblaze over here? Thoughts? Which service do you use? S3-compatible storage or …

Nov 21, 2023: Dropshare Cloud is being… dropped1. Too bad. I’ll need to redo my custom-made file share space. Dropshare Cloud is being phased out in Feb, …

Nov 21, 2023: I can’t stress enough how Apple’s Freeform is a joy to use. Is this a sleeper hit? If you don’t use it, do yourself a favour and try …

Nov 20, 2023: Which story is worse or more shattering? Steve Jobs fired in 1985, or OpenAI fired one of its founders? I think the latter creates more uncertainty. …

Nov 19, 2023: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! 😀 Today is the day of the new edition of my weekly creative summary! Enjoy! While this early release provides the …

Nov 18, 2023: The Danger of POSSE A recently published article on The Verge discusses POSSE and the Fediverse: “Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere.” This …

Nov 17, 2023: Getting vaccinated today for flu and Covid. Hopefully not too many symptoms in the nextt 24 hours. 😑

Nov 16, 2023: The more testing and experimenting I do with ChatGPT, the more I feel we are at an inflection point like Netscape or the iPhone was. We live in …

Nov 16, 2023: I made this. It is very handy to write an ALT description for an image posted on Pixelfed.

Nov 15, 2023: According to Grammarly, ChatGPT is really bad at English.1 Or is it Grammarly that is really bad? 🤔 ↩︎

Nov 15, 2023: Apple’s Siri, AI and Next’s Year’s OS Releases I don’t know if Apple is working on LLM stuff; they probably do, they probably do work on improving Siri, too, if such a thing is possible in the …

Nov 15, 2023: Raycast is cool. I’m cool. And because we’re cool, here is a rebate. One month free of the Raycast Pro. 1 But the app icon is really ugly! …

Nov 15, 2023: So, how is** iOS 17.2 beta3** going? Stable? I’m asking for a friend.🤭

Nov 14, 2023: This: Foreseeably, the next step in AI integration will happen on an OS level. In the mean time, your app will always run an inferior version compared …

Nov 13, 2023: I don’t know about you guys, but watchOS 10.1.1 is still killing battery life… 😔

Nov 12, 2023: Musing of the day: Which is worse from an environmental point of view, burning the planet with NFTs / blockchains s*** or with AI with LLM models …

Nov 12, 2023: It’s Sunday😃, and it’s time for my new edition of my Weekly Creative Summary, the 2023/45 edition! Mail version coming out later today for …

Nov 12, 2023: I started subscribing to ChatGPT today so that I could experiment with Dall-E and GPT-4. I’ll probably cancel my MidJourney account if all goes …

Nov 11, 2023: One of my first-gen HomePods is slowly dying.1😔 It spits bad “spark”-like sounds after listening to music for some …

Nov 11, 2023: What Happened to the Shortcuts Editor? I’ve been working with Apple Shortcuts editor recently1, on my iPhone and on my iPad, and boy, what a shocking experience! This editor is nearly …

Nov 9, 2023: My theory about what happened at Humane… Founders pitch investors on a hand laser thing when it’s a napkin sketch. They raise too much money, hire too …

Nov 8, 2023: These Are My Entry Points to AI Usage I’m working on something related to using AI in my creative work. I came up with this. AI is used through these front-end clients within my …

Nov 6, 2023: 👉🏻 One quick question for my followers or readers: for those using AI (often or not), did you think of any usage rules that could form your ethical …

Nov 6, 2023: NSUserDefaults defaults = [NSUserDefaults NumericCitizenDefaults]; Following the episode (#097) of Hemispheric Views, it’s my turn, I guess, with a little twist for the post title. 😜 ✉️ Mail Client: HEY mail 📨 Mail …

Nov 5, 2023: Ok, I may be late to the Mac automation party, but Keyboard Maestro is really nice and powerful. And approachable. It’s an almost instant buy …

Nov 5, 2023: And here is the next edition (2023/44) of my weekly creative summary. The newsletter edition is coming out later today by email! Enjoy. 😅

Nov 5, 2023: Another Case of Abandonware I recently wrote about software is never really finished1. Here’s an example: Keysmith. I bought this utility in February 2021. I forgot to …

Nov 5, 2023: For those who are curious, I just updated “my Micro-Workflows Explained” page to list all my ChatGPT and AI use cases. I’m not shy …

Nov 4, 2023: Apple’s scary event: a B-team production | Ken Segall Ouch.

Nov 4, 2023: 👉🏻 I’m thinking about parking my “numericcitizen” name on Threads. Just in case1. 😳 But, then, after doing a quick research, I was …

Nov 4, 2023: 💡 Thought of the moment: owning my own Pixelfed instance would be cool1. But how much work does this imply? 🤔 Imagining: photos.numericcitizen.me! Can …

Nov 3, 2023: In Search of Augmented Capabilities Using AI I want to augment my creative capabilities1. I’m considering the best way to pay for Augmented Intelligence (AI) services2. I’m currently …

Nov 2, 2023: I wish Inoreader offered some form of article summarization via AI for some of my feeds…

Nov 2, 2023: Following the release of Ghost’s new “Recommendations” feature this week, I set up my recommendations list. Some here might …

Oct 31, 2023: Shot on iPhone. Edited on Mac. This short behind-the-scenes look at Apple’s “Scary Fast” event is the highlight of a marketing masterpiece. First, Apple, a highly-respected company …

Oct 31, 2023: It’s probably my best screenshot of yesterday’s Scary Fast event. Happy Halloween, everyone! 👻

Oct 30, 2023: My timeline right now: cynicism^31. Using 5x less power. ↩︎

Oct 30, 2023: Apple to Intel-based Mac users: “It’s really the best time to upgrade!”1. Less subtle message: In case you didn’t notice, …

Oct 30, 2023: If rumours are to be believed, announcing new M3 MacBook Pro machines tonight in a more “general-public-type-of-event” is strange. Is an …

Oct 30, 2023: Looking for a Useful and Secure Search Engine I’m fed up of Google’s search capabilities and business model. Search results quality has gone downhill in recent years. I don’t …

Oct 29, 2023: So far, I have not felt excited about the upcoming “Scary Fast” event. Maybe tomorrow morning? I’m not thinking of upgrading my …

Oct 29, 2023: 👉🏻 I just finished updating my complete content creator toolset with recent changes in my workflows. Enjoy the ride!

Oct 29, 2023: Since iOS 17.1 in Music.app, Favourite 🌟 replaced Love ❤️? What if I love a song but it is not one of my favourites? 🤔

Oct 28, 2023: I spent some time on Bluesky this morning… found out that I have 6 invite codes. Is anyone looking for one of them? Let me know.

Oct 27, 2023: Hello, Again, Mac? Surprised by this late-October Apple event (“Scary Fast”). Could this be about Mac gaming? Is this for the Apple Silicon M3? The timing is …

Oct 27, 2023: Glass Opens Up a Little Bit More Glass feels right at home in Capture One. Long adored as one of the best platforms for editing and managing a photography workflow, we’re …

Oct 27, 2023: A recent addition to Mailbrew made me discover Brief.news1. So far, I like what I’m seeing. News briefs are generated with AI (with LLM models, …

Oct 26, 2023: Touch down. I’m back from Las Vegas! What a ride. What a city! I’m not loving everything about this place for sure. 😐

Oct 22, 2023: Today is a reminder that the internet is probably the worst place to have a debate. You would think that Mastodon or Bluesky or Thread are better than …

Oct 22, 2023: My 2018 12.9 iPad Pro is old. In technology years, it’s super old. However, it’s my favourite iPad and despite many new versions that Apple has since …

Oct 22, 2023: This week, because of this business trip to Las Vegas, I’m taking a “mild” break from my creative hobby. No more time tracking, no …

Oct 22, 2023: And now is the time for another weekly creative summary. This is edition 2023-42, available as a shared document directly from Craft, later by email …

Oct 21, 2023: I’m tempted to only bring my 2018 iPad Pro for this business trip to Las Vegas1. I’ll need it to take notes during sessions and do …

Oct 21, 2023: I’m a subscriber of Inoreader, but I read the feeds using Reeder 90% of the time. I only wish that Reeder could update the engagement stats on …

Oct 21, 2023: Apple’s use of Swift and SwiftUI in iOS 17 by Timac: Objective-C is still at the core of iOS and is used directly or indirectly by most apps The …

Oct 21, 2023: If you are like me, with macOS Sonoma, you like widgets on the Mac desktop. The Mac experience can become quite busy with many widgets. This is why, …

Oct 21, 2023: Some Must-Needed Changes to My (Too Many) About Pages Today, I’m removing my digital garden content. The most valuable parts were moved to my About Page, and the rest has been dropped. Both of these …

Oct 21, 2023: Why am I getting this on YouTube to watch one of my own videos? I’m using Safari and tried disabling ad blocker, NextDNS, StopTheMadness. Works fine …

Oct 20, 2023: Getting mentally ready for a business trip to Las Vegas next week. I’ll try to put my 15 Pro Max to the test with night photography🌃. It’s …

Oct 19, 2023: My 2018 iPad Pro is starting to show its age. iPadOS 17 might be the last enjoyable version on this device. Stage Manager is disabled. No external …

Oct 19, 2023: For some reason, I feel the urge to try iA Writer. I must be bored…1 I’m a satisfied Ulysses user. But, Ulysses feels busier than iA …

Oct 19, 2023: There is a Midjourney plugin for Raycast… but man this is hard to configure and make it working. Moving on for now.

Oct 19, 2023: For those on Craft, this is my release analysis for v2.5.18 that just came out.

Oct 18, 2023: Remember when it was simple to buy an iPad? Now it is getting harder to buy an Apple Pencil, too.

Oct 18, 2023: Does a foldable iPad = Apple’s Knowledge Navigator? 🤨🤔

Oct 17, 2023: My favorite Apple Watch face of all time.

Oct 16, 2023: 404 - Page Not Found I have an issue with Short.io. I want to contact their support to find a solution to something that partially works, but no contact information is …

Oct 15, 2023: If Apple is indeed close to releasing the third-generation Apple Pencil with a magnetic pencil tip, I can see that coming with some new trick, enabled …

Oct 15, 2023: A Definitive Solution to a Simple Problem I finally found the right setup to definitively fix my audio record quality. The problem triggering this endless trial-and-error journey is that the …

Oct 15, 2023: Episode 05 — Sometimes It’s Better to Say No The timing was right, and the target was well-defined, but the potential traction was far from guaranteed. Would this project be worth all the effort? …

Oct 15, 2023: Who’s reading my weekly creative summary? How could I improve it?

Oct 15, 2023: Apparently, Apple is working on a way to upgrade iOS on iPhone still in their box at the Apple Store. This would prevent issues where there is a bug …

Oct 15, 2023: It’s Sunday, it’s the time of the week for another creative summary. Here’s another edition of my weekly creative summary directly …

Oct 14, 2023: I’m getting an issue with Short.io where domain name cloaking is no longer available. It used to be just fine. Something has changed recently. To get …

Oct 13, 2023: Discovery of the day: I can use Audio Hijack with ScreenFlow to record the Mac audio from the Finch Pixel USB-C1,2 mic and the Mac screen. Why use …

Oct 13, 2023: I went to the Apple Store yesterday. Surprisingly, in the front of the store only has letters printed on the front windows. Pretty lame. I spent some …

Oct 12, 2023: hey, bloggers and writers on WordPress1, enable the Fediverse plugin and share your blog “handle” with the world so we can follow you right from here! …

Oct 11, 2023: I just received my Nomad leather case for my iPhone 15 Pro Max. Best case I ever used on an iPhone. Better than Apple’s leather case. It …

Oct 10, 2023: Thought of the day: read-later services or applications are a consequence of facing or having too much content available and a lack of time for …

Oct 10, 2023: I love Omnivore more and more. There, I said it.☝🏻

Oct 10, 2023: Sometimes, a website doesn’t work well (or at all), and the problem is that my NextDNS client blocks some traffic. When that happens, I turn it …

Oct 9, 2023: 👉🏻 What an entertaining story by @basicappleguy about Apple’s controversial cases, with beautiful imagery, as always. I do have a case for one …

Oct 8, 2023: Who remembers this? Countless moments were spent looking at this back in 1984 and 1985. It’s one of Apple’s best and most timeless …

Oct 8, 2023: Another creative week is mostly completed, it’s time for a new edition of the Weekly Creative Summary, now available as a Craft shared document, …

Oct 7, 2023: I’m still in my early phase with my iPhone 15 Pro Max 📸📱. Taking photos with this phone offers more possibilities, asking for more thoughts …

Oct 7, 2023: I made discoveries today while doing some much-needed cleanup in my home office. Here, this is what could be the first Apple dongle1. More to come …

Oct 6, 2023: Ghost offers a new default theme: Source. 👀 And I kind of digg it a lot! Will have to investigate further this weekend.

Oct 6, 2023: The “new” Microsoft Teams is now available on Mac. Gosh, that is not ready for prime time, at least on macOS Sonoma. Going back to the …

Oct 6, 2023: Yesterday at work, I was directed to listen to a podcast hosted on Podbean. I remembered that in 2019 I was sharing my podcast episodes over there, …

Oct 5, 2023: I’m going to the office by bike today. 🚴🏻‍♂️ With this splendid weather1, probably the last such beautiful and warm day of this fall, I’m …

Oct 4, 2023: 👉🏻 I’m ready to share my first digital product: a Craft template to support the process of research and writing on a specific subject. See the …

Oct 4, 2023: I spent the early morning on Gumroad to set up something… 👀

Oct 3, 2023: Got an email this morning from Mailbrew about an issue (resolved since then) of logging into the service. So, there is life, apparently! They said …

Oct 3, 2023: I just realized the upcoming weekend is a long one. I should have enough free time to produce another podcast! And a YouTube video about my Craft …

Oct 2, 2023: My (Really) Short Experience With a RODE NT-USB Microphone Objective: find a replacement for my lightning-based Finch Lavalier microphone1. Did my research for a USB-C microphone. RODE microphones came up …

Oct 1, 2023: It’s Sunday, and it’s time for the new edition of my weekly creative summary, available now directly from Craft, later by email, for those …

Oct 1, 2023: Wish of the day: I would love to have a canonical URL pointing to my published newsletters hosted on Micro.blog so I could refer to them in other blog …

Oct 1, 2023: Announcing "My Reading Workflow Explained" I’m finally publishing the details surrounding my reading workflow. It’s been long in the making. More than a year. The reason? Because …

Sep 30, 2023: Why doesn’t the “Switch To Profile” menu item always appear in Safari 17.0? I can’t understand what triggers this option to …

Sep 30, 2023: Peak Design Case Issue With iPhone 15 Pro Action Button For those looking to buy a Peak Design case for the iPhone 15 Pro Max, just like I did. I love the case but… here’s the kicker; the …

Sep 29, 2023: What a Strange iCloud Drive Bug! I have a folder named “Noto” in my iCloud Drive folder that keeps populating empty folders inside of it, on all my devices. Noto is a …

Sep 29, 2023: Currently testing Safari profiles. I kind of like it so far. Still exploring. Currently devising work from personal life. I will probably create one …

Sep 29, 2023: I’ve been working on my reading workflow for many months. I’m very close to publishing an article about it. While waiting for it, along …

Sep 29, 2023: When adding widgets on macOS Sonoma, there should be a visual cue telling me which widgets are coming from the iPhone vs from installed apps on my …

Sep 28, 2023: Rewind is nice, but this is such a resource hog. Battery life is miserable since I run this thing on my MacBook Air. Is it worth it, just for a few …

Sep 28, 2023: What happens when you run Micro.blog.app and the web app side by side? Here is a peek at Activity Monitor on the memory consumption tab. There’s …

Sep 28, 2023: Already at Four Web Apps in My Dock, and You? So far, I have created four web apps on my Dock in Sonoma: Micro.blog1, Pixelfed2, Tinylytics, and Omnivore. I like this a lot3. For Omnivore, the web …

Sep 28, 2023: Testing a post from Micro.blog as a web app 1 running on macOS Sonoma. Is this how we should call a web page saved in the macOS …

Sep 28, 2023: I’m weak. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Sep 28, 2023: FineWoven case-gate. Titanium-scratch-gate. Overheating-gate. What’s next for the iPhone 15 Pro?1 so far, no issue with the …

Sep 28, 2023: My iPhone 15 Pro Max is not overheating. But I find those reports, as reported here, a bit worrying. Could Apple fix or mitigate these occurrences …

Sep 27, 2023: 💡Thought of the day: I don’t have a thing like a second brain 🧠 using a dedicated app. It’s a popular concept nowadays to build a second brain …

Sep 26, 2023: The Mac is the last platform to get my trust for an upgrade of macOS. I do iPhone and iPad in a heartbeat, but the Mac, no. I wait a few weeks so that …

Sep 26, 2023: I’ve recently been using Apple’s Freeform for different articles I’m working on. I’m really falling in love with this app. …

Sep 25, 2023: Why do I always feel nervous when changing my Apple ID password? 😨

Sep 25, 2023: I read in recent days that the Craft team is supposedly very interested and invested in AI for Craft. I’m not sure if this is good news. Notes …

Sep 25, 2023: One of the most confusing parts of iOS and iPadOS UI: configuring the share sheet options. The ⊕ sign and the toggle meaning are utterly confusing …

Sep 25, 2023: The usefulness of ChatGPT for me is as a replacement for using Google when I have to learn something new (eg an API). Formerly, I would have Googled, …

Sep 24, 2023: Shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max with the telephoto lens, at 25x digital zoom. The best I could do with a lot of post-processing tweaks (tweaked the …

Sep 24, 2023: I finally found THE use case for the Action Button: running a shortcut1 to 1) take a screen capture and 2) run the Apple Frame shortcut. It’s …

Sep 24, 2023: I am trying to figure out a new sound recording setup using voice isolation with my iPhone 15 Pro Max connected to my Mac mini with USB-C1. Tell me …

Sep 24, 2023: Here is my weekly creative summary newsletter for 2023/38, in Craft format. Website and newsletter coming up soon. 😅👨🏻‍💻

Sep 24, 2023: My Interview with Manton Reece of Micro.blog I had the chance to spend some time with Manton Reece and ask him a few questions about Montreal’s poutine, Apple’s power and the App Store, Twitter1 …

Sep 23, 2023: The first few iPhone 15 Pro Max images are making their way onto Glass. Mine included. 👈🏻

Sep 23, 2023: Testing iPhone 15 Pro Max telephoto lens. No processing. Shot in HEIF.

Sep 23, 2023: 😏 I’m about to begin something special that I can’t wait to share with you before the end of the week-end. I hope everything works fine1. …

Sep 23, 2023: Now it’s confirmed: my Finch Lavalier microphone1 doesn’t work with Apple’s USB-C to Lightning adaptor with the iPhone 15 Pro USB-C …

Sep 23, 2023: Well, now one of my Apple Watch1 won’t pair with my new iPhone since the migration was completed yesterday. It’s the one that I wasn’t wearing. …

Sep 22, 2023: iPhone 15 Pro Max - First Impressions It feels great in hand, similar in fact to the weight of my iPhone 13 Pro (not the Max), which is great. The back is darker than my iPhone 11 Pro, and …

Sep 22, 2023: Here is a weird one: I’m using iCloud+ Custom Domain with an email address (hello@numericcitizen.me). Mail on iOS 17 doesn’t allow me to …

Sep 22, 2023: When Journalists Aren't Any Better Than ChatGPT In the “Craptacular Is More Like It” article, this is @gruber@mastodon.social at its best. I read the original article earlier this week …

Sep 21, 2023: A better title for episode 4 could have been “The Day I Met John Gruber”. Oh well. I’ll ask ChatGPT the next time.

Sep 21, 2023: It took way too long to record, process and publish my latest podcast episode. I must tweak my workflow ASAP. It was supposed to be a “quick and …

Sep 21, 2023: Episode 04 — Did You Know? Inspired by a recent podcast episode where Martin Feld interviewed John Gruber, for this fourth podcast episode, I decided to talk about my early …

Sep 21, 2023: My expectations for the iPhone 15 Pro Max fit and finish and how it feels in my hands are very high. I’m looking for something similar to the …

Sep 21, 2023: My iPhone 15 Pro Max is still in “Preparing to ship” state. Delivery is scheduled for tomorrow. I’m guessing the device is waiting in a warehouse …

Sep 21, 2023: I Rarely Visit the App Store I opened the App Store this Monday to see how Apple would promote new app releases supporting iOS 17. Then I realized that I rarely open the App Store …

Sep 20, 2023: Where's The Magic in Adaptive Audio? Adaptive Audio and Conversation Awareness don’t click for me I’ve been using Apple’s new AirPods features for the past week, and …

Sep 20, 2023: How I Automatically Include a Blog Description in My RSS Feed I’ve been asked a couple of times how I get this short site description to be included …

Sep 19, 2023: Review of Reviews: Great Updates to Already Great iPhone but... Today, I read many iPhone 15 Pro reviews and watched many YouTube videos too. For some reason, I get the feeling of a slight deception mood across …

Sep 19, 2023: It’s going to be a big phone. Got my Peak Design iPhone case yesterday😃. I like it. Great design1 and nice feeling to the touch. I worry a bit …

Sep 18, 2023: Playing with recently updated apps and their respective interactive widgets. They all come out to their default view. Rebooting the iPhone is …

Sep 18, 2023: Some Thoughts About Apps Support of StandBy Mode and Interactive Widgets Many apps are getting updates today and this week. Yes! 😃 But, so far, I have found some bugs in iOS 17 to display interactive widget content once …

Sep 17, 2023: After three years of availability, I experienced the first App Clips case today. I was close to a Dairy Queen-type so I was presented with an App …

Sep 17, 2023: Who’s reading my weekly creative summary? Do you like? If not, why? I’m genuinely curious. 🧐

Sep 16, 2023: This is how much forests burned so far this summer in Canada. ☹️ There are still close to a thousand fires still in action. This is freaking bad for …

Sep 15, 2023: Testing Apple's USB-C to Lightning Adaptor with iPad Pro I wanted to follow up a previous post of mine about using my Lightning-based Lavalier microphone with a USB-C device, like my 2018 iPad Pro1. I …

Sep 15, 2023: Ordered. I’ll wait before buying a case from Apple because I’m not sure about the new FineWoven texture and durability. Some YouTubers said the …

Sep 15, 2023: An Update About My New Quest of Leaving Adobe Lightroom Yesterday night, I spent nearly an hour reading articles and forum posts about the implications of closing my Adobe Photography subscription1. The …

Sep 14, 2023: How do you get out of Adobe Lightroom? What if I want to focus on Photomator and Pixelmator instead?

Sep 14, 2023: Waiting for more interactive widgets… ✅ WaterMinder ✅ Longplay Timery 👀 Focused Work 👀 What else?

Sep 14, 2023: Today is a caseless day with my iPhone 13 Pro. Best way to experience the device design and flaws1. Like the too sharp edges. The too shiny flat …

Sep 14, 2023: “Get Ready for iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Pro” on Apple.com1, is this new, or was it available for the iPhone 14 launch last year? I find this …

Sep 14, 2023: Did anyone notice this new “time-based” page indicator on Apple.com?1 See in action in this short clip👀. It is very well-designed and …

Sep 14, 2023: Experimenting with reading my Micro.blog timeline in RSS mode with Reeder. It’s surprisingly very effective for catching up on the last 12 hours …

Sep 12, 2023: Apple Wonderlust Event — My Initial Impressions These are my impressions of Apple’s latest product announcements. The mother nature segment was funny, and I smiled quite often. It was a great way to …

Sep 12, 2023: Apple Wonderlust T-15 min. ✅ Focus Mode: ON. ✅ Offline at the office. ✅ Apple.com open ✅ Tv.app open ✅ CleanShot Configured ✅ NAS ready 😎

Sep 12, 2023: For those on Micro.blog who want to chat about Apple’s today announcements, remember to use this Wavelength invite chat link1. There are …

Sep 11, 2023: First world problem: got this mic for my recordings (YouTube / Podcasts / ScreenFlow). Works fine. Now: how do I plug this into an iPhone 15 Pro with …

Sep 11, 2023: And It’s the right time to take a screenshot 📸 of apple.com before it gets revamped and refreshed tomorrow with some new stuff. 👀

Sep 11, 2023: Since 9/11 in 2001, I look up every time I hear a plane in the sky. Every single time. And I’m Canadian. 😔 1 And I have the profound feeling …

Sep 10, 2023: My Excitement About the Upcoming iPhones Explained Here are some more details about my excitement for the next iPhone1. Besides the camera upgrades, here is a short list of things I’m looking forward …

Sep 10, 2023: Pixelfed Is Working on “Solo” I’m really curious about this. The idea of having my personal instance of Pixelfed is tempting. I like the idea of having full control and not being …

Sep 10, 2023: Why I’m Excited for This Week’s Apple Announcements I’m super excited about this year’s iPhone announcements. It’s probably because I’m getting one of them1. I try to skip one or two iterations. I went …

Sep 9, 2023: ⁉️This iCloud Upload of 78 items has been going on since I migrated from the 13-inch MBA to the 15-inch MBA with Apple Migration Assistant. Any ideas …

Sep 9, 2023: Episode 03 — I'm Excited and Stressed This week, Apple will release its latest iPhone models. I’m excited. It will be an exercise of balance between news consumption, analysis and …

Sep 9, 2023: Feeling sad this morning 😥 about the consequences of the earthquake in Morroco. I’m trying to get news from our guide to see if he is ok. 🙏🏻

Sep 9, 2023: I wish there was a way to subscribe to a RSS feed within Day One. This way, I could delete my IFTTT account. 1😐 IFTTT read my Micro.blog RSS feed to …

Sep 9, 2023: Early mornings are my favourite creative moments… everyone is asleep, and it is super quiet in the house. 😊👨🏻‍💻

Sep 9, 2023: I find it surprising and annoying that Apple’s PodcastsConnect doesn’t support… Sign in with Apple.1🤦🏻‍♂️ It means a new podcast …

Sep 7, 2023: I wanted to increase my podcasts listening time. I decided to put Overcast on the first home screen page. It worked. 👌🏻🤓

Sep 7, 2023: Wondering if @mtt Tiny Theme is compatible with Hugo 0.117… 🤔

Sep 7, 2023: While Elon Musk wants the Twitter brand to disappear from the earth’s surface, you can see the Twitter icon and references everywhere on the web. X is …

Sep 6, 2023: On Apps by Apple What a strange move by Apple. This website made by Apple promotes first-party apps for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, etc. Why? Why now? I would understand in …

Sep 6, 2023: Apple is reportedly developing a low-cost MacBook series to compete with Chromebook models in the education sector that could be released as early as …

Sep 6, 2023: Matte black MacBook again makes an appearance in an Apple patent Source: Matte black MacBook again referenced in an Apple patent I would pay a little …

Sep 6, 2023: Remember Apple’s Freeform? I’m curious, is anyone using Apple’s Freeform? For what use case? Personally, I was curious about Freeform and experimented with it for a while, but …

Sep 6, 2023: Pixelfed is rolling out Stories. 😒🤦🏻‍♂️ I’m not a fan at all. I’m not sure that I want PixelFed to take that direction. I decided to unfollow anyone …

Sep 5, 2023: I got an Ember coffee mug1 for my birthday, yesterday. The first thing the Ember app detected after pairing the mug with my iPhone was that an update …

Sep 4, 2023: Fifty-six. 56. Already. 🧁

Sep 1, 2023: Eventually, in a few weeks, I’ll have to decide if I go with the 256GB storage tier or the next level up: 512GB1. If I to future my purchase of the 15 …

Sep 1, 2023: Glass is sending out emails to let us know that we can share and spread the word to our friends and family so they can join Glass too but at a reduced …

Sep 1, 2023: September This is my favourite month of the year1. It’s my birthday month2. The weather is generally absolutely amazing3. Gone are muggy and hazy days; the air …

Aug 31, 2023: Om Malik on Threads capabilities in regards to sharing and consuming photo content: Threads, Twitter, & Social Photos The design is particularly …

Aug 31, 2023: Has putting Apple silicon in the iPad set unrealistic expectations? The Mac feels too much like a computer that has felt too overwhelming and the iPad …

Aug 31, 2023: I’m spending way too much time designing the layout of my upcoming weekly creative summary😅. I decided to post it on my Ghost-based and share …

Aug 31, 2023: It would be so great and useful to be able to save great conversations directly from Micro.blog, like the one here about the iPad …

Aug 30, 2023: This morning 🌅, inspired by @maique and @gr36, I decided to create a weekly summary of my creative work and everything that surrounds or supports it. …

Aug 29, 2023: Some of my Expectations for Apple’s Upcoming “Wonderlust” Event This is going to be about the iPhone, mostly. The iPhone 15, to be more precise. Of course. Apple will probably talk a lot about the A17 because of …

Aug 29, 2023: Episode 02 — I’m an Iterative Type of Guy While writing my next edition of the Friday Notes newsletter (#107), I realized that writing has never been a one-stretch thing for me. It takes …

Aug 29, 2023: Waiting for the iPhone 15 Ultra I’m really looking forward to the iPhone 15 Ultra👀. Coming from the iPhone 13 Pro, I skipped the 14 Pro1; I expect the camera improvements to be …

Aug 28, 2023: Finally Settled on Blog Post Visual Attributes After so many years of blogging, I think I have finally settled on the styling of each blog post. 😅 I like to emphasize key words with bold, making it …

Aug 27, 2023: I played with Apple’s Maps Places feature, as shown in the following video. It’s nice, but it’s not exactly intuitive. There are many missing …

Aug 27, 2023: In a world where we all struggle with how much we use our devices (let’s be real, we mean our phones), I think it’s kinda nice to have some places …

Aug 27, 2023: This morning, I updated my online About page1, taking some ideas from Brian Lovin’s website. The page was built entirely with Craft’s shared document …

Aug 26, 2023: I updated my toolset website today1 with three additions under consideration: Digest2, Lazy3 and Heptabase4. The statuses of my current projects were …

Aug 26, 2023: One Podcast, Three Looks I always subscribe to my own content distribution channels for quality control purposes 1. I’m using Overcast, Pocket Cast and Apple Podcast to …

Aug 26, 2023: Episode 01 — This Is Not a Drill! Bad weather 🌧️ means time to the coffee shop for creative work ☕ 👨🏻‍💻 on my next YouTube video about Craft YouTube Integration. I paid a visit to the …

Aug 26, 2023: Poll: 1️⃣ iPhone 15 Ultra or 2️⃣ iPhone 15 Pro Ultra? 1 My gut feeling is that if Apple really is going to use the Ultra, it would be tied to the Pro …

Aug 25, 2023: Snell, Gruber, Birchler, and I all agree about the iPad’s limits. When we hit one of its limits, it becomes a reason to reconsider. When I …

Aug 25, 2023: On Dark Sky and Apple's Weather A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece The design of Dark Sky was so wonderful that I could understand the shape of the weather at a …

Aug 25, 2023: We’re truly honoured to be able to announce that we have taken over development of Toolbox Pro, Logger for Shortcuts, and Nautomate. Source: Toolbox …

Aug 25, 2023: I’m a big fan of AnyBox (YouTube video) and in the latest update (v1.27), information density increased a bit. I love it. 😍

Aug 25, 2023: Getting ready for the next podcast edition, episode number uno! Fun or not-fun fact: Apple’s Podcast Connect doesn’t support “Sign …

Aug 24, 2023: Am I alone who happens to get the iPhone keyboard displayed on the iPad instead of the full-size keyboard? My wife experienced the same thing many …

Aug 24, 2023: I’m probably the only one, but I liked the Touch Bar on my 2017 MacBook Pro at work. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Aug 24, 2023: At the food court. The guy beside me is listening to some cheap TV show on his cheap-no-name Android speakerphone. Can you imagine if we all did the …

Aug 24, 2023: Working at the office today. Summer vacations are still ongoing hence so few people here. It’s always a reminder of the covid pandemic. This place …

Aug 24, 2023: I’ve been working on this for my podcast. You can tell that I’m no graphic designer. 😆

Aug 24, 2023: I glanced at photographers and photos on Glass this morning and realized that most photographers are men. Is it reflective of the photographers’ …

Aug 23, 2023: Learned Something New Today Today, while reading this blog post, I found out that we could have a “popup” note inline in a blog post. I was curious and asked the …

Aug 23, 2023: “At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don’t care what they think of us. At age 60, we discover they haven’t …

Aug 23, 2023: I decided to stop cross-posting my photos from Glass to my Mastodon account as I feel this is not the right community/instance for my photos. I prefer …

Aug 23, 2023: These transcript links give 404. Is this normal? Editing works fine, though. cc @help @manton

Aug 22, 2023: Craft Docs vs CleanShot: two different apps in different categories and two philosophies of asking for user feedback. Craft is closed, and opaque …

Aug 22, 2023: Mmmm, 🤔 for some reason, my Microblog RSS feeds are not updated to reflect my latest posts… Trying to rebuild the whole site. Any ideas @manton …

Aug 22, 2023: Pilot Episode #2 — Testing, Testing, Testing, 1-2-3 This is the second pilot episode of my brand-new podcast (“Thoughts & Tribulations of a compulsive creator”). I made many changes to the recording …

Aug 22, 2023: Tempted to install macOS Sonoma Beta 6 on my shiny new 15-inch MacBook Air… I like to be at the cutting edge of software releases… on …

Aug 22, 2023: It was fun but a bit more challenging to record and share my first podcast episode yesterday. Editing in Ferrite is hard on the iPhone. It would be …

Aug 21, 2023: Introducing the Thoughts & Tribulations of a Compulsive Creator Podcast I’m excited to introduce something new: a podcast. 🎙️Something short & sweet. At least, it is one of my goals. I don’t have a grand plan, just a …

Aug 21, 2023: This week, I am getting an appointment for a screen replacement on my iPhone 13 Pro (under my paid AppleCare warranty). Three highly visible scratches …

Aug 21, 2023: Made some visual tweaks to the blog visuals: added tags to the list of bookmarks on the bookmarks page and made the blockquote blue instead of yellow. …

Aug 20, 2023: As a subscriber to Pocket Cast, I would love to be able to use the iPad version on my Apple Silicon Mac. It’s currently not possible. Yes, there …

Aug 20, 2023: Glass questions at 2 years There are effectively no success stories for Glass’s current business model. Small clones of Instagram and Twitter usually …

Aug 20, 2023: I’m back with a new video about Micro.blog. This time, I explore the use of Categories and Tags. I hope you find it useful to better make use of …

Aug 20, 2023: A commentary video about Craft updates while waiting for the next wow moments for Craft. An update is supposedly coming out this week. My expectations …

Aug 19, 2023: Today marks the day I’m returning to the regular schedule for YouTube video production. Next videos in the pipeline: an update about the lack of …

Aug 18, 2023: Powerful hurricane Hilary headed toward the US southwest. Always impressive to see this from space. Less interesting is getting hit by it if …

Aug 18, 2023: Trying to figure out robots.txt file format using freely available robots.txt generators on the web. My goal is to exclude this blog from being …

Aug 18, 2023: Trying to post one or two or more of my pictures to Pixelfed every day so that I can move out of Smugmug by next year. It’s tedious, but …

Aug 17, 2023: I’d love to buy one of these, simply because it’s a great object of art and design.

Aug 16, 2023: Dear Original iMac, I Barely Knew You Happy 25th anniversary, iMac! As I started documenting in my series about remembering every Mac I ever owned, in 1998, I wasn’t invested in …

Aug 16, 2023: Finding a well-designed, non-bulky, sturdy iPhone bike holder seems mission impossible. Searching this on Amazon is even harder, with all the paid …

Aug 16, 2023: The Apple Way I just went through the complete process of an Apple Trade-In for the return of my “old” 13-inch MacBook Air after getting my brand new …

Aug 16, 2023: ★ Holy Hell, Trump Did Use Twitter Direct Messages, There Were ‘Many’ of Them, and the Special Counsel Now Has Them …

Aug 16, 2023: An Observation About the Photos From IPPAWARDS Winners of 2023 I forgot to linkpost to the IPPAWARDS winners of 2023. Lot’s of great photos. Really. Twenty photos come from the iPhone 12 series (which came …

Aug 15, 2023: If US legal institutions cannot take down Trump, then this country is in a dire situation.

Aug 15, 2023: I made many updates to my Complete Content Creator Toolset to reflect recent additions and removals. If you are curious about the apps and services …

Aug 15, 2023: Creating a Custom Branded File Sharing Service for Free mattlangford.comReader: mattlangford.com Matt Langford …

Aug 14, 2023: It’s funny and cool how I’m slowly but surely rebuilding my social graph with people who fled X to Mastodon and Pixelfed. I feel at home …

Aug 13, 2023: Say hello to hello@numericcitizen.me!. Finally decided to spend some time making my hello@numericcitizen.me work using the iCloud+ Custom Mail domain. …

Aug 13, 2023: On Being Locked Out of an Apple ID Account Being locked out of an Apple ID account is probably one of the worst nightmares I could imagine. This story (Reddit link) makes me pause for a bit. If …

Aug 13, 2023: I decided to add a small collection of mini reviews that I read from time to time to my digital garden. The first two to make it to the collection: …

Aug 11, 2023: I’m thinking of creating an email address like hello@numericcitizen.me using iCloud+. I’m not sure it’s worth the hassle, though. …

Aug 10, 2023: I don’t like these two “disconnected” visual elements: the menu bar from the dropdown menu. The highlighted portion of the menu bar …

Aug 10, 2023: Every single day, I read a new post by Pixelfed about upcoming features, additions or redesign. The list is too long to write here (and to build!). …

Aug 10, 2023: Call for comments: those with a recent MacBook with a notch, what utility are you using to make it “disappear”? TopNotch doesn’t …

Aug 9, 2023: Running beta5 of Sonoma on my soon-to-be returned MacBook Air. I’m not so sure this thing is quite ready yet. I’ll wait a few more betas …

Aug 9, 2023: I think I’ll use my previous MacBook Air to test Sonoma this week-end before returning it to Apple! Who knows what will break.

Aug 9, 2023: I just enabled cross-posting from Micro.blog to my Pixelfed account. I’m not sure I’ll use it, simply because I don’t post that many …

Aug 9, 2023: On Apple's Migration Assistant Ok, can we agree that Apple’s Migration Assistant is magical? 🤯 After the new Mac got updated, it was required to match the version of the …

Aug 8, 2023: Yep. 😎

Aug 8, 2023: I’m seeing a lot more AirPods Max than I used to.

Aug 8, 2023: Decided to move PocketCast on my first iPhone homescreen so that I increase my podcasts listening. I under utilize this great app for which I’m a …

Aug 8, 2023: On my last flight heading back to Montreal. This is where, for me, the iPad shines. Hey @manton look carefully at what is on my iPad screen… 👀 …

Aug 8, 2023: Apple Should Introduce FlightPlay™ Recently, while on a flight with United from Tenerife to Newark, I played with the infotainment screen in front of me. These infotainment systems …

Aug 7, 2023: Thought of the day: sometimes, what you decide not to do is as important as what you decide to do! For bloggers and writers, for me at least, writing …

Aug 7, 2023: My Non-Review of Apple's Latest Betas Earlier this summer, when Apple’s OSes were at Beta 3, I installed iPadOS 17 on my iPad to test the latest improvements and additions to a …

Aug 7, 2023: It took Adobe Lightroom on my iPad Pro all morning to upload all my 350 photos to Adobe’s cloud. That is SLOWWWW! How does semi-pro …

Aug 7, 2023: Two used, two more to go. I accidentally dropped my Apple Pencil on the floor while getting my iPad in a security tray at the airport. Just like for …

Aug 7, 2023: Back home. 😀 I have so many things to work on. It’s a typical return from vacation mood.

Aug 7, 2023: There is a lot to say about this new terminal A. Chairs with integrated cup holders, accessible charging ports (USB-A, USB-C, std power outlet), big …

Aug 7, 2023: Just went through the security at Newark Airport’s new terminal A. Boy the scanners are so cool. The personal see our bags in 3D and can swipe the …

Aug 6, 2023: Sketch, the Mac vector app used by over a million people, recently invited me to adjudicate their most recent #SketchDesignChallenge. But not wanting …

Aug 6, 2023: Rumors of an M3-based MacBook Air are already being shared… which I find surprising and troubling as I’m going to pick up my brand new M2 …

Aug 6, 2023: I want to stay in my holiday bubble and live a life of sun, sea sand and little to no worries. Source: Greg Morris - Back To Work I return to work, …

Aug 6, 2023: Spending the rest of the day at a hotel near the Newark airport. Hotels like this one are dull x 1000.😞 Our next flight is very early tomorrow …

Aug 6, 2023: Each passage in an airport is a reminder how bad signs design and positioning can be. Is there any airport designer on earth?

Aug 6, 2023: Each passage in an airport is a reminder of how useful Flighty can be.

Aug 5, 2023: Adding Bookmarks to my Blog I decided to expose my Micro.blog bookmarks, in the spirit of the “open blogger” movement (“I’m an open Blogger”), I think it’s a good thing to let …

Aug 5, 2023: It is with sadness that I’m spending the last few hours of my full day in Tenerife. It was a great nine days trip to a country that I knew nothing …

Aug 4, 2023: Surprisingly useful during travel. This is Series 8 with watchOS 10 beta 4.

Aug 4, 2023: If all goes well today, I should be able to make it to a site with many abandoned buildings. this could be a great photo opportunity. This would be …

Aug 4, 2023: The Post-COVID iPad Era Apple’s services help other Apple lines of products soften their respective crashes. COVID and work-from-home, learn-from-home was a boon for …

Aug 4, 2023: Musk reminds me of Trump when he says he wants to have a conversation with Tim Cook about the App Store’s 30% cut on whatever shit they allow to sell …

Aug 4, 2023: Apple Can’t Kill Siri Just Like That And gone is Microsoft Cortana. What a weird name that was (Bard is not better in that respect). Some are suggesting Apple should do the same with …

Aug 3, 2023: Thought of the day: Tenerife beauties and greatness make me feel humbled as a living species.

Aug 3, 2023: Tenerife, in many ways, reminds me of Hawaii. Vegetation, volcano, photography opportunities and the weather, all contribute to this feeling. I would …

Aug 3, 2023: Yesterday, we went to visit the botanical garden of Puerto De La Cruz forgetting to bring my big camera with me, only with my iPhone. At first, I was …

Aug 2, 2023: Location check in 🗺 — The landscape here highly fascinating!

Aug 2, 2023: Thought of the day: if only we spent as much time on great rollouts (Apple) than we do on really bad ones (X)… oh wait, we do actually! Seriously, I’m …

Aug 1, 2023: Just for you! Right from Santa Cruz! 😂 @maique !!

Aug 1, 2023: Just finished glancing at my Micro.blog posts for the month of July, thanks to my newsletter. Man I do spend time on this blogging platform! Hope you …

Aug 1, 2023: Today’s plan: going to the beach and then visit Santa Cruz. I’m not a “beach boy” but I’ll spend the time exploring the beach surroundings and do some …

Jul 31, 2023: Oh nice: the Citroen car info system reboots as soon as we try to use Car Play. 🤣 can’t use Apple Maps or Google Maps. ☹️🫣😨 It takes 5 minutes for the …

Jul 31, 2023: On The Refinement Game in Tech I won’t bother linking to the original piece, linking to Math Birchler’s link post instead will be enough. Is the iPhone refined enough? It depends on …

Jul 30, 2023: I started testing Safari’s Profiles feature that comes with iOS 17. And judging from my initial experience, just like Focus modes, it takes a lot of …

Jul 30, 2023: In a few days, on August first to be exact, the next edition of my blog posts summary newsletter will be sent out to all my subscribers (millions of …

Jul 30, 2023: Thoughts on Micro.blog Tags I’ve been playing with Micro.blog’s new bookmark tags. At first, I thought the feature was underwhelming. I don’t think there is a way to add …

Jul 29, 2023: Location check in 🗺 — And we have a touch down! 😅✈️

Jul 29, 2023: Location check in 🗺 — We should be good to go now. Direction Tenerife! ✈️

Jul 28, 2023: And hope we go to the airport. Hope this is the right time this time.

Jul 28, 2023: My next MacBook Air will have 16 GB of RAM (up from 8 GB), 1 TB of storage (of from 512 GB), all this in a 15 inch configuration. I decided to give my …

Jul 28, 2023: Killing some time while waiting for diner time by processing and posting my photos on Pixelfed. Too bad they don’t seem to show up in my timeline here …

Jul 28, 2023: Location check in 🗺 — Hotel life until early morning tomorrow. Thanks to messy airports and bad airports.

Jul 28, 2023: Oh nice, we missed our connection flight to Tenerife🫤. We will have to spend the night in London. At the hotel. 😕

Jul 27, 2023: Woah. Bad weather northern US causes inbound flight postponed. We won’t make it to the next flight. Rebooked everything. Going to London instead of …

Jul 27, 2023: If you take more than two flights per year, Flighty becomes a must-have, IMO. What a great app. So many things could be said about it. Not cheap, …

Jul 27, 2023: Seems a good time to fly! 😀

Jul 26, 2023: 👉🏻 Thought of the day: when people put responsibility for solving the climate crisis and the like on the governments and big companies, it’s a …

Jul 26, 2023: I’m super excited about this upcoming trip to the Canary Islands. First time over there, for nine days. The weather is expected to be …

Jul 26, 2023: Pixelfed is way more interactive and busier than Glass. My feeling is that the federative nature of Pixelfed helps be discovered. This is something …

Jul 25, 2023: Is anyone looking for Reddit alternatives? Is Beehaw such a viable alternative?

Jul 25, 2023: I digg iOS 17 beta 4: much smoother. I’m guessing we will start to get new betas weekly from now on or maybe from beta 5. I still have to test …

Jul 25, 2023: Introducing Patron! https://glass.photo/highlights/introducing-patron Reader: mastodon.world Glass https://mastodon.world/@glass/110775586144279718 I …

Jul 25, 2023: Fun fact: “at Threads” is available on Micro.blog. 🤪

Jul 25, 2023: My analysis of Craft’s latest announcements for the summer. They think they are announcing a roadmap. They don’t. No words about …

Jul 24, 2023: Putting the final touches on my analysis of today’s announcements by Craft. I’m not sure they will like my take. I tend to be very …

Jul 23, 2023: Paying $44 billion to literally break a popular website, strip it of any recognizable brand, and drive all the users away. Remarkable. Mike Haynes …

Jul 23, 2023: With the future demise of Vanmoof, I decided to look elsewhere for my ebike. I found it. And bought it. My first new bike in more than thirty years. …

Jul 23, 2023: I’m forcing myself to a Midjourney session daily to learn more about this fascinating service. I could spend all day on this thing. What a …

Jul 22, 2023: Speak up. When something doesn't work. When someone is being hurt. When you don't agree. Speak up. Someone has to. It's a burden to see more, it's a …

Jul 22, 2023: (…) the best way to improve your photography is to focus on your ideas, not your technique or gear Source: About — CJ Chilvers I couldn’t …

Jul 22, 2023: This 👇🏻 The most prolific thinkers aren’t thinking with external brains. If you’re a photographer, take more pictures. If you’re a writer, produce …

Jul 22, 2023: The Beginning of My Journey to Midjourney “A man sitting in front of a retro computer doing some important work”. 👀 This is my first ever prompt sent to Midjourney. I think this …

Jul 21, 2023: I was six years old. In my early days with computers, I was exposed to some of that stuff: fast line printers, disk packs, and punch card readers.

Jul 21, 2023: Right from Glass’s highlights website: We’re wrapping up the final touches on our AI-powered Search beta that we’ll be releasing …

Jul 21, 2023: A new camera app for the iPhone. Photon. 📸 By the makers of Camera+. I’m currently subscribing to Halide since my last trip in late June. I will …

Jul 21, 2023: Surprising how many Reddit posts about Notion never get an answer. It’s the vast majority in seems (3 out of 4 questions). This /r/Notion is …

Jul 21, 2023: One of the reasons I’m leaving Smugmug is the fact that most of their improvements in the last year are geared toward selling your images. …

Jul 21, 2023: No Friday Notes post this week. I have a few ideas but didn’t have time to expand on them and write the article. Hint: it’s about photo …

Jul 20, 2023: On Articles Size & Twitter Tweets on Twitter use to be 140 characters max. Later it was increased to 280 characters. Now, apparently, you can post a note with a maximum of 2500 …

Jul 20, 2023: I'm Subscribing, Now What? Now that I’m a subscriber of Tapbots’ Ivory client for Mastodon, what’s up with the updates? Is it because it’s summertime? …

Jul 20, 2023: On Clipboard Management & Subscription Model I’m testing Paste, a clipboard manager software utility for Mac, iOS (link). I kind of like it. It has better management features than …

Jul 19, 2023: Apple’s Alan Dye interview. Super interesting interview.

Jul 19, 2023: 🔎 Calling for hints: what do you use for sharing text snippets or sharing a single image with others (something like “pastebin”)… 👀

Jul 19, 2023: Poof Vanmoof! July 17, 2023: “VanMoof was declared bankrupt in the Netherlands on Monday by the Amsterdam District Court, following the company's …

Jul 19, 2023: A new ad by Apple. I never share this but this one made me smile many times. Very entertaining too. Interesting how Apple highlights many features of …

Jul 19, 2023: I’m excited and upbeat about the upcoming weeks/months. I’ll have a bunch of images to process (from my trips to Morocco & Canary …

Jul 18, 2023: I’m a big fan of Inoreader. Make no mistake. But one quick comment. Consider the following screenshot where you can see the article-sharing …

Jul 18, 2023: This is the Discover tab with the focus on “people to discover” on the @pixelfed@mastodon.social official app (still in beta). The problem with this …

Jul 18, 2023: Notion Can Be Impressive I’ve been working hard with Notion at work for a unique project. It’s a 14-database setup containing 18 database relationships, many …

Jul 18, 2023: Hoping for a new beta (beta 4) today because it’s fun! 😂

Jul 18, 2023: On Data Portability in the Modern Digital World I recently read about the news that Evernote is currently downsizing its operations worldwide, especially in the US. It’s not the first …

Jul 18, 2023: When I decided to subscribe to Exposure, it was because I wanted to write short stories using my photos. I did share six of them so far (see my …

Jul 18, 2023: Github Offers a Fascinating Look at Software Development I learned to use GitHub for the repo of my Blot website last year (read more about my experience with Blot here). I didn’t want to use Dropbox. …

Jul 17, 2023: Feeling Helpless About Climate Due to Canada’s forest fires and easterly winds, bad air quality is returning to my town for the next few days. With all the bad climate-related …

Jul 17, 2023: George Monastiriakos: The only way to save Russia is to dismantle it: “To be clear: The Russian Federation is the third iteration of the Russian …

Jul 17, 2023: Apparently, Russian officials are now banning iPhone because they believe there is an espionage ops using American tech. 🕺🏼

Jul 17, 2023: For those interested in what others are using in their workflow, I spent some time this early morning updating My Complete Content Creator Toolset. …

Jul 16, 2023: The Apple Vision (Bible | Knowledge Base | Hub)? I’m thinking of building a central web portal gathering information and everything related to the Apple Vision (Pro). Think of this as something …

Jul 16, 2023: It’s funny how much effort I put into writing a small description for each image shared on Pixelfed. I did not do this while on Flickr, 500px …

Jul 16, 2023: My week-end so far Exploring Pixelfed✅. Producing a 60-minute video about Pixelfed✅. Writing an article about Pixelfed✅. Learning about Tinylytics✅. Learning about …

Jul 16, 2023: Even as a satisfied Plausible analytics subscriber (see current analytics), I proudly support @tinylytics on my blog (see current analytics). I paid …

Jul 16, 2023: This screenshot is from Patreon about my profile page there. You can share a page on social networks when creating a page there. It’s a common thing …

Jul 16, 2023: A 60-minute Video Tour of Pixelfed I’m finally ready to share my 60-minute video tour of Pixelfed. If you’re contemplating the idea of creating your account on Pixelfed, I …

Jul 15, 2023: The star of the iOS 17 release is autocorrect and Siri dictation. Oh and text editing with the bigger and better design loupe. Wow. Apple finally …

Jul 15, 2023: My First (And Unexpected) FaceTime Moment on My Apple TV! I just had my first experience with FaceTime with one of my sons on my Apple TV. My son called me on FaceTime. I picked up the call. A few seconds …

Jul 15, 2023: Finished recording an hour-long video about Pixelfed. Yep. 60 minutes. If you are on the fence, that’s the one video that you should watch. Online …

Jul 15, 2023: YouTube put this video suggestion in my feed this morning. I was curious and watched it. Then, I realized that without knowing it, I’m actually …

Jul 14, 2023: How it started, how it ended. That was yesterday. 88mm of rain in two hours. Oh, and one tornado touchdown. Two others possible.

Jul 14, 2023: For the first time, I’m installing a tvOS beta.

Jul 14, 2023: Battery life on watchOS 10 & Series 8… 🫠#notgood

Jul 13, 2023: Wow, we are just in the last moments of a “three-wave” storm with heavy rain, winds and lighting. I guess we got between 50mm - 100mm of …

Jul 13, 2023: What is the motivation for Google to maintain this rather excellent photo processing app (Snapseed).

Jul 13, 2023: Tornado warning. We mostly never get those in our region. WTF?

Jul 13, 2023: A year from now, my photo-sharing digital landscape will look like this: Pixelfed + Glass + Unsplash + Exposure. Gone will be Instagram, Smugmug.

Jul 12, 2023: Don’t be surprised by my relentless posting of photos… I’m playing with my new toy: Pixelfed. Who’s on Pixelfed, here, btw?

Jul 12, 2023: I would love to upgrade my iPhone 13 Pro to iOS 17… but I won’t. Unless you tell me something like “it’s very stable”, …

Jul 12, 2023: After reading this article from Filipe Esposito from 9to5Mac, about the iPhone 14 Pro Max, I’m happy to have skipped last year’s iPhone …

Jul 12, 2023: That is going away soon. #Instagram

Jul 11, 2023: The next time someone tells me that Mastodon is complicated, I’ll respond: try Discord. You ain’t see nothing yet.

Jul 11, 2023: My experience with Pixelfed goes so well that I’m in the process of migrating my old photos from Instagram. And what comes after this migration? …

Jul 11, 2023: These are my first downloads and purchases from the App Store in July 2008. Since the iPhone 3GS came to Canada the year after, those downloads were …

Jul 10, 2023: Am I the only one here on Micro.blog who feels satisfactory feelings when I upgrade one of my plug-ins to a newer version? Is there a cure for that? …

Jul 9, 2023: I spent quite some time on Pixelfed today. I shared a few photos but also started writing an article about my experience with the service. So far, I …

Jul 9, 2023: Apple is now on Threads? Really? It didn’t take long. There is something profoundly ironic to see a company like Apple promoting privacy now …

Jul 9, 2023: Fediverse is so fascinating and so much interesting. I searched for my handle (@numericcitizen) on the Pixelfed main page and found my account here …

Jul 9, 2023: A New Start: Pixelfed It didn’t take long. I’m now on Pixelfed (profile page). The reason it was a quick decision: I found a very specific use case for it. …

Jul 9, 2023: Glass doesn’t support ActivityPub, so I cannot cross-post with Micro.blog. Pixelfed supports ActivityPud, but Micro.blog doesn’t take …

Jul 9, 2023: I’m curious about Pixelfed. I’m also cautious about joining another service (I already have too many). I see two issues. One: the lack of …

Jul 8, 2023: Using Day One for Travel Journaling When I decided to use Day One for my travel journal, I had the following requirements: Data portability is paramount (markdown, text, or textbundle); …

Jul 8, 2023: 🤔 Pondering installing iPadOS 17 beta 3 on my 2018 iPad Pro. This is not my primary driver. There will be another beta before I leave for …

Jul 8, 2023: I am bored. Is iPadOS 17 beta 3 stable enough?

Jul 8, 2023: Testing a new Micro.blog plugin for embedding YouTube videos inside a post. You can ignore it. Or not.

Jul 8, 2023: Writing an email to a long-time friend. What a joyful experience. I like the slowness of the process. It’s like blogging. ⌨️

Jul 8, 2023: I’m Still Liking HEY Email But… I’ve been using the HEY email service since its introduction. This week I had to search extensively in my email history to find transaction receipts …

Jul 7, 2023: We Must Do Something About Meta’s Monopoly In my mind, every new platforms should start from 0 user base. Meta, just to name that one, have a monopoly of social graph. This is anti-competitive. …

Jul 7, 2023: Thought of the day: blog readers might not like negativity-tinted post or being told the truth they don’t want to read. I published my observations …

Jul 7, 2023: Wondering something this morning: if Threads was to offer “free” APIs, would developers embrace them or think again and remember about …

Jul 6, 2023: I wish I had a blog about my professional life. I rarely share anything work-related here. Yet, there are soooo many juicy stories to talk about in …

Jul 6, 2023: Threads is just another trick by cyberspace to divert my attention to being focused, creative, happy, hopeful, and more importantly to use me as …

Jul 5, 2023: So, as expected, I went to see the 15-inch MacBook Air. It’s a bigger MacBook Air. While testing the machine by browsing Apple.com, I noticed a …

Jul 5, 2023: Planning a visit to the Apple Store after work today. Reason? To experience the 15-inch MacBook Air. 🕵🏻

Jul 5, 2023: Bad News for Weather in Canada Yesterday, weather report summary for June in Canada was released and it is ugly. Much higher temperatures in the wrong places and at much earlier …

Jul 4, 2023: Hunting vs ChatGPT Hunters are not allowed to use drones to locate their prey. It is seen as an anti-competitive measure or an unfair practice. While “real” hunters who …

Jul 4, 2023: Call it whatever you like, design it whatever you want, release today, tomorrow, in a year, if there is one simple link with Meta, I’m out. Enough of …

Jul 4, 2023: I saved over $300 by cleaning up my custom domains Source: I saved over $300 by cleaning up my custom domains I always found those types of cleanups …

Jul 4, 2023: Related to a previous post, now I’m starting to look at how I can remove Adobe Lightroom Classic from my photo-processing workflow, to keep …

Jul 3, 2023: Does Apple know that, with the Apple Vision Pro, they have a unique opportunity to reinvent weather apps? Imagine experiencing a thunderstorm forecast …

Jul 3, 2023: One thing that we don’t hear or read about these days is the lack of a standard way to get transaction receipts in stores, restaurants, and even …

Jul 2, 2023: The only time my M1 Mac mini with 16 GB of RAM struggles is when using Adobe Lightroom Classic. Even after all those promised and supposedly delivered …

Jul 2, 2023: Just added two photos to my Unsplash profile page. Spoiler alert: it’s coming from my last trip. Too bad Unsplash doesn’t support RSS …

Jul 2, 2023: Thought of the day: I rarely use my photos as a source of wallpapers on my devices. I’m wondering why.🤔

Jul 2, 2023: Annnnnnnnd… back home. 🛬 Feels good. 😃 But this jet lag… bleh.😒

Jul 1, 2023: I’m feeling upbeat about returning to a more normal blogging schedule. It’s part of my life and I miss it when I’m off-grid for a long time. Of …

Jul 1, 2023: Location check in 🗺 — Final step before being back home. Some news from home: forests fires still rage and my fridge is broken. Lost some food along …

Jul 1, 2023: Location check in 🗺 — First step in returning home. What a wonderful trip that was. 😍

Jul 1, 2023: WSJ: Goldman Sachs wants to bail on Apple Card partnership after $1B loss, in talks with Amex Goldman Sachs is in talks with American Express about …

Jun 30, 2023: The Bad Side of All Inclusive Resorts I have spent the last two days at an all-inclusive in Agadir, Morocco. It’s quite busy here with a lot of people everywhere. People are from Morocco …

Jun 30, 2023: The time for a wrap up to this trip to Morocco is coming soon. Here’s one quick fact: I took 2 times more pictures with my iPhone than my Nikon. This …

Jun 29, 2023: Location check in 🗺 — Last stop. Chilling.

Jun 27, 2023: Location check in 🗺 — Essaouira. 😍

Jun 27, 2023: I’m trying out “Weather on the way” (App Store link) for today’s road. Interesting take on weather forecasts. Carrot Weather should add this feature! …

Jun 27, 2023: We are staying at La Maison Arabe, a well-known Riad in Marrakesh. This hotel is full of corridors, stairs and interior jardins forming a complex maze …

Jun 25, 2023: Thought of the moment: to those who think that AI will cause human extinction, we must fight against it, is the wrong way to tackle the debate. It is …

Jun 25, 2023: Location check in 🗺 — Finally. Visiting tomorrow with 45C temp. 🥵

Jun 24, 2023: Location check in 🗺 — Magnificent place. Photos soon. I swear!

Jun 24, 2023: Location check in 🗺 — Time for a quick lunch before continuing our road!

Jun 24, 2023: Location check in 🗺 — Desert is 🥵

Jun 21, 2023: Long Day Spent Visiting The Big Medina of Fez Date: June 21, 2023 at 5:54:55 PM GMT+1 Weather: 29°C Mostly Clear Location: Derb Salaj, Fes, Fès-Meknès, Morocco What a strange, busy, surprising …

Jun 20, 2023: Location check in 🗺 — Arrived today late afternoon. Visiting the médina tomorrow.

Jun 20, 2023: When staying at a five star hotel equipped with a slow internet, you want to… 😡 sync your stuff, share photos but it takes like fovever.. 🤬 well, …

Jun 19, 2023: Location check in 🗺 — Wow, such a different look here. 😍

Jun 19, 2023: Tempted to take the plunge and order the 15-inch MacBook Air so I can get it by the time I return home on July 1st. But I really want to try it first …

Jun 19, 2023: Waiting for a new release of Craft this week (v2.5.6 today?)👀. Curious to see what’s coming with it. I heard about few stability issues with Apple’s …

Jun 19, 2023: Using Day One to document my trip in Morocco is so refreshing🥰. This app is so well designed and executed. Strangely enough, I rarely use Day One …

Jun 18, 2023: An « Apple Store » in Tangier, Morocco!

Jun 18, 2023: Location check in 🗺 — Tanger!!

Jun 18, 2023: Leaving Rabat Date: June 18, 2023 at 7:28:55 AM GMT+1 Weather: 22°C Mostly Cloudy Location: Rue Jamaa Mourino, Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco Great city. Many …

Jun 16, 2023: I’m really looking forward for this trip... Date: June 16, 2023 at 8:05:30 PM EDT Weather: 20°C Rain Location: Aéroport International de Montréal-Trudeau, Dorval, QC, Canada From a photography …

Jun 16, 2023: Location check in 🗺 — YUL. ✈️😎

Jun 16, 2023: This time of the year where I fill my iPhone with podcast episodes. Using PocketCast. Getting ready for the airport ✈️

Jun 16, 2023: Finally finished and published this article this morning 😅. It’s been long in the making. Looking at my writing projects pipeline, it has always …

Jun 15, 2023: Well, Riccardo Mori doesn’t like Apple Vision Pro, visionOS, or many of what Apple is doing these days. I’ll reread his blog post because …

Jun 15, 2023: Charging all my devices. Installing app updates. Getting my bags ready. This two-weeks vacation is really welcome.

Jun 15, 2023: Just finished configuring my WhatsApp account on my iPhone. What a weird user experience. I couldn’t get my verification code to be sent by SMS …

Jun 15, 2023: Testing CloudFlare Analytics, because, I can, thanks to this plugin.

Jun 14, 2023: Day One creator Paul Wayne, on Apple’s foray into journaling app: Rather than seeing this as competition, we embrace Apple’s entry into digital …

Jun 14, 2023: Are We Ready for This Dystopian World? Warning: it’s not about the Apple Vision Pro headset, which many people think will bring a touch of a dystopian future to our life. Something …

Jun 13, 2023: Building a CRM in ... Notion? Really? 💡I’m trying to build my own CRM with Notion for my daytime job. After a few hours today building the data model using Notion tables and …

Jun 13, 2023: On 15-inch MacBook Air: Is It Too Big? When the 15-inch MacBook Air 💻 was officially announced, I was excited and knew it would replace my M1 MacBook Air. Since then, I read many reviews …

Jun 13, 2023: Am I the only one who thinks that Adobe is slowly but surely morphine Lightroom Classic into Lightroom? From a distance, I sense that all the cool …

Jun 12, 2023: A day at the office. Today, I had a meeting with my client’s external IT resources. One of them had a strange name, hard to pronounce. While …

Jun 12, 2023: In Photography, the iPhone Can Be a Killer My nephew, a semi-pro photographer, recently sold 90% of his photography gear (Canon). He only kept one body and one 50mm lens. 😱 He upgraded his …

Jun 11, 2023: 📺 I always keep two Apple TVs: an Apple TV HD for the main bedroom that I gave to my brother-in-law, and an A12-based Apple TV 4K was my main ATV for …

Jun 11, 2023: Funny thing: I don’t see many comments about iOS 17’s autocorrect. Is it really better or what?? Either nobody cares, not that many are …

Jun 9, 2023: I’m Testing Day One for My Travel Journal Experiment Date: June 9, 2023 at 5:25:24 PM EDT Weather: 18°C Mostly Cloudy Location: Montréal, QC, Canada I’ll be going to Morocco a week from now. I plan to …

Jun 9, 2023: Still working from the coffee shop. 😅 While reading a technical document, I wish I could take notes and keep bookmarks about my readings. I discovered …

Jun 9, 2023: Suddenly, while I’m working on my iPad Pro in a coffee shop, I’m starting to wonder if having only my iPad Pro will be enough for my trip to Morocco. …

Jun 9, 2023: As much as I’m invested in Craft Docs, I’m not sure I’ll use it for my travel notes this time around. It’s not very good when …

Jun 9, 2023: There is one thing that I’m really looking forward to on our trip to Morocco🇲🇦. For the first time ever, we will have a private guide for the …

Jun 9, 2023: I’m still slowly digesting Apple news of this week (think of a cow 🐄 in the field 🌿). About macOS Sonoma widgets 🖼️: it’s surprising that …

Jun 9, 2023: One week from now, it’s vacation time! I’m too busy at work, so this seems far away; I’m not in the vacation mood yet. This …

Jun 8, 2023: RSS > Reddit. That is all. Think twice before telling me that I’m wrong. Spoiler alert: contribute to your own destiny instead of other …

Jun 8, 2023: Watch Out Reddit 🤨 Because of recent Reddit behaviors towards their API consumption models, seeing Apollo go, just like that, plus similarities of behavior with …

Jun 8, 2023: Use Ghost Bookmarker to easily add links and notes to a post, straight from your browser. Links are saved as a bookmark card (with an optional note) …

Jun 7, 2023: I don’t know if it is because I’m getting older, but I have more and more trouble and aversion with high-velocity feeds coming from …

Jun 5, 2023: I’m still digesting everything we heard and saw today. Like someone wrote today: what was that? I already read good (and dumb) reactions here …

Jun 5, 2023: My blog theme was tweaked this morning to set a wider content area (from 40em to 60em). Since the content is resized according to the device screen, I …

Jun 5, 2023: A Few Last-Minute Questions for WWDC2023 It’s Apple keynote day, and it is exciting but also stressful! Here are last-minute questions. Will the headset pricing be announced today? Will the …

Jun 5, 2023: 👉🏻 This is WWDC day! Here are some informative tidbits. Two weeks ago, I set up a fake meeting in my work calendar for the entire afternoon (EST time …

Jun 4, 2023: In case people want to react and discuss Apple’s WWDC keynote tomorrow, there is still this Wavelength invite available. Currently, 43 users are …

Jun 4, 2023: 😱I just realized that for the first time in quite a while, I’ll be following WWDC news outside of Twitter. I’m unsure if I’ll go on …

Jun 4, 2023: Here’s a short “life at the office” story. Our VP of sales never stops bragging about how ChatGPT is cool and how it works for him for many use cases. …

Jun 4, 2023: I miss ThinkSecret website.

Jun 4, 2023: I forgot so many things to talk about in my WWDC 2023 expectations YouTube video… 🤦🏻‍♂️ like the Watch Face store that I wish Apple would be …

Jun 4, 2023: Reflecting on My Photo Processing Strategy For my next trip, I will bring my Nikon D750 and my iPhone 13 Pro (of course!), and my 2018 11-inch iPad Pro. How am I going to process my images? …

Jun 4, 2023: Getting ready for my trip to north west Africa. Halide FTW!

Jun 4, 2023: Location check in 🗺 — I’m testing the Micro.blog checkin shortcut. Please, ignore.

Jun 4, 2023: Thanks to @Mtt & @rcrackley, I’m now using a different and quite nice Micro.blog theme for the first time in many years! I’m quite …

Jun 4, 2023: 365 Days Later A year ago, I shared my first YouTube video on my YouTube channel. My initial goal was to share videos about using Craft, but later came videos about …

Jun 4, 2023: I’ve been watching my feeds analytics through FeedPress, since I made the switch. I’m surprised by the number of subscribers that keeps …

Jun 3, 2023: Mmmm, it seems that I’m unable to use my test blog on Micro.blog to post from Ulysses or Micro.blog.app. Am I missing something here?

Jun 3, 2023: From the release notes of the May 30th version of Hazel: Added missing arm64 support for certain auxiliary binaries. Not having these meant that …

Jun 3, 2023: And just like that, I discovered that my original Mastodon account is enabled and active. I didn’t know my account was finally made active after …

Jun 3, 2023: I hate .webm files. There, I said it. Why? I don’t know.

Jun 3, 2023: My morning so far. Just finished and shared my thoughts on iA Presenter. Got myself ready to watch the WWDC 23 keynote using this handy shortcut. I …

Jun 3, 2023: Getting ready for WWDC keynote. This WWDC23 button on my Stream Deck mini triggers a screenshot of my Mac screen using Cleanshot X. Each file will be …

Jun 2, 2023: Why my (numericcitizen.me) website is getting a lot more traffic in the last two days from … Facebook is a mystery for me 🤔

Jun 1, 2023: On Reddit API Access Pricing So, apparently, just like Twitter, Reddit is entering into a “kill-third-party-apps” by charging an enormous amount of money to use their …

May 31, 2023: I’m thinking: The Mac Pro is expected to feature the same design as its predecessor and the M2 Ultra chip. I have doubts on this. The design was …

May 30, 2023: How many tech sites like MacRumors will switch to Mastondon to live-toot their comments during WWDC keynote ? Not MacRumors apparently has they still …

May 30, 2023: I’ve been looking from a distance at the launch of Mimestream, and reactions are pretty enthusiastic. As a subscriber to HEY email, do you …

May 29, 2023: I’m not into Mastodon besides cross-posting to it and sometimes interacting with a few people. But when I do so, I want to use a great app. Ivory …

May 29, 2023: I finally checked off enough of my tasks on my to do list to make room for the WWDC conference! On that day, I’m calling off for the afternoon to …

May 29, 2023: Mentally, my creative hobbies take as much energy as my daytime work. I find it surprising how easily I can go from one world to another and back so …

May 29, 2023: Where I’ve Been To follow the trend started with Manton from Micro.blog, here’s my list of countries I visited. 🇺🇸 United States 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇩🇴 Republic …

May 28, 2023: YouTube reminds me every day why I hate algorithmic timelines. Suppose I open up YouTube and click on one video about long-range airplanes. The minute …

May 28, 2023: I never share my food over here but god this was delicious: aspergus, lobster for a risotto! Nothing left on the table. Sorry.

May 28, 2023: My Morning So Far What an intense morning. I learned about the existence of iTelescope, thanks to this blog post from Christopher Curtis, a service where you can rent …

May 27, 2023: One of the best activity-tracking apps focused on steps tracking is StepsApp. I always find something new each time I use it. It is such a …

May 27, 2023: On AI & Content Creators — So many Questions — So Few Answers Should I care if my content is used to train AI models? How is it different than someone who uses part of my content in a citation to write a …

May 27, 2023: Now there are 42 members (Micro.bloggers) on Wavelength! Keep joining if you want! Invite link.

May 27, 2023: On Slowing Down AI To Stay in Control I had a discussion about AI yesterday with my wife. She came back from a two-day conference in Toronto. One of the sessions was about the place of AI …

May 26, 2023: Targeting the First Thousand YouTube Subscribers My goal when I started doing YouTube videos about Craft (and now Micro.blog) was to reach a thousand subscribers during the first year. At the current …

May 26, 2023: I’ve been following Apple since 1982. At that time, Apple was selling the highly successful Apple ][+ line, the much less successful Apple ///. …

May 26, 2023: What is it like to use the migration assistant on a Mac to move content & settings from one machine to another? Is it as good as moving from one …

May 26, 2023: Today’s thought: by accepting the idea that blogging is writing for myself, I would probably write more often.

May 25, 2023: I’m fascinated by the lack of visual updates to Gruber’s Daring Fireball website. I mean, he has been using the same design like forever! …

May 25, 2023: Some housekeeping this morning: I made some changes to the navigation bar on my website so that FeedPress feeds are more prominent. Removed is the …

May 24, 2023: As a fan of meteorology, I was fascinated today by this visible satellite imagery sequence of east North America. We can observe clouds at different …

May 24, 2023: For the first time in a long time, I’m satisfied with my online publishing setup. I don’t see changes in the future. This is relieving. This mean I …

May 24, 2023: Follow up to my previous post. I’ll probably keep Ivory and buy the bundle subscription: one app, for all Apple platforms. Also, It’s a …

May 24, 2023: Eventually I’ll have to make a few decisions … 🤔🤦🏻‍♂️

May 24, 2023: If they are serious about supporting the federated web, @ivory@tapbots.social could add support for Micro.blog…

May 23, 2023: From Weekly to Monthly Digest Following the announcement of the tweaked Micro.blog newsletter functionality, I’m switching to a monthly digest instead with a specific …

May 23, 2023: Just finished watching a few videos about FinalCut Pro for iPad. One thing came to my mind: the iPad will probably continue to get bigger to …

May 23, 2023: Exposure asks me to upgrade to the business tier subscription to support Plausible analytics via custom HTML headers. Thanks but no thanks. My current …

May 22, 2023: Thoughts On FCP for iPad vs Screenflow I’m more inclined and attracted by the idea of testing (and actually using) FCP on iPad than the Mac version. Without being an iMovie on …

May 22, 2023: From my experience (today I shared a visual story named “Cemeteries”), I don’t get much exposure with Exposure, which I find highly …

May 22, 2023: On Mimestream Going 1.0 & Native Mac Apps Mimestream, a native Gmail email client, is out of beta and looks quite good if this video, by Matt Birchler, is any indication. As a subscriber to …

May 22, 2023: Quick follow-up to my blog post earlier today about using Craft to create photo journals. Sometimes, I look too far to find the perfect solution when …

May 22, 2023: I bought a Hookmark license recently, thinking it would play a big role in my creative workflow. It isn’t so far. Sure, it works great but use …

May 22, 2023: Last year, I went to Italy for my three-week summer vacation. What a trip it was. I built this travel journal with Craft to test Craft’s …

May 22, 2023: Time for another blog post category: Travels. Vacations are getting closer by the day.

May 21, 2023: I’m looking for travel advice. I’m going to Morocco in June. I’m considering buying an eSIM for the first time for use in my iPhone …

May 21, 2023: From Authenticity To Attention and Eventually to Connection I recently heard the notion of blogging for ourselves as opposed to writing for other people to read. I like this idea a lot, and after giving it some …

May 21, 2023: I visited my university yesterday, where I studied computer science from 1987 to 1993 (B. Sc, M. Sc.). So it’s been 30 years since my last visit …

May 20, 2023: Photomator is an alternative to Lightroom. Pixelmator Pro is an alternative to Photoshop. Source: The Difference Between Photomator and Pixelmator Pro …

May 20, 2023: On Apple Stores Evolution After 22 Years, Apple’s Very First Retail Store Is Reopening Its Doors in a New Location Source: After 22 Years, Apple’s Very First Retail …

May 19, 2023: Being full of projects is being alive ™

May 19, 2023: Here’s a project (another 🤦🏻‍♂️😵‍💫) that I’d like to work on. I’m curious about the impacts of AI tools in our lives. In fact, I’m more fascinated by …

May 19, 2023: Started testing Omnivore. 🫢

May 18, 2023: We used to be excited about new iOS releases, weren’t we? Even for small bug fixes releases like iOS 16.5 today, we would be drooling about any …

May 18, 2023: Apple's Headset — Alarming or Not? A recent report on Apple’s upcoming headset: Key figures including software chief Craig Federighi have also kept their distance from the headset …

May 18, 2023: On Android Switchers Coming in Drove to the iPhone Report reveals Android users switching to iPhone at 5-year high 15% of new iPhone owners report having an Android device as their last smartphone. …

May 18, 2023: Pocket’s new features make it even easier to discover and organize content | The Mozilla Blog: Pocket is rolling out a new mobile and web experience …

May 17, 2023: The case for Ethernet on Macs: Here’s how much speed you lose with WiFi Source: Ethernet vs WiFi: How much speed is lost? - 9to5Mac At home, in my …

May 17, 2023: I’ve got one Bluesky invite available. Just saying. 🙂

May 17, 2023: On Photomator 😍 Currently using Photomator for a small project. I love this piece of software. I bought it for 99CAN$ for a lifetime purchase. I prefer Photomator …

May 16, 2023: Important Housekeeping Announcement If you consume my work through RSS, read carefully. I’ll be transitioning to FeedPress to act as the entry point for all my RSS feed publication …

May 16, 2023: I wish I had something interesting to share so I could be part of Micro Camp someday. Maybe next year? This is something I wanted to do last year, and …

May 16, 2023: Two Thoughts On Apple’s New Upcoming Accessibility Features Today, Apple announced upcoming features for people with critical disabilities. Here are some thoughts. First, Personal Voice is incredible! I can’t …

May 16, 2023: Thought: read-later services should be called read-never because, for me, most of the time, I rarely come back to read my saved articles.

May 16, 2023: I really can’t wait to see this movie about Apple’s Lisa computer. My journey with computers started with the Apple ][+, then came the …

May 16, 2023: I finally completed and shared the last part of my story “Moving out of WordPress”, this time, it’s the DNS side of the story, where …

May 15, 2023: The next little challenge related to FeedPress will be deciding if I want to share individual feeds also or only the merged one. What if someone is …

May 15, 2023: Played with FeedPress this evening. The one thing that I like about it is the ability to merge many of my feeds into one and put it behind a custom …

May 15, 2023: My creative goals are all met, and it’s Monday. 😅 Maybe I wasn’t aiming high enough? 🤔

May 15, 2023: Thought: Read-later services or applications are a consequence of too much content availability and a lack of time for consuming that content.

May 15, 2023: My full review of Inoreader is finally out, with exclusive content for those who subscribe (free) to my website. I hope you find it useful. Empowering …

May 14, 2023: For the first time in a long time, I’m starting to think I’m finally catching up to 90% of the things I wanted to write and share. …

May 14, 2023: I wanted to publish my long post about Inoreader this weekend so much, but it’s not ready yet. Tomorrow it’s probably the day. Being …

May 14, 2023: In my last two YouTube videos, I decided to stop using cross-fade between segments. It’s a bit visually harsh (I’m not getting used to …

May 14, 2023: Thanks to some people on my timeline (they recognize themselves, I’m sure 🙂), I’m giving a shot at FeedPress. The idea behind this …

May 13, 2023: If you’re on Inoreader, this is a link to my profile page. I’m not sure there are many subscribers here, but in any case, you can follow me there if …

May 11, 2023: I’m wondering how good MacWhisper will be at decoding my English with my accent. Will try for my next YouTube video ad I always wanted to add video …

May 11, 2023: Can't Wait for the Upcoming Publishing Weekend This weekend, I will publish a 6000 words thousand article about my migration to Inoreader. I’ve been working on that one for at least three …

May 11, 2023: Fun and interesting fact: I have four times more followers on Bluesky than on Mastodon, even though the latter has much more users like in the …

May 10, 2023: It took like 10 years to get FinalCut Pro on the iPad and now we’re reading that it could run on the upcoming VR/AR headset??? Really? Come on.

May 9, 2023: By making FCP finally available on the iPad, is Apple getting ready to bring more flexibility to iPadOS audio handling too? I read somewhere that …

May 9, 2023: Watch this space. This week is FCP and Logic for the iPad, next week? If Apple keeps releasing new things each week leading to WWDC, it certainly …

May 9, 2023: The best UI, the ultimate interface, is the one that you don’t see.

May 9, 2023: I got my first two paying members (annual subscription!) on my website (numericcitizen.me) hosted on Ghost! Two people are willing to give me their …

May 8, 2023: Like Anything Else, The World is Hybrid DHH wrote “In defence of the office”: I salute Apple, for example, for sticking to their in-person culture now that the pandemic is long gone. …

May 7, 2023: Wow, the Opal C1 camera software is still in beta… after so long on the market?? The last beta dates back to February. I have such a …

May 7, 2023: In case you didn’t know: there is a small group of Microbloggers on the messaging app Wavelength. You can get on board and join the other 38 …

May 7, 2023: A Peek Into My Typical Creative Week Have you ever wondered what my typical creative week looks like? Here you go, courtesy of Things 3’s Logbook. As I was completing this week’s stretch, …

May 7, 2023: Hot AI Summer (or, my practical uses for AI generators) This is the sort of empowering interaction I love to experience with these new technologies: …

May 7, 2023: Wait what? Even millennials don’t like algorithms I don’t fight the future — we need all the help — but as someone who has made the transition from no …

May 6, 2023: A Seemingly Mundane Visit to the Apple Store — Random Thoughts It’s been quite a while since I visited an Apple Store. Last I went for a quick stop after work since I was working at my downtown offices. There are …

May 6, 2023: I’m a big fan of Raycast, and I cannot wait to get my hands on Raycast AI, but there is one thing that I cannot stand about it: the app icon. 🤢 …

May 5, 2023: Another YT video for the “Understanding Micro.blog” series coming soon. But, you know already what you need to know, right??

May 5, 2023: I’m going to Morocco this early summer for two weeks. I’ll bring my big camera gear but I wish I had the iPhone 14 Pro or better yet, the upcoming …

May 5, 2023: Who’s actually using Apple’s Quick Notes feature? I never do because I always forget about its existence. It’s probably because …

May 3, 2023: I own 3 YubiKeys that I have for personal use. There’s one that I keep connected to the USB hub on the desk in my study, another that I keep in my …

May 3, 2023: So that sales pitch of “it’s just a coffee per month” really doesn’t hold water when you think that most people will subscribe to multiple services. …

May 3, 2023: I updated my main website to add a banner at the top, using Ghost’s new “Special Announcement” feature. 🇺🇦👀

May 2, 2023: I am currently learning to use Hookmark. This thing is so, how I could say that, powerful? It’s the kind of app with a slow learning curve that will …

May 1, 2023: Thanks @manton for the auto-complete! It works great on the iPad!

May 1, 2023: I had such a busy creative weekend, to the point where I wonder if I did too much. I mean, I didn’t see most of the weekend. It was raining most of …

Apr 30, 2023: I made my decision. The coffee shop it is. It’s a brand new place near my home. Not too busy yet because there aren’t well-known.

Apr 30, 2023: I’m still wondering where I’ll spend my Sunday afternoon for my creative activities. Should I go out to a coffee shop near my house or should I stay …

Apr 30, 2023: While spending some time in the Anybox bookmarks manager this morning, I was thinking of restarting my monthly newsletter because they are fun (but …

Apr 29, 2023: For each video about Micro.blog that I make and share, I lose subscribers.😔 People don’t like the mixing of videos about two different things I …

Apr 29, 2023: This blog post was created, edited and posted using the venerable and excellent MarsEdit text editor. Before switching to Ulysses, MarsEdit was my …

Apr 28, 2023: Something that bugs me with Micro.blog. Nothing serious, but still. The questionable sidebar arrangement. Why is Replies at the near bottom? Why not …

Apr 28, 2023: I started writing my 2023 year summary, and I must candidly admit that I’m proud of my digital accomplishment so far. 😊 You won’t notice, …

Apr 28, 2023: Grammarly just enabled Grammarly Go on my account. I think that’s cool and could prove to be handy occasionally. Grammarly isn’t perfect, far from it, …

Apr 26, 2023: Message to Those (Still) on Twitter After seeing this post by Chris Hannah: It’s incredible to see the effect of the various recent changes on how the “blue checkmarks” …

Apr 26, 2023: I have pulled the trigger: the concierge at Ghost(pro) is already working on importing my Substack content. It’s another nail in the coffin for …

Apr 26, 2023: Major Updates Coming to WriteFreely And WriteAs Matt, the founder of the WriteFreely ecosystem, recently wrote a promising post: It’s become clear over time that in order to make WriteFreely (and …

Apr 25, 2023: And now, I’m seriously considering closing my Substack account and migrating this to Ghost (using their excellent concierge service). 🤔

Apr 25, 2023: Blank. At first, I thought it was a joke. It’s not.

Apr 25, 2023: Hello, Bluesky. Nice to Meet You. In my Friday Notes edition #102, I shared my thoughts about my last four months without Twitter and how calm and quiet my digital life has become. I …

Apr 23, 2023: And Just Like That Micro.blog Syncs with Readwise.io Today, I unexpectedly came across this announcement from Micro.blog: Highlights are now synced to Readwise.io, provided that you have an account with …

Apr 23, 2023: How Amazon put Ukraine’s ‘government in a box’ — and saved its economy from Russia Since the day Russia launched its invasion Feb. …

Apr 22, 2023: There’s a lot of talk about how AI can get facts wrong. That’s fair, but in my experience it’s correct most of the time. Even when it’s slightly off, …

Apr 22, 2023: Arm-based notebooks will gain share over Intel and AMD, almost doubling their shipment share to 25% by 2027 from 14% today. Arm-based PC SoCs are …

Apr 22, 2023: BasicAppleGuy writes about his website turning three: Today marks the third anniversary of basicappleguy.com. A challenging but also very successful …

Apr 21, 2023: Apple Entering the Journal App Landscape Soon? Hell Yeah, Count Me In! As reported by the Wall Street Journal (since it’s paywalled, look at MacRumors report instead), Apple is supposedly working on its own journaling …

Apr 21, 2023: I read the “Making Something Wonderful” book during my vacations. It’s full of great reading moments, for sure. Albeit not as …

Apr 17, 2023: iPhone 15 Pro ‘Action’ Button to Replace Role of Volume Buttons When Performing a Power Off/Force Restart the leaker also claimed that the …

Apr 16, 2023: Just curious here, is anyone paying OpenAI to get one of their apps (like Raycast AI) to work with ChatGPT?

Apr 16, 2023: RIP Twitter 2007-2022 is now live (well, mostly live as tweets are still being processed and imported). Thanks for this @manton!

Apr 15, 2023: Coming back from vacations. 🛬 Returning to normal programming this week. Vacations are always a great opportunity to disconnect and let new ideas pop …

Apr 14, 2023: Still alive. Only on vacation. 😎

Apr 7, 2023: When AI Failed to Inspire Me I was looking for inspiration all week to write my next Friday Notes edition. Early morning yesterday, I was still unsure if I could make it, but at …

Apr 6, 2023: I’m currently testing Little Snitch mini. I had the Little Snitch app on my radar for a while, but this week they released what could be a better …

Apr 6, 2023: Still in my spring cleanup phase, I’m archiving all my bookmarks and references to build a Hugo-based static website. I’m happy to keep my focus on …

Apr 5, 2023: Percentage of the moment: 4% https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/04/4-percent-of-teens-use-vr-apple-headset-challenges/ Mike Elgan …

Apr 5, 2023: Somehow, I forgot to include my devices in my creator toolset website. Done now.

Apr 5, 2023: Going on vacation for a week. Leaving my MacBook Air behind, but bringing my iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard with me. It’s the only time that I use the …

Apr 5, 2023: 👉 I’ve been testing iA Presenter for a short while, and boy, I like this app. It’s not that often that we get new native apps on the Mac these days. I …

Apr 5, 2023: My wife recently told me how she was looking and considering tools like ChatGPT in her work. She considers ChatGPT like having an intern working with …

Apr 4, 2023: I’m late in my readings. I’m not sure what to think of this weird take about the iPad and Mac future from Jason Snell. The key to the Mac’s …

Apr 3, 2023: Even if Apple releases a HomePod with a screen in a form of a “iPad-like” device, I don’t see them beating Nixplay digital photo frames anythine soon. …

Apr 3, 2023: If the Beta switch is OFF, why do I get offered the latest beta of iOS 16.5? 🤔 Bug? Nope, because I had the beta profile from iOS 16.4 still in place.

Apr 2, 2023: I find Rewind to be very fascinating. Now, it comes with ChatGPT integration where I can ask for a summary of the things that I worked on last Friday, …

Apr 2, 2023: Introducing “My Micro-Workflows Explained” Series I’ve been working on this for a while and now I feel it’s time to share with the world. Follow this link, then expand each question to read the …

Apr 2, 2023: Some Numbers 🚨 This is post #2000. I have already written more posts in 2023 than for the entire year last year. I’ll probably write more than 2021. The record …

Apr 1, 2023: Finding software bugs at the least expected place and time while recording long YouTube videos, it’s always fun! #not #craftisbuggy

Apr 1, 2023: Make Something Wonderful | a book from the Steve Jobs Archive Coming to digital platforms on April 11. A curated collection of Steve’s speeches, …

Apr 1, 2023: I’m fascinated by the fact that very notorious people in the tech space depends on so simple workflows or simple tools like Apple’s Notes or Reminders …

Mar 31, 2023: I’ve invested so much of my time into Craft, since I left Notion. I never really left Notion, actually, but my usage of this app dramatically dropped. …

Mar 31, 2023: Hey, just a reminder that this invite is still open if you are curious about Wavelength, a secure and simple messaging service. We’re currently …

Mar 31, 2023: Apple, please do a real but simple password manager. I join my voice to many, like John Gruber and Cabel Sasser. I even suggested Ricky Mondello who’s …

Mar 31, 2023: The maker behind ToolBox Pro has passed away, as reported here and there. It’s very sad. I recently re-installed this utility on my devices for a …

Mar 29, 2023: 2010 - “Before printing this email, think environment”. 2023 - “Before using ChatGPT, just think.”

Mar 29, 2023: Quick Thoughts and Observations About Wavelength After reading Gruber’s article about Wavelength, I decided to try it. I’m not sure I require another messaging solution. Besides using Apple’s …

Mar 28, 2023: Testing the latest Micro.blog beta with picture upload. This is a screenshot of the current list of threads on Wavelength (invite link). 😎

Mar 28, 2023: For those who are (very) curious about Wavelength. This in an invite link to join a private group. It is called “Microbloggers”. You’re welcome.

Mar 28, 2023: Why a dedicated music app for Apple Music Classical? When we first learned that Apple would launch a different app for Apple Music Classical, I was …

Mar 27, 2023: Time to update all my devices. There are many.🙃 I’m always impressed by how effective Apple can be to keep the beat going on and on for releasing so …

Mar 27, 2023: Notion releases buttons. The world goes wild🤯. Seriously, I came a cross this announcement on YouTube this morning and god I never thought buttons …

Mar 26, 2023: It’s time for an update to my content creation workflow (on Numeric Citizen I/O). In the coming days (or in a week or two), I’ll add something new to …

Mar 26, 2023: This morning, I had a heated (and respectful) debate about ChatGPT, what artificial intelligence is, what defines human intelligence, and why I …

Mar 26, 2023: Senior Apple executives have apparently gotten a peek at the headset every year since 2018, but these demonstrations were discreet looks at the …

Mar 26, 2023: Two years ago, I had this wish list for Micro.blog. As much as I love Micro.blog, my list shows that a lot still needs to happen.

Mar 26, 2023: This week I got two unexpected gifts from my readers (fans?). One reader on my Ghost-hoested blog paid a one-year subscription, a 25$ gift! Another …

Mar 25, 2023: Earlier in March, Alisabeth Hayden, from Washington state in the US, was separated from her AirPods – Apple’s pricey micro headphones – while …

Mar 25, 2023: If you are curious about the migration process from WordPress.com to Ghost (the SaaS version), you can read all the details about it right here. There …

Mar 25, 2023: Found this in my archives. This was my old iPhone 7 in its old case. I love when things wear out like this.

Mar 25, 2023: From A to B — Another Digital Journey Completed From the Numeric Citizen Blog to the Numeric Citizen Space. The former was my WordPress site, now on Ghost and merged with what used to be the Numeric …

Mar 24, 2023: Ok, I’m done with this migration/merge ops. More details tomorrow.

Mar 24, 2023: WordPress to Ghost migration report. Content has been imported on Ghost. Domain name moved from GoDaddy to CloudFlare. WordPress subscription …

Mar 23, 2023: 5G+ Is this new?

Mar 22, 2023: Even if my full-time job is in IT infrastructure, I hate playing with DNS and registrars.

Mar 22, 2023: Yesterday, I got my first ever paid subscriber to Ghost website, even though it is basically a free website. Thanks to Ghost newsletters feature, …

Mar 21, 2023: I hate Slack. I mean, a lot. What a UX clusterfuck. 🤮 There. I said it.

Mar 21, 2023: Sad news. DPReview is going away. 😔

Mar 21, 2023: Moving out of WordPress is such a pain. It was a pain to be there. It is a pain to get out of it. My problem: I’m moving to Ghost. I need to use their …

Mar 20, 2023: It Was (Probably) a Rough Day at Craft Craft version 2.4.5 came out today after more than six weeks since the previous release. Usually, releases come out every two to three weeks. I guess …

Mar 19, 2023: Never say never, I suppose. Proof.

Mar 19, 2023: I recently discovered two new apps that are now in my documented toolset: Anybox and Zavala. Both apps have something in common: the ability to copy a …

Mar 19, 2023: Manuel Moreale writes on his blog: I dislike the concept of editing old content on personal sites. And the motivation is related to my love for …

Mar 19, 2023: Dear @vincode, I love your Zavala outliner. It’s a great native Mac app. I found a great use case for it when putting together my YouTube video. One …

Mar 18, 2023: Spent most of the day working on something that I hope will have some meaningful impact. Expect the unexpected. Hoping for a change of direction for …

Mar 17, 2023: ActivityPub coming to WordPress, Automattic buying the developer of the ActivityPub plugin apparently. Ghost is next to add this to their platform?

Mar 17, 2023: Microsoft: Today, we are bringing the power of next-generation AI to work. Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot — your copilot for work. It combines the …

Mar 15, 2023: Any Capacities users here? Is it me, or it looks more and more like another Notion? This small team is on fire with meaningful additions in each …

Mar 15, 2023: Spending Most of Your Life Running a Blog Kottke.org turns 25. It’s quite a remarkable journey. I didn’t know about this website until recently. I’m not a frequent reader of it, although I …

Mar 13, 2023: For those who watched the Severance series on Apple TV+: sometimes I feel like those guys staring at their screen trying to manipulate numbers… …

Mar 12, 2023: Rant on. I love Apple’s Safari browser, but the lack of Safari Extensions support by many developers is starting to make me reconsider my love …

Mar 12, 2023: Good morning! The third video in the series “Understanding Micro.blog” is out! It is about understanding the cross-posting feature of …

Mar 11, 2023: After so many iPadOS releases, these two gestures I suggested in 2019 were eventually added. This article was a timid entry in the user interface …

Mar 11, 2023: Another big update to my complete toolset website: a new dedicated section for my current projects. Use the newly added table of content to navigate …

Mar 11, 2023: Here is something that I really would like to do. Using Apple shortcuts, Charty for Shortcuts and Plausible analytics APIs: create an iPhone and iPad …

Mar 10, 2023: So, in a nutshell: Obsidian is a Markdown text editor on steroids with a fancy plugin ecosystem. Did I miss something?

Mar 10, 2023: Obsidian users: what do you use for syncing across devices if you don’t pay any subs to Obsidian? On the Mac, do you put your vaults on iCloud …

Mar 10, 2023: For the time of my life, I downloaded Obsidian and launched it. Wrote something. Clicked here and there. Then, I closed it. I’m afraid. 🫣

Mar 9, 2023: In May 2019 I published this: Personally, I think this year is too early for ARM-based Mac. Why? Because, my thinking is that Apple wants iOS on these …

Mar 9, 2023: Do you know MacUpdater? It’s a paid utility to keep your Mac up-to-date. I use it on my M1 Mac mini, but on my M1 MacBook Air, I use “Latest”. It’s …

Mar 9, 2023: 21 years ago today, my first blog post. A bunch of promising social networks have come and gone in that time. Often feels like very little is …

Mar 8, 2023: Riccardo Mori wrote an interesting take about the possible future of the Mac with a touch screen Why do you want to touch your Mac screen so badly? | …

Mar 7, 2023: You are out: Newsy out. Newsify out. Raindrop.io out. Matter out. Readwise Reader out. Medium out. News Explorer out (soon). 😅 Substack Reader… jury …

Mar 7, 2023: I finally completed and published my article about migrating to Anybox, a bookmarks manager competing with Raindrop.io. I’m not looking back.

Mar 6, 2023: If you can talk about it, explain it, even write about it, then I guess you can call yourself knowledgeable about it. Thought of the moment.

Mar 6, 2023: @numericcitizen@me.dm is my new Mastodon address on Medium’s newly launched Mastodon instance. It’s without enthusiasm that I created this address …

Mar 6, 2023: If Twitter is broken, it might be a fix here and there, actually. Just saying.

Mar 6, 2023: Mind blown. 🤯

Mar 5, 2023: Daniel Jalkut on AI-based art and “prose” Like everybody else, I was fascinated by AI art and prose. But I’m bored by it already. Why? …

Mar 5, 2023: Gurman said it is “plausible” that at least the next 13-inch MacBook Air will be equipped with the as-yet-unannounced M3 chip, which will …

Mar 5, 2023: [@numericcitizen](https://micro.blog/numericcitizen) It's a good formal summary of the pros and cons of social networks, written by a textual robot …

Mar 5, 2023: “Social networks can be a great way to connect with friends and family, but they can also be toxic. Unfortunately, these networks can lead to …

Mar 4, 2023: 🎦 Smile, guys; you’re on camera! 😃 I’m getting myself ready to record th first video in the “Understanding Micro.blog” video …

Mar 4, 2023: Spent part of the morning trying to do some automation using Hazel and Shortcuts. What a time-consuming task. I’m wondering if I’m not …

Mar 3, 2023: Here's The Weekend… Suggestions Instead of Infinite Social Media Scrolling... It’s the week-end in a few hours, consider those suggestions by Shawn Blanc: A few alternative things you can do when you’re bored (instead of …

Mar 3, 2023: As noted by MacRumors: The second beta of iOS 16.4 that was introduced to developers today appears to have a limited number of new features, but it …

Mar 3, 2023: About This Special Apple Device I couldn’t agree more with 9to5Mac here: There’s something special about the 2018 iPad Pro - 9to5Mac The 2018 iPad Pro deserves a …

Mar 2, 2023: Another Day, Another Discovery: TimeStory After Anybox earlier this week, now is the turn of TimeStory to make its debut on my list of apps under consideration. About TimeStory, from the …

Mar 2, 2023: 👉 Updated my complete toolset website. ➕ Zavala ➕Anybox ➕Inoreader ➖ Raindrop.io

Mar 2, 2023: 😅 Moving all my newsletter subscriptions to Inoreader (instead of Hey Mail) for a better reading and annotation experience. Unsubscribing to many …

Mar 1, 2023: Massive migration going on right now… to Anybox. I’m in love with this little app. Currently moving out my bookmarks from Craft. Next up …

Feb 28, 2023: I want to share a little follow-up to my previous post regarding Anybox. As much as I like what I see in this nifty little app, it must replace …

Feb 28, 2023: Another day, another rabbit hole. This time, meet Anybox, a bookmark manager for macOS, iOS and iPadOS. I’ve been playing with it on macOS and I …

Feb 28, 2023: Got this for the Apple Studio Display and iPhone 13 Pro. With macOS Ventura Camera Continuity, it works much better than I thought. It works great …

Feb 27, 2023: Testing Micro.blog Bookmarking Feature For the first time today, I diligently tested Micro.blog’s bookmarking feature. I don’t know if this is a popular feature among MB users, but I wonder …

Feb 27, 2023: Writing Shouldn’t Be Hard We now live in a world of multimodal communications, and how we communicate is changing. The omnipresence of devices in our …

Feb 27, 2023: Apple pays $12.1 mln fine for alleged app market abuse in Russia - Antimonopoly Service U.S. tech giant Apple has paid a 906 million rouble ($12.12 …

Feb 27, 2023: Dear developers, be honest with us. In my usual morning rabbit hole digging, I stumbled on Flow, a Pomodoro app for the Mac. According to the website, …

Feb 26, 2023: Will be spending the rest if the weekend trying to advance my (many) projects. One being to produce my next YouTube video about using Craft as a …

Feb 25, 2023: Coming out of another rabbit hole… 👨‍💻 I’ve been extensively testing Inoreader recently and I have to say that as much as I like the service, I find the support for third-party services …

Feb 25, 2023: 👉✅ I’m running a quick poll on my YouTube Channel, in the community section! I’m curious about your interest in “how-to” …

Feb 24, 2023: The funny thing about posting ideas on Friday nights, writing out loud ideas, it goes out unnoticed; nobody is paying attention. Everyone is too busy …

Feb 24, 2023: Since last June I’ve been producing YouTube videos about Craft (the note taking app, not the game! 😜). I’m closing in to having fifty videos done. I …

Feb 24, 2023: AI Comes to WordPress… Who Knew The pervasiveness of AI is starting to look troubling at best. This week as I was heading to my WordPress admin page, I got this message at the top. …

Feb 24, 2023: 👉 It’s Friday, and it is time for another quick experiment. For the next few days, I will cross-post from the Micro.blog to my Mastodon account …

Feb 23, 2023: Tonight, following one of my year’s goals of focusing on and reducing my digital footprint, I deleted my Tumblr account, where each post was …

Feb 23, 2023: A Typical Morning Rabbit Hole I’m heading to Micro.blog and start reading on my timeline, I read someone’s post about note taking apps, mentioning how Bear Notes is great. I switch …

Feb 22, 2023: 👉🏻 Day One, now available on the web. Woah! This is cool. I’m a big fan of Day One. I use it 99% of time for documenting my numeric life (details here …

Feb 21, 2023: Glass introduces “Highlights”. Oh I like this a lot. They keep adding more and more dimensions to an already solid, simple, honest, photo-sharing …

Feb 21, 2023: And here we go again with the new Mac Pro “problem”. Jason Snell writing about the challenges Apple is facing with the unfinished Apple Silicon …

Feb 21, 2023: Attorney General Ashley Moody: “We must ensure that consumers have the information needed to make informed decisions about their data privacy and …

Feb 19, 2023: I’m still pondering about cross-posting everything from MB to my @numericcitizen@techhub.social mastodon account. Why should I, why …

Feb 19, 2023: Seriously, what’s wrong with me? 🤔

Feb 19, 2023: I don’t know if it is a popular opinion or not, but Telegram is such a well-designed messaging app. It looks cool, and it has the right amount …

Feb 18, 2023: I rarely post my photography work here on Micro.blog, as I prefer to focus on dedicated photo-sharing services like Glass. But tonight, while doing …

Feb 17, 2023: The Computer is Wrong — Stay Critical & Curious This evening, using an Apple Shortcut called Clips, I imported the « Apple in 2022 The Six Colors report card » by Six Colors into Craft. It’s a 25 …

Feb 17, 2023: 😕 Installing iPadOS 16.4 beta1 on my iPad Pro. This cannot be worst than anything since iPadOS 16.

Feb 16, 2023: Micro.blog things I like: No ads No likes No brands No metrics No algorithms No influencers No follower count No suggested/sponsored posts Reverse …

Feb 16, 2023: OK, I’m excited. According to recent leaks, the iPhone 15 Pro could be ultra interesting (puns intended). I’m ok with USB-C; the time has come for …

Feb 15, 2023: Better late than never. As a content creator, these are goals for 2023. More in my Digital Garden.

Feb 15, 2023: Mailbrew still works but sadly feels increasingly abandoned by its founders fooling around with TypeFully, a writing tool for Twitter. Now Twitter is …

Feb 15, 2023: 🤔 @help @manton could look into this error message that I’ve been getting on my timeline for a few days now? Thanks a lot! Love ya! Sorry for …

Feb 14, 2023: 👨🏻‍💻I’ve spent quite some time recently on Inoreader, and I must say that I like it a lot. I’m on their generous three-month subscription. …

Feb 14, 2023: 🤔👀👇🏻 Apple is exploring a stand-alone device that combines an iPad with a speaker hub. The idea is to offer something that users can place on a …

Feb 13, 2023: The rumoured launch of a 15-inch MacBook Air this early Spring brings me joy and excitement. As an M1-MacBook Air owner, I understand the actual value …

Feb 12, 2023: Are there any Inoreader subscribers here? How do you take advantage of the service’s features? Do you use the Broadcast feature? How about tags and …

Feb 10, 2023: Eternally Unsatisfied With My Reading Apps I’ve been a News Explorer RSS reader user for a long time. It’s a less-known RSS reader compared to Reeder or anything else. It’s really good, but …

Feb 8, 2023: I thought I was done with the “macOS user interface isn’t touch-friendly” debate but tonight, I’m reading this piece from Jack …

Feb 7, 2023: I digg the updated design of Apple.com. The drop-down menus remind me of the Mac in its early days.

Feb 7, 2023: Dear Apple, I’m done. It took me a long time, but I get it. Today, I turned off Stage Manager on my iPad. I tried with all my heart. I tried. But, …

Feb 7, 2023: No. Great mockup design but no, I don’t want to get an Apple Watch Ultra in the form of an iPhone. First, I prefer flat edges over rounded ones. They …

Feb 7, 2023: TechCrunch interview with Apple’s exec Millet: One rationale for shipping M2 is also that Apple wanted to establish the line in a regular …

Feb 7, 2023: Matt makes a compelling case for the feasibility of touch-based macOS: I think Apple should add touch to Macs, and I think that this will allow them …

Feb 6, 2023: Microsoft Authenticator for Apple Watch to be retired: The Microsoft Authenticator app for Apple Watch joins a long list of third-party watchOS apps …

Feb 6, 2023: I really hope we get iPadOS 16.4 beta this week because right now, I never experienced so many weird behaviours on my iPad since iPadOS 16. Stage …

Feb 5, 2023: Continuing with this usability musing on possible touch-based MacBook, Jack Wellborn writes in response to an article by Federico Viticci: The Mac was …

Feb 5, 2023: Just found out about iA Presenter, from the makers of iA Writer. Looking at the website, this app looks like a superb macOS app! I can see a specific …

Feb 5, 2023: Benjamin Mayo commenting on laptops with touch screen: All the time, I see people swipe up and down on their vertical laptop screens to navigate …

Feb 5, 2023: In the “Competition in the Mobile Application Ecosystem” report published by the NTIA recently: Pre-installed apps, default options, and …

Feb 5, 2023: A few people here probably already know that I’m a big fan and power user of Craft, the document creation app. Over the years, I created and …

Feb 4, 2023: You might have noticed that I’m experimenting with YouTube shorts. They are easy to create using the YouTube app but the next ones will be created …

Feb 4, 2023: Rumours and articles like this one about Apple’s upcoming headset, supposedly called “RealityPro” is simply getting out of hand. I wish we could put …

Feb 3, 2023: I took back the iPad Air that my mom was using a few years ago. I would like to repurpose the iPad as a photo frame. It was updated to the latest …

Feb 2, 2023: Tim Cook’s introductory comment on Apple’s latest quarter: “As we all continue to navigate a challenging environment, we are proud to have …

Feb 2, 2023: DHH’s concluding words about testing an Android phone: I’m no fan of Google in general. And I still prefer the fit and finish of iOS over …

Feb 2, 2023: Highly Troubling—Ops are Taking Over Apple My Friends Don’t bother reading too much into the latest Apple financial numbers. They’re not too bad. What you should be paying attention to is …

Feb 2, 2023: If I had enough time on hand, I would build a one-pager website comparing all Mastodon clients. Then, I would update it as new app releases come out. …

Feb 2, 2023: Some telling excerpt from a recent story in the Globe and Mail about a Canadian helping Ukraine: “There’s a couple of shots I made that day that will …

Feb 1, 2023: CarPlay in 2023 will see its most significant upgrade since its launch. I don’t know when we’ll actually be able to get this in a real car, but I …

Feb 1, 2023: It is so slow to recharge an Apple Magic Mouse. Considering how we need to connect this thing for a recharge, Apple should have made it much quicker …

Feb 1, 2023: Wow, I spent 10 minutes searching for “how to save an email into a .EML file on the iPad”. It’s not in the action menu. The only way …

Feb 1, 2023: Any Little Snitch users here? Thoughts? I’m using NextDNS to block tracking sites, but what would be the added value of using Little Snitch?

Jan 31, 2023: A special message to all the people who expressed their support for the loss of my mother. It really means a lot, even though I don’t know you …

Jan 31, 2023: I’m back. Mostly. It was an enduring experience to see my mom go as she did. It was an unintentional instructional experience too. Life has many …

Jan 28, 2023: Well, expect a change of mood for the next couple of days. It’s seems that my mother, 89, is at the very end of her road. Not only that was expected …

Jan 27, 2023: I don’t have many subscribers to my Ghost-hosted website. I always find it sad when someone unsubscribes the very same day I send out a new edition of …

Jan 27, 2023: I’m no longer spreading Twitter content. Today is a cleanup day in my bookmarks collection, acting as a repository for future editions of my monthly …

Jan 27, 2023: Apple every second. Mind blown. Source.

Jan 26, 2023: Is there something like Shortcuts on Windows? I’m asking because, with the release of Things 3.17, I made a few tweaks to my blogger workflow, thanks …

Jan 25, 2023: Well well well, 15-25cm approaching. Winds should be under 60 KM/h. Some blowing snow is expected, more expected along the river. Very mild but snowy …

Jan 25, 2023: 9to5Mac reporting about a short Financial Times article on a silent war between Apple and Google: Former Apple engineers say that Apple still holds a …

Jan 25, 2023: Adam Mosseri, Instagram boss, spoke about the controversy growing on its platform: We definitely have a number of photographers who have been upset. I …

Jan 25, 2023: For those who don’t know me, I love photography. I’m an amateur photographer myself. Today, I want to share a link about an inspiring …

Jan 24, 2023: I’m super happy to see Ivory going out to light and all. I was on the beta, downloaded the official release and played with it a bit. It’s really a …

Jan 24, 2023: I’m seriously warming up to Readwise Reader. I get the feeling that I’ll be able to build a database of references and notes while …

Jan 24, 2023: Sometimes I’m reminded that I wish I had picked out “Digital Citizen” instead of “Numeric Citizen” as my “nom de plume”. In English, Digital has a …

Jan 24, 2023: My Taxi Ride to The Past I recently took a taxi ride to leave the airport as Uber taxis were unavailable and plagued with longer than usual delays. We were directed to the …

Jan 23, 2023: More details are emerging about the rumoured Apple’s headset… and this is troubling… Using the headset will “feel familiar …

Jan 23, 2023: For 2023, Apple is reportedly working on a larger 15-inch MacBook Air to join its Mac lineup. The new MacBook Air will feature the upcoming M3 chip, …

Jan 22, 2023: OK, I’m mind blown. I went to see the latest Avatar movie today. I was blown away. It’s probably the most beautiful, entertaining, …

Jan 22, 2023: So, the only way to set a profile image in IFTTT is to use one of the following services?? Not possible to upload a picture. My profile image is now …

Jan 21, 2023: On the web, I prefer Matter, but on the iPad, I think I prefer the Readwise Reader. In particular, I prefer the customizable home screen of the …

Jan 21, 2023: Spent most of the day in front of a computer. Thankfully, I learned quite a bit about video production. I saved 400$ by not buying Final Cut Pro. I …

Jan 21, 2023: I’ve been watching a few beginner videos about Final Cut Pro just because I’m searching for ways to improve my video production workflow. The new …

Jan 21, 2023: I’ve been testing Continuity Camera mode with my iPhone 13 Pro as the video and audio sources for recording with Screenflow. I must say that I was …

Jan 21, 2023: Integrating Adobe Enhance Voice Tech Into My Video Production Workflow — In Search of a Solution I don’t know if anyone knows about this free web tool by Adobe: Enhance Voice (link), but it is really impressive (@MattBirchler knows about …

Jan 21, 2023: Google’s official announcement of incoming layoffs: I have some difficult news to share. We’ve decided to reduce our workforce by approximately …

Jan 20, 2023: Matter is officially a paid service (if I want to get all the goodies). Well, my queue is full of unread articles. So this should be an excellent …

Jan 20, 2023: Thanks for Paying Attention There’s this question that keeps popping up in my mind all the time since I’m being more active on Micro.blog. Why am I getting way more interactions …

Jan 20, 2023: I’m on the Ivory beta. Is it me of updates a long in coming or non existant?

Jan 20, 2023: So, I started the cleanup of numericcitizen.me. Each day, on WordPress.com, I look at my past posts and select the ones that won’t make the cut. …

Jan 20, 2023: Here is something that I always find funny. On any photo-sharing platform, let’s say you like someone’s pictures. The guy will probably …

Jan 19, 2023: When Matter Made a Major Strategic Error Today I spent some time in Matter to read a few articles. I went to the Staff Picks section, noticed those tweets between articles and remembered …

Jan 19, 2023: I was searching for something in one of my past posts here on Micro.blog, using the built-in search option. Searching is swift. Looking at the search …

Jan 19, 2023: Interesting (and sadly valid point) from Om Malik: Regardless of age, the big elephant in the room is that we are certified addicts to attention. It …

Jan 19, 2023: Listening to Leo Laporte’s voice of Twit.tv in my AirPods Pro 2… wow, what a great voice this man has.

Jan 19, 2023: Today, from WordPress: Your favorite Jetpack-powered features from the WordPress app – including Stats, Notifications, and the Reader – have a new …

Jan 19, 2023: The new HomePod, as well as the mini, can measure room temperature and humidity. I don’t want to sound cynical but, what a clever way for Apple …

Jan 18, 2023: The new chips are yet another example of Apple’s chip division being so far ahead of the rest of the company. The reason iPad suffers is not that it …

Jan 18, 2023: I won’t upgrade my original HomePod pair but I thank Apple for bringing new features to a product that I thought was done. I’m happy to learn that …

Jan 18, 2023: On October 13, 2018, I wrote: This morning I found out about the existence of a blogging platform called Micro.blog. Something very special. Very …

Jan 18, 2023: “With the popularity of HomePod mini, we’ve seen growing interest in even more powerful acoustics achievable in a larger HomePod. We’re thrilled to …

Jan 18, 2023: The yearly renewal of my WordPress.com business plan is a reminder that I need to go elsewhere. This thing no longer makes sense to me. Hard to …

Jan 18, 2023: I’m dropping this here. It’s a matter of time. Mark my words.

Jan 17, 2023: Following recent changes in my digital landscape, I needed to spend some time tonight updating my About page, built using Craft. I hope you pay a …

Jan 17, 2023: One of the nice surprises about this morning’s announcements is the addition of two more USB-C ports to the Mac mini and the addition of a …

Jan 17, 2023: Gruber is whining about and calling out Twitter. Fine. I did too. I still do. And probably keeping doing it for a little while. But I left. I moved …

Jan 17, 2023: My latest project… explaining this thing… harder than I originally thought. 😅

Jan 16, 2023: I kind of forgot in my previous post to include the link to my Apple Rumours Hub that I maintain (using Craft). It’s not only about tomorrow’s product …

Jan 16, 2023: Krugman said that Musk’s behaviour had shown that he’s nothing like Apple cofounder and former CEO Steve Jobs – who was famed for his high …

Jan 16, 2023: So, Apple is rumoured to release new products through press releases tomorrow. I don’t expect exciting news (M2 MacBook Pro — specs bump). In fact, …

Jan 16, 2023: Did you know I’m writing a newsletter named “Friday Notes” on Ghost? It’s free and probably more personal than what I’m …

Jan 15, 2023: Arstechnica’s Jackqui Cheng: “One way to look at the MacBook Air is as the largest and most capable iPod in Apple’s line—think of it as an iPod touch …

Jan 15, 2023: There’s no sense in clinging to the personal whims of a clown leading a shit show. Especially when his circus will end up being a $44 billion version …

Jan 15, 2023: Up until now, the Mastodon ecosystem felt like some sort of black magic to me. Today I spent a few minutes explaining to my wife what Mastodon is. As …

Jan 15, 2023: This is a fucking blog, and it’s wonderful. It’s perfect. It allows you to share your words, in your own voice, with no corporate fuckery to fuck it …

Jan 15, 2023: Today, for some reason, I decided to delve into the Write.as “ecosystem”. I’ve been subscribing to this writing service for nearly a …

Jan 14, 2023: I just finished recording my MacBook Air screen with my face using Screenflow & iPhone 13 Pro as the webcam, thanks to macOS Ventura and …

Jan 14, 2023: 🇺🇦 There is one thing that I’m finding hard to replace from Twitter: all Twitter accounts I was following reporting about the war in Ukraine, …

Jan 14, 2023: Thought of the moment: on any platform, porn is never very far. #mastodon 🫣

Jan 14, 2023: I just updated my Numeric Citizen I/O website to summarize the last few weeks of change to my blogging setup if you are curious to know more. This …

Jan 14, 2023: I don’t know what’s wrong with me. When posting content on Micro.blog, sometimes I’ll do it directly from the Micro.blog website, sometimes from the …

Jan 14, 2023: While on Twitter, I was a fan of Tweetbot. Now that I'm on Mastodon (I have an account but don't plan to be very active for now), I feel at home with …

Jan 14, 2023: There are a lot of rumours surrounding the upcoming Apple headset. I call them noise at best. I’m afraid Apple is losing focus on other areas, …

Jan 14, 2023: Thought of the Saturday morning: I like the principle of logging my digital life activities, especially my actions leading to content publishing. The …

Jan 13, 2023: 👉🏻 Well, that was fast: @numericcitizen@techhub.social 😎 Reasons why I joined this Mastodon instance. 1) I like the name “techhub.social”. …

Jan 13, 2023: blog.numericcitizen.me should point here on Micro.blog hosted website, while numericcitizen.me should point there to my main website on WordPress.com. …

Jan 13, 2023: What's Really Behind a Subscription Fee? This video from birchtree@mastodon.social resonated greatly with me today. Here’s why. First, someone is finally calling out something about …

Jan 13, 2023: 👉🏻 Getting ready for: numericcitizen.micro.blog 🔜 blog.numericitizen.me 😎

Jan 13, 2023: And now Twitter suspends third-party app? Really? Another good reason to GTF of this platform. I’m so happy to be Twitter free now. Even though I find …

Jan 13, 2023: Something will have to happen in 2023 in the Mastodon world. I would love to join (even though I said I wouldn’t). Now that I’m starting to get it, …

Jan 12, 2023: I still can’t believe how different the interaction I get here, on Micro.blog, compared to what I used to (not) get on Twitter. It is night and …

Jan 12, 2023: I really like how Substack is evolving as a platform for content creators, especially for writers. I kept my account open after moving from Substack …

Jan 12, 2023: As we can see, while there are definite improvements in Windows 11’s design consistency, they are somewhat superficial (but still more thorough than …

Jan 11, 2023: And the Mac and the iPad continue to move closer together… Source: Gurman: Apple working on touchscreen Macs – Six Colors Jason Snell reacting to an …

Jan 11, 2023: A pivotal year for AR/VR? Hu.ma.ne are set to announce their thing this year. Apple is reportedly set to announce their AR/VR headset this year. Other …

Jan 11, 2023: I just finished expanding the descriptions of the apps and services in my toolset.

Jan 10, 2023: Must watch video about the iPhone photography quality. Are the photos shot on the latest iPhone 14 Pro better than other high-end phones?? Are they …

Jan 10, 2023: Has anyone noticed this weird behaviour in Apple’s Photos app when browsing images shot in RAW format? Let’s say you shoot a photo in RAW and then …

Jan 10, 2023: Dear @manton, please consider adding share sheet support on MB client on iOS so we can easily create link posts. What should be included: source link, …

Jan 10, 2023: During my trip to South America, I started to experience RSS feeds sync issues in News Explorer. None of the feeds would update, even after resetting …

Jan 10, 2023: Why is it so slow to read content in Apple News in general? Opening an article in News takes 2 to 3 times longer to render than its equivalent through …

Jan 9, 2023: I cannot count how often I select an image, thinking it will look nice as wallpaper. Most of the time, it sucks. Would it be cool if Apple added a …

Jan 9, 2023: With the introduction of an always-on display in the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, many users have wondered how much impact the feature has on …

Jan 9, 2023: Today, you can choose not to drive a Tesla if you don’t want Elon Musk, Inc. knowing everywhere you go. Tomorrow, you might have to limit where you …

Jan 8, 2023: Physical buttons are increasingly rare in modern cars. Most manufacturers are switching to touchscreens – which perform far worse in a test carried …

Jan 8, 2023: If reports and rumors about Apple’s upcoming products this years are to be believed, 2023 looks to be pretty boring. I’m ok with this only if Apple …

Jan 8, 2023: Now, I’m wondering if I should keep a “Replies” page on my microblog website. I don’t think people care to see what and to …

Jan 8, 2023: I recently wondered if I should put a title to a Microblog post or not (see my post). I finally came up with an easy decision process. Most of the …

Jan 8, 2023: Today is the day I turned my Twitter accounts (apple_observer & numericcitizen) into private mode. It’s the last step before disabling them …

Jan 8, 2023: Dear @manton, How can I get the “reply with Micro.blog” on my post details?

Jan 8, 2023: Can someone tell me what this iCloud Drive status means? I don’t appear to have any synchronization issue and yet, the icon seems to indicate the …

Jan 8, 2023: This is my current content creator workflow and tools. I recognize that it is more focused on the tools but not the flow between them could be better …

Jan 7, 2023: During my trip to South America, I decided to shoot every photo in RAW (using iPhone 13 Pro). If the picture isn’t worth editing or publishing, I can …

Jan 4, 2023: This one for @maique from Punta Del Este. 😉

Dec 31, 2022: I wish I had prepared a year in review post. Not this year. Maybe next year.

Dec 31, 2022: As we get closer and closer to 2023, with announcements surrounding Mastodon ecosystem, the latest being the creation of an instance by the creators …

Dec 30, 2022: I always wonder if I should put a title to my posts. Short post = no title. Longer post = with title? Long post without a title gives a preview of the …

Dec 30, 2022: Editing the framing of a photo in Apple Photos.app is tricky. Initial framing suggested by Photos.app is always tight compared to the maximum …

Dec 29, 2022: Should Apple Offer AI-based Services at the OS Level? In recent months, we’ve seen the addition of many AI-based features in apps like Notion and Craft, two apps that I know pretty well. Now I’m wondering …

Dec 28, 2022: It’s funny how I’m rediscovering people on Mastodon (via MB) who I first met on Twitter in 2009, 2010 or 2011. People moved away from one platform to …

Dec 28, 2022: I would rather buy a Micro.blog client from Tapbots than a Mastodon client. There. I said it.

Dec 28, 2022: AirTags can be quite useful and… stressful to track. Here we are in the plane quite ready to depart and yet my main luggage is still in the airport. …

Dec 28, 2022: Which is Best for Photographers: Twitter or Flickr? Which platform is best for photographer between Flickr and Twitter if you have about the same number of followers on both? You might think it’s …

Dec 26, 2022: Thought of the day: airports are probably the most user hostile commercial environment that we can think of. Bad UX. Wrong expectations management in …

Dec 26, 2022: Remembering Sad Souvenirs With Great Words and Images Here’s a great visual recollection of a trip to Italy back in 2011, when Steve Jobs died. Great images. Gentle words. It’s not only about the iPhone …

Dec 26, 2022: Would buy an iPad in a vending machine at the airport? The model was a 64 GB iPad latest model at 599 CAN$. Same price as in Apple Store.

Dec 26, 2022: Flighty is such a great iPhone app. Here Flighty is showing in a shiny and clever way that one of my flight is 2h20m late at destination. 😳🤦🏻‍♂️

Dec 26, 2022: On Making Apple Lovable Again The DMA holds the promise to return Apple to an earlier age without these gluttonous service and tax aspirations driving seemingly every major …

Dec 26, 2022: 30 Years of Platforms Learning To celebrate my calculator app PCalc turning 30 today, I've written up all the history I can still remember: http://pcalc.com/thirty There's also a …

Dec 26, 2022: Thinking About 2023 and My Future Creative Projects or Experimentation It’s the time of the year where I start to think of my upcoming year from a content creation perspective and as someone who likes to try new things. …

Dec 25, 2022: Leaving the Nikon D750 Behind Can you believe it? As an amateur photographer, I’m leaving my Nikon D750 home for my upcoming trip to Brasil. This trip certainly classifies itself …

Dec 25, 2022: A Few Takeaways About My Mastodon-Related Questions Today Thanks to all who replied to my question regarding Mastodon. What a great community over here! Never had this in fifteen years on Twitter. 😊 Here are …

Dec 25, 2022: Any Mastodon experts in the room? One quick question: how do I proceed to “reserve” my content creator name “numericcitizen” …

Dec 25, 2022: A Few Observations on Apple's Latest AirPods Pro I got a pleasant surprise under the tree for this Christmas🎄: AirPods Pro 2. Some observations: I would say the clicking sound when closing the lid is …

Dec 25, 2022: Comparing Elon Musk at Twitter to Steve Jobs at Pixar When I read articles like this one from The Washington Post about Elon Musk’s current tenure at Twitter, I think about Steve Jobs's tenure at Pixar. …

Dec 24, 2022: Just posted on my Twitter account. "This account is being phased out. I no longer believe in Twitter as a viable and valuable social platform. I don’t …

Dec 24, 2022: Merry Christmas 🎅

Dec 24, 2022: As you can see, my plan to exit Twitter is well underway. I think I could turn this shit off by January 1, 2023. It was much faster than I initially …

Dec 24, 2022: The Digital Cleanup Continues This morning, I visited IFTTT and Zapier to turn off ten applets which were using Twitter. My About page was updated to remove references to my …

Dec 23, 2022: If you don’t have a website, a blog or a newsletter and only exist on Twitter, then I give up. You’re not worth it. Thought of the night.

Dec 23, 2022: Digital cleanup night. Medium Partner Program: Cancelled. Buffer: Cancelled. WP for Buffer Plug-in: Cancelled. Typefully subscription: Cancelled. …

Dec 23, 2022: That is a hell of a low pressure. Very windy now. Lots of rain earlier. Getting way colder by tomorrow.

Dec 23, 2022: Getting Ready for the Holidays and my Next Trip Closing out my working session with my office for the holidays. What a year it was. Now is the time to finally get ready for Christmas and everything …

Dec 22, 2022: After Closing Twitter, Medium Will Be Next The next victim of my "digital cleanup" will be my Medium account. Even though I stopped writing original content there a while ago, I currently get a …

Dec 22, 2022: An iPhone + a Belkin iPhone Mount + macOS Ventura + FaceTime Call I finally tested a FaceTime call with my iPhone 13 Pro and the Belkin iPhone mount with my M1 MacBook Air running macOS Ventura. The setup was easy. …

Dec 22, 2022: More is Indeed Better on Micro.blog I receive more user feedback or interactions in a day here on Micro.blog than in an entire month on Twitter. On top of that, the quality is 100x …

Dec 22, 2022: Sometimes I wish I had started blogging fifteen or twenty years ago. It would be so cool to have this long stretch of writing at my disposal and …

Dec 22, 2022: Starting from now: I no longer cross-post my original Micro.blog posts to Twitter. Curious to see how bad it will be for my visitors analytics.

Dec 22, 2022: Musing About Writing Needs And This War Earlier this year, back in May I think, I started a subscription to Write.as. Why? I was curious about this platform for writers and there was a …

Dec 22, 2022: What I'll Lose By Leaving Twitter As per my current analysis and preparation for leaving Twitter, here’s what I’m going to lose. Access to product announcements, most of …

Dec 21, 2022: Write.as: Are You Fediverse Friendly? Write.as and Fediverse support (or lack of): Write.as doesn't render the URLs of both the toot and the PeerTube video. The HTML embedding code does …

Dec 21, 2022: Assign to All Desktops - A Must Know macOS Stage Manager Trick Updated my last Mac to macOS Ventura and discovered something super useful when using Stage Manager. If you want to have an application always …

Dec 21, 2022: Found a great place for my Tidbyt.

Dec 21, 2022: The trend is clear: people are leaving Twitter. This is my follower count since June of 2022. If there was any doubt left about my decision to quit …

Dec 21, 2022: Why Close My Twitter Accounts? Here Are My Five Reasons I think it is essential to elaborate on why I will close my Twitter accounts in 2023. This is not something to do lightly. So, after much thought, …

Dec 21, 2022: Installing Windows in 2022 I just spent part of my morning installing Windows 10 version 22H2 on a virtual machine with VMware Fusion 12 on my recently acquired 2013 Mac Pro. …

Dec 20, 2022: My Experience With Tidbyt LED-Based Display After six weeks of waiting, I finally got this little LED-based display called “Tidbyt”, a reference, I guess, to the old Lite-Brite game which came …

Dec 19, 2022: So what do have here… quick and dirty review coming soon. 🤓🤗

Dec 19, 2022: I get way better interactions here on Micro.blog (more often, better quality) than on any other platforms I ever spent time on. Just a not-so-random …

Dec 19, 2022: On Twitter's Attention Seekers On Twitter, you can get notified when someone starts following you. Sounds great until it isn’t. You know, many people will start following …

Dec 19, 2022: Rewind: Thanks but No Thanks After watching a recent video from Matt Birchler about Rewind, a constant screen recording utility for the Mac, I was excited to give my email address …

Dec 18, 2022: The Cost of Twitter I could save more than a whopping 400$ annually by shutting down my Twitter accounts. Thanks to the potential removal of a few service subscriptions …

Dec 18, 2022: I’ve stopped clicking on Twitter links. Starve the site of attention. Brent Simmons https://micro.inessential.com/2022/12/18/ive-stopped-clicking.html …

Dec 18, 2022: Less Than 1% The longer you’ve been on Twitter (I joined in 2007), the more likely that most of your followers are inactive accounts. My guesstimate would be that …

Dec 18, 2022: Twitter Is Xenophobic Now I’m in violation of Twitter’s guidelines because I do promote content coming from other social platforms. I do use Linktree and have my …

Dec 17, 2022: Twitter Down, Micro.blog Up I would love @manton to speak out about how the current Twitter turmoils, people flocking to Mastodon, and the ability to follow people over there …

Dec 17, 2022: On "Load Bearing Mac Mini" Is this true? 12 years ago, Twitter’s office used a Mac Mini to tunnel into the servers. One day, an IT guy found it in the closet. “Anyone know who …

Dec 17, 2022: Mailbrew, Typefully and Twitter I finally found how to reconfigure my Mailbrew account to log in without using Twitter. Good thing. I don’t log in often in Mailbrew, but this morning …

Dec 17, 2022: Found in my Micro.blog bookmarks collection: Culture is shaped by SEO experts and algorithms. Neither of which have our best interests in mind. Mike …

Dec 16, 2022: The Stars of the Show for 2022 Are... If I look back at my software usage in 2022, three stars stand out: Raycast Things 3 Screenflow Raycast was a revelation. It is so pervasive in my …

Dec 16, 2022: Back in the nineties, I tried drawing a few things, like this Apple's Newton MessagePad. Not bad, hen!?

Dec 16, 2022: Raycast year in review. Wow. I love this thing so much!

Dec 16, 2022: Twitter — It’s Really Getting Worse According to media and users on Twitter: Many Twitter users added a Mastodon profile link into their bios as the Twitter alternative picked up steam. …

Dec 15, 2022: Hands Down to Hand Mirror Plus Just got my notice for the Hand Mirror update today. The latest release offers a paid version, for which I gladly paid. Why? Hand Mirror is a great …

Dec 15, 2022: Nobody Cares Apple Missed Their Apple Silicon Timeline birchtree.meMatt Birchler …

Dec 15, 2022: Eyeing the Rumoured 15-Inch MacBook Air Apple’s rumored 15-inch ‌MacBook Air‌ is expected to feature the same general design as the 13-inch ‌MacBook Air‌ that was released in 2022 with …

Dec 15, 2022: Exit Plans are Important — Learning the Hard Way With Twitter Exit plans are important. My Twitter exit planning reminds me that we all should have some sort of exit plan for anything we use and depend on online. …

Dec 14, 2022: Updated my bio today, adding a mention of being a Qwitter (someone planning to Quit Twitter). When I tell my wife that I’m going to close my …

Dec 14, 2022: I love the idea of Ooh.directory, blog directory and most supporting RSS feeds. I submitted mine. Will see if they accept it.

Dec 14, 2022: I just realized that to see the list of people I follow on Micro.blog, I need to visit my own profile page, right? Am I missing something @manton? If …

Dec 14, 2022: Twitter Is the Uneeded Intermediary and How I'm Planning to Get Rid of It Whenever I want to go to Twitter, I should remember that Twitter is mostly a big dump of content originating from other places. So, why not consume …

Dec 13, 2022: On Rumours of Apple Working on Its App Stores Overhaul Bloomberg: Apple to Allow Outside App Stores in Overhaul Spurred by EU Laws. Boom. If true, it’s massive. I can imagine Apple's engineering efforts to …

Dec 13, 2022: On Apple's Freeform and Tools Palettes Freeform, the visual and collaborative application from Apple, is finally out for the iPad, the Mac and… I spent some time with it on the iPad and …

Dec 13, 2022: Starting a Journey to My Twitter-Free Digital Life After much thinking and due to recent events on Elon Musk’s Twitter, I’m starting to put together a plan for phasing Twitter out of my …

Dec 12, 2022: Following Mastodon Users From Micro.blog [@anildash@mastodon.cloud](https://micro.blog/anildash@mastodon.cloud) I've been improving our ActivityPub support in Micro.blog. Just posted a video …

Dec 12, 2022: When Ukraine Is Home of Great Software Makers I recently wrote my satisfaction about Readdle’s Documents.app on-boarding experience on the iPad. Now I’m reading about Spark’s cleverness take on …

Dec 12, 2022: Matter to begin offering a subscription early next year. It was bound to happen. I’ll have to take a position and choose sooner than I originally …

Dec 11, 2022: Welcome to the TwitterDump I’m not a Qwitter. I don’t think I’ll ever close my Twitter account. But, there will be a day where I no longer post original …

Dec 11, 2022: Another Day, Another Rabbit Hole Well, I almost forgot about it. Today I received my invite to start testing Post.news; another potential exit door from Twitter. From what I’m …

Dec 10, 2022: Isn’t that weird that we need to jump to an external website to enjoy the 2022 Replay? Why not have it within Music.app itself? 🤔

Dec 10, 2022: Sorry for your timeline flooding about this Mac Pro thing… probably a big in MarsEdit 5.0. Returning to normal programming now.

Dec 10, 2022: The Most Divisive Mac Pro Is a Thing of Beauty This week, a new Mac joined the family. The 2013 Mac Pro. I always dreamed of owning one. It’s probably one of the most singular Macs Apple has ever …

Dec 8, 2022: Glass Is Evolving Nicely It’s good to see Glass introduce new methods for discovering photos on its platform. I would love to see percentages relative to each camera and …

Dec 8, 2022: The Password-Less Future Looks Bright and Secure For the first in years, I just bought something from eBay. Man, this website design sucks and seems to date back to the early web. Is there anyone who …

Dec 7, 2022: Upgraded to MarsEdit 5.0... Because native software is cool. Because indie developers are cool. Because it supports Micro.blog but not Twitter. Because it is cheap. Because it’s …

Nov 30, 2022: Twitter’s Essentials I read about so many people flocking to Mastodon, leaving Twitter behind. I actually started to see a definitive decline in my followers number. …

Nov 12, 2022: If you read my Friday Notes series, then it’s a good way to learn about me. Just sayin. Happy Saturday night!

Nov 5, 2022: Just released: my first visual story on Exposure. Twenty days in Italy / Summer 2022. Enjoy.

Oct 30, 2022: I’ve been quietly testing Exposure recently, an excellent visual storytelling service. I could probably replace my Smugmug page. That’s …

Oct 28, 2022: I don’t know what will happen with Musk at the helm of Twitter. It’s probably going to turn really bad before turning potentially better (no guarantee …

Oct 19, 2022: Clear Thoughts on a Confusing iPad Lineup There we have it, a new iPad, a new iPad Pro, joining a growing and more confusing iPad lineup than ever. I won’t repeat the best comments from …

Oct 19, 2022: Adobe, Lightroom and the Camera The Adobe Max conference was held this week. With each conference comes a slew of new application update releases. I’m not really into Adobe ecosystem …

Oct 18, 2022: On This AI-Generated Podcast Interview Between Joe Rogan and Steve Jobs What. The. Fuck. This podcast example about a fake interview between Joe Rogan and Steve Jobs is a blatant example of where some more thoughts should …

Oct 18, 2022: When the iPad Is No Longer a Novel Device As I write this, rumours are pointing to an imminent release of some updated iPads today. What is novel this time is not the CPU to be used, the …

Oct 16, 2022: The Waiting Game In case you didn’t know, I’m a big fan of Apple (from the corporation, the products to the company’s history). Here’s a little secret: I maintain a …

Sep 26, 2022: On the Dynamic Island Inception and Possible Future A recent Twitter thread about the possible iPhone Dynamic Island inception by Matt Birchler caught my attention a few days ago but couldn’t find …

Sep 26, 2022: Press Releases it will be — Next Round of Apple Products Releases The way I see it, there is nothing in an updated MacBook Pro line with M2 processors and a tweaked iPad Pro line to warrant a keynote. There has to be …

Sep 23, 2022: On Software Subscriptions Tweetbot hasn’t been updated for over 6 months, I thought a subscription was going to mean more frequent updates? Source: Letting my Glass and …

Sep 20, 2022: So, if you want to push your career and your life in a new direction then take care of your blog. Because it all adds up. Source: Take Care of Your …

Sep 20, 2022: Let Apple Fix All Bugs, Will Ya? MacRumors in iPhone 14 Pro Owners Complain of ‘Slow’ Camera App - MacRumors: Affected users are seeing the Camera app take four to five …

Sep 20, 2022: On iPhone Internal Design - as Important as the External Design iFixit writing about the internal redesign of the iPhone 14 in “The iPhone 14 Feature Apple Didn’t Tell You About”: This is the most …

Sep 15, 2022: The more I think about it... The more I look at reviews, watch YouTube videos and visit Apple.com, the more I realize that considering my current hardware setup, there …

Sep 14, 2022: The Unexpected Pain That Comes With Lock Screen Customization So, I’ve been testing iOS 16 since its early beta stage, and I love it so much. One of the best features is the customizable Lock Screen. But it also …

Sep 7, 2022: What's Hot in Italy? Android or iPhone? My Observations Here’s an interesting post by Gruber about Android vs iPhone’s relative popularity in different places around the world. I have some …

Sep 3, 2022: Away from Apple's Far out event Next week, Apple will release a bunch of new iPhone and Apple Watch. I think it’s the first time I feel so detached from this media event. …

Aug 19, 2022: M2 MacBook Air — Not Going To Happen I paid a quick visit to the Apple Store yesterday to get a pack of AirTags and give another look at the M2 MacBook Air, especially the Midnight colour …

Aug 16, 2022: AirTags Can Make a Difference I want to chime in here, following the publication of this article from Om Malik about AirTags. I’m leaving for Italy in a few days. Knowing how …

Aug 16, 2022: Building a Photo Diary Using Craft — An Experiment I started another experiment: a photo diary of my upcoming trip to Italy. I’ll be using Craft for this. My objective is simple: testing Craft …

Aug 14, 2022: Waiting for the Surprises Interesting fact: I rarely look at pictures of the places I’m going to visit. I could go online and look at many images of Milan, for example, …

Aug 13, 2022: How Apple Is Encouraging Developers to Have Their Own Identity Telegram’s CEO, M. Pavel Durov, complains that Apple is making his life harder than necessary by having to wait for the review process to …

Aug 13, 2022: My Photo Publishing Flow for Italy Following my post earlier this week, I finally found my publishing workflow for my vacation in Italy. From time to time, I’ll write a story on …

Aug 13, 2022: No, no, no, and no. I’m sorry, Dropzone, you’re good but not that useful. I mean, for such a narrow-usage utility, I’m not going to pay that much …

Aug 12, 2022: How fast do you need your internet to be? A recent post from MereCivilian about subscribing to a fast Internet service triggered this one. Here are a few reasons for having fast Internet at …

Aug 12, 2022: On Ghost Explorer This could be the best thing to come to Ghost in a long time: Ghost Explorer. And there is more coming next week, apparently 🤔. For someone who left …

Aug 9, 2022: Wondering About Photo Journal for My Upcoming Trip to Italy I’m two weeks away from a long trip to Italy, and I’m wondering about posting photos while on the trip, but where? Since I’m not …

Aug 9, 2022: Less Colour Options at First, Introduce More Later Color Options for All iPhone 14 Models: Everything We Know - MacRumors If iPhone 14 colour options are reduced compared to the iPhone 13 lineup, I …

Aug 9, 2022: About Heavy Camera Gear for Vacations In The Weight Of Creativity – On my Om, Om Malik thinks about camera gears weight during trips. I’m on the verge of going to Italy for a three …

Aug 3, 2022: About This Reading Enabling Device For many reasons that I’m aware of, I forgot that the iPad is the best device for reading and collecting information tidbits that are fueling my …

Aug 1, 2022: Switching from Instagram to ... It is surprising and fascinating that we seem to skip Flickr or 500px as a replacement for Instagram when thinking like this about Instagram possible …

Jul 29, 2022: On Apple Silicon Macs and lack of Windows Support Regarding the lack of Boot Camp on Apple Silicon Macs: I think that the lack of Windows support on Apple Silicon machines is hurting some buyers, me …

Jul 28, 2022: The Lost of the Nobs About the updated design of the media player on the iPhone with iOS 16 beta 4: this enhancement in iOS 16 illustrated by Six Colors is real. At first, …

Jul 23, 2022: Only 84 posts this year Woah, I just paid a visit to my stats for Micro.blog. This year, I’ve got only 84 posts published; the lowest since 2019. It’s a bit sad …

Jul 8, 2022: The Disconnected Country We’re currently experiencing a major and nationwide cellular network outage here in Canada 🇨🇦, thanks to Rogers telecommunication company. …

Jul 2, 2022: That Rabbit Hole that is named YouTube Videos Production I felt in a rabbit hole with these YouTube videos production. Either it’s because Craft is such a great application to talk about, or I’m …

Jun 24, 2022: As much as I like #Ghost as a hosting service for my monthly and weekly newsletters, the lack of community, commenting, and recommendations by other …

Jun 24, 2022: Is there any user of Craft in here? In any case, may I suggest that you take a look at my YouTube channel for videos about Craft? The latest is my …

Jun 18, 2022: There’s no such thing as time elasticity Since early June, I’ve been quite busy working and producing YouTube videos about Craft which left me no time for posting here. As seen in the …

Jun 2, 2022: Special pre-announcement: I’m mostly done with my preparation for creating YouTube videos. Publishing videos isn’t new for me, but …

May 29, 2022: I never post this type of thing here but I wanted to share my enthusiasm about eating this! Simple and healthy. 😀

May 26, 2022: On The Myth of Lack of Mac Management Tools Recently, during a discussion in a meeting at work, a colleague of mine was expressing his frustration about the fact that one of our customers was …

May 24, 2022: I’m Not Publishing an iOS 16 or iPadOS 16 Wish List This Year WWDC is around the corner. It’s usually the time of the year when tech pundits will work hard on their wish list for the next major revision of …

May 22, 2022: For those looking to Craft as a site building, here is my most recent experiment: Numeric Citizen I/O. It’s a blog about blogging or a meta-blog …

May 20, 2022: A Week of Software Releases in Review Some weeks are busier than others for software or service updates. This week saw meaningful updates to many applications that I used daily. Craft …

May 18, 2022: The Power of Instant Publishing I’m currently working on a proof-of-concept to migrate one of my website to Craft using the application’s SharePage feature. The beauty of this …

May 10, 2022: Today was a special day. So many memories.

May 7, 2022: My Reading Workflow Is in a State of Flux First, I got back to Pocket and paid for the subscription. Then I added Readwise. Then I found Matter, and fell in love with it. I’m not sure why. I’m …

May 2, 2022: On Returning on Telegram I’m back on Telegram, after closing my account about a year ago. I wrote about the reasons why on my story published on Micro.blog. Since the start of …

Apr 30, 2022: On Keeping a Seperate Computer for Creative Work In a recent article from Josh Ginter for The Newsprint, If found the idea of having a separate computer for work and one for creative activities …

Apr 28, 2022: Notes of interest from Apple’s Q2 2022 earnings report and conference call | AppleInsider The last seven quarters have been the best ever for …

Apr 26, 2022: Now more than ever, it seems it is the perfect time for @manton to welcome people on Micro.blog who want to quit Twitter because… you …

Apr 26, 2022: Interesting Ideas for iPadOS 16 I recently wrote an article about where the iPad should go from here. On the subject of iPadOS, looking at this article on Behance from Parker …

Apr 24, 2022: When Uber is Being Rude I recently came back from a one-week vacation in Cancun, Mexico. The first thing I did before leaving the airport to go home was to call an Uber taxi. …

Apr 23, 2022: Doing Some Cleanup in My Home Office After spending some time cleanup my office this today, I found these in my drawers and other places. I no longer use these. Do you? I know some people …

Apr 23, 2022: Wondering About Returning to Podcasting Now that I’m finally having my dedicated room in the house for working, I’m wondering about returning to podcasting (I used to have a podcast, in …

Apr 22, 2022: I’m not writing my Friday Notes edition this week, and I feel guilty. I had a hectic week at work after returning from a one-week vacation. …

Apr 12, 2022: Taking a break of many things If you are wondering what’s up with me, I’m on vacation for a week. I’m not only taking a break from work, my office, but also from blogging. Expect a …

Apr 4, 2022: Two quick questions: how do you cope with what’s happening in Ukraine? Are you watching the news?

Apr 4, 2022: When Apple Pivoted Thanks to MacRumors, as reported today, I didn’t know today was the fifth anniversary of a special meeting between Apple’s top brass and select …

Apr 3, 2022: It’s Was So Fun This weekend I did some cleanup in my old papers and documents. I found an old bank account statement where I can see a withdraw transaction to help …

Mar 30, 2022: 🇺🇦 Another edition of my free monthly Introspection newsletter is out NOW. Get it here! Talked about themes are Apple, photography, privacy protection …

Mar 23, 2022: Venting My Frustration About Microsoft Teams It’s March 2022. Spring is finally here. Moreover, among us, Apple Silicon, first announced in June 2020 and massively available since November 2020. …

Mar 21, 2022: Dear Mobile Apps Developers Dear iOS developers, dear @Substack, when building screenshots for the App Store, show us your software, not the device on which it is running. Thank …

Mar 18, 2022: Pausing My Apple Studio Display Buying Decision Well, after a promising start, following reviews of the Apple Studio display, it seems that I’ll put my buying decision on hold. As I wrote, one of …

Mar 15, 2022: ”The Mac Studio contains radical innards in a plain exterior” Benjamin Mayo in Apple Introduces Mac Studio: “…the introduction of a brand new model of Mac is precisely the best time to do something entirely new.” …

Mar 13, 2022: I wrote this some time ago (thanks to Surprise Me!). It was when I started using HEY World to publish posts. It didn’t last long. And I’m …

Mar 13, 2022: Two Years Ago… On March 13th, in 2020, the world flipped, my world flipped. So many things are different now. This short blog post is about reflecting on the last …

Mar 2, 2022: Peek Performance, Low Interest It’s now official. Apple will host another virtual event next week, on March 8th. It’s the first Apple event of 2022, but it’s far from being the …

Mar 1, 2022: Apple is Finally Showing Courage I asked for this since the beginning of the Ukrainian war (on Twitter: first here, then here, then here), and today Apple delivered. Apple’s products …

Feb 28, 2022: Going Downwards I don’t know about you but I find current events in Ukraine very disturbing and distracting. As much as I’m happy to see Russia being more and …

Feb 24, 2022: A Message for Ukrainians The news of the Russian criminal invasion of its sovereign neighbour, Ukraine, is appalling. Putin and his regime is committing an aggression that …

Feb 22, 2022: On Time Machine Backups Over Network If you own a desktop Mac, you probably use an external drive for Time Machine. If you use a portable Mac, most likely not, and according to the …

Feb 20, 2022: Still Mystified by ProRAW Even after reading this excellent article by the guy behind Halide, I’m still mystified by Apple’s ProRAW format. The question that keeps popping up …

Feb 19, 2022: Dune Movie - Woah! Today, I finally saw the Dune movie, by the Canadian director, Denis Villeneuve. As a Canadian myself I’m so proud of him! It’s not a movie review, …

Feb 19, 2022: Old Computer-Related Memories From 1993 to 1994, I owned a PowerBook Duo 210 sporting a trackball, a low-profile keyboard and a grayscale screen. I didn’t like the trackball as the …

Feb 19, 2022: On Carrot Weather — Is It That Cool? Why is Carrot Weather so popular? I’m a weather enthusiast and I like trying new weather-related applications. I use many all year long, but Carrot …

Feb 13, 2022: My Oldest Post Going back in time on previously published content can be the source of a few smiles. My oldest post on my main blog is about Micro.blog. Here is an …

Feb 13, 2022: Challenge of the day: exporting posts from WordPress to Ghost Well, well, well, it seems that data portability among CMS is an issue. Who knew! I’m trying to find an easy way to move a few posts from my …

Feb 11, 2022: Please, don’t think that because I’m now subscribing to write.as that I’m leaving Micro.blog. It couldn’t be farther than the …

Feb 10, 2022: Health of Developer Relations with Apple in Free Fall According to this year’s Six Colors Report Card, relationships between Apple and its developers’ community is in terrible shape. The trend isn’t …

Feb 9, 2022: On Sideloading on iPhone — It’s OK, I’m Changing My Mind numericcitizen.meNumeric Citizen …

Feb 8, 2022: Write.as. Why am I looking at Write.as now? Aren’t WordPress, Micro.blog, Ghost and Blot enough already? Is this a disease? I like the concept …

Feb 4, 2022: Apple is clearly crossing the red line here IMHO. They are being disingenuous. These guidelines from Apple about external payments are even worse than …

Feb 4, 2022: For (more) personal stories of mine, here is the place to go. Friday Notes #61 — Knowing Our Parents numericcitizen-introspection.blogNumeric Citizen …

Feb 2, 2022: I’m mostly done with my love letter to Cleanshot, a screen grabber utility for the Mac (See About Box here on Cleanshot Cloud). I’m close …

Feb 1, 2022: On December 18th of 2019, Here’s what I wrote on Micro.blog: Now that I’m closing my account here on micro.blog I’m starting to get more …

Jan 30, 2022: From Apple’s AirPort Exterme to Ubiquiti’s Amplify HD As reported in my previous blog post, I had a chance to perform a “tech refresh” of my sister’s WiFi installation at her house. As a satisfied user of …

Jan 30, 2022: Replacing (Another) Aging AirPort Extreme With… In mid-2020, I wrote about my experience of replacing an aging Apple AirPort Extreme with an Ubiquiti’s Dream Machine. Today, I’m kind of repeating …

Jan 27, 2022: Universal Control — Finally! I’m a big fan of Apple’s Sidecar. I frequently use it for work. When Apple announced Universal Control at the 2021 WWDC keynote, I was blown away by …

Jan 26, 2022: On HomePod mini with a screen - STOP! Consider this recent article from 9to5Mac: Concept: How Apple could turn HomePod mini into a delightful and adorable smart display - 9to5Mac. Please, …

Jan 23, 2022: MP3 Files and the iPhone — Harder Than Necessary I find it surprisingly hard to find a simple MP3 player for an iPhone these days. I mean, just a simple application capable of downloading an MP3 file …

Jan 23, 2022: It’s the Time of the Month to Start Crafting the Next Edition of My Monthly Newsletter Well, it’s the time of the month where I start to work on the next edition of my monthly newsletter (it’s free BTW). I spend about ten to fifteen …

Jan 22, 2022: Yep, Notion is Bad I’m nearly done with my Notion to Craft migration. I know I’ve been lazy; I’ve been using Craft for many months while my old content …

Jan 22, 2022: Give Me Some Time... …and I’ll move out of 1Password. It’s on my to-do list for 2022. Gruber’s article is a reminder that time is ticking. I’m just being too lazy …

Jan 22, 2022: Dear Apple: Bring Back the Dashboard I want this so much. We have to voice our desire to get back the Dashboard on macOS. As explained by 512px a long time ago: Jobs pitched widgets as …

Jan 22, 2022: Taking Advantage of the iPad Screen Consider the previous annotated screenshot from Matter. Way too many applications have the same design issue. Why, in 2022, developers cannot fix …

Jan 20, 2022: About iMessage - Again Apple’s Messages app, why does it only support iMessage and SMS? iChat had support for AIM, Yahoo Messanger, ICQ, and XMPP. Why hasn’t Apple gone …

Jan 19, 2022: I’m a Big Fan of Craft But… As you probably know, I’m a big fan of Craft. This application is really at the center of everything I do online, as thoroughly documented in my …

Jan 19, 2022: Exploring the World of DJing I always liked electronic music, but I’m not a musician. In recent moths, I’ve been exploring the world of DJing. It’s a way for me to feel that I can …

Jan 14, 2022: Green vs Blue Bubbles: The Definitive And Honest Point of View A few days ago, I wrote a small commentary post regarding the WSJ article on Apple’s iMessage, its effects on the crowd of young iPhone users, and how …

Jan 14, 2022: On iOS 15 Update Conundrum — Why Apple Is Changing is Mind Apple finally published the numbers of people who upgraded to iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. While the percentages show the vast majority of users upgraded …

Jan 12, 2022: Bye Bye 500px It was written on the walls: my subscription to 500px is coming to an end next week, and I won’t renew. It was a nice ride for sure, but Smugmug …

Jan 10, 2022: Carriers vs Apple Om Malik writing on the iPhone fifteen anniversary and the carrier companies at the time (emphasis is mine): These were wireless walled gardens …

Jan 10, 2022: Working from home since March 2020. Over the months, I made quite a few tweaks to my home office. I’m so much more at ease at home than at the …

Jan 9, 2022: "It’s not just how things look, it’s about how things work." Somehow, I missed David Sparks’ observations regarding the Wallpaper feature of Apple’s Design Team (emphasis is mine): Instead of quoting …

Jan 9, 2022: One More Gripe Against Apple’s Photos Memory Feature Jim Novell & Stephen Hackett both have valid points against Apple’s Photos Memory feature. I would another one: memories are created on a very …

Jan 9, 2022: Blue vs Green Bubbles — Blue is In, Green is Out? A recent article in the Wall Street Journal created a concerted reactions chain from news sites and people on Twitter. In “Why Apple’s iMessage Is …

Jan 8, 2022: On Talent Retention Challenges I’ve been working in information technologies for nearly three decades. Finding competent people has always been a challenge. Keeping them too. But, …

Jan 6, 2022: Those Curves… I’m a big fan of curves, but up until now, I didn’t really know how to take advantage of them. 🙃 Enter this short tutorial for Pixelmator Pro. 😂 …

Jan 6, 2022: On iPhone 14 Pro Max Pricing Kuo has also said that the iPhone 14 Max, or whatever it ultimately ends up being called, will be priced at under $900. For comparison’s sake, the …

Jan 6, 2022: Surprise Me! The Surprise Me! plugin for Micro.blog is undoubtedly a lot of fun to play with. It will pick a random post from this blog out of 1578 posts published …

Jan 4, 2022: Beyond the iPhone Remember when people claimed Java would replace all computer languages? Maybe you remember when tech pundits told us that network computers would …

Jan 4, 2022: On NFTs: What Am I Missing? First, consider this announcement from Samsung: “In 2022, Samsung is introducing the world’s first TV screen-based NFT explorer and marketplace …

Jan 4, 2022: COVID — Did He Really Got Me? Here is an update following yesterday’s post about getting caught by COVID. I thought that I had been infected because of my symptoms. We all did a …

Jan 3, 2022: COVID — Got Me! After close to two years of relentless fight to protect myself from COVID-19, after following all the government’s sanitary rules and telling others …

Jan 2, 2022: The Real Cost of Crypto The real cost of Crypto. We need to stop buying into this shit and fast. Why is it so hard to think about these “side effects” when …

Dec 28, 2021: A New Project for 2022 — Every Apple Computers… What if I documented all Apple computers I ever actively used or owned? For each of them, there is a story worth remembering and to write (like this …

Dec 26, 2021: He says "Hi!" For no apparent reason, I started a photo series of this little guy in all sorts of visual contexts. I’m using an album to store them all. …

Dec 26, 2021: Completed The Servant Season 2 - At Long Last! Finally was able to finish season 2 of The Servant on Apple TV+ yesterday, just in time for the third season. What a weird story. The only occasion I …

Dec 24, 2021: A Message for Christmas To all of you, even though I don’t know you personally, since I spend quite some time here all year long reading your posts, I kind of feel …

Dec 23, 2021: Doing Nothing Useful and Feeling Guilty About It First day of holiday vacations. I’m not into Christmas at all this year. It’s the kind of day where I should work on my many writing …

Dec 23, 2021: Phasing Out My Vimeo Account Well, I’m not a video guy. I prefer photography. My experience with Vimeo is coming to an end. I won’t renew my subscription. I’ll keep my account but …

Dec 20, 2021: Glass — Maybe We Need to Be Patient? Matt Birchler blog post about his interest for Glass’s fading out: I was very high on Glass, a new photo sharing app this summer, but my enthusiasm …

Dec 19, 2021: An idea. The iPad. A Brainstorming Session. Another Article in the Works. I love the iPad. Apple’s Notes.app in dark mode is 😍. You’re currently seeing a brainstorm of ideas for an upcoming blog post in early 2022. The …

Dec 19, 2021: The Enigmatic Snapseed from Google Surprising to see Snapseed being updated since it is owned by Google. I use this photo processing application to create the posts in the Perfect …

Dec 17, 2021: Is The iPad Still Exciting — It Depends I want to chime in on a series of posts by Matt Birchler (on his YouTube channel) and Andy Nicolaides (on his The Dent website) regarding the iPad. …

Dec 17, 2021: I Just Paid $50 to Wikipedia I think it’s worth it and it’s important. The transaction was easy (Apple Pay), which makes a big difference. Consider this an impulsive buy.

Dec 15, 2021: Currently Working On — A Teaser Directly from Craft, a peek at four articles that I’m currently working on, almost ready for publication! 👀👨🏻‍💻 I dare you to meet me in my Digital …

Dec 13, 2021: On iOS 15’s Legacy Contacts I remember working on “A Guide for Preparing to Leave Your Numeric Legacy”, one of the cited challenges was to get access to the deceased person’s …

Dec 13, 2021: iOS 15.2 & iPadOS 15.2 are OUT — A Few Thoughts The previous screenshots show the release notes, as seen on an iPhone. I just can’t believe Apple cannot fix the font size. It’s been like this life …

Dec 12, 2021: Being Unsplashed — Take 2 If you’ve been reading my blogs for a while, you probably know by now that I’m a big fan of Unsplash (“My Growing Love Affair with Unsplash”). I’ve …

Dec 10, 2021: Hey guys, the first microblog posts digest newsletter coming out tomorrow morning, 9EST. If you didn’t subscribe, it still is time to do so. …

Dec 9, 2021: On #Glass Appreciation Surprise! Today, Glass introduced something I thought would never come: Like! Oops, Appreciation (Announcement on Twitter)! In summary: they are …

Dec 8, 2021: 💥So, you’re an #Apple fan, like #photography, care about #privacy, #privacyprotection and #climatechange? We do have many things in common. Why …

Dec 7, 2021: Strangely, my last post about the Micro.blog newsletter feature intro wasn’t made available in my timeline but it was published on the website …

Dec 7, 2021: Micro.blog Officially Launches Support for Newsletters So, as expected, yesterday Micro.blog introduced support for newsletters in the premium subscription tier. The official announcement follows: Today …

Dec 5, 2021: About Micro.blog Upcoming Update — Newsletter Support Apparently, it looks like tomorrow, Micro.blog is going to add support for newsletters. A few weeks ago, I can’t remember exactly, Manton posted a …

Dec 4, 2021: On My Photographic Style The photo thumbnails are from a personal trip to Austria in 1998. When I look back at these photos, I have to come to a conclusion that my …

Dec 3, 2021: Changing my Mind Boooooo… Well, it looks like I changed my mind. I didn’t remember that I wrote this blog post following the release of Ghost 4.0. At the time, I …

Dec 3, 2021: Testing Synology Photos as a digital assets management solution (#synology #beta #dsm7) I’m currently testing Synology as a storage solution for all my non-personal, non-photographic digital assets that I often use to complement my …

Nov 28, 2021: Will Apple SharePlay Really Take Off? Readdle software released an update to PDF Expert with support for Apple’s SharePlay. Using FaceTime, up to 32 people can share and annotate a PDF. …

Nov 26, 2021: Photo editing while on the beach On my iPad Pro, in split-screen view: on the left, Lightroom. On the right, Apple’s Photos. Same photo in DNG format (ProRAW) edited with available …

Nov 20, 2021: My Current Status My current status — spending quality time on vacations in Tulum, Mexico. It’s the first trip for more than 22 months. After so many sacrifices, time …

Nov 17, 2021: A New Home, Same Purposes I’m done putting the final touches to my new home, a place where I continue sharing my newsletter and publish new posts under the Friday Notes and …

Nov 15, 2021: RTFM (Read The Fuckin Manual They Say!) When I got my first AirTags, I was anxious to get this wallet from this KickStarter project: “Snapback Slim Air - A Wallet for AirTags”. This is my …

Nov 13, 2021: Some of my heroes over the years. Do you have any?

Nov 13, 2021: Like the Dislike — Put the Decision in Creator’s Hands So, YouTube will remove the dislike button soon from its platform. In one of his recent video, the popular YouTuber, Marques Brownlee, expresses his …

Nov 9, 2021: Android Phones Are For…? A story by MacRumors reports Tim Cook’s answer about not being able to sideload applications on the iPhone is not restricting customers choice. Here’s …

Nov 8, 2021: Revisiting My Craft Content Organization Even though I’m using Ulysses for most of my writings, after reading the “A Complete Ulysses Writing Workflow”, it gave me the idea of revisiting the …

Nov 7, 2021: From ProRAW to JPEG — When JPEG is Simply Enough Here is a situation for which I’m searching for a solution. Let’s say I’m going out with my iPhone 13 Pro to take a few pictures outside. After a …

Nov 7, 2021: Exposure Notifications — Still Useful? The other day I was looking at my iPhone battery consumption only to find out that the Exposure notifications feature was consuming close to 10% of …

Nov 7, 2021: Here is my Sunday so far… how is yours going?

Nov 6, 2021: Got Things Done This Week I’m feeling pretty happy again this week-end as I managed to do everything that I was sitting in my blogger’s to do list (which is setup every Sunday …

Nov 6, 2021: Remembering Macintosh Floppies This seemingly insignificant box used to be sold by Apple and contained ten single-sided floppy disks. Those were meant to be used in a Macintosh …

Nov 6, 2021: Comparing Notion and Craft running on an M1 MacBook Air. Notion takes 382 MB of RAM while Craft uses less than half of this. Both are native, but …

Nov 5, 2021: Time to relax, it’s Friday after all. Who’s playing?

Oct 30, 2021: I’ve been experimenting with something in recent weeks. Each Sunday, I open Craft and switch to the calendar view and create my todo list for the …

Oct 27, 2021: Glass Profile Page — Finally? After a successful initial launch, categories support addition, now here is profile page support. Glass is maturing, one step at a time. The web …

Oct 26, 2021: Computational Photography Meet Traditional Cameras But I wonder, where is photography headed from here? Surely, computational photography will play a big role in the short term. In my opinion, …

Oct 25, 2021: Understanding Halide Pro+ Capture Format I’m still learning new things about shooting in ProRAW on my iPhone 13 Pro. The latest tidbits that I learned is not directly related to ProRAW usage, …

Oct 23, 2021: Is the Cost of ProRAW Worth It? #apple #photography #proraw I’m still trying to wrap my mind around Apple’s ProRAW. I know, I’m late to the party. Image size can be as much as 10x the size of a jpeg. I think …

Oct 23, 2021: Hey guys! I’m still around! Been busy on Twitter recently, using Typefully. I’m still in love with Micro.blog even though I’m …

Oct 20, 2021: Big Update to Timery — I Love It! Timery received a major addition in this week’s update: REPORTS! As I wrote recently, I’m tracking the time I spend on my blogging and content …

Oct 19, 2021: A Few #Unleashed Observations About That #AppleEvent The less than an hour Unleashed event took place yesterday, I was there… watching on my Mac mini. I had these observations. The opening sequence with …

Oct 17, 2021: Going to the movies still sucks We went to the movies yesterday night. The first time in two years. “No Time To Die” was good. As much as other types of business has evolved in this …

Oct 15, 2021: I’ve been playing with my iPhone 13 Pro last weekend. On the following diagram, the picture on the left was shot with the telephoto lens, while …

Oct 13, 2021: Where Should Glass Go? A Debate About Likes Matt Bircher on the lack of “Like” on Glass: Maybe this is a terrible idea and I’m in the minority here, but I really do think that I would …

Oct 12, 2021: Google, Are You Kidding Me? Google, recently on Twitter, announcing their adoption of Apple’s UIKit design language instead of using their Material design: “Does a switch really …

Oct 12, 2021: E-Bikes: #VanmoofV — What Is Going on Here? Today, Vanmoof announced their latest e-bike, the Vanmoof V model. The announcement video, reminiscent of Apple’s product reveals, is light on …

Oct 12, 2021: 👉🏻 This game was destined for the iPad. I’m in love. 🥰 Bye bye Steam! Currently in beta and pre-orders are open. Works great! Read my comments …

Oct 11, 2021: On the way back home I’m on my way back home from a weekend in the Niagara Falls region. I put my iPhone 13 Pro to the test. I’m quite happy with my …

Oct 9, 2021: Am I missing Notion? @notionhq @craftsdocsapp Been thinking about Notion recently. Before using Craft, I was a fan of Notion. I spent a few moments today on Notion to make some cleanup. I think …

Oct 7, 2021: The Read Later Syndrome Pocket. Refind. Readwise. Matter. Safari Read Later. When is this going to stop, so I can make up my mind? If you do a search on my Micro.blog page, …

Oct 2, 2021: It’s Becoming Harder and Harder to Sell Second Hand Apple Gear After many weeks of trying, I finally sold my 2017 21.5 inches iMac. Even though Apple is currently selling M1 iMac at a competitive price, I thought …

Sep 30, 2021: Dear @Viticci, I’m Not a Professional Reviewer, So What? This podcast episode from MacStories featuring Viticci triggered quite a few reactions. Why? Because of these two sentences in the first moments of …

Sep 27, 2021: Apple’s Maps — Nine Years of Iterative Updates Today Apple is publishing an article on its newsroom website about all the new thing that comes with Maps in iOS 15. There is a lot to like in this …

Sep 23, 2021: The waiting combo. It’s the story of a lonely couple waiting for something to happen. Tomorrow they will come together at last.

Sep 22, 2021: Microsoft: Wow. Your Turn, Apple. Microsoft’s announcements this week are nothing less than impressive. Microsoft is showing courage. Their Surface are striking. These things will …

Sep 22, 2021: Tim Would Love Stopping the Leaks Of course the memo from Tim Cook about leakers is being leaked. It’s funny to read a leaked memo from Tim Cook expressing his concern and frustration …

Sep 22, 2021: On iOS 15 Early Adoption Rate Compared to last’s year iOS 14, early numbers show a much slower adoption rate for iOS 15. The problem? Last year was about the iPhone experience …

Sep 20, 2021: Happy iOS 15 & iPadOS 15 to you all! After a long summer of beta releases, today we get to see the final releases of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. Are you feeling as excited as a few years ago at …

Sep 18, 2021: Bokeh is not going to happen apparently. It was written on the walls for quite some time. Too bad. I think Glass had a good start and updates are …

Sep 18, 2021: Dear @AppleInsider STOP THIS! I don’t know who got the idea at AppleInsider of putting video auto-play right in the middle of every articles, but this doesn’t enable a …

Sep 16, 2021: The iterative Apple that delivers If you think that this year’s updates from Apple are meh, I think, either you didn’t pay attention during the keynote or you’re simply bored. …

Sep 14, 2021: The future of the App Store According to Marco Arment One of the best recent take on the possible future of the App Store. Regarding IAP purchases: Most apps will be required to also offer IAP …

Sep 12, 2021: Readwise.io Reader App — A Potential Game Changer? In a recent announcement by Readwise.io: We’re now in position to reimagine aspects of the digital reading experience itself, from how you …

Sep 11, 2021: E-Bike and the Apple Watch — a Quick Question So, you’ve got an e-Bike. Good for you. I’m jealous. You’ve got an Apple Watch too. Good for you, just like me. Now you want to go for a ride and …

Sep 11, 2021: Courage, Apple? John Gruber on Apple’s lack of courage regarding vaccination of their employees: So where’s Apple on this? Why isn’t Apple requiring proof of …

Sep 11, 2021: Remembering that day I was at the office. A normal day. It was a perfect sunny and more than usual mild September day. Blue sky. Then the news struck. At first, I didn’t …

Sep 9, 2021: Can’t wait to try this This is the Opal webcam. For the Mac. Made by Apple people. Can’t wait to try this out. Not cheap, though. Not ready yet either.

Sep 9, 2021: Quick Ranting On Medium App Updates Consider this screenshot of the Medium.app updates streak. It’s not a joke. At least one update a week for reimagining their app. I used to like …

Sep 9, 2021: On VMware Not Supporting the Mac Pro VMware: Due to various challenges of COVID-19 and the recent announcement from Apple on their transition away from x86 to Apple Silicon, VMware will …

Sep 7, 2021: The next #AppleEvent is coming! Just in time for the upcoming Apple event, my rumours site has been updated to reflect the most recent rumours. New iPhone. New Apple Watch. New …

Sep 5, 2021: The (short) story of a scratch Here is a picture of my 2020 MacBook Air that I recently bought. I wanted to use it as a banner somewhere, but this visual defect on the Apple logo …

Sep 3, 2021: A thought on the Apple Watch Series 7 In recent days or weeks, rumours are rampant on the updated design of the Apple Watch: bigger but flatter screen, boxier design are the main themes, …

Sep 2, 2021: A typical month on Substack Five publications each month. Four Friday notes posts, one monthly newsletter. Some new subscribers. No comments. A lot of fun at writing and …

Aug 31, 2021: And so it begins. What's next? According to the Wall Street Journal: South Korea today passed a bill that bans Apple and Google from requiring developers to use their own respective …

Aug 29, 2021: I spend between 4 to 5 hours each month to put together my Numeric Citizen Introspection newsletter.

Aug 29, 2021: I’m mostly done with my next issue of The Numeric Citizen Introspection newsletter. Get ready to get it in your inbox, subscribe, it’s …

Aug 28, 2021: On Apple's M1 MacBook Air energy efficiency Funny and fascinating to see that 95% of the time, the four energy-efficient CPU cores are doing all the legwork on my M1 MacBook Air. I rarely see …

Aug 28, 2021: While waiting for iCloud Private Relay... I’m using NextDNS.io for a better web experience… not the same but it does a great job of making the web more privacy friendly and a lot …

Aug 26, 2021: Late to the party, but... Just got this yesterday. You know what this mean, right? Well, maybe not. Anyway, I’m a bit late to the MacBook Air party, but this thing is …

Aug 24, 2021: Decided to put everything I read online through @Pocket. Highlights are synced to my @Readwiseio account, and I share a lot of them with comments on …

Aug 24, 2021: If all goes well, I should be getting my CraftingMAChine today. 👈🏻 👨🏻‍💻 #macbookair #applesilicon #m1chip

Aug 23, 2021: Gosh, importing my stuff from Notion into Craft is not funny. There has to be a better way. 😵‍💫

Aug 21, 2021: I’m trying something new, again. I’m testing Revue, by Twitter. What I found is quite interesting, from a Substack user perspective. You …

Aug 18, 2021: Feeling honored It doesn’t happen too often but when it does, I feel very proud about it. One of my blog post about the story of 1Password 8 going Electron on …

Aug 18, 2021: About this “in-public” design Gruber writing about how Apple mostly fixed Safari 15 on iPhone with beta 6 (emphasis is mine): The unusual part is that we got to see Apple’s design …

Aug 17, 2021: When designers can’t decide... iOS 15 beta 6 is out and Apple is making great progress with Safari on iPhone. For me, they finally hit the right notes. I think that’s the design …

Aug 17, 2021: We will have to wait for these... sadly. SharePlay, ID Cards, App Privacy Report, Custom email domain, detailed 3D navigation in CarPlay, Legacy Contacts, Universal Control won’t ship with …

Aug 17, 2021: Finally Apple. I love this!

Aug 17, 2021: What a bizarre advice A successful Apple investor, Paul Lane, had advice to give to other Apple investors, as reported on PED: buy Apple gear to return some money to Apple …

Aug 16, 2021: Doing all the things I love After an emotional week-end, long in coming, today I’m doing all the things I love the most: doing computer stuff — writing in a coffee shop — …

Aug 15, 2021: Switching to a weekly beta cycle this week? #ios15beta6 #apple

Aug 13, 2021: Apple’s cheap labour: concept creators Parker Ortolani for 9to5Mac published a two-parts concept on a future version of macOS named Mammoth. macOS Big Sur did a great job of refining the …

Aug 11, 2021: On this unexpected and mysterious macOS Big Sur 11.5.2 update Dear Apple, as an owner of an M1 Mac mini, a MacBook Air and an iMac, don’t you think that I’m entitled for an explanation about what does this update …

Aug 10, 2021: Excited for a… keyboard I got the new Magic Keyboard with Touch ID. I chose the one without the numeric keypad; the desk space being scarce. Setting this thing up took one …

Aug 9, 2021: About the Store, the Store Tab. There is so much to think or write about a simple “Store” tab. Something so “obvious” can lead to weird design decisions, even …

Aug 4, 2021: (Re)Introducing the Store Tab Yesterday, Apple made some changes to their website with the introduction of a new Store tab at the top of their website. Not only that, but the store …

Aug 3, 2021: Magic Keyboard with Touch ID for Mac models with Apple silicon — available separately. 😳🤔👍🏻

Aug 3, 2021: I Love This Machine It is light, fast and an absolute design gem. Small, but not too small. It runs a powerful operating system. It’s highly portable. It is venerable. It …

Jul 30, 2021: Apple: everything is at least to taps away™ #apple #safari15 #newdesigntrend

Jul 30, 2021: It’s always saddening me a bit when, on the day of a new issue of my newsletter is being published, a few people decide to unscubscribe. I know, I …

Jul 28, 2021: I’m mostly done with the latest issue of my Numeric Citizen Introspection newsletter. It’s been a year since I started this free monthly …

Jul 27, 2021: Documenting past home screen arrangements Matt Birchler had an interesting blog post this week about a screenshot of his 2013 iPhone home screen. There are a few interesting things to note. In …

Jul 27, 2021: On Safari 15 in iPadOS 15 Beta 4 Apple is slowly but surely getting there with this release of beta 4 of iPadOS 15 and Safari 15. I like what I’m seeing, on the iPad. Yet, “when you …

Jul 27, 2021: I’ve been invited to test Safari 15 Preview on Big Sur I’m going to jump in because on macOS, I don’t see the change as controversial as on iOS 15. I find it surprising that Apple seeks feedback on the new …

Jul 26, 2021: Four days week day? We can only dream it seems Again, Matt Birchler: technology and improved general productivity always had the promise of letting us work less, and yet today we work more than …

Jul 26, 2021: I wish I could have used « Digital Citizen » instead of « Numeric Citizen ». Oh well. It’s a branding issue, nothing serious.

Jul 26, 2021: Hey, @Medium, what are these updates all about? Are you counting weeks, days? Meanwhile, on my iPad, using splitview… this has been an ongoing bug …

Jul 26, 2021: Do you remember when you switched to Apple's ecosystem? Matt Birchler writing about Apple ecosystem stickiness: “As I buy more and more Apple products, all of those Apple products get better. My …

Jul 26, 2021: Part of my digital garden focusing on Apple’s rumours has been updated this morning. Most recent rumours about upcoming iPhone and Macs now …

Jul 25, 2021: On iPadOS 15 Photos improvements I’ve been using Photos in iPadOS 15 since beta 2 and I must say that Apple is in fact offering a major update to their photos application. Beyong the …

Jul 21, 2021: Thought of the day: you know that you are entering a post-COVID world when you’ve had your two vaccin doses for a while and when you get your …

Jul 21, 2021: Moving Adobe Lightroom from one machine to another I’m finally done moving Adobe Lightroom Classic from my iMac to my M1 Mac mini. A few takeaways: it’s a tricky process involving many …

Jul 19, 2021: How many times one of my colleage at work, knowing that I’m an Apple zealot, said that iPhone was losing ground to Android? Countless times. Where is …

Jul 18, 2021: THIS! 👇🏻 www.macsparky.com That Car Project

Jul 18, 2021: iPhone 13 Pro Max or iPhone 13 Pro — That is the question I’m planning to go big screen this fall with the iPhone 13 Pro (12s?) Max (I currently own an iPhone 11 Pro). I never owned the biggest iPhone (Plus …

Jul 18, 2021: When a 2013 MacBook Air is > than a two-years old Chromebook I’ll be getting a old 2013 MacBook Air for one of my son to replace an aging Chromebook that I bought about two years ago. Think about it. This eight …

Jul 17, 2021: Weird.

Jul 17, 2021: First deception with Pocket Cast: no support for widgets. 😒

Jul 17, 2021: Moving from Castro to Pocket Cast: 100% completed. 👨🏻‍💻⌛️👍🏻😁 I waited for close to a year for Castro to bring its podcasts app to the iPad. Today, with the announcement of Automattic buying Pocket Cast, it came …

Jul 15, 2021: On PC in the cloud Microsoft announced their PC in the cloud offerings this week. While it is probably based on their previous offering, Windows Virtual Desktop service, …

Jul 14, 2021: Joke of the day: “We believe that personalized ads and user privacy can coexist.”. 😂😂😂

Jul 14, 2021: User Interface design dark age era We are in the dark age (not dark mode!) of user interface design for sure. We get excited for new animated UI elements (example here), but overall, …

Jul 13, 2021: Google’s openness isn’t enough apparently (#antitrust #security #cybersecurity) Wow, that one is close to being hilarious. Big tech companies are the target of hate these days. Google was hit by another antitrust lawsuit by no …

Jul 12, 2021: Bye Bye Skylum - I barely knew you In preparing to move off my 2017 Intel iMac (and put if for sale), I must make sure to re-install remaining applications on my M1 Mac mini. …

Jul 11, 2021: What comes before the right to repair? (#apple #righttorepair) The next step for Apple is to design for repairability which goes beyond recycling. AirPods are the worst example of this. When the battery life on …

Jul 11, 2021: Going to space… to watch a burning planet. So Richard Branson went to space. Next, Jeff Bezos. And then, what? Is there any scientific purposes in these flights to space? Nope, not directly at …

Jul 10, 2021: A few thoughts on cleaning up my Twitter accounts following list Since last year, I’ve been making a major cleanup of my Twitter account. I came from following more than 2000 people down to less than 300… and my …

Jul 9, 2021: The Touch Bar is a great example of a divisive feature. I love the Touch Bar. Poll: Do you think Apple should kill the MacBook’s Touch Bar? - …

Jul 9, 2021: I’ve been experimenting with time tracking. I’ve been doing it as an experiment at first, but now it’s part of my workflow. I’m …

Jul 8, 2021: The more we wait for beta 4, the more chance we will get a step back for Safari redesign. That’s my guess.

Jul 8, 2021: If you depend on automation shortcuts and use shortcuts in general on iOS 15 & iPadOS 15, you’ll quickly realize that any advance Apple made in …

Jul 7, 2021: Maybe Apple should sell iPhone without any operating system, that way, everyone is equal. I’d love to build my own kernel because I think it would be …

Jul 7, 2021: The power of iPadOS 15: setting up a workspace made of four apps with a simple shortcut from the home screen. So cool. 👨🏻‍💻🤓

Jul 7, 2021: The return of the Touch ID? A recent poll ran by 9To5Mac gives surprising results about what people would like to see if Touch Id is to return to the iPhone. Touch ID under the …

Jul 6, 2021: Can’t wait for a fresh coat of paint: beta 3. Tomorrow? Thursday? Next week? 🥸

Jul 4, 2021: Here is some relief for Safari 15 users who hate the new design… (#ios15beta2 #apple) For those like me who despise Safari redesign in iPadOS 15 & iOS 15: here is simple trick to better cope with Safari redesign: keep the number of …

Jul 3, 2021: Every few days, I go on the Apple Store app to configure a 12.9” 2021 iPad Pro with 512 GB just to confirm delivery date estimates. I’m crazy.

Jul 3, 2021: Apple in a weakness position… I keep thinking of this phrase from Phil Schiller who once said: “whenever we make a change we do it from a position of strength rather than …

Jul 3, 2021: Let’s pretend there is side-loading of apps on the iPhone, then what? InitialCharge: The only one that stands to lose anything in this scenario is Apple and that’s why they’re doing everything they can to convince us …

Jul 2, 2021: Please… stop… using… ellipsis… for gods sake (#apple #ux #design #iosdev) In the following screenshot taken this morning on my iPad screen, how many ellipsis signs to you catch? I highlighted them for you to make it easier. …

Jul 2, 2021: I’m starting a new trend: open writing. If you’ve been paying attention in recent months, did you know that you can have a peek at my upcoming blog posts that I’m working on? Thanks to …

Jul 1, 2021: Instagram Plans to Take on TikTok With Full-Screen Video Content Ridiculous. Facebook: the Instagram destructor. www.macrumors.com

Jun 30, 2021: I’m very surprised by the public release of iOS 15 today… it’s really rough.

Jun 30, 2021: I’ll never consider moving my newsletter from Subtack to go to Facebook. Over my dead body. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg: Bulletin Is “Directly for …

Jun 30, 2021: I rarely post my photos here… but here we are, it’s an exception day. This one is from the lake in front of my rented chalet. My photos are available …

Jun 30, 2021: Public beta, already? That was fast. (#ios15publicbeta #ios15beta2) If my experience is any indication, I wouldn’t install that on an iPhone, if it’s …

Jun 30, 2021: Problem of the day: my read later list is spread among Safari Reading List, Apple’s Reminders, Pocket, Craft and since iPadOS 15, QuickNotes😳. What is …

Jun 30, 2021: On Apple’s Hybrid work model — Apple’s employees to become targets? Dave Mark for LoopInsight: Did the pandemic make a foundational change to the way we think about where we do our jobs? Or was this a blip, with a slow …

Jun 29, 2021: Reading this story of the original iPhone demo Steve Jobs did, 14 years ago, using a barely working iPhone prototype, makes you realize how far we’ve …

Jun 28, 2021: With iPadOS 15, the more home pages you create on the iPad, the more you’ll wish Apple made a “home page switcher” just like the “app switcher”. Maybe …

Jun 28, 2021: What if nobody really knows what is going on? (#google #privacy #surveillance) What if nobody at Google knows exactly what their data hungry engine is all about? I mean, what if nobody has a global picture, so nobody can say “oh …

Jun 28, 2021: Another coat of paint to Windows UI mess? (#windows11) So Windows 11 is a thing. Is it a revolution to Windows? Maybe, maybe not. It depends if you can install it on your PC, which is far from certain. But …

Jun 28, 2021: Thought of the day: for me, Apple’s Widgets are more transformative to the iPad experience than they were to the iPhone, by far.

Jun 28, 2021: I made many updates to my Apple-centric rumours micro website which happens to be made entirely with Craft. Enjoy.

Jun 27, 2021: 💉✖️2️⃣. 😎 Let’s go and put all this behind us: get vaccinated.

Jun 26, 2021: Since I began extensively testing iPadOS 15, my idea of upgrading my 2018 11” iPad Pro to a 2021 12.9” version is suddenly less tempting… what does …

Jun 26, 2021: On design trends — sadness While reading a recent article from Basic Apple Guy about News+, there is this illustration that shows how far Apple News icon has come since its …

Jun 26, 2021: A few observations on my iPadOS 15 beta2 experience so far So, I took the plunge and installed iPadOS 15 beta2 on my iPad Pro. A few observations. It’s beta and it shows. Home screen and widgets placement is …

Jun 25, 2021: When hackers strikes personal NAS-type devices Pool Western Digital My Book Live NAS owners… many of them woke up to find out that their content was gone from their devices. Apparently, hackers …

Jun 25, 2021: iPadOS 15 beta 2: install or not, that is the question (#ipados15 #ipadod15beta2) I’m on vacation. I have some time to spare. My vacation time is spent between my home and a rented chalet. The iPad Pro and my iPhone 11 Pro are my …

Jun 25, 2021: Are Facetime Links Enough to compete against Zoom or Teams? Benjamin Mayo on FaceTime 15 in the landscape of collaboration tools like Zoom and Teams: FaceTime is more like an add-on of Messages, competing …

Jun 24, 2021: One design doesn’t fits all device sizes — Safari in iOS 15 This Safari redesign concept misses the point of Apple’s decision to redesign Safari on iPhone. Apple’s intention was two-fold: provide a better …

Jun 23, 2021: On Gruber’s annotating Apple’s latest white paper This blog post by Gruber is probably one of its best. He annotates Apple’s publication regarding Anti-Sideloading White Paper. You may disagree with …

Jun 23, 2021: Apple and Architecture This is one of the many reasons why I love Apple. They put so much money into this building restoration, it is mind blowing. The amounf of efforts …

Jun 23, 2021: Apple’s Shortcuts and Photo processing Now that Darkroom officially supports iOS Shortcuts (and will support Shortcuts on Monterey this fall), I can’t wait to get Pixelmator to do the same, …

Jun 23, 2021: Let me repeat it: we don’t need another Android platform (#apple #privacyprotection) As I wrote in this essay, we don’t need another Android platform. I understand Apple being on a PR blitz. I know Apple is holding a contradictory …

Jun 22, 2021: Reinventing my usage of the iPhone — A start I’ve been working hard in recent days to reinvent the way I use my Apple devices. The idea being to focus more, be more efficient, increase my …

Jun 21, 2021: Never looked at soooo many YouTube videos on upcoming iOS releases. I’m very excited for what is coming. Can’t wait for the public beta.

Jun 21, 2021: People are underwhelmed by Apple’s updates, yet… According to a survey by SellCell, people aren’t too much excited for iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. Without trying to read too much in these numbers, I think …

Jun 21, 2021: Full iOS 15 Beta Schedule Revealed! (#apple #ios15beta2) As we are probably getting iOS 15 beta 2 this week (today?), here is a probable schedule for this summer betas. RED colour is for developer betas, …

Jun 20, 2021: Finally on vacation for two weeks. Been a long time. For the second summer in a row, we rented a chalet which happens to be real nice. But there is …

Jun 19, 2021: On Antitrust legislation and Apple iPhone experience I always thought that politicians and their aides don’t really have clues about technology in general. If you want to fuck up something in tech, ask …

Jun 19, 2021: On Safari 15 redesign Great Safari 15 critic here. I didn’t test the new Safari design yet, but eventually I will (probably when public beta is released). Apple made bold …

Jun 19, 2021: iOS 15 brings a lot of tweaks, additions, changes. This YouTube video presents 500 of them. It’s massive. Probably the most ambitious release to date. …

Jun 18, 2021: Currently entering vacation area. Enjoy. I’m going to be much more active. Be warned.

Jun 18, 2021: Apple did bring back the loupe for selecting text on iOS. Good. The only thing is that we need to find it, as shown here. I know, it’s beta 1 …

Jun 18, 2021: On Intel’s market share falling Intel may see its market share fall to a new low next year, in large part thanks to Apple’s decision to move away from using Intel processors in …

Jun 16, 2021: Is your iPhone really yours? But the thread running through everything was that if you buy an Apple device, it’s yours. And it’s you. And if you buy, well, anything …

Jun 15, 2021: App Clip can be really cool I’m a bit late to the party but this use of Apple’s App Clip technology is clever: point your iPhone to the Apple Watch band package, an App Clip will …

Jun 15, 2021: Michael Tsai: On macOS Big Sur lingering issues This blog post from Michael Tsai paints a very terrible picture of macOS Big Sur. Unstable, weird design decisions, lot’s of issues in Apple’s Mail, …

Jun 15, 2021: Another exciting update coming this fall is Apple’s Maps data. This site carefully documents what’s new, what’s updated. Really well done. Day and …

Jun 15, 2021: macOS Monterey looks more and more exciting each day. Can’t wait for this update from the makers of Pixelmator Pro. I can see two of my Automator …

Jun 14, 2021: Focus — A Game changer feature in experiencing Apple devices? The more I read and learn about the upcoming “Focus” feature in Apple’s upcoming OS updates, the more I think it could be a transformative feature in …

Jun 14, 2021: A few words to help you get a peek on what I’m working on right now: Toggl. Focused Work.

Jun 11, 2021: Tomorrow I’ll go to an Apple Store to pay a visit to the Genius Bar for a repair. My last visit goes back to more than a year. I may feel …

Jun 10, 2021: FaceTime in iOS 15: too little too late? Maybe. At least, FaceTime is better positioned as a videoconference platform for the next pandemic. Because, …

Jun 10, 2021: The change that didn’t came (#apple #wwdc21 #developers) This take from Gruber “App Store: The Schiller Cut” has a sour taste following the WWDC keynote and Platforms state of the union. Did Apple announce …

Jun 9, 2021: That’s clever, Apple. To run an internal version of iOS, each employee must first install a special profile on the device — just as we do for downloading beta versions. …

Jun 8, 2021: Time to move off Apple’s Intel iMac? (#apple #adobe #lightroomclassic #applesilicon) With Adobe finally releasing Lightroom Classic for Apple Silicon Macs, This could enable me to move off my 2017 21.5” Intel Mac for once. The prospect …

Jun 7, 2021: I was over-simplifying quite a bit After publishing my essay on what I was hoping Apple would do in response to the developers community, Matt Birchler wrote a small response regarding …

Jun 6, 2021: iPadOS 15 to limit certain features to iPad Pro? (#apple #ipados15 #wwdc21) If Apple ups the game with iPadOS 15 (background tasks, better multitasking, external monitor support, etc.), we could see a situation where iPadOS …

Jun 6, 2021: Popup Menus — Comments About This Relic of iOS 3 — Could There Be A Better Design? (#apple #wwdc21 #ipadOS15 #ios15) Consider the previous screenshot showing the popup menu when selecting a word in a document. This menu hasn’t been touched since iOS 3, if I remember …

Jun 6, 2021: It’s always fun to re-watch a previous Apple Event. Just did the Spring Loaded one and used CleanShot to capture the best moments creating a …

Jun 3, 2021: The iMac vs a Simple Monitor The Thunderbolt display is now a vintage product for Apple. When I look at this beautiful monitor, I’m thinking about the recently introduced …

Jun 3, 2021: Micro.blog > Twitter Blue. I like how Micro.blog stacks up against Twitter’s subscription. $5: Micro.blog hosting, photos, use your own domain name, categories, bookmarks, …

Jun 3, 2021: Count me OUT then - Twitter Blue #twitterblue Here is why I won’t subscribe anytime soon (another reason on top of many, btw): But what is interesting is one thing that you won’t get with …

Jun 3, 2021: Better reading experience of Twitter Threads, via Twitter Blue, will encourage people to write more threads on Twitter instead of publishing a blog …

Jun 2, 2021: Certainly a massive leak... (#apple #iphone13) This CAD view of the iPhone 13 shows a bigger than usual camera assembly on the front of the iPhone. It’s massive. Not sure what to make out of …

Jun 2, 2021: One WWDC wish: bring back that loupe! (#apple #wwdc #wwdc21) Don’t you find it weird and contradictory to see Apple investing so much in accessibility features at the operating system level yet they thought it …

Jun 2, 2021: Another solid update to Craft! Another solid update to Craft released today. This time, Calendar view was added for those who would like to take daily notes or write meeting notes …

May 31, 2021: Time to move off Google Photos I guess (#photography #googlephotos) Time is running out to those using and depending on Google Photos for their online photo library storage needs. The free tier is now capped at 15GB …

May 30, 2021: Aaaaaah the joy of RAW photo processing.

May 29, 2021: Tempted by a 2013 MacBook Air. Yep, 2013. Runs Big Sur. I want a small laptop running macOS for writing. Bad idea with macOS Big Sur?

May 29, 2021: Current status: publishing.

May 29, 2021: Current status: writing. Who knew. 👀

May 28, 2021: About those digital attention seekers ... GTFO (#socialnetworks) I hate it when people subscribe to my stuff, to my blog, my newsletters, or whatever, just to grab my attention and wish that I’ll follow them …

May 28, 2021: Here is a free pro-tip for content creators (#writing #author #protip #tip) An easy way to differentiate yourself from the crowd is to persevere with your journey of publishing your stuff out there. There are countless authors …

May 27, 2021: A new home for my best photos (#photography #visualarts #creativity) I’ve been more silent than usual in recent days. That’s because I was busy building up my new home for posting online my best photos. I’m also writing …

May 26, 2021: Where iPadOS Current Multitasking Experience Falls Apart (#apple #iPadOS #ipados15) Multi-Tasking on the iPad is Actually Pretty Great - The Newsprint: Slide Over is genuinely convenient. Certain apps work better than others inside …

May 25, 2021: If iOS 15 actually brings an updated lock screen design based on the concept of complications like on the Apple Watch, Apple will be able to say that …

May 25, 2021: Following the end of the recalibration period for my iPhone 11 Pro battery under iOS 14.5, the verdict is in: before = 89%, after: 89%. I was …

May 24, 2021: Working on something bigger than I thought. Can’t wait to share.

May 23, 2021: Everything Comes From China These Days Apple’s Troubling Relationship With China - Initial Charge This problem isn’t unique to Apple. Most, if not all, of the major companies whose products …

May 23, 2021: Let’s the iPhone Become Android (#apple #android #security #appstore) There is apparently no money to be done from having apps on Android; all money being on the iPhone side. So developers are asking for their share of …

May 20, 2021: iPadOS is holding the iPad back (#apple #2021ipadpro #ipados) Daring Fireball: The 2021 M1 iPad Pros: The elephant in the room is iPadOS. It’s just not good enough. In the same way that Intel’s chips were holding …

May 20, 2021: About These Apple Watch Series 7 Mockups (#apple #applewatch #series7) According to circulating rumours, the Apple Series 7 will go through a small redesign. The Series 4 introduced a bigger screen but the overall shape …

May 20, 2021: About Those Tiny Release Notes (#apple) I wonder when Apple will fix the issue of tiny release notes, on the iPhone. I can’t remember since when the issue started, but it’s been a very long …

May 20, 2021: This is so Clever (#apple #applewatch #watchOS8) To support users with limited mobility, Apple is introducing a revolutionary new accessibility feature for Apple Watch. AssistiveTouch for watchOS …

May 19, 2021: I’m Closing my Telegram Account — Here is why First: Apple is very efficient at pursuing their business model, which is based on selling overpriced, obsolete hardware to customers locked in their …

May 19, 2021: Keep it Simple, Apple, will ya? (#apple #m1chip) For the new MacBook Pros, Apple is planning two different chips, codenamed Jade C-Chop and Jade C-Die: both include eight high-performance cores and …

May 19, 2021: About Apple’s Flaky Bluetooth Devices (#apple #imac2021) The keyboard flaked out on me once. I wanted to spend time testing the Touch ID button, so I moved an application to the Trash, which requires …

May 19, 2021: About This White Bezel (#apple #imac2021) I know a lot of people are concerned that the white bezel surrounding the display will be distracting. In practice, I found that it just disappears. …

May 17, 2021: Xcode for iPad — Who’s asking for this? (#apple #iosdev #developers #wwdc2021) The iPad is a mighty device considering its form-factor. Many people are asking for Apple to make Xcode available for the iPad. I wonder: who are …

May 16, 2021: Can't wait for reviews (#apple (ipadpro2021) Can’t wait for Apple’s embargo to be lifted this week so we can get a better appreciation of the 12.0" 2021 iPad Pro. Some people got …

May 16, 2021: On Extending the Home Screen Parker Ortolani for 9to5Mac: But what if you could add other kinds of things to your Home Screen too? (…) Apple could add the same ‘Add to Home …

May 16, 2021: I’ve completed my first release of my Digital Garden. Entirely made with @Craftdocsapp which makes a great job of building a website with integrated …

May 15, 2021: Importing HEY World Posts to Substack? @SubstackInc Nope. Better chance next time. No easy way to ask for help either. Tried different variations of the RSS feed URL. Nope, doesn’t work. There is no …

May 15, 2021: HEY World was a fad. Using the dice feature to pop up a random HEY World website shows that the vast majority of users didn’t keep updating their …

May 15, 2021: My Go-To Internet Destination for Reading: Mailbrew Website I recently noted that I’m spending much more time on Mailbrew website for my newsletters reading rather than in HEY Feed. Why is that? Well, I think …

May 15, 2021: Are we supposed to cry? “I upended my life for Apple. I sold my WA residence which I built with my own hands, relocated myself, shut down any public media presence and …

May 14, 2021: Only 17K Apps for the Apple Watch (#apple #applewatch #appstore #apps) (…) there are only 17k Watch apps: like Amazon’s Alexa, the Apple Watch is a huge success but has largely failed as an app platform. Source: …

May 13, 2021: This form-factor, this one or… this one? One of the cooless by-product of the Apple strategy is the unification of the processing unit among its product lines, leaving the form-factor the …

May 13, 2021: Thought (or frustration) of the day Apple’s macOS Big Notifications Center is probably the most frustrating, infuriating and un-Apple experience of all. Man this thing is badly …

May 13, 2021: Here is Why Apple’s Safari Purposely Lags Behind Browsers look more and more like operating systems. Apple knows this, and they are probably afraid for their App Store business. This article from …

May 12, 2021: I am re-falling in love with Apple’s Sidecar with my iPad Pro connected to my M1 Mac mini. Such a useful and really fast duo. For some reason, I …

May 12, 2021: Be careful for what you wish for (#apple #appstore #monopoly) Apple is under so much pressure on so many fronts these days. It is so fashionable to put pressure on them. The App Store is one big target. I’m …

May 10, 2021: Apple, please, consider us like grown ups (#apple #ios15) On Apple’s Shortcuts notifications: I second this! Notifications are not needed for most of us and should be silenced in iOS 15. At least, …

May 9, 2021: One quick question: do you think Apple already has a plan B to enable sideloading of applications, ready to go just in case? After all, they already …

May 9, 2021: 96%. (#asknottotrack #privacy #privacyprotection) I’m so proud of people right now: medias are reporting that 96% of them chose to protect their basic right for online privacy. I wasn’t expecting that …

May 8, 2021: Apple: Opinionated and Stubborn Ken Segall on Apple’s stubborn attitude: “It’s disappointing that the modern Apple is so willing to stonewall, and that it can take an inexcusably …

May 8, 2021: It was a reminder that technology can play unexpected roles in our lives. Source: Seeing Death From a Distance, Through FaceTime Calls - Numeric …

May 5, 2021: Where is Adobe Lightroom Classic for Apple Silicon? (#photography #adobe #lightroom) That’s a serious question. I mean, we do have Lightroom CC for M1 Macs… (performance is good but not stellar compared to Intel version. …

May 5, 2021: That could prove to be quite useful! Link posts are always a pain to prepare. Thanks to @cdevroe 🙏🏻 Source: Introducing the Micro.blog Posting …

May 5, 2021: On Apple's Night Shift (#apple #iphone) Surprisingly, Apple’s Night Shift does not help in any way to fall asleep, according to a study. Intuitively, I thought of the opposite. When …

May 4, 2021: What the hell is this? (#apple #appstore) One evidence taken out of the Epic vs Apple trial yesterday, the above email. This email from Mr. Schiller shows how unhappy he was with scam apps …

May 3, 2021: Found! (#apple #airtags) Got my four pack of AirTags. Unboxing is simple. Nice to hold and feel in the hands. Easily scratched. Setup is so Apple-esq. Love em! Keys. Backpack. …

May 3, 2021: The Pandemic Effects on my Digital Good Purchases I never bought so many applications and utilities or subscribed to so many services since the beginning of the pandemic. For the latter, I had to use …

May 2, 2021: My Apple Purchase Plans (#apple #airtag #mynext) It’s been a quiet week-end in term of content creation; I took a small break. As the week-end come to an end, I decided to spend some time in creating …

Apr 30, 2021: I find it a bit surprising that we don’t get reviews of the iMac today. Next week? #apple #imac2021

Apr 30, 2021: Friday musing TGIF! 🙏🏻 It’s a rainy Friday here. Friday is a slow and strange day for me as a blogger and content creator. I should go more often on …

Apr 29, 2021: Build it and they will come (#ipadpro #m1chip) The way I look at this upcoming M1 iPad Pro is, according to this interview with some Apple’s top brass, Apple thinks that, by building a powerful …

Apr 28, 2021: Back to the 2005 Internet — Thanks to NextDNS (#notracking #nextdns) This is not an ad. I promise. I finally decided to enable NextDNS on all my devices and subscribed to their yearly plan after testing it on my iOS …

Apr 27, 2021: I love it! Sooo soft. Thanks to @BasicAppleGuy for the design!

Apr 27, 2021: About My Numeric Citizen Introspection newsletter My next newsletter issue is nearly done. On Substack, I’m not a big name in the blogger sphere or a journalist dropping from places like the New …

Apr 26, 2021: It’s that simple: choice. That’s all we are asking, us, humans. Thinking otherwise is wrong doing. Simple. as. that. Thanks to Apple for …

Apr 26, 2021: Happy Apple Updates Day! (#apple #ios145 #notracking #stoptracking) To all my followers, have an successful Apple update day! This one has been long in coming! Don’t forget to disable app tracking as soon as you …

Apr 24, 2021: As much as I like HEY, Mr. @DHH, Basecamp fails big time here: lack of universal binary support in release 1.2. You may spit your hate about Apple all …

Apr 22, 2021: About these iPadOS 15 rumours (#apple #rumours #ipados15) According to the infamous Bloomberg (remember the Big Hack story?), iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 will bring two much requested features. One is, for the …

Apr 21, 2021: As I’m currently writing my thoughts on Apple’s “Spring Loaded” event, I’m wondering what are your thoughts? Anything …

Apr 20, 2021: One of those days (#appleevent) This is one of those days where it will be hard to stay focused, thanks to the first Apple Event of 2021. I’ve got a pretty busy schedule at work, so …

Apr 19, 2021: Here is a post I wish I would have written. He nailed it. We won’t get iPadOS 15 tomorrow. Hardware Is Good, Now It's Software's Turn …

Apr 19, 2021: Who’s excited for tomorrow’s #AppleEvent? Why?

Apr 19, 2021: On Facebook’s pervasive destruction (#deletefacebook #stopmasssurveillance) Today I woke up with this idea of hating Facebook and everything they represents. For those who know me, this is nothing new. But today is one of …

Apr 18, 2021: HEY World slowly fading... but... (#thoughts #blogging) From time to time, I use the « HEY World Shuffle » URL to trigger the display of a randomly chosen HEY World user website. It’s funny as I never know …

Apr 17, 2021: I’m ready for Google’s May 2021 algorithm update. Are you? #SEO #google …

Apr 17, 2021: HEY World missing button I wish there would be a “Reply to the author” button on HEY World user website. As it is now, I cannot find an easy and quick way to respond to a past …

Apr 17, 2021: Feature blog post (more than 1700 words) coming up to Numeric Citizen I/O talking about my main blog optimization in preparation for Google’s May 2021 …

Apr 16, 2021: Still relevant. numericcitizen.me/2021/04/0…

Apr 16, 2021: I rarely post pictures of mine here. But, hey, it’s Friday, why not. The structure.

Apr 16, 2021: iPhone is getting fatter and fatter (#apple #jonyive) iPhone is getting fatter and fatter (#apple #jonyive) Since Jony Ive left Apple, a few years ago, the iPhone design adopted an opposite trend of …

Apr 14, 2021: Thinking of the next iPad (#appleevent #apple #ipadpro) Tonight, using Craft, I’m writing my next piece for “Numeric Citizen I/O” on my 2018 11’’ iPad Pro with the Apple Magic Keyboard. I’m being this …

Apr 13, 2021: My Expectations for “Spring Loaded” Virtual Event (#apple (#appleevent #springloaded) At long last, Apple is calling the first virtual event of 2021 for next week. I have mixed up feelings about this one. AirTags, if they are real, …

Apr 11, 2021: Upcoming blog post on Numeric Citizen Blog: more than 2800 words 😳 to talk about how I tweaked and made macOS Big Sur a powerful and productivity …

Apr 9, 2021: Well, if that was the case, this would add fuel to any anti-trust initiative. No? iMessage Kept Off Android for iOS Lock-in …

Apr 8, 2021: Why I Love Taking Photos of Abandoned Places. world.hey.com/jf.m/why-…

Apr 8, 2021: On Apple Arcades dubious Games quality (#apple #appstore #applearcades) Consider the following App Store screenshot of a recently introduced game in the Apple Arcades service. Reviews of this game are really bad because …

Apr 7, 2021: I should read this every day. Thanks to @gr36.

Apr 6, 2021: About those two icons (#apple #iOS15) I rarely comment on rumours from highly speculative reports, but this report from MacRumors is different: “The Apple Music for Artists app now …

Apr 6, 2021: On Tim Cook’s interview by Kara Swisher (#apple #timcook #privacy) There is a lot to like in the recent Tim Cook’s interview with Kara Swisher (link to Podcast). It’s a must-listen. Here are a few observations and …

Apr 5, 2021: > numericcitizen [numericcitizen.io](https://numericcitizen.io/)

Apr 4, 2021: My trick to read more (#reading #writing #tips #tricks) In a word: Pocket. I’ve been rediscovering this application in recent days, and I’m loving it a lot. I no longer read articles within Safari or News …

Apr 4, 2021: Remembering... (#techmemories) Today, I’m remembering things like Turbo Pascal, TRS-80, ResEdit, 6502, LDA #$69, Inside Macintosh, Z-80, TI 99-4A, Logo, Commodore 64, Apple //c, ATZ …

Apr 3, 2021: It’s been a long time... (#apple #iphone12) Today, I have come to realize that, since its introduction, I didn’t see the iPhone 12 lineup in person. It’s the first time that I didn’t go to an …

Apr 3, 2021: Curiously Entering the World of DJing (#music #dj #mixing #electronicmusic) I’m no musicien. I know barely nothing about music theory. Yet, I always wanted to do some form of music. Synthesizer would be my instrument if I was …

Apr 1, 2021: So, Pocket + Readwise for one year it will be. Expect a blog post about why I chose Pocket over Instapaper.

Mar 31, 2021: I’m thinking about subscribing to Instapaper and Readwise to help me gather and manage text quotes and other tidbits. The former is a “classic” while …

Mar 30, 2021: 👉🏻 The next issue of the Numeric Citizen Introspection newsletter is coming out tomorrow, while waiting for it, why not give a look at the previous …

Mar 30, 2021: And so it begins (#apple #wwdc #wwdc21 #wwdc2021) Apple just kicked off the 2021 season of high expectations, endless wishes lists, criticism, betas, crashes, deception, no-show products, expected …

Mar 29, 2021: The race is on. Can’t wait for the moment Notion’s APIs go live and Craft be updated to support them so it can suck all my data from Notion. #notionhq …

Mar 28, 2021: This is a test with the most recent update to a little-know utility: Linky. I love it. 👍🏻 Substack vs Buttondown — Who’s Better? — My Observations - …

Mar 28, 2021: What is your Micro.blog wish list? I’m starting mine for a future post, but I’m really curious to see if my wishes are “out of this place”. Thanks for …

Mar 27, 2021: Anyone here using a CDN to accelerate their website access around the world?

Mar 26, 2021: My micro.blog instant joy Friday thinking… I find is so refreshing to be able to have decent conversations on the open web. There is no drama here, everything seems …

Mar 25, 2021: Preparing my next Friday Notes issue to be published on HEY World, tomorrow.

Mar 25, 2021: Good morning. There was a time, a long long time ago, I used to say « Good morning » on Twitter. I don’t know really why I did that. Oh well. Anyways, …

Mar 24, 2021: On Intel’s Tick Tock Strategy (#intel #apple #applesilicon) How funny is that? It seems Intel is applying its “tick-tock strategy” to its relationship with Apple. One week, Intel is slamming Apple’s M1 Macs …

Mar 23, 2021: Beyond the HomePod (#apple #homepod) AppleInsider: Apple needs to release new products to compete in the home. Be it an “Apple TV 6” or “HomeHub,” something needs …

Mar 22, 2021: Fuck Facebook — Dear Parents RESIST ! (#facebook #masssurveillance) From BuzzFeed: Executives at Instagram are planning to build a version of the popular photo-sharing app that can be used by children under the age of …

Mar 21, 2021: Is bloatware coming to iPhone? (#apple #iPhone #russia) According to 9to5Mac, users from Russia, upon setup of their brand-new iPhone: Apple users will see a dialog box upon initial setup of new devices …

Mar 20, 2021: Something is Going with the iMac (#apple #imac #applesilicon) Well, rumours abound, changes to the Apple Store options for the iMac, the demise of the iMac Pro, something is really going on with the iMac line. As …

Mar 19, 2021: About these Read Later apps or services Thought of the day: read later lists are useless for me. I tend to forget about the items I save in them. It was true with Instalaper, Pocket, Safari …

Mar 19, 2021: Anyone using @Readwiseio here? My trial expired. A few thoughts: their app feels “strange”; like a big “webview”. Workflow not yet clear to me. No …

Mar 18, 2021: On the upcoming iPad Pro update (#apple #rumour #ipadpro) As reported by MacRumors: “Apple has tested ‌iPad‌ Pros with a Thunderbolt connector that would make them compatible with additional external …

Mar 17, 2021: Dear Justin — You’re So Funny (#apple #intel #ads #advertising) Honestly, I like these Intel ads with Justin Long. The one with the dongle, at the very end, is priceless. These ads are fun. Not as fun as the …

Mar 17, 2021: Want to know what Craft is capable of as a website publishing tool? Take a look. Move around the site, you’ll get a better idea of its …

Mar 14, 2021: RIP iMac Pro, HomePod (#apple #imacpro #homepod) What does the iMac Pro and the HomePod, two entirely different products, have in common? It’s not the fact that they are no longer being sold. The …

Mar 13, 2021: Not one but two newsletters (#news) For those who didn’t know, I have two newsletters. One available from Substack available at https://numericcitizien.substack.com on a monthly basis …

Mar 11, 2021: Guilty of Digital Consumerism (#apps #services #workflow) Greg Morris on digital consumerism: The level of consumerism and marketing tricks being used to sell apps and services is growing over time. They all …

Mar 7, 2021: About those WebP images (#google #usertracking #nonstandard) WebP image format goal, according to Google: WebP is a modern image format that provides superior lossless and lossy compression for images on the …

Mar 4, 2021: HEY World, it's now official! (#hey #heyworld #blogging) They flipped the switch to ON. HEY World is LIVE! I’m so glad, curious and already excited to use this other channel to share my written content …

Mar 4, 2021: Anyone here using Mastodon? If yes, why? Should I cross-post from here? Which one should I join? Tell me more. I’m not really aquainted with …

Mar 4, 2021: On Spoonbill (#twitter #mailbrew) I recently published a long piece about transforming your Twitter experience by using Twitter lists instead of following a bunch of accounts. As noted …

Mar 3, 2021: On iCloud Photo Library migration (#keyword) In a surprising move, Apple starting today allows people to export their iCloud Photo Library to Google Photos. Why not provide a download to a local …

Mar 2, 2021: Calling for @help here @manton : can you point me to a simple guide or instructions sequence for adding a complete h-card to my microb.blog? Thanks a …

Mar 2, 2021: After spending so many hours trying to understand the requirements to set up my online presence to support the IndieWeb movement… I’m …

Mar 1, 2021: I often read the word “Quill” in here but never really paid too much attention, until now. Quill allows for posting content to your blog from a simple …

Mar 1, 2021: Bye Bye Weather Line (#weather #weatherapps #iOS #iosdev) Breaking news from 9To5Mac, but official announcement here: In recent months, we were approached by a buyer. They saw the uniqueness of Weather Line …

Mar 1, 2021: Dear Google, this time you win (#google #YouTube) This shouldn’t be this way. Thanks to the numerous ads, my YouTube experience was a calculated nightmare. As my usage grew in the last few weeks …

Mar 1, 2021: The state of non-optimized apps on my M1-Mac mini (#m1chip #applesilicon #universal) Here is the current state of yet to be updated apps to fully support Apple Silicon Macs. It’s been close to six months now and yet, those apps aren’t …

Feb 28, 2021: Apple’s impressive traction (#apple #ios14 #ipados14) Two very telling graphs from Apple’s development portal: A few takeouts. First, iOS 13 is close to become a bad souvenir. Second, people keeping their …

Feb 28, 2021: Quick Poll on Writing During the Pandemic (#blogger #writer #poll) Today, I would like to do a quick poll among my blogger / writer friends here on Micro.blog. How did the pandemic influence your writing habits? Do …

Feb 27, 2021: This is what I call a VERY productive Saturday.: three articles published (on Medium, on Numeric Citizen I/O, and on my Numeric Citizen Blog) and a …

Feb 27, 2021: For those who likes newsletters, I’ve got one too! It’a about Apple, photography, privacy and climate change, in that order! …

Feb 26, 2021: [@Gaby](https://micro.blog/Gaby) I get a morning email digest from Mailbrew with my Twitter timeline and funnel YouTube and Reddit into RSS. The …

Feb 25, 2021: I Tested HEY World! (#hey #heyworld) Today, I tested HEY World. This is my non-review. It could have worked great, but it’s not ready yet. One could say “Nice try, buddy”. I love their …

Feb 25, 2021: Twitter announces paid Super Follows to let you charge for tweets More shit like this and I guess Twitter will be my next one to quit. Gaby/mL …

Feb 25, 2021: Ghost’s Killer Feature (#ghost #blogging) After reading “Ghost on the iPad, a Review” from Tablet Habit, I tried to remember my experience when I tried the service myself. It wasn’t a good one …

Feb 25, 2021: Owning media > streaming services Mike Rockwell https://mike.rockwell.mx/asides/1006 On paper, yes, but how do you cope in a "streaming-only" …

Feb 25, 2021: How many websites can a blogger have? (#blogger #blogging #bloggerlife) How many websites a blogger can have? Good question. I do have (too?) many, each filling their own niche. On that subject, something caught my …

Feb 24, 2021: Indeed. Writing is fun. Mike Rockwell https://mike.rockwell.mx/asides/999

Feb 24, 2021: Happy birthday, Steve. (#apple #stevejobs #remembering) Steve would have been 66 years old today. Even if I love what Apple has become over the years since he died, I miss him dearly. What a great picture …

Feb 23, 2021: Hey, World (#hey #newsletters) Each day, it seems there is always something new happening in the world of newsletters. When it’s not someone famous who joins Substack, a company out …

Feb 22, 2021: What’s next for the iPad Pro? (#apple #ipadpro) 9to5Mac published a nice comparison between the iPad Air and the 2020 iPad Pro. The latter still hold the crown with its 120Hz ProMotion display and …

Feb 22, 2021: HEY, Hey just got updated (#hey) My go-to email client got an update today. Hey version 1.2 brings a few tweaks in the compose mode. In recent weeks, updates are more frequent as they …

Feb 21, 2021: Crafting something with Craft (#craft #rumours #apple) In my quest to better understand the full potential of note taking application « Craft », I’ve come up to something different, a website about Apple’s …

Feb 21, 2021: Are we digital nomads? (#blogging #internet) In the last few months, on Twitter and on Micro.blog, I’ve been witnessing something that takes the shape of a small phenomenon: people are moving …

Feb 21, 2021: Learning Blot.im the hard way (#blot #selfhosting) So I started another experiment involving Blot.im. For those who don’t know Blot.im, it is a static web site generator that seems popular among the …

Feb 20, 2021: Testing, testing, 1.2.3. (#webmention #indieweb #openweb) I’m still new to the Indieweb world. Today, I’m learning about webmentions. I like the idea of linking reactions back to the origin. So, after …

Feb 19, 2021: Love and hate (#microblog) I’m in love with Micro.blog. It’s simple, not too busy. Based on open web standards. But today, I’m a bit frustrated with the bad sad of being too …

Feb 18, 2021: Looking behind the scene. (#blogging #Hugo #html #git #github) It all started with the idea of tweaking my micro.blog visual theme. I don’t like it, but this is the best that I could find from the included themes. …

Feb 17, 2021: Dear Micro.blog, where do you plan to go next? (#microblogging #microblog) Thought of the day for @manton and @jean: there is something that could be improved regarding micro.blog: opening up the evolution and improvement …

Feb 17, 2021: Welcome back to the Mac computer club @mattbirchler (#apple #macbookair #applesilicon) As much as you can like to work on the iPad, there are edge cases where the iPad falls short. Since I got an Apple Silicon powered Mac, and thanks to …

Feb 16, 2021: Hey @jack! Let’s start a discussion.😊 I’m looking at your sites, your work and the tools and services you use. I’m very curious …

Feb 15, 2021: This could be my next... (#iphone #apple #rumors) As reported by MacRumors, the next major revision of the iPhone looks promising for me: “Weinbach claims that the always-on display will look …

Feb 14, 2021: Two simple yet really useful tricks using HomePod mini (#apple #homepodmini #ios144) Here are two simple but very useful tricks using an iPhone with a U1 chip, iOS 14.4 and an HomePod mini. Trick #1: set a timer with Siri on your …

Feb 14, 2021: Bye Bye Spend Stack - I barely knew you (#apps) It is a bit of a sad day: I decided to delete the excellent expense tracking app Spend Stack from my devices and revert to using a simple Numbers …

Feb 14, 2021: Quick question to @jack : Is “baty.net” a micro.blog? If so, what’s your theme?

Feb 14, 2021: Who remember Motorola 68000 Assembly? I do. (#apple #history #macintosh) I dug out my ancient Inside Macintosh reference books from storage. Remember when Apple’s developer documentation came as paper books? Volumes I-III …

Feb 14, 2021: Looking for Micro.blog friends (#microblog #socialnetwork) Yes, the title says it all: I’m looking for new friends to follow on Micro.blog. After my big Twitter cleanup, the noise in my numeric life has …

Feb 13, 2021: What happened to my Twitter usage? (#twitter) I don’t know what happened to my Twitter usage. It fell off the cliff recently. Since I’ve completed my Twitter experience transformation as fully …

Feb 13, 2021: As far as I’m concerned, PopClip is part of macOS. Jack Baty https://micro.baty.net/2021/02/13/as-far-as.html I think he meant that PopClip should be …

Feb 12, 2021: On Apple’s rumoured VR headset (#apple #rumours) Here is a simple one: Apple, please, no. I don’t get the idea of such product. The audience for this seems to be too small for Apple. I do understand …

Feb 11, 2021: Mapping Apple’s mapping efforts (#apple #maps) Apple Maps is so much better than it was when it first launched back in 2012. It’s my go-to apps when in comes to finding my way. I never use Google …

Feb 9, 2021: Writing, like so many creative acts, is hard. Sitting there, staring, mad at yourself, mad at the material because it doesn’t seem good enough and …

Feb 9, 2021: Woah, I didn’t know we could have a test blog on Micro.blog. It’s free! Thanks to https://custom.micro.blog, I’m starting to learn …

Feb 8, 2021: Giving without asking in return (#bloggerlife #blogging #writing) Greg Morris recently on his blog about trying hard as a blogger to make something out of all this: “I asked, I’m giving, and I am still blogging — now …

Feb 8, 2021: The look of desperation (#intel #benchmark #m1chip #apple) I think Intel could have done better than this in a world without the M1 chip. But the problem is that the M1 chip is among us. Obviously, the …

Feb 6, 2021: The iPad legitimacy (#apple #iPad #computer) Matt Birchler is writing yet another post about the iPad. The last paragraph (emphasis is mine): “We live in a world where we’re surrounded by …

Feb 6, 2021: It’s Rosetta 2’s fault (#apple #rosetta2 #bigsur) According to a recent small survey by AppleInsider, 53% of apps are running natively on M1-powered Macs. What about the remaining 47%? Well: “Without …

Feb 5, 2021: On the Lack of Safari’s extensions support (#apple #safariextension #browserextension) It’s becoming quite frustrating to see Apple’s Safari not being supported for browser extensions. Safari is now reportedly supporting standard web …

Feb 5, 2021: Apps cannot be installed errors (#appstore #apple #bug) Since running macOS Big Sur, I quite often get these “Unable to Download App” error when trying to update my apps on my M1-based Mac mini. I need to …

Feb 4, 2021: Desktop vs Laptop vs Mobile vs Tablet (#blog #bloggerlife #analytics) Here is something absolutely fascinating and surprising to me. According to my main blog’s visitors statistics, thanks to my recent switch to …

Feb 2, 2021: Apple’s macOS Big Sur updates on the path of iOS updates? (#apple #macos #bigsur) After the release yesterday of macOS Big Sur 11.2, Apple today released the first beta of macOS Big Sur 11.3. It does look like macOS is following the …

Feb 1, 2021: And here goes beta 1 of iOS 14.5 (#apple #ios14.5) iOS 14.5 beta 1 is out today with a slew of new features and small tweaks. Unlocking your iPhone while wearing a face mask, thanks to your Apple …

Feb 1, 2021: Our secret? Optimizing workflows (#blogger #writer #tools) I like to see other people talk about their own writing or blogging workflows. Here’s an interesting tidbit from Greg Morris about using Apple’s …

Jan 31, 2021: Design is how it works (#apple #design #ux #ui) From John Gruber’s Apple report card: “I’m reminded of all the UI and interaction designs and changes in iOS and MacOS that are just bad. …

Jan 30, 2021: Apple in 2020 (#review #apple #appletv) Really insightful score card report from Six Colors. Take out for me: Apple TV is the new 2013 Mac Pro.

Jan 30, 2021: What the hell is going on with Flickr? (#Flickr #photography) This morning I got the most recent update to the venerable photo sharing service: Flickr. The only addition to this update, support for iOS 14 …

Jan 28, 2021: Today is about data privacy (#privacy #dataprivacy #privacyprotection #apple) Today, January 28th, is data privacy day. I didn’t know that. Now I know, thanks to Mr. Phillip Schiller. I paid a visit to Apple’s privacy web page. …

Jan 27, 2021: I could play with this forever (#snowflakegenerator) Please, do yourself a favour and go to this website, a snowflake generator. If you like winter, it will make you smile a bit.

Jan 27, 2021: What is worst than Facebook? (#privacy #privacyprotection) Apple made mandatory privacy protection “nutrition” labels on its App Store. One guy refuses to update its apps since then: Google. Maybe they are …

Jan 26, 2021: On Tweetbot 6 update (@tweetbot #update #subscription) Really nice update (and unexpected) to my preferred Twitter client. Tweetbot version 6 received a refreshed design, full support for Twitter APIs v2 …

Jan 26, 2021: Being robbed, again (#stealing #robbing) Someone stoled my most recent article. I hate when this happens. I guess my article was good enough for this guy to bother. This morning, I got a …

Jan 24, 2021: The challenges with online speech and publishing (#socialnetworks #socialmedia #platforms) A recent article by Benedict Evans exposes how hard it is to “fix” social networks. “The internet and then social platforms break a lot of our …

Jan 24, 2021: If true… (#apple #timcook #theclown) … I want to scream, I want to puke. Not Tim Cook’s best gift.

Jan 24, 2021: That one was hard (#blogging #writing #article) I just published one of my most difficult to write article in a long time. It is about transforming your Twitter experience to make it more focused, …

Jan 22, 2021: @numericcitizen on Clubhouse (#clubhouse) I’m always curious to try new things, especially in the numeric world. In the case of Clubhouse, I don’t know if it’s a good idea. I’m curious …

Jan 21, 2021: Dear bloggers, let’s not forget about the link posts (#blogging #writing) In “A Love Letter to the Link Post”, CJ Chilvers lament the lost of link posts from the blogosphere. Link posts marked the debut of so many websites …

Jan 19, 2021: My daytime job reality (#IT #computerscience #tech) First, do me a favour, watch this YouTube video (less than 8 minutes of your time), then come back. You probably know that I’m working in IT as my …

Jan 19, 2021: Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication (#apple #airpodsmax) iFixit completed their usual teardown of one of Apple’s latest product. This time, the AirPods Max were taken apart. This thing is so complicated! No …

Jan 18, 2021: Another Massive Update to @CraftDocsApp (#craft #writer #writing #blogging #tools) What a pleasant surprise today: a big update to Craft was released. Version 1.2.2 brings a lot of improvements on the table. This release should have …

Jan 17, 2021: Apple is Undoing the MacBook Pro (#apple #macbookpro #rumours) Bye bye dear TouchBar. Hello MagSafe power connector. Here’s some more ports. Rumours are pointing toward the same thing. Apple will revert many of …

Jan 17, 2021: Improving my Apple Watch Heartbeat Readings (#applewatch) Since getting my Apple Series 6 last fall (see my review here), my heart readings aren’t working as expected. I’m not alone who is experiencing this …

Jan 16, 2021: The Insurmountable Problem for Intel (#intel #apple #applesilicon) Let’s start with a quote from Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger (as reported by The Oregonian) “We have to deliver better products to the PC ecosystem …

Jan 16, 2021: Telegram a Signal to iMessage, Please (#messaging #privacy #apple #parler #signal #telegram) DHH on Twitter seems happy that the messaging app, Signal, finally has its moment. I don’t really know about Signal, but I do know about another one, …

Jan 15, 2021: Persistent Rumours about Upcoming MacBook Pro Redesign (#apple #macbookpro #m1chip #applesilicon) The latest report from MacRumors about Apple’s upcoming MacBook Pro redesign is quite interesting and intriguing. First, the removal of the TouchBar …

Jan 14, 2021: Apple’s Big Moments (#apple #m1chip #intel #transitions) I like this quote from Ken Segall: “In 2005, Apple moved to Intel to gain equality. In 2020, it’s moved away from Intel to gain …

Jan 13, 2021: Mailbrew is getter better and better (#mailbrew #newsletters) Mailbrew received a big update this week. The change log is pretty extensive. The most important change is that the home page and the whole user …

Jan 12, 2021: Optimizing my blogger workflow (#writing #tools #workflow) This is a test with (redacted) currently in alpha, which introduces support for posting to Micro.blog. I’m a big user of (redacted). This new feature …

Jan 12, 2021: A fix is coming (#apple #M1macmini #bluetooth) At long last, relief is in sight. My M1 Mac mini is not able to keep a stable Bluetooth connection with Apple’s Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse. It’s …

Jan 12, 2021: Mac sales booming but the best is yet to come (#apple #m1mac #applesilicon) Thanks to the small wonder, the M1 chip and the Apple silicon transition, Mac sales are booming. According to a recent IDC report, Mac sales are up by …

Jan 11, 2021: Programming, mathematics and brain activities (#research #computers #computerscience) What does it take to be a hood programmer? Or better yet, what does it take to like programming hence writing or reading algorithms? Math? Language? …

Jan 10, 2021: Ten Reasons to love RSS feeds (#rss #openstandard) Alan Ralph, in a blog post, exposes ten reasons why he loves RSS feeds. I agree on all accounts. When I look closer, it all comes down to: control. …

Jan 10, 2021: On the original iPhone, back in 2007 (#apple #iPhone #blackberry) Thirteen years already. Gosh, time flies. Steve Jobs announces the iPhone. One of his best presentation. I remember it so well. At that time, I was a …

Jan 9, 2021: How to turn me off big time (#signin #services #facebooklogin) What’s out for 2021? These “Connect with Facebook” screen. Please, stop doing that. It’s 2021. If a service, in order to …

Jan 8, 2021: Unsplash is growing fast — and I like it even more! (@unsplash #photography) Unsplash started the year 2021 with a bang; they are introducing a visual search feature. How cool is that! Use cases for this feature are aplenty. …

Jan 7, 2021: Next week - back to a "normal" day job (#blogging #writing #personalnews) Next week marks the end of a three-week vacation. I’m lucky. Three weeks where I forgot about my work and became a full-time blogger, writer, …

Jan 7, 2021: About My Friday Notes on @Medium (#writing #blogging #medium) Today, I decided to remove my Friday Notes stories from Medium paywall. In other words, you can read them without paying a penny to Medium. They can …

Jan 7, 2021: Use case for multi-user support on iPad (#apple #ipadOS #iPad) In his predictions for iPad in 2021, iPadInsight puts multi-user support on top of its list for iPadOS 15 without mentionning a real use case beyond …

Jan 6, 2021: Another wild Microsoft rumour about Outlook (#microsoft #rumours #outlook #office365) Here is another wild one: Microsoft is reportedly working on making Outlook a progressive web application for all platforms. Progressive web …

Jan 6, 2021: The port-less iPhone is coming (#apple #iPhone #rumours) With patents like this, we can see clearly into Apple’s vision for the future of the iPhone. Apple is committed to remove the Lightning port from its …

Jan 5, 2021: About this rumoured big Windows visual overhaul (#microsoft #windows) If only Microsoft could finish the job started with Windows 7. Windows 10 user interface is a bunch of previously used visual elements that Microsoft …

Jan 5, 2021: Wordpress.com: six years already (@wordpress #blogger #bloggerlife) I got this notification in the Wordpress.app this morning. Six years already. Over the years, I became a paying subcriber of their Business plan. …

Jan 5, 2021: Thoughts on Flash and the iPad (#apple #iPad #adobeflash) I want to pick from this blog post from Initial Charge. I remember a small story when the iPad came out in 2010. After a few days of playing with it, …

Jan 4, 2021: Don't forget about RSS feeds (#blogger #rss) Paolo Amoroso writes on his blog: Back in the early days of blogging, the tech press bashed RSS out of existence as it was supposedly too complex for …

Jan 4, 2021: A new kind of goal for me - writer engagement (#writing #blogger #bloggerlife) Writing is an important part of my life. It’s all about feeling creative, thinking, taking a pause of everything else. As a blogger, I like when …

Jan 4, 2021: Why I didn’t write a personal year in review for 2020 (#blogger #bloggerlife #writing) The year 2020 came to an end without me posting my personal year in review. You might wonder why. I read many reviews in the last few days. Most of …

Jan 4, 2021: Pinboard, Pocket, Raindrop, Instapaper, Notion? Which tools is best for you? (#blogger #bloggertools #writers) Alan Ralph on Why I Use Pinboard As My Reading List I’ve mentioned before that I use Pinboard for bookmarking webpages of interest so that I can refer …

Jan 3, 2021: I'm afraid your maths are right, @brentsimmons (#covid19 #vaccination #usa) Brent Simmons trying to determine where the US should get back to normal. After some maths, he asks: “(Is any of my math wrong? There’s no point in …

Jan 3, 2021: So many questions lefts unanswered (#apple #iCloud #death #legacy) In What to do about Apple devices and iCloud content when the owner dies from AppleInsider, there are so many unanswered questions. For example, are …

Jan 2, 2021: Bluetooth issues is killing the M1 Mac mini wonder (#apple #applesilicon #m1ship) Two times today, I had to restart my M1 Mac mini because of the bluetooth devices being unresponsive. macOS 11.1 came out late in December without a …

Jan 2, 2021: Grading Apple's response to COVID-19 (#apple #covid19) From Basic Apple Guy’s top 5 of 2020: “I appreciated the stewardship Apple has taken this year in balancing their product interests while also …

Jan 2, 2021: Microsoft + ARM: Why it took so long? (#microsoft #arm #surface #intel) About Microsoft being Years Late to a Party They Tried to Start on iPadInsight: “According to a recent Bloomberg report, Microsoft is finally getting …

Jan 2, 2021: Documenting our numeric life (#journaling #tools) Basic Apple Guy on DayOne, a popular journaling app: “My current journaling habit is to make one entry per day, typically at night. However, I may add …

Dec 31, 2020: The Substack "clique"? (#substack #writers #newsletters) Is Substack the Media Future We Want? “on Substack, the most successful newsletters are almost always written by people who have already cultivated an …

Dec 30, 2020: Not the best way to build brand loyalty, @LGUS (#smarttv #airplay2) According to an article from MacRumors, LG is rolling out a software update to its 2018 Smart TVs to enable AirPlay 2 and HomeKit support. I …

Dec 29, 2020: I don't care about the Apple Car (#apple #applecar #rumours) According to Goldman Sachs, Apple doesn’t care about the car itself. I don’t care either. I’m fed up of these rumours. M.G. Siegler …

Dec 29, 2020: Thinking of closing my Google Analytics account − who knew (#googleanalytics #privacy @mailbrew @plausiblehq) Mailbrew shared a blog post about the services they use internally for their needs. As a die hard fan of Mailbrew (see my profile here), it’s …

Dec 29, 2020: A visual reference to the iPod in iOS 14.3? (#apple #ipodclassic #applehistory) Someone on Twitter thinks iOS 14.3 mediaplayer control is a nod to the iPod Classic. I think this redesign was introduced in iOS 14.2. Up until now, …

Dec 29, 2020: The original iMac — best of them all? (#apple #iMac #history) When the original iMac came out, in 1998, a first tangible and public sign of Steve Jobs return at Apple, I was perplexed yet intrigued. It was so …

Dec 28, 2020: Thoughts on my first contact with Disney+ on Apple TV (#appletv #disneyplus #streaming) Yesterday I had my first real experience with the Disney+ streaming service on my Apple TV 4K. In a word: wow! I wanted to see the latest movie from …

Dec 27, 2020: On Apple Fitness+ Launches (#apple #services #fitnetsplus) Benjamin Mayo on Apple Fitness+ Launches “They did a good job with this. It’s not a deeply technical proposition but sometimes simple ideas and good …

Dec 27, 2020: Was this lab setup real? (#apple) In 2020, we started to get a better peek at Apple’s labs, at least, this is what Apple wanted us to believe. My question: was this setup a real …

Dec 24, 2020: Best wishes to all my followers and readers Original image from Unsplash, the wishes are from me. LOL. Done with Adobe Spark Post.

Dec 24, 2020: I don’t buy commercial Christmas cards. (#adobe #sparkpost #creativity) Every year, a few days before Christmas, I spend some time to create all my own and original Christmas cards for my beloved ones. It’s a pretty simple …

Dec 23, 2020: Learning by example can be addictive (#photography #adobe #lightroomCC) After installing Lightroom CC on my M1 Mac mini, I spent some time with the Discovery feature. It’s a place where you can see other …

Dec 22, 2020: ProRaw and the Gradual Gradation of Grays – On my @Om (#photography #iphone12promax #proraw #apple) ProRaw and the Gradual Gradation of Grays – On my Om: When reviewing these images on a big iMac Pro screen, I was gob-smacked by the details that were …

Dec 22, 2020: Tempted by Vimeo, again. (#vimeo #YouTube #experiment) I have too many projects on my plate to complete and experiments that I want to try. Today, I’m thinking about subscribing to Vimeo, again. I …

Dec 21, 2020: My current Applications folder on my M1 Mac, what is yours? (#apple #m1chip #applesilicon) I’m mostly done with the re-installation of all my most used and mandatory apps on my Mac mini. To give you an idea of my apps collection, here …

Dec 21, 2020: I'm less and less using my Intel-based iMac. And that's ok. (#m1chip #applesilicon #apple) As more and more applications get the universal binary treatment to support M1 Macs, my iMac usage outside of my daytime job has decreased …

Dec 21, 2020: What do you use as a shortcut menu utility on macOS? (#apple #macOS) I’m currently writing a piece about the tools and services I use to help me be more efficient in my blogger workflow. Currently looking at …

Dec 20, 2020: My still pristine M1 Mac mini is a thing of the past 😔 (#apple #m1chip #macmini #rosetta2) Can you believe it, up until today, I was still resisting the installation of any non-native applications on my M1-based Mac mini. I refrained myself …

Dec 19, 2020: A few thoughts on Twitter's Space feature (#twitter #experience #audio) Today, unexpectedly and for the first timr, I had a chance to experience Twitter’s Space. It’s a virtual room of twitter users who can …

Dec 19, 2020: Where does our data go when we die? (#digitallife #death #legacy) What happens with your numeric assets when you die? I mean, think of your online presence: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. Where all that stuff …

Dec 19, 2020: On Apple's ProRAW: extending the range of possibilities (#apple #proraw #photography) From “ProRAW Is Here!” By Austin Mann: I suggest turning on ProRAW when you are shooting in extreme conditions of any kinds (extremely low …

Dec 18, 2020: Time for something. Again. (#me #avatar) Introducing my new avatar for 2021. It was made by hyxcreations, available on Fivrr. I wanted something along the lines of this one. I’m very …

Dec 17, 2020: The shear power of Apple on its install base (#apple #ecosystem #installbase #iPadOS #iOS) Is this new? I mean the format in which Apple is presenting the current iOS and iPadOS usage? The last time I paid attention to this, Apple was using …

Dec 16, 2020: I love those App Clip codes. So approachable. Artful. So Apple.

Dec 16, 2020: The big problem with Sign in with Apple (#apple #security) Here is an issue that I ran into yesterday with “Sign in with Apple”. I suspect I’m not alone in that situation. The excellent …

Dec 15, 2020: My first contact with Apple’s Fitness+ 😍 (#apple #fitnessplus #service) Yesterday Apple launched their latest service offering: Fitness+. I gave it a try, and I fell in love. The first step was to update all my supported …

Dec 15, 2020: Thanks, Apple (#apple #privacy #privacyprotection) Thanks to all the teams at Apple for putting this App privacy feature together. Just like food labels, application labels were long overdue. Apple is …

Dec 14, 2020: What happens when an M1 Mac starts up? Fascinating. (#apple #m1chip #applesilicon) What happens when an M1 Mac starts up? – The Eclectic Light Company: You can learn a great deal from the unified log entries of a system startup, and …

Dec 14, 2020: The unexpected good side effect of COVID19 on me as a blogger (#writing #blogging #blog) Who knew COVID-19 would have a very positive side effect on me. It started on March 13th of 2020, and it’s still going on nearly uninterrupted. …

Dec 14, 2020: Remember de Macintosh Quadra 700? (#apple #vintage #Mac #Macintosh) Working from home at 25MHz: You could do worse than a Quadra 700 (even in 2020) | Ars Technica: The '040 was a substantial upgrade over the '030 that …

Dec 14, 2020: Uniformity across diversity (#youtubers #YouTube #design) Recently I spent more time than usual on YouTube for different reasons: to look at AirPods Max first impressions, to learn more about Synology DSM 7.0 …

Dec 13, 2020: When no new features was a feature (#Apple #macOS #snowleopard #2009) Published by BasicAppleGuy, a short survey of his experience with MacOS Snow Leopard, back in 2009. I remember Steve Jobs talking about this release …

Dec 13, 2020: The Apple Health Index (#apple #finance #marketplace #products #expectations) For a while, I used to maintain a table of measures related to Apple that were in four categories: Finance, Products, Expectations, Market Landscape. …

Dec 13, 2020: It's time to call out @iphoneincanada (#tracking #ads) Wait for the previous gif to load and animate. What the fusk is wrong with the owners of iPhone in Canada website? This animated gif shows how wrong …

Dec 13, 2020: Here is a throwback... (#Apple #iOS6 #iPad) During my digital assets cleanup this weekend as I’m preparing a move to Synology, I came across this screenshot of my iPad running iOS 6. …

Dec 13, 2020: Did you know... ? (#apple #iOS #tips) When you get an update from the App Store stating a size of, let’s say 179.4 MB, this doesn’t represent the actual amount of data that …

Dec 12, 2020: A broken Apple timeline (#apple #history #myarchives) I use to keep a time of all the news and announcements emanating from Apple, Cupertino. It was fun but time-consuming. I failed to find a good use of …

Dec 12, 2020: Detailed Apple Maps comes to Canada 🇨🇦🗺! (#apple #applemaps) At long last, Apple’s detailed maps is now available for Canada! Not only we get more details in maps and better driving directions, we also get …

Dec 12, 2020: The end of the “hackintosh” era? 🥷🏻 (#apple #applesilicon #m1chip) Ernie Smith writing on Tedium about the hackintosh necessity in a world with the M1 chip for the Mac: ”I hope, now that Apple has a chip architecture …

Dec 12, 2020: Too bad @AppleNews, this could have been fun 😔 (#applenews #blogger #bloggerlife #writer) Now it’s official, Apple is no longer accepting blogs on their news platform, Apple News. I got my rejection mail today (read about my original …

Dec 11, 2020: Where are you all? 🤔 👀 (#blogger #bloggerlife) Fridays are always slow, it seems. Are people simply taking time off social networks, blogs, etc.? Maybe. In any case, I want to send a “have a …

Dec 10, 2020: What came before the diagram (#blogging #tips) I use Apple’s Notes app to jot some ideas, all the time. When the concept is clear in my head, I go ahead and select my tool for the next phase. In …

Dec 9, 2020: Dear Adobe... (#adobe #lightroom #creativecloud) Wanted to give a try to Lightroom CC on my new and still pure Mac mini (no Rosetta installed). Guess what? The creative cloud installer needs Rosetta …

Dec 9, 2020: I'll take the blue ones, no, the white ones, no, the black ones (#apple #airpodsmax) The AirPods Max is exactly the kind of product that needs a visit to the Apple Store before making a final buying decision. Photos don’t always …

Dec 9, 2020: Remembering Desk Accessories (#apple #macosbigsur #iosapps) I’m currently trying a few iOS or iPadOS apps on my M1 Mac mini. I came across the Castro Podcast player for with I pay a subscription. Castro …

Dec 9, 2020: A Substack reader, really? (#substack #mailbrew #hey #newsletters) From Chris Best, Substack CEO: “Something that we think about a lot is readers tell us, ‘Hey, I’m subscribed to six different Substacks now, and I …

Dec 8, 2020: We’ll certainly take speed gains we can possibly get (#adobe #lightroom #photography #m1chip) Adobe Lightroom 4.1 is now available with native M1 support. We didn’t see a lot of comments about the speed increase beside Apple’s during their “One …

Dec 8, 2020: Someone had to do it! 😍 (#apple #airpodsmax) There is a maximum of 25 combinaisons available. Someone on MacRumors forums posted an image of them all. To get a different color, you’ll have …

Dec 8, 2020: Oh I love their retro look! 😍 (#apple #airpodsmax #design) Many were expecting an update to the aging and expansive Apple TV 4K. Instead, we got a brand new retro-looking and expensive AirPods Max. I can see …

Dec 8, 2020: How Synology NAS can improve my blogger workflow (#synology #nas #storage #blogger #tools) As an IT guy, looking at what Synology has in store for 2021 makes me pretty excited. I wrote about that yesterday but I took a deeper look at what is …

Dec 7, 2020: 1.0 vs 14.0 - So different, yet similar (#apple #iOS #iPhone) Jordan Singer on Twitter posted this picture showing the iPhone with iPhoneOS 1.0 side by side with an iPhone 12 running iOS 14.0. The original iPhone …

Dec 7, 2020: Massive update coming to Synology NAS users 😍 (#synology #dsm #update #nas) I’ve been using a Synology DS720+ NAS for a few months now and boy do I like it! On my blogger to do list is a review of this device. The breath of …

Dec 7, 2020: Here is a stressful user experience (#apple #iphone #ux #ui #design) See that UI of the iPhone when you receive a call while being on another with someone else? Pretty confusing, right? You stress out to understand what …

Dec 7, 2020: Of course they do! Duh (#apple #applesilicon #m1chip #macpro #imacpro) An article today by the infamous Bloomberg news site reports that Apple is working on much more powerful Apple Silicon chips for higher end machines …

Dec 7, 2020: Apple's Sidecar to the rescue (#apple #macos #sidecar) I’m currently using an iMac with a 23.7” LG UltraFine 4K external monitor (read my review here). With the M1 Mac mini coming today, this setup …

Dec 6, 2020: The modern business card? (#blogger #writer) Over the last two years, I expanded my online presence. Maybe a bit too much; it’s hard to keep up. I came across something interesting recently: …

Dec 5, 2020: The Unifi Dream Machine gets a major update! (@ubnt #udm #update) My home router got an update this week, version 1.8.3. I’ve been running the Unifi Dream Machine since spring without any issues. This update …

Dec 5, 2020: Getting ready for the M1 Mac mini (#apple #applesilicon #m1macmini #m1chip) How do you get ready for an M1 Mac mini when you’re a power user of a 2017 21.5" Intel-based iMac? First, I know the M1 Mac mini speed will …

Dec 4, 2020: Using Twitter Fleet, why not! (#twitter #creativity) As you know, Twitter came out with « Fleets », its clone of Snapshat’s Stories. People don’t really like it. Or do they? My timeline is constantly …

Dec 3, 2020: Let's meet! Here is a free idea for calendaring app makers (talking to you guys! @macguitar @flexibits) Let’s play a game. One of your customer calls you and ask for a meeting (virtual or in person). Before answering this request, you have to look …

Dec 3, 2020: Oh I love that one from @gruber (#apple #applesilicon #m1chip) Gruber publishes a piece today about how hard it can be for some people to accept that Apple is yet again did the unthinkable. This one is simply …

Dec 2, 2020: Dear Microsoft... (#microsoft #privacy #privacyprotection #surveillance #office365) Following this statement from Microsoft, here is one question for you, Microsoft: why haven’t they thought, at the very beginning, that this …

Dec 2, 2020: What is holding back the hardware, again? (#apple #iphone #ios) “…until there are some changes with either iOS, the iPhone or both, bigger isn’t really better. It’s just bigger.” — James Rogers writing for iPad …

Dec 2, 2020: I'm already afraid (#apple #m1macmini #applesilicon #intel #imac) Just saw that tweet today. It’s too late. I’ll be installing my new M1 Mac mini along the side of my 2017 iMac. Thwy will be both in …

Dec 2, 2020: About those iOS Apps screenshot on the App Store (#apple #appstore #iosdev) I hate those screenshots montage. They lack emphasis on the application itself, the product. They waste precious space. At the very least, why not put …

Dec 1, 2020: Don’t touch this screen (yet!) (#apple #mac #macos) Steve Jobs once downplayed flash memory based MP3 players when the iPod was just beginning its ascension. We know what came after the iPod with a …

Dec 1, 2020: The Mac mini renaissance? (#apple #applesilicon #m1chip #macmini) I don’t know if this is because I’m eagerly waiting for mine, I’m in a distortion of reality, but the Mac mini seems on the verge of a major regain of …

Dec 1, 2020: Apple’s Reminders is so underrated (#apple #ios #ipados) How many To Do apps are available on the App Store? A lot. They all have a different take on how we should create, manage and check our To Do. The …

Dec 1, 2020: Why getting a Mac Pro can still make sense (#apple #macpro #applesilicon #mac) In light of all the raving reviews about the M1-based Macs, you might wonder why someone would still need and buy an Intel-based Mac Pro? For many …

Nov 30, 2020: Did Apple just killed the Mac resale value? Oh yes. (#apple #applesilicon #intel #mac) The M1-based Macs ramifications are far reaching as we are still pondering about their impact on the future. Reading this tweet from Parker Ortilani, …

Nov 30, 2020: AppleOne - Expired or Tired? (#apple #appleone #subscriptions) My AppleOne signup went weird when it was announced by Apple. I was billed for some of the individual services as well as the bundle. I’ve been …

Nov 30, 2020: Building his ideas and pushing boundaries on the way (#apple #iosdev #developer #designer @jsngr) A few weeks ago, I wrote about the TestFlight App Store and how cool it was. The guy behind it, Jordan Singer, is also on Substack. I’m already a big …

Nov 29, 2020: Apple is no longer doomed. Intel is. (#apple #intel #applesilicon) Who is winning between Apple’s M1 chip and Intel’s Tiger Lake chip? Well, if benchmarks are to be believed, Apple is winning, by a wide margin. The …

Nov 29, 2020: Shortcuts to frustration (#apple #shortcuts #ios #ipados) Let’s put it straight: Apple’s Shortcuts are the weirdest, most cumbersome and utterly frustrating thing to build, test and eventually use. I cannot …

Nov 29, 2020: On using Lightroom on a Mac (#apple #adobe #applesilicon) Let’s set the tone: Adobe software, Lightroom in particular, is not a very efficient piece of software to use on the Mac… even on a …

Nov 28, 2020: Selling a piece of my Apply history (#apple #imac #2007 #elcapitan) Today I sold my oldest Mac in the house: a 24 inches 2007 iMac running El Capitan. When I look at this computer, I see many similarities with the …

Nov 28, 2020: A must have utility for Mac: HazeOver. (#apple #mac #utility #minireview) Just bought a Mac utility: HazeOver! How come I didn’t know about this one?? What is it? It’s a small utility which helps bring better …

Nov 27, 2020: The M1 chip never cease to amaze (#apple #applesilicon #m1chip #tech #amdryzen) Another excellent Twitter thread about the M1 chip. This time, it is a comparison with the AMD Ryzen. From a thermal design power, the M1 chip is …

Nov 27, 2020: The future of widgets on iOS (#apple #ios #ipados #widgets) There is a lot to like from this short video showing vivo’s OrigiOS in action. Expandable widgets, user-adjusted widget size, dynamic content, super …

Nov 27, 2020: The future of the iPad, according to an M1 chip (#apple #ipadpro #applesilicon #mac #m1mac #ipados) In a blog post “Your Move, iPad”, by Becky Hansmeyer, the author asks “So if raw power isn’t enough, and new display tech isn’t …

Nov 27, 2020: A fascinating Twitter thread about Apple Silicon Wizardry (#apple #applesilicon) Here is a super fascinating Twitter thread that I reproduce here. Find the original tweets here. It’s is about Apple Silicon wizardry. For techy …

Nov 26, 2020: Overwhelming reactions — When Apple makes history, again (#apple #applesilicon #m1chip #mac) After Apple announced their M1-based Macs and people started to get their hands on them, reactions were enthusiatic and unanimous. At one point, I …

Nov 25, 2020: Apple's worst ad in years? (#apple #applead #advertising #christmas) Apple this year is back with a long and… weird (?) Christmas ad. I must say that’s a quite different and ordinary one compared to …

Nov 25, 2020: Mac nano (#apple #applesilicon #m1macs #macmini) Following my read of this article published by Macworld, the propect of a Mac nano looks more than possible. It is inevitable. Apple’s focus this year …

Nov 25, 2020: Better recovery options (#apple #applesilicon #m1macs) According to an article published by SixColors, M1-based Macs offer a much different and improved boot and recovery options. Looking at the picture …

Nov 24, 2020: How ironic (#apple #ios14 #widgets #android @notionhq) Read on Twitter today: “Notion widgets are only for iOS 14 for now. We’ll get there, Android 😓 Our mobile team is heads down on offline …

Nov 24, 2020: Saving at least 2 Billions a year (#apple #applesilicon #intel #m1chip) A lot has been written on Apple switch to their own processors already. But one side of the story is still lacking some insight. Apple is probably …

Nov 24, 2020: My prediction for next year's MacBook (#apple #macbook #applesilicon #m1chip) Here is a simple theory. This year’s MacBook didn’t bring an upgrade to the FaceTime HD camera, and unanimously, people is complaining. …

Nov 23, 2020: A fascinating possibility coming to the Mac, next year (#apple #applesilicon #m1macs) On Substack, I recently stumble on an interesting article from https://apple.substack.com: when Apple introduces a new round of Macs next year, what …

Nov 23, 2020: Which is faster, then? (#apple #applesilicon #m1macs) Following of new round of benchmarks from MacRumors, my take outs are: 16 GB is (much) better than 8 GB from a speed point of view (well, duh!), the …

Nov 23, 2020: Apple is not what it used to be (#apple #analysis) Someone on Twitter shared this YouTube video in which the guy tries to explain why and how Apple is not what it used to be. In a few words: now, they …

Nov 22, 2020: He should go work for Apple (@michaelsteeber #apple #applestore #appleretail) Have you seen this short YouTube video on the Apple Store holiday shopping experience? Take a moment because it is a masterpiece of execution in …

Nov 22, 2020: Publishing on Apple News, soon? (#apple #applenews #publishing #writing) After months of silence, I’m finally getting some response from Apple regarding my submission to publish on Apple News. I can’t remember …

Nov 21, 2020: The list is growing (#apple #macosbigsur #iOS14 #iPadOS14 #M1Chip) Surprisingly, the list of iOS 14 and iPad OS 14 apps that are made available or updated to work better on the M1-Based Mac is growing. Here is my …

Nov 21, 2020: Is It Apple Silicon Ready? (#apple #applesilicon #m1chip #macOSBigSur) It took a while but here is the first and most comprehensive list of application compatibility with Apple’s M1 Macs. You can search and sort the …

Nov 20, 2020: The era of customization comes to the iPhone (#apple #ios14 #widgets) Seeing this level of high interest in iPhone homescreen customization holding on since the launch of iOS 14 tells me that people really want to make …

Nov 20, 2020: For Icons lovers (#macos #ios #apple #design #ui #ux #visualarts) I’m a user of Timing for Mac, and recently the app got updated in order to support macOS Big Sur. The update brings a fresh and entirely new app icon …

Nov 19, 2020: It’s overwhelming and unanimous (#apple #applem1 #applesiliconmacs #m1chip) Following Apple’s “One More Thing” event, I wanted to gather positives reactions to Apple’s M1-Based machines. It’s …

Nov 19, 2020: Is 8 GB of RAM enough? (#apple #macbookair #applesilicon #M1chip ) 🤔 Many are asking if they should go with a 16 GB RAM configuration for their new M1-based MacBook Air. Some others think Apple should have made a 32 GB …

Nov 18, 2020: The Rosetta 2 tax (#apple #m1chip #applesilicon) One of the best take on Apple’s new M1-based Mac is from TechCrunch. What I learned in this review is, thanks to Apple’s Rosetta 2, the cost of …

Nov 18, 2020: Pixelmator Pro 2.0 — A Small Wonder (@pixelmator #applesilicon #m1chip #universalapp) I’ve said it before, Pixelmator Pro is one of the best app in the Apple ecosystem for three reasons. First, the Pixelmator team is always fast …

Nov 18, 2020: Microsoft already feeling the heat (#microsoft #apple #m1chip #applesilicon) Carefully look at this add by Microsoft bellow. The phrasing of this ad clearly shows the roots of the company making the product. “Pen supported” is …

Nov 18, 2020: If Rev(Y-1) < 1M$ Then Comm=15% otherwise Comm=30% (#iosdev #apple #developers) Big news today by Apple. It’s a step in a (new | right) direction. Some are already applauding the move, others are vehemently calling it a …

Nov 17, 2020: 11.1. Beta. Already. (#macosbigsur #apple #beta) Apple is on a roll with the release to developers of [version 11.1 of macOS Big Sur](11.1. Beta. Already. (#macosbigsur #apple #beta)). My hope for …

Nov 17, 2020: About this crappy FaceTime Camera. (#apple #m1chip #macbook #facetimecamera) “We really considered giving these machines 10 out of 10 review scores, but this camera is bad enough to keep that from happening, especially on a pro …

Nov 17, 2020: Dear M1 Macs reviewers… (#M1chip #applesilicon #mac #review). Here is what I’m hoping to see from reviewers of the M1-based Macs today. How fast is the machine booting? Is wake from sleep that much better? …

Nov 16, 2020: Podcasting (#podcasting #blogging #writer #blogger) My podcast adventure was too short (The Numeric Citizen Podcast). I prefer written words over audio. I prefer photography over video. There is …

Nov 16, 2020: While waiting for "real" benchmarks... (#m1chip #applesilicon #mac #apple) These “behind the scenes" benchmarks of the M1 GPU are again impressive to say the least. Is the Mac bound to become a gaming machine?

Nov 16, 2020: My Growing List of Universal Apps (#m1chip #apple #macos #macosbigsur #macmini) Here is the list of apps that I use and that are ready for my upcoming M1-based Mac mini. The list is growing almost on a daily basis. I didn’t expect …

Nov 15, 2020: It will be (much) faster (#apple #macmini #imac #m1chip) Comparing the performance of a 2017 iMac to a M1-based Mac mini, based on Geekbench numbers. Sometimes, a picture, oops, a graph is worth a thousand …

Nov 15, 2020: Here is why Microsoft should start to worry (#microsoft #surfacego #macbookair #apple #m1chip) In light of Apple’s recent products introduction, consider the recently introduced Microsoft Surface Go. A Windows laptop that starts with 4 GB …

Nov 15, 2020: What's wrong with Medium's stats…? (@medium #writing #bloggerlife) 🤔 What’s wrong with Medium’s “reading time" stat? Here, this story “Thoughts on ‘One More Thing’ - The Ultimate Mac Transition”, got 34 views …

Nov 14, 2020: Exposure Notification and battery life (#apple #covid19) Why is exposure notification taking so much battery power? Do you experience the same thing? I’m running on iOS 14.3b1 but it was the same behaviour …

Nov 14, 2020: The list is growing... (#apple #universalapps @elemanssoftware) My favorite RSS reader News Explorer (read my review here), is already supporting macOS Big Sur, M1-based Macs. The updated News Explorer UI on Big …

Nov 14, 2020: Big. (#apple #bigsur #macos #macosbigsur #update) Big Sur update is certainly big. Full of goodies and the enabler for the next decade of excitement for the Mac.

Nov 13, 2020: Massive Big Sur Review (#macos #bigsur #macosbigsur #apple #review) Ars Technica put together a massive review of Apple’s macOS Big Sur. It is quite impressive. It’s exactly the kind of review that I’m looking for. …

Nov 13, 2020: On Big Sur - Maybe I was wrong (#apple #macosbigsur #widgets #design) Maybe I’m wrong with my perception of the disaster Apple created with the introduction of widgets in combination with notifications center (read …

Nov 12, 2020: One Computer, Three form factors (#apple #macbookair #macbookpro #macmini) “The new M1-based MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini are best thought of not as three different computers, but rather three different …

Nov 12, 2020: PC Gimmicky features rarely used (#windows #windowslaptop #microsoftsurface) PC laptops introduced pencil support, touch screen, screen-based touchpads, et. al. because these are the only things they could do to try to stay on …

Nov 12, 2020: When the low-end beats the high-end... (#apple #macbookair #M1processor) Twitter is ablaze since yesterday when first benchmarks of the MacBook Air were published. They show the M1-based and fan-less Mac to surpass the top …

Nov 12, 2020: Hourra, Ulysses ! (#macosbigsur #writingtools #blogger @ulyssesapp) My go to app for blogging, Ulysses, is now ready for macOS Big Sur. Yeah! I’m doing my part, as I’m going to order this M1-based Mac mini today so I …

Nov 11, 2020: Another experiment: Mac mini (#apple #macmini #m1processor #macosbigsur) Recently published benchmarks of the upcoming M1-based Macs are impressive enough for me to take a deep breath and make a decision. A week ago, I …

Nov 11, 2020: Tim Cook's Apple: not perfect but utterly impressive (#apple #timcook #2020) I recently wrote and published a very critical view of Tim Cook’s Apple. It’s not pretty, but it is my honest take. Now, looking at …

Nov 11, 2020: On M1 based Macs Unified Memory Architecture (#apple #mac #m1processor) Here is the thing: the new M1-based Macs use the new “unified memory architecture” that is at the center of our iPhones and iPads. If you plan …

Nov 11, 2020: Intel: shit. (#appleevent #m1processor #apple #intel) The graph put together by Anandtech is a wakeup call for Intel and the Wintel world, for that matter. These trajectories are incredible, impressive …

Nov 10, 2020: Lingering Questions… (#appleevent #apple #mac #macbook) Why no clock-speed information about the M1 processor? How are iOS-based apps be presented on the Mac App Store? Why so little difference between a …

Nov 10, 2020: What's missing? A lot. 😳 (#appleevent #apple #applesilicon #mac #macbook) No touch screen. No pencil support. No 5G or 5G wireless option. No high-quality FaceTime camera. No Face ID No redesign, no slim bezels. No 12" …

Nov 9, 2020: History repeats itself (#appleevent #apple #applesilicon #mac) From rewatching Steve Jobs announcing Apple’s transition to Intel processors, here are a few interesting observations, just in time for …

Nov 9, 2020: Honest iPhone 12 Pro review. (#apple #iphone12pro #review @basicappleguy) I love those balanced review, even partial, of the iPhone 12 Pro. They feel credible, and I tend give them high credence. We should get more of these …

Nov 9, 2020: When Software Holds Back the Hardware (#apple #iphone12promax #ios14) This quote from the Wall Street Journal’s review of the iPhone 12 Pro Max is priceless as ti summarize one of the biggest issue, in my opinion, …

Nov 9, 2020: Deception waiting to happen? (#appleevent #apple #applesilicon #mac) I have a feeling that we are in for some deception tomorrow at the “One More Thing” keynote. Is this a natural mental process, some sort of …

Nov 8, 2020: Another iPhone 12 “Virtual” Experience by @MichaelSteeber (#apple #iphone12 #experienceapple) After spending sometime with the virtual experience from Apple, I found out another one by the well known @MichaelSteeber that is built with Adobe’s …

Nov 8, 2020: My iPhone 12 « Virtual » Experience (#apple #iphone12 #experienceapple) Apple launched a webpage to experience the selection and visualization of different MagSafe cases and wallets for the iPhone 12. I played with it for …

Nov 7, 2020: I can breath. (#bidenharis2020) 😀🇨🇦 Well, I can breath a little bit better now that this clown is on the way out. Good riddance. As a Canadian, I’m so happy to see this clown go. …

Nov 7, 2020: The transition iPhone (#apple #iphone12 #iphonepro) A recent tweet from @LeaksApplePro made me think about the significance of the iPhone 12 in the grand scheme of things. Apple is about to remove the …

Nov 7, 2020: The battle of the leakers... (#apple #leaks @jon_prosser @onleaks @maxwinebach @appltrack) 🗣 On Twitter, a battle of the leakers is taking place is taking place nearly every day. It’s fun to read the claims and counter-claims of who had it …

Nov 6, 2020: The screen computer. (#apple #imac #mockup) I want this to be the next iMac, running an ARM-based CPU. That’s what a computer should look like: a screen. On a stand. Nothing more. We’re …

Nov 6, 2020: On the Mac pivotal moment (#apple #appleevent #applesilicon #mac) The Mac has gone through many transitions in the past and I was there for each of them. From the Motorola CPU, to the PowerPC and the Intel …

Nov 5, 2020: On Apple Watch “unique” requirement (#applewatch #iphone #apple) ⌚️ In the last few weeks, I repeatedly got a simple question regarding the Apple Watch: does it require an iPhone? One person expected to “pair” …

Nov 5, 2020: About those "one more things"... (#appleevent #onemorething #history) On the eve of another “one more thing” moment, please read this interesting article on Medium. The author spent time to review all previous …

Nov 4, 2020: How old are they? (#apple #macosbigsur) Here’s a quick and unrelated question: how old, on average, are people who love the design language of macOS Big Sur? Seriously, my bet goes to a much …

Nov 4, 2020: Updating my Apple purchase plans (#appleevent #apple #macpro #onemorething) As it becomes clearer what Apple won’t announce next week, an update to their Mac Pro, my purchasing plans needs to be updated accordingly. It …

Nov 4, 2020: Please, come to Canada (#apple #iphoneupgradeprogram #iphone) I wish the iPhone Upgrade Program would come to Canada. I’m not holding my breath, though. I think carriers here wouldn’t let it happen …

Nov 3, 2020: Pray. (#vote2020 #electionnight) I rarely if ever post political stuff here. As a Canadian, my sincere hope is that the American people make the furst step in order to put an end to …

Nov 3, 2020: Facebook is bad at everything. Period. (#facebook #privacyprotection #design #privacy) Interesting post from @Gruber about Facebook application design. The lack of support for basic things like dark mode, more than a year after its …

Nov 3, 2020: Widget Radar (#widgets #ios14 #weatherapps @rjonesy) Another wonderful and really useful widget is finally available for iOS 14 and iPadOS 14: a precipitation radar. I’m a big fan of MyRadar but …

Nov 2, 2020: Mac Pro mini (#apple #rumours #macpro) Surprising rumors by Bloomberg about Apple working on a new Mac Pro, about half the size of the current model: “Apple engineers are currently …

Nov 2, 2020: The "real" One More Thing... (#appleevent #apple #macosbigsur #macbook #onemorething) There is a difference between what I expect and what are the things that I would really like to see. Here is a short list for this last Apple Event of …

Nov 2, 2020: One More Thing. (#appleevent #mac #applesilicon #macosbigsur) Big surprise today, it came early, Apple sent their invites for a November 10th Apple event. Rumours were pointing to November 17th date. Happy the …

Nov 2, 2020: Troubling rumours about the Mac (#apple #mac #imac #applesilicon) According to AppleTrack.org, there is a shortage of many different Mac models. Some shipping dates are slipping into December. It the case for the …

Nov 2, 2020: On iStat Menus 6.5 (#macosbigsur @bjango) One of my favorite macOS utilities, iStat Menus, just received an update to version 6.5 which adds support for macOS Big Sur. I know, yesterday I …

Nov 1, 2020: I’m done with macOS Big Sur (#apple #macos #macosbigsur) Since the beginning of September I’ve been testing macOS Big Sur. I’m still undecided about how I like or hate this release. I’m unable to …

Oct 31, 2020: Release Candidate (#iosdev #apple #iOS) Ladies and gentlemen, this is the end of an era. Apple is leaving behind the term “Golden Master” in order to adopt “Release Candidate” to refer to a …

Oct 31, 2020: Edge cases (#iphone12 #iphone12pro #photography #apple) I’m an iPhone 11 Pro owner. Photography-centered reviews are interesting to me because they tend to compare this year’s iPhone with last year’s. …

Oct 30, 2020: Measuring my success (#blogger #writer #newsletter) As a blogger and a content-creator, how can I measure my success? Well, it’s not an easy one to answer. Each blogger could have its own way at looking …

Oct 30, 2020: It's a deal! (#apple #appleone #applemusic #fitnessplus) Sometimes in your life you come across some deals that you cannot refuse. Apple One is one of them. As a Canadian, by subscribing, on top of Apple …

Oct 30, 2020: Optimized for Mac (#apple #applesilicon #ios #ipados) Here is one of the most fascinating part of upcoming Apple Silicon Macs: the implicit support for iPhone and iPad apps on the Mac (as long as the …

Oct 30, 2020: Fascinating times (#apple #microsoft #google #amazon) Here is a fascinating chart: brand value calculated by Interbrand. Apple is on top again this year. They have been there since 2012. What I find …

Oct 30, 2020: We’re humans — Tim Cook (#apple #timcook) “Work can’t solve for all the things we’re missing right now, but a shared sense of purpose goes a long way. A belief that we can do more together …

Oct 29, 2020: Apple is doom! (#apple #iphone #mac #ipad) Poor Apple, iPhone sales are 20% down compared to last year’s quarter. Look, people, it's 2020 and we are in the middle of a pandemic. Stores are …

Oct 29, 2020: Apple's Clips is Underated (#apple #clips) Apple this week updated their strange application, Clips, to version 3.0. Clips looks like a technology demonstration to me. I hear it is popular …

Oct 29, 2020: On Apple Search (#apple #siri #search @parkerortolani) Here is an interesting design concept of a possible Apple Search service. What I find interesting is the use of the Siri branding. I don’t know if …

Oct 29, 2020: 11.0.1 beta, really? (#apple #macos #macosbigsur) This curve ball wasn’t expected: Apple comes up with beta 1 of macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. Why? Why now? Does this mean 11.0 GM is really around the …

Oct 28, 2020: Third edition is out! (#newsletter #blogger #writing #apple) After much writing and compositing, the third edition of the Numeric Citizen Introspection newsletter is out! I’m quite happy with the end …

Oct 28, 2020: That was fast! (#apple #ios14 #ios13) I’m always impressed by the turn over speed of major new releases of iOS. iOS 14 adoption rate is already surpassing iOS 13 after less than six weeks …

Oct 28, 2020: Twisted dialogue (#apple #iphone12 #environment @mattbirchler) Matt Birchler in a funny post hightlights how twisted Apple’s stance can be when it comes to pushing their agenda: in this cas, the protection of the …

Oct 27, 2020: Basic Apple Guy but gorgeous! (#apple #blog #discovery @basicappleguy) Thanks to an article from John Gruber’s website, Daring Fireball, I discovered a new Apple-centric blog yesterday: Basic Apple Guy. After …

Oct 27, 2020: It's all about the story, right? (#apple #mac #applesilicon) Here is what I’ll be looking for at the Apple Silicon Macs introduction: the story they will tell for their introduction. Remember when Steve …

Oct 26, 2020: I kind of like what I’m seeing (#myblog #blogger #bloggerlife) This is my Micro.blog. Using the popular Newsify RSS feed reader, I used my own feeds to see how it would look through it. I was pleasantly surprised …

Oct 26, 2020: Everyone has their price (#apple #google #privacy #privacyprotection) According to the New York Time regarding the antitrust lawsuit in the works, Google is paying between 8 to 12 billions $ a year to be the default …

Oct 26, 2020: The master in action (#stevejobs #ipod #apple #history) This short clip showing Steve Jobs introduce the iPod is a pure joy to re-watch. It is 9m 11sec of presentation mastery. The way he set the stage, …

Oct 25, 2020: The more I read... (#iPhone12 #iphone12pro #apple) The more I read comments on Twitter about the iPhone 12, the more I’m happy to skip this upgrade cycle: wireless network performance (spotty), …

Oct 25, 2020: iPhone heritage (#apple #design #iphone #iphone12) _“Enduring design doesn’t need constant reinterpretation. It needs tweaking, polishing, and subtle improvement” _— Om Malik Great take by Om Malik on …

Oct 25, 2020: Apple did it again. (#iphone12 #apple #design) In my opinion, this year’s black iPhone 12 is now their best design of all time, surpassing their previously best design, the black iPhone 5. It …

Oct 24, 2020: Staying home... (#iphone12 #apple #applestore) For as far that I can remember, I won’t go to an Apple Store to see the new iPhone this year. Thank’s to… well.. you know, it’s …

Oct 24, 2020: Exposure notification (#iphone #apple #google #covid19 #pandemic) I recently got this notification on my iPhone. I didn’t know the exposure feature would keep the user informed about its “behind-the-scene” work. …

Oct 23, 2020: They're here. (#iphone12 #iphone12pro #apple) I don’t remember seeing Apple posting photos of behind-the-scenes workers working at distribution centers to make it all possible and magic for …

Oct 22, 2020: On 2021 iPad Pro (#ipadpro #apple) Is it a question of a few more months before the iPad Pro line distance itself from the 2020 iPad Air. This will put the 2021 iPad Pro in a league of …

Oct 22, 2020: Jony Ive working with Airbnb. Who knew. (#jonyive #apple #lovefrom #airbnb #design #UI) In a surprising move, Airbnb has a new partnership with Apple’s former designer chief, Jony Ive. As much as I like this guy’s work, something …

Oct 22, 2020: SDDCbox project - update #2 (#macpro #apple #vmware #vmwarefusion) My possible future Mac Pro configuration is taking shape. It all started here btw. Reading carefully the spec sheet, the base configuration sets the …

Oct 21, 2020: RIP. Remote.app (#apple #appletv #appstore) Great story about the start of the Apple TV remote app that was removed today from the App Store. Reason? Duplicate functionality with iOS Control …

Oct 21, 2020: Waiting for iPhone 13. (iphone12 #iphone12pro #apple) Thanks to iPhone 12, I can’t wait for the iPhone 13. The MagSafe is cool but is not perfect. 5G is nice but comes with a spotty coverage and …

Oct 21, 2020: This is a drill (#iphone12 #apple #magsafe) With the iPhone 12 and MagSafe, is Apple training us for a port-less iPhone 13? I think so. The removable of the Lightning port and skipping USB-C …

Oct 20, 2020: Stairway to “heaven”? (#apple #iphone12 #iphone12pro) Tim Cook once said that all products Apple sell can fit on a table. Well, depending of the table size, maybe. But, you will have to remove products …

Oct 19, 2020: These edges... (#iphonex #iphone12 #iphone12pro) As much as I like what the iPhone 12 brings to the table in general… edges got my attention. Up until now, I didn’t really like rounded edges …

Oct 19, 2020: Stucked on the phone (#magsafe #iphone12 #apple #design #UX) When I first saw the MagSafe snapping into the iPhone, I asked myself: how about taking the iPhone away? Is it hard? Is it gentle? Do we need two …

Oct 18, 2020: A14: from the iPhone to the Mac (#apple #A14 #applesilicon) I love those feature highlights. Apple started to use them recently (September of last year?). If you look closely at the A14 feature highlights, I …

Oct 18, 2020: The 5G Enabler (#iPhone12 #apple #5G) Last year, the iPhone 11 lacked 5G networks support. Apple was doomed. This year, the iPhone 12 does support 5G networks. Now the operators are doomed …

Oct 18, 2020: A wild dream (#apple #macpro #vmware #virtualization #lab) I’ve been thinking of something really wild recently, for me at least: replacing my 2017 21.5 inches iMac with a Mac Pro. Here is why. I work in IT …

Oct 17, 2020: A follow up to @mattbirchler on why opting for Newsletters instead of a blog? (#blogger #blogging #writing #substack) In a recent blog post, the well known blogger and content creator, Matt Birchler, wants to understand why so many people are opting for emails …

Oct 17, 2020: A simple wish (@ulyssesapp @microdotblog #writing #blogging #tools) You know what I would like that would be really really cool and useful for me and probably for many others? I’d like to see Ulysses add support for …

Oct 17, 2020: Look who’s in town (#rssreader #rss #reading @reederapp) The venerable RSS reader app « Reeder » turned to version 5 yesterday. I don’t know how I missed that one. Maybe because I moved from Reeder to News …

Oct 16, 2020: Is this called “Evolution” or “Modernism"? (#apple #ios7 #UI #design) An image is worth a thousand words. We are still paying the price of this shift in design, every single day, for every single interaction we have with …

Oct 16, 2020: Software is art (@airbuddyapp, #macOS) If you have a Mac, many battery-powered Apple devices, you need AirBuddy. Version has been in the works for a very long time and it is a major update. …

Oct 15, 2020: Is there a pattern? (#apple #airpower #magsafeduo) With the (re)introduction of the MagSafe for iPhone, Apple is trying to redo their AirPower introduction of 2017. On paper and on video, MagSafe looks …

Oct 15, 2020: Secured. (@medium, #blogger, #blog) A word about my other home: Medium, which I love. Following their latest update, they now offers publishers to secure their own domain name as well as …

Oct 14, 2020: I’ve been robbed by... @duggu24 (#bloggerlife #blogger) For the first time in my numeric life (at least, from what I’m aware of), one of my article has been robbed by another guy. After discovering it, I …

Oct 14, 2020: I won't upgrade to the iPhone 12 Pro (#iphone12pro #appleevent #apple) As great looking and powerful the shinny new iPhone 12 Pro might be, I’ll skip the upgrade this year. Sure, I tend to skip a few generations but …

Oct 13, 2020: It Just Works™ Yesterday, just like mostly everyday since March 13th of 2020, I went for a long walk with my wife. Both of us had their AirProds Pro with us. I had …

Oct 12, 2020: On newsletters rising popularity #blogger #blogging #writing #writers The rising popularity of paid newsletters is good news for many reasons. First, it’s a signal that people are willing to pay for great content …

Oct 12, 2020: The web in 2020. Please, have a look at this ten seconds GIF to appreciate how bad the web experience is in 2020. This is the “iPhone in Canada” website. I won’t …

Oct 11, 2020: Third-party Apple Watch Faces - Yes but no Here is a super interesting article from David Shayer on Tidbits about why there may never be third-party Apple Watch Faces. According to this …

Oct 11, 2020: Thanks Apple, you’ll make me like November Bloomberg, via Mark Gurman, is reporting that Apple will hold another event in November for Apple Silicon Macs. Besides my comments yesterday on the …

Oct 10, 2020: On the upcoming Apple Silicon Macs While many pundits still wonder which Mac Apple will start transitioning the platform to their shiny and speedy silicon, my attention is on something …

Oct 10, 2020: Deliveries 9.0 - Does it deliver? Here are a few quick comments on Deliveries 9.0 that came out recently. Deliveries 9 helped me track my Apple Watch Series 6 (read me review here). As …

Oct 9, 2020: Ready for a 99$ convenience At 99$ each, the HomePod mini would find a space on my desk for sure. I care more about size than Siri lacking intelligence with the HomePod. Being …

Oct 9, 2020: Thanks again, leakers! Will there be anything left for Apple to announce next week at the Hi, Speed event? Thanks to leakers on the internet, probably not much. I …

Oct 8, 2020: What am I doing wrong while doing https://numericcitizen.micro.blog from Safari from iPadOS 14? @help

Oct 8, 2020: Is the *.micro.blog certificate expired? @help Issue with RSS and website browsing…

Oct 7, 2020: Oh. my. god. What iOS 14 widgets could have been. Much more interesting interaction model which looks to be more “direct manipulation-oriented”. Will we have to …

Oct 7, 2020: How well will it age? I’m keeping that one mockup to see how well it will age when Apple releases the new iPhone lineup next week. I like the dark blue color. But …

Oct 6, 2020: MMMM everything comes in mini version? Rumors are swirling around upcoming products from Apple. What is becoming more persistent is the possibility of an HomePod mini announcement. …

Oct 6, 2020: Is this a sunset or a sunrise? #apple #appleevent We should never read too much in Apple’s invite graphics. They rarely have anything to do with the content of the event itself except maybe with …

Oct 6, 2020: On Ulysses Latest Release for iPadOS 14 Using the latest release of Ulysses for iPadOS 14, it is a joy to write on the iPad. Now, what am I writing, you might ask? More than 1700 words to …

Oct 5, 2020: Undiscoverable, Essential UI birchtree.meMatt Birchler https://birchtree.me/blog/undiscoverable-essential-ui/ Apple and undiscoverability in their …

Oct 5, 2020: HEY, here is an important update! Today is Christmas! Basecamp just released version 1.1 of their email client for HEY which supports WIDGETS among other things! I played with it and I …

Oct 5, 2020: Nine years, already. I miss him. The world is different. Apple has become something else. He would probably like what it has become without him, probably not all of it but …

Oct 4, 2020: From 2018 11” iPad Pro to ... ? I have a 2018 11” iPad Pro. Today, I asked myself: what upcoming features or improvements could entice me to upgrade my iPad Pro? I’m still scratching …

Oct 3, 2020: One year of iPhone 11 Pro... By curiosity today, I went in the battery health section on my iPhone 11 Pro to find out the current status is 96%. Already. I’m a bit surprised …

Oct 3, 2020: I’m currently testing the beta of the upcoming reimagined Medium mobile app and I love it 🥰. For once, a redesigned experience is not synonymous of …

Oct 2, 2020: One major observation on @mattbirchler’s iPadOS full widgets experience I’m thinking way too much about widgets these days, thanks to iOS 14 most prominent new feature. I’m still reflecting on the possible …

Oct 1, 2020: My Numeric Citizen Introspection newsletter is out! Check it out, it’s free! Lots of stuff about Apple, photography, privacy and climate change! …

Sep 30, 2020: Here is a free tip to those developers thinking of adding widget support in their apps: widgets are not a great way to display information from high …

Sep 30, 2020: From Apple to Ubiquiti Learned something really cool today. A few weeks ago I published my review of the well known router, the Unify Dream Machine (available here). The …

Sep 30, 2020: The second edition of my Numeric Citizen Introspection Newsletter is on the launchpad! My upcoming (and free BTW) Numeric Citizen Introspection Newsletter for September is done. I’m just waiting for September to conclude before …

Sep 29, 2020: Waiting... waiting... and waiting. It’s coming. Two days. Thanks to the soon to be updated Deliveries app. I can “see” where my order is. Can’t wait for version …

Sep 29, 2020: I think this is a great move! Everyone (?) can now test this feature. The highlighting feature works across devices which is really useful. Manton …

Sep 29, 2020: Micro.blog 2.0 - Testing, 1-2-3, Testing... I really like what I’m seeing here on macOS. Only request is the default view of a New Post window should show the Title and Categories by …

Sep 29, 2020: Deliveries: what’s in for me? I’ve been a long time satisfied user of Deliveries. They are now switching to a subscription model which isn’t a surprise. I do think the pricing is …

Sep 29, 2020: Here is a free idea for iOS 14 widget developers Who can remember the Pinball Construction Set? If you do, or you are well documented or you are probably as old as me. Now, consider iOS 14 and the …

Sep 28, 2020: Lost in a see of content There is way more content online than we can humanly consume. There, I said it. I’m myself part of the problem, as a content creator too, albeit in a …

Sep 27, 2020: On iOS 14 Widgets: So much untapped potential We have to realize that we are only at the early stage of widgets support for iOS 14. There is a lot of untapped potential and frustrating design …

Sep 26, 2020: ok, the widgets experience on the iPad is crippled, so what? When iPadOS 14 beta came out, we were all quick to notice how crippled the widgets experience was compared to iOS 14. So we got frustrated. I’m still …

Sep 24, 2020: Apple’s Upcoming Products #apple #iphone12 #airtags To get a bird’s eye view of the current Apple’s rumours landscape, check out my daily “Apple’s Upcoming Products” newsletter with all the …

Sep 24, 2020: A message to attention seekers Here is something for attention seekers: GTFU. I don’t understand. What do you expect from me by liking 10 photos in a row on my 500px profile page. …

Sep 23, 2020: Apple’s best general purpose apps... I wrote about that a long time ago but here it is again: Apple’s iWork suite is probably the best expression of Apple software these days. This week, …

Sep 20, 2020: On increasing COVID-19 cases... Quick question: when you say “oh my, COVID-19 cases are on the rise!” and you get the following response “well, sure, they do more testing!!”. Is this …

Sep 20, 2020: The Rotten Side of Tim Cook's Apple. Apple, the everlasting success story has been in troubled water in recent years. From faulty or badly designed products to tense relationships with …

Sep 19, 2020: How to you edit a post on MB in order to add a picture? @help

Sep 19, 2020: On iOS 14 Widgets - My Observations & Experience so far Carefully designed and thought out widgets are still scarce. Many developers show a lack of understanding of a widget’s purposes. Every single day, …

Sep 19, 2020: I'm never satisfied. Why? Are you like me and never satisfied with your Apple Watch face arrangement? Why is it so? Why is it so hard to come up with a watch face configuration …

Sep 19, 2020: Can Apple pundits see the reality as it is? I’m working on something that Apple fanboys won’t like at all: a cornerstone piece of more than 4000 words about my personal view of Apple’s less …

Sep 19, 2020: No trackers on Apple.com. Really? After installing Safari 14 on macOS Catalina, I went on Apple.com to see what trackers would be reported. Unsurprisingly, Apple doesn’t use any …

Sep 16, 2020: On Developer’s Questionable Choices with iOS 14 Widgets Design There is something fundamentally wrong with the way iOS 14 widgets are being implemented by many developers. Here is a simple example. The popular …

Sep 15, 2020: Thanks for spoiling today's #AppleEvent A message to all official and less official Apple leakers. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for spoiling today’s Apple event. Without you, …

Sep 14, 2020: Who's in charge of saying "no, this is shit"? Look, look closely at this leadership page from Apple. Now, ask yourself, who is directing the product directions part? Who says “no, we won’t …

Sep 14, 2020: I'm falling in love, again. I’m falling back in love with Tweetbot 🥰. For a reason that I don’t remember, I was no longer using since a while ago. I think it was …

Sep 14, 2020: Warning: doom and gloom ahead. #AppleEvent On the eve of #AppleEvent tomorrow, I can see a lot of deception on the horizon. The tag line is clear: it’s about time, or the watch. …

Sep 13, 2020: For what reason do we pay Apple for? Man I still miss him. Steve Jobs had a way of making his point so damn clear. You could disagree with him, but I least you knew what he was trying to …

Sep 13, 2020: Thought of the day for bloggers and written content creators Competing against Google’s YouTube, Facebook, Instagram et al. In order to grab users attention is impossible, even with great content to a certain …

Sep 12, 2020: From Overcast to Castro — Quick Observations Re-discovering Castro podcast player 🎧. Much better than Apple’s Podcast app 👍🏻. Better design than Overcast 👌🏻. Super nice Watch app 😍. Impressive …

Sep 11, 2020: Apple Card, Apple Cash in Canada soon? Can’t wait for this to come over here, in Canada 🇨🇦. One question though: would this mean Apple Cash would also come with it? They both look tied …

Sep 11, 2020: Stupid 5G Marketing Saw that picture of a guy paying an VR game on a Rogers website to promote 5G networks in Canada. How stupid is this marketing!? What are they …

Sep 11, 2020: After Tim Cook Having discussions about what comes next after Tim Cook is only a good thing. There is nothing to worry about this. That being said, I can see someone …

Sep 11, 2020: On IFTTT Pro IFTTT Pro. I’ve been a long time user of this service. I decided to subscribe @ 2.99$ per month. Started to play with the new features. I’m …

Sep 9, 2020: Sad but true in a sense. #climatechange twitter.com/pjux/stat…

Sep 9, 2020: Not too fast, people, not too fast Following the #AppleEvent announcement yesterday, I saw many comments about a possible schedule of events this fall. Many of them are putting the …

Sep 9, 2020: A short beta cycle for iOS 14 Following @Gruber hypothetical September schedule: Tuesday 15 September: Event. Friday 18 September: Preorders start. Monday-Tuesday 21-22. September: …

Sep 8, 2020: How much more powerful an Apple Silicon ship will be in an iMac which is never running on batteries…? It will be interesting to compare the …

Sep 8, 2020: Apple is “over teasing” AR. #appleevent twitter.com/flyosity/…

Sep 8, 2020: Welcome to Twitter, @gregjoz. #applevent #apple twitter.com/gregjoz/s…

Sep 7, 2020: Time to record current Apple Watch website before Series 6.

Sep 7, 2020: Looks like something is happening tomorrow after all. But, let’s face it, a press release for an updated Apple Watch should tell us to lower our …

Sep 7, 2020: I second that. Instagram is going down the drain. Fast. Thank you Facebook. twitter.com/morrick/s…

Sep 7, 2020: You cannot trust the human race. #covid19

Sep 7, 2020: iPadOS 14 beta 7 homescreen experience with widgets is quite buggy.

Sep 7, 2020: While I’m already preparing for released of the second Numeric Citizen Introspection Newsletter, slated for the first week of October, I’m …

Sep 7, 2020: Updated many of my photo albums on my Adobe Portfolio. numericcitizen.myportfolio.com

Sep 6, 2020: Dear Flipboard users, did you know that I publish my stuff there too? flipboard.com Numeric Citizen

Sep 6, 2020: Really? 🤔 twitter.com/jon_pross…

Sep 6, 2020: When you get the hang of it, Notion is very powerful and can be what you want it to be. twitter.com/mattbirch…

Sep 6, 2020: Just in case you missed it, I started a newsletter touching subjects like Apple, photography, privacy protection and climate change. You could be …

Sep 5, 2020: Have you ever carefully looked at Apple Leadership page? Tell me what’s wrong. Nah, I’m going to tell you: who in charge of Design? Is it a bit weird …

Sep 5, 2020: I would pay a lot of money for this kind of table.

Sep 5, 2020: Sure EPIC is suffering real harm… because of its own wrong doing. Duh. twitter.com/appleinsi…

Sep 5, 2020: There you have it. #newsletter #blog #writing #blogger Hoping for a long series. …

Sep 4, 2020: After much thinking, I think I’l go ahead with Stratechery newsletter (was competing against Techpinions and Benedict Evans Newsletter). Why? it comes …

Sep 4, 2020: This is my Twitter family. I wonder what my Micro.blog family would look like.

Sep 4, 2020: This is what Apple could and should have done! testflight.apple.com/join/04jM…

Sep 4, 2020: And we’re ready for launch, tomorrow! All systems are ready! Weather is a go too! Don’t miss the officiel launch of my newsletter and …

Sep 3, 2020: It came to my mind that preparing and sending my first newsletter is like putting a message in a bottle and dropping it in the sea. #writing #writer …

Sep 3, 2020: Is Apple bending towards Facebook? Not a good day for privacy protection. 😒 twitter.com/9to5mac/s…

Sep 3, 2020: I’m close to finishing up my first newsletter on Substack. I’m quite happy of the end results for a first try. Can’t wait to share to my …

Sep 2, 2020: Funny for sure. But, tell me who uses GarageBand for serious Podcasts editing? What tools are they using? Apple’s Logic Pro X? Too bad you need to be …

Sep 2, 2020: Finding my newsletter purposes. #blogging #blog #newsletter #writing https://numericcitizen.substack.com/

Sep 1, 2020: watchOS 7 beta 7 but no iOS 14 beta 7… 🤨🤔 maybe tomorrow then after iOS 13.7 released today (that’s a lot of ‘7!)

Sep 1, 2020: I’m building something new. Again. Can’t wait to share the final results and the start of something new. Why not give a look at the …

Aug 31, 2020: A few words about my online presence and how it is related to finding my upcoming newsletter niche. #blogging #blog #writing #newsletter …

Aug 31, 2020: Thought of the day: I think that blogs and newsletters are more than ever critical conduits for crafted content in a world of AI-generated feeds. …

Aug 31, 2020: Substack is getting competition from Medium. And I like it. #blogging #blogger #writing #tools #platforms #newsletters …

Aug 30, 2020: Not bad. Or is it? medium.com/numeric-c…

Aug 30, 2020: I’m already feeling the pressure. 😰 https://numericcitizen.substack.com/p/already-feeling-the-pressure

Aug 30, 2020: Where is the folder name? Dear @Apple, why is it so hard? #ios14beta6

Aug 30, 2020: Reflecting on the purpose of my new experiment with Substack. https://numericcitizen.substack.com/p/a-newsletter-about-what

Aug 29, 2020: Quick comparison of writing platforms based on my experience of putting something online. You might be surprise! Here is an interesting observation based on my experience with four popular writing platforms: WordPress, Micro.blog, Medium and Substack. If I could …

Aug 29, 2020: Why Substack? My answer. https://numericcitizen.substack.com/p/this-is-an-experiment

Aug 29, 2020: Another experiment just got started. Will see where it goes. https://numericcitizen.substack.com/p/coming-soon

Aug 29, 2020: I’m still on the fence with Substack. It is free to start. I don’t know if I’ll be duplicating efforts that I already put in WordPress, Micro.blog and …

Aug 29, 2020: Here is a side-effect of using @HEY. I no longer use (or rarely use) Apple’s Mail. When an email provider forwards an email to HEY, it is not marked …

Aug 28, 2020: On the fall of Macs resale value: how much does four years of shitty butterfly keyboards is responsible for the fall? mjtsai.com/blog/2020…

Aug 28, 2020: Steve Ballmer’s reaction to the launch of the iPhone. LOL. Same applies to car companies reactions to Tesla. We all know how this will probably …

Aug 27, 2020: Forgot to put the evidence for my previous post. Here it is.

Aug 27, 2020: The Social Dilemma by Center for Humane Technology I can’t wait to watch this, even if I know it will be a troubling portrait of our modern society. While waiting for it, here is something even more …

Aug 27, 2020: Apple Search. That’s quite intriguing. Recent Apple behavior and changes hint that it’s planning to launch its own search engine to compete with …

Aug 27, 2020: An image is worth a thousand words. I find it surprising that UI simplification came to this simple conclusion. There has to be more creative way to …

Aug 26, 2020: Thinking of becoming a paying subscriber to very notable newsletters. Hard to choose from Benedict Evans, Stratechery and Techpinions newsletters. All …

Aug 26, 2020: Why do I think this year’s Apple Watch Series 6 will be a minor upgrade? 🤔

Aug 26, 2020: The Siri App suggestions widget in iPadOS 14 beta 6 is not very intelligent. On the following screenshot, suggested apps can be found on the Dock. No …

Aug 26, 2020: To all #iosdev: it is not because you can add support for widgets to your app that you should add widgets support. #ios14

Aug 26, 2020: Master piece from Ben Thompson of Stratechery looking at ways of rethinking the App Store. Because of this article quality, I’m considering becoming a …

Aug 26, 2020: On iPadOS 14 beta 6: did you know that you can now interact with iPadOS while Siri is on screen instead of being a modal thing? Not working on iOS 14 …

Aug 24, 2020: It’s coming. #fall

Aug 24, 2020: WTF is this ad, Apple? Am I to old to appreciate this 38 sec eternity? youtu.be

Aug 24, 2020: Yes, I do remember Windows 95 launch. Windows on top of DOS.

Aug 24, 2020: I suspect the iPod is used in many non-consumer scenarios AND is being an introduction to iDevice for very yound people. twitter.com Maybe this is why …

Aug 24, 2020: I’m starting a new article about the rotten side of Apple. Tell me: what do you think is rotten about Apple thse days?. I do have many things on …

Aug 24, 2020: I’m not sure what to think of this. The rumours are indeed true! Apple Marina Bay Sands, the first Apple store in the world that floats on the …

Aug 24, 2020: I’m flabbergasted to see soooo many new To Do or expanse tracking apps coming in crowded app categories.

Aug 24, 2020: I wish we could see more collaborative work among bloggers, just like in the podcasts sphere. Why is it not common or is it? #blogging #blogger …

Aug 24, 2020: Is this the week where weekly beta releases from Apple will begin? My guess is yes if previous years are any indication. We generally get up to beta 8 …

Aug 24, 2020: Interesting trend indeed. For each movement, their is a counter-movement. For AI generated feeds movement, there will be a slow-feed, user-selected …

Aug 23, 2020: What’s a computer?

Aug 23, 2020: “We have to let go of this notion that for Apple to win, everyone else has to lose.”. Interesting article. Structure and Interpretation of Computer …

Aug 23, 2020: What a downgrade. Dull just like the president’s wife. twitter.com

Aug 22, 2020: Remember Apple inviting professionals to learn about their workflow so they could use that input to reimagine the Mac Pro? What if Apple asked …

Aug 21, 2020: Wow. Supposedly photos of cancelled AirPower internals leak online. I didn’t know this device could be that complex. It his real? …

Aug 20, 2020: I want to be paid or get credits on my account to answer questions of potential buyers about things I bought on @Amazon. Who do you think I am?

Aug 20, 2020: The Mac is in no way a game platform. Should we give a shit if EPIC is kick out of Apple’s ecosystem? Is the vast majority of serious gamers …

Aug 20, 2020: The harder it is to find a “real macOS apps” developer, the more Electron is tempting. Right? If so, it is troubling.

Aug 20, 2020: BREAKING: Adobe Lightroom CC 5.4 Users - Data Loss Major issue affecting Adobe Lightroom CC users at version 5.4: the cloud-based photo procesing software. Users affected by the bug lost portion or all …

Aug 19, 2020: Now you have a clear idea why I’m not yet about macOS 11 Big Sur. These iOS style alerts in Big Sur are great. twitter.com/gruber/st…

Aug 19, 2020: I’m still not sure that I like macOS 11 Big Sur, after all. Is it too much iOS? Is it too different from the past? Those menus and dialog box …

Aug 18, 2020: Super interesting read. Careful explanation of where things come from and why it has to change. #appstore #apple App stores, trust and anti-trust — …

Aug 18, 2020: Great summary of pain points for developers on Apple’s platform. Twitter thread here: twitter.com/depth42/s…

Aug 18, 2020: “Google Play is living proof that an app store can justify taking 30% even when alternative app distribution options are available.” — Benjamin Mayo …

Aug 17, 2020: EPIC: Don’t mess with Apple. They can play hardball too. They don’t like this public shit. You should have known better. ipadinsight.com Just When I …

Aug 17, 2020: The lack of a per-picture sync status in iOS 14 is baffling. #ios14 #apple

Aug 17, 2020: I’d like to find a cool use of Charty, especially with the upcoming support of iOS 14 widgets. apps.apple.com/ca/app/ch…

Aug 17, 2020: iOS 14 Widgets Support Slowly Coming Widgets support is starting to tickle in on iOS 14 beta. I like what I’m seeing so far. Widgets will transform the way I use my iPhone and my iPad to …

Aug 17, 2020: I love Telegram. I’m not a big user of it but when I do, I find it well executed and feature rich. You can follow my publications here: …

Aug 16, 2020: I vote for this. Will Apple notice? link.medium.com/wv57jyYs0…

Aug 16, 2020: It’s pretty much how I see the American society, if I put it mildly. twitter.com/thefarmer…

Aug 16, 2020: Please, Apple, Think Different, again. Great article. 5ish.org/p/apple-p…

Aug 16, 2020: Something I should show to all my friends on Facebook who doesn’t care about privacy… twitter.com/snowden/s…

Aug 16, 2020: Screw them all. Period. I’m serious. Daring Fireball: ‘Screw Apple, Screw Google, and Screw Epic Games’

Aug 15, 2020: On EPIC PR Stunt - Because this is exactly that! On Apple vs The World: I’m all in for Apple to change its App Store rules, whatever it could mean, and reduce its cuts, etc. But @gruber post is dead …

Aug 14, 2020: You thoughts on Substack as a publishing platform for bloggers? #blog #blogging #blogger Substack

Aug 14, 2020: If Epic doesn’t play the same game with Sony and all the other online stores, they are making fools of themselve. If you fight for principles, do it …

Aug 14, 2020: There seems to be a consensus about the need for the App Store to change. Ok. Tell me how? Oh, and stop asking for a lower cut from Apple. What kind …

Aug 13, 2020: This is ugliness in preparation. I’m on the side of Epic. www.manton.org/2020/08/1…

Aug 13, 2020: That’s what teachers are for. 🧡 twitter.com philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) Tweeted: This is extremely wholesome t.co/AmC4I1ZOb…

Aug 13, 2020: Hoping that Apple will take the opportunity to revise their iCloud storage tiers and bring then in line with 2020 expectations. www.macrumors.com …

Aug 12, 2020: Apple Watch Series 6 launched via press release in first half of September? Really? No way. Well, there is nothing normal about 2020, so, why not.

Aug 10, 2020: Reflecting on my Twitter presence. Increasing my Twitter followers count is so hard. Even being retweeted to 38K Twitter users won’t move the needle. …

Aug 10, 2020: Sadly, I think we’re not done yet with 2020.

Aug 10, 2020: I decided to turn that off under iPadOS 14. It’s the consequence of not having the full widgets experience like on the iPhone.

Aug 8, 2020: Here is an app idea: how about an app allowing bloggers to easily create « link posts » which would allow for easy insertion of links and text quotes …

Aug 8, 2020: Interesting take by @gruber on Apple’s position regarding Microsoft’s xCloud. My take: it’s about control AND money. The former makes it easier to get …

Aug 8, 2020: Wondering something about a possible incursion of the nano-texture glass on a future iPad Pro. Would this be compatible with the use of the Apple …

Aug 8, 2020: Wishing for similar performance improvements when Apple Silicon hits the iMac line. Coupled with the rumoured redesign, the first since 2012, I’m …

Aug 8, 2020: Great take from @drbarnard on Apple’s App Store issues Here is a great take on Apple’s App Store issues by @drbarnard. To me, the key is for Apple to change its mindset from working too hard on the lock-in …

Aug 8, 2020: If you are not on iOS 14 beta 4, hold off and wait for Beta 5. I do experience the same issues exposed in this Twitter thread. Very buggy release. It …

Aug 7, 2020: Did you know Apple has a Telegram channel? They didn’t post on it since Nov. 2018.

Aug 7, 2020: On Apple's latest iMac update Great reviews on the latest iMac update. As a serious amateur photographer, the thing that stands out to me is the new nano glass option. At 500$ it …

Aug 7, 2020: How Long Apple can stand like this? On Apple’s stance on its App Store policies. Developers are complaining. The tech press is complaining. Governments are complaining. Now …

Aug 6, 2020: Am I surprised? Nope. Actually, yes, I thought meeting time would have increased much more. twitter.com/chrisroha…

Aug 6, 2020: Dear Apple, you are (again) painting yourself in another form of thermal cornor. Back off while you can. I know, saving your face ain’t easy. #apple …

Aug 6, 2020: As I see it, Twitter could easily differentiates itself from Facebook by actually acting on wrong content and locking their owner out of their …

Aug 6, 2020: On iOS 14 Design Considerations Dear iOS developers: be careful when considering widget design and content. Space on my iPhone screen is more constrained than ever with iOS 14. Here …

Aug 5, 2020: iOS 14 Beta 4 is crap. There I said it.

Aug 4, 2020: Was he too dogmatic? Stubborn? 🤔 twitter.com/stroughto…

Aug 4, 2020: Five gone, one to go. #apple

Aug 4, 2020: Interesting question. 🤔 twitter.com/benedicte…

Aug 4, 2020: Apple is really not done with Intel in the Mac. It is clear to me that Apple Silicon will find its way in lower end machines first, certainly portable …

Aug 4, 2020: On Phil Schiller (departure) of Apple Aside from the iMac updates coming out of Apple today, here is another (more important) news: Phil Schiller is now an Apple Fellow. That was not …

Aug 3, 2020: Apple certainly gained a lot of ground in the tablet market during the pandemic. But according to these numbers, the increase was even better for …

Aug 3, 2020: I wish I could schedule a post on Micro.blog.

Aug 3, 2020: If Apple allowed side-loading of apps on iOS: would they still require the ability to use a kill switch? how would this affect their ability to build …

Aug 2, 2020: Feels like summer. #mbaug That’s the camp fire in the foreground and the (near full) moon up there behind the clouds. #iphone11pro

Jul 31, 2020: When I wanted to work for Apple... Here is a short story. In 1985, I was working for an authorized Apple dealer in my home town. I was an Apple zealot (surprise?) and I wanted to work …

Jul 31, 2020: Hoping to help you forget about all the ugly things right now. Enjoy.

Jul 30, 2020: +1. Very sad seeing Apple acting like this. Maybe Apple seeling great products, they are telling lies too. Can we have it both ways? #apple …

Jul 30, 2020: Apple is doomed. I mean, really doomed this time. Or not. Q3FY20

Jul 29, 2020: After 10 seconds of watching this iPhone 12 concept video I had enough. 🤦🏻‍♂️ youtu.be

Jul 29, 2020: Woah, that is a prime example of impressive architecture for a store. One question: where a the customers? #coronaviruseffect Apple Central World …

Jul 29, 2020: What Steve Jobs would have said… ?

Jul 29, 2020: Do you think Apple has plans already in place to allow for third-party payment systems on the App Store, just in case they are being forced to add …

Jul 29, 2020: Apple had an easy day overall Is it me or Apple had a pretty easy day today? Seems all the attention went to Google, Facebook and Amazon. My guess is that it reflects a fact: Apple …

Jul 29, 2020: Let’s see if Tim Cook is also a good politician. #apple #testimony #appstore

Jul 24, 2020: I’m getting there. Where? No idea. Entirely random city design and building. That is what playing is all about. #townscraper

Jul 24, 2020: A byproduct of the coronavirus pandemic: traveling apps like Flighty won’t get my renewal this year. Sad for the developer. Really nice app. See …

Jul 24, 2020: Highly doubtful that Apple already has the date set for the September Keynote in current context. Even more for October event. Take this with a grain …

Jul 24, 2020: Is this really surprising? It’s not. Apple saw the virus coming - Philip Elmer‑DeWitt

Jul 24, 2020: Here is a bunch of Apple inconsistencies in design. On macOS Big Sur: you can add a widget by clicking on it, but not on iOS. Still on Big Sur, …

Jul 24, 2020: To me, it is becoming clear every day that, it’s the virus who will bring down this clown in chief, stars are slowly aligning. apple.news

Jul 24, 2020: Interesting summary on Apple’s move to its own silicone for the Mac product line in light of recent Intel announcement of delays affecting 7nm …

Jul 24, 2020: If anyone had doubts on why Apple is transitioning to its own silicon for the Mac: Intel is (again) delaying it’s 7nm chips to… 2022 or …

Jul 23, 2020: After 14 major iOS release... and yet... Everybody is talking about Apple Music new icon since Beta 3 but, think about this: after 14 versions of iOS, and here we are: the “More” “button” …

Jul 23, 2020: On Widgets Management Interfaces on iPhone Very valid complaint from Dieter Bohn of The Verge on Apple’s implementation of widgets management on iPhone. Two different user interfaces for …

Jul 23, 2020: The race for the bottom of everything On Apple’s 30% cut. Again. We all know where this all goes. Yesterday it was a deal. Today, 30% is way too much. So, let’s fight and try to …

Jul 22, 2020: It is easy to forget what it was before the App Store and now complain about the 30% cut by Apple.

Jul 22, 2020: 13th iPhone Photography Awards winners are out! Some incredible pictures in there. Congrats to the winders. My prefered one is the waterfall in …

Jul 22, 2020: The iPad still held back with iPadOS 14 iPadOS 15 concept imagined by Parker Ortolani certainly looks interesting. I’m not sure about some ideas put forward but it certainly shows how …

Jul 22, 2020: If blog post from Readdle’s is any indication, expect a LOT of widgets to be available when iOS 14 launch this fall. In fact, more widgets will be …

Jul 21, 2020: Apple is already setting the table for the iPhone 12 lack of charger in the box. You may not like this decision but this is clever marketing. …

Jul 21, 2020: I love this game. Spent a few hours building this unknown city. 😍 #townscraper

Jul 21, 2020: Beta 3 will be like a fresh coat of paint.

Jul 21, 2020: Smartphones going forward and Zoom going backward Modern smartphones replaced most if not all specialized tools like camera, microphone, etc. Zoom wanting to sell dedicated screens for meetings would …

Jul 20, 2020: Can’t wait for beta 3. Tomorrow. #ios14

Jul 19, 2020: Is TestFlight for iOS 14 widgets available yet?

Jul 19, 2020: When Apple was advertising their value for businesses, in a world where working from home wasn’t really a thing. twitter.com/vanlancke…

Jul 19, 2020: Well said. That is why I love Apple so much. twitter.com/stevesi/s…

Jul 19, 2020: My first experiment with an ND1000 filter. Quite happy with the results. Classic subject for this. Next up? Cloudy skies.

Jul 19, 2020: Interesting comparison between macOS Catalina & Big Sur system sounds. You don’t change something like this often. That is something new in Big …

Jul 19, 2020: Fascinating how the Trump administration did exactly the opposite in order to tackle this pandemic crisis. Inside Trump’s Failure: The Rush to Abandon …

Jul 17, 2020: I love the new plug-ins for Micro.blog, but does it put itself on the same path as WordPress? 🤔

Jul 15, 2020: This blog post on Apple’s latest betas pretty much sums it up for me. More to come in my own blog post about my own experience. …

Jul 13, 2020: More than 1500 words to talk about going all in with Apple’s latest betas on my main devices. Your experience may vary but mine if mostly very …

Jul 12, 2020: Ten years ago — Antennagate Ten years ago today: Antennagate. Remember? It was an intense episode in Apple’s history. I didn’t own an iPhone 4. At that time, I was using my 3GS. …

Jul 12, 2020: Here is a brilliant idea. My hope is for Apple to notice. twitter.com

Jul 11, 2020: Because of newly introduced folders support in iOS 14 Shortcuts, I made a spring cleanup. Now I’m down to what I actually need and use. #ios14 #apple

Jul 11, 2020: With iPadOS 14, Apple mades a lot of improvements to the Calendar app which makes me reconsider the use of Readdle’s Calendar alternative. The reason …

Jul 11, 2020: Viticci on iPadOS 14 - when iPadOS is Influenced by macOS #iPadOS14 Good insights by Federico Viticci of MacStories about iPadOS 14. One theme stands out: with iPadOS 14, Apple is no longer taking it’s inspiration from …

Jul 11, 2020: When I talk about this virus to my kids, my recurring message is the fact that this is not like the flu, far from it. …

Jul 11, 2020: Something fascinating and disturbing about COVID-19 and the US: everything that makes the US what they are is making them weak against this virus. …

Jul 10, 2020: Dear Apple, please, oh please, allow us to move around our many screens in this view. Thank you. A friend. #apple #ipados #ios14 #ios14beta

Jul 9, 2020: Welcome to iOS 14 beta 2. 👨🏻‍💻🤷🏻‍♂️ But I love it. Very stable on iPad. 😎 #apple #ipados14

Jul 9, 2020: Woah, that was fast. iOS 14 now entering public beta phase. Apple must feel really confident. So am I. Installing on 11” iPad Pro. …

Jul 9, 2020: On Apple's iOS 14, Widgets and Considering Bigger iPhone One of the unexpected side effect of Apple introducing widgets in iOS 14 is that I’m reconsidering my stance against big iPhone like iPhone 11 …

Jul 9, 2020: Already? VMware Fusion Tech Preview now supports macOS Big Sur. twitter.com/vmwarefus…

Jul 8, 2020: If you think not wearing a face mask is a free ride, think again. More than $ 330 Billions deficit for Canada because of the pandemic.

Jul 8, 2020: « Don’t assume discreet GPU always offer better performance » #apple #applesilicon I’m one of those who was thinking discreet GPU would provide much better performance. When watching Apple’s transition to Apple Silicon, I asked …

Jul 8, 2020: A Visual Comparison of Catalina & Big Sur - Who Wins? #apple #macOS11 Excellent visual comparison between macOS Catalina and Big Sur (see link below). Here are a few observations: Big Sur design is a step back in clrity …

Jul 8, 2020: iOS 14 is a massive update in regards to privacy protection. I love that! #apple #ios14 #privacy twitter.com/kuba_sude…

Jul 7, 2020: Who prefering the original AirPod case size but the features of the Pro models? Me. Daring Fireball: AirPods Versus AirPods Pro

Jul 7, 2020: Oh boy, as much as iOS 14 beta 1 is rock solid, I cannot say the same thing about Big Sur. I’m kind of liking its new visual look… kind of. It …

Jul 6, 2020: I like Michael Flarup balanced take on Apple’s redesign of macOS Big Sur and what this could mean from now on. Coming from this guy, it could mean a …

Jul 5, 2020: With iOS 14, expect a massive amount of widgets being released. More than enough. All developers are competing to get your iPhone home screen space. …

Jul 5, 2020: Preparing for iOS 14: If an iOS Shortcut has only one action in it, what is the point then? Deleting a massive amount of Shortcuts. #apple #ios14beta1 …

Jul 5, 2020: The next steps in testing Apple’s new stuff is to install macOS Big Sur on an external drive connected to my 2017 iMac. Next, following reactions and …

Jul 5, 2020: Brent Simmons’ enthusiasm about the Mac is refreshing because part of Mac ecosystem health depends on guys like him, not just Apple’s willingness to …

Jul 5, 2020: Application visual design is such a fascinating field. Marco Arment is certainly one of the best app developer but this redesign of Overcast by Paul …

Jul 5, 2020: For the next two months. Life is good to me, even in 2020. #bloggerlife #blogger

Jul 4, 2020: Does this mean that we won’t get the top-of-the-window alerts anymore? That’s kind of sad actually, a step back in usability for the sake of visual …

Jul 4, 2020: Some commonality with my previous post… worth reading. What changes might be coming to new Mac hardware? – Six Colors

Jul 4, 2020: Which Mac will go first to ARM? My take. #apple #armmac #applesilicon Which Mac will transition first to Apple Silicon? Will Apple start with the desktop or the portables? That is the question. I would say, the desktop, …

Jul 3, 2020: Poor advertisers... thanks to Apple’s iOS 14. They are the ones who will suffer the most from Apple’s iOS 14. Good for them. If they want to show ads, the burden of finding new ways is on them, …

Jul 2, 2020: How much memory the video subsystem of an ARM-based Mac will have?

Jul 2, 2020: Tweak improvement suggestion for @manton : on a MB website, if there are replies to a blog post, show a little icon next to the post date. Possible?

Jul 2, 2020: Very interesting but improbable theories…. twitter.com/stroughto…

Jul 1, 2020: Widgets & iPadOS - Apple is in a “bad design choice” corner I’ve been thinking a lot about the limited support of widgets in iPadOS 14. While waiting for an answer from Craig Federighi (see previous posts), I …

Jul 1, 2020: With iOS 14 Beta 1, I don’t see any announced feature that won’t make it in the final GM release. This is good. 👌🏻

Jul 1, 2020: I’m so impressed by the stability of iOS 14 b1.

Jul 1, 2020: My first email to Apple’s top lieutenant: Craig Federighi. Yep, I did it, following my recent blog post. Now, waiting for a possible answer.🤞🏻 …

Jul 1, 2020: A bizarre upcoming fall schedule for Apple? #iphone12 #ios14 If iPhone 12 launch is effectively delayed by a few weeks or months, could Apple decide to release iOS 14 for currently shipping devices while we wait …

Jun 30, 2020: Great comments about iOS 14 from Benjamin Mayo. “Widgets on the home screen are just perfect.” bzamayo.com/ios14-fir…

Jun 30, 2020: Marques Brownlee interviews Craig Federighi. As @Gruber points out, the killer question: why no calculator on iPad. Now, why iPadOS 14 doesn’t …

Jun 29, 2020: Fascinating move by The NewYork Times leaving Apple News. They want to control their customers, get more data, etc. Now, compare this to the …

Jun 29, 2020: Interesting tidbits here about iPhone apps running on macOS 11. How many devs will “port” their iPhone app to Mac remains to be seen. …

Jun 29, 2020: Apple is always about moving forward, even if it means rewriting its own software countless times or breaking things. We pay them, as customers, to …

Jun 28, 2020: Simple and eayto implement idea. birchtree.me iOS 14 Could Make Changing Your Wallpaper Much Easier

Jun 28, 2020: I’m no longer an indie developer but looking at SwiftUI videos from WWDC is really interesting. What a cool technology.

Jun 28, 2020: Does the maturing of SwiftUI is an enabler for an iPad version of Xcode? This version of Xcode would be leaving behind ObjC and “legacy” stuff and …

Jun 28, 2020: On Siri updated design #wwdc #wwdc20 #wwdc2020 #ios14 I like the new Siri design but I don’t like it after all. The animated sphere placement feels wrong as it leave space on top of it on which we …

Jun 28, 2020: Putting the final touches to my WWDC20 conference comments and review. More than 3000 words. Hope you like to read. #wwdc #wwdc20 #wwdc2020

Jun 26, 2020: Found my testing device for iOS 14.0. An iPhone 8. So far, sooooo good. 😀Surprisingly stable. Familiarity and newness in one package. #apple #wwdc …

Jun 26, 2020: This is what Apple could or should have put online with the watch face sharing ability in iOS 14 and watchOS 7. Really cool initiative. #wwdc #wwdc20 …

Jun 26, 2020: No more Microsoft physical stores. End of an (short, insignificant) era. #microsoft #microsoftstores

Jun 26, 2020: Those on iOS 14, question: is there any issues with syncing in Notes edited on iOS 14, still ok in iOS 13? Same for Reminders or iMessage? #wwdc …

Jun 25, 2020: I told you that @mailbrew + HEY was a killer combination. Clips. 👊🏻😎👨🏻‍💻

Jun 25, 2020: My thought of the day: We’ll never see iPad in size larger than 12.9 inches because larger devices like this could be an ARM Mac with large screen AND …

Jun 25, 2020: I’m fed up of Apple bragging about its 2 millions apps in the App Store. I fuckin don’t care because we all know the vast majority is pure crap or of …

Jun 24, 2020: iOS 14 Widgets and Anxiety #wwdc #wwdc20 #wwdc2020 Following the reveal of widgets support on iOS 14, I’m feeling anxiety over how I’will “design” my home screens coming this fall. …

Jun 24, 2020: The Secret Feature of Upcoming ARM-Based Mac #wwdc #wwdc20 #wwdc2020 #apple Wild dream of the day: what if a silent yet unannounced feature of the ARM-based Mac is touch support? Looking at one of the WWDC session video called …

Jun 23, 2020: On macOS Big Fur surprising visual and design attributes #wwdc #wwdc20 Taken out of one of @gruber recent post. In red: the Cancel button looks like being disabled. Very bad. The menu bar transparency, why? Is Apple …

Jun 23, 2020: For those wondering… I’m still trying to wrap my head around the start of the WWDC20 week, started by this exceptional opening keynote. So far, …

Jun 22, 2020: Is Jony Ive in the room? Asking for a friend. #wwdc #wwdc20 #wwdc2020 #apple

Jun 22, 2020: What a timing…. HEY #wwdc #wwdc20 #wwdc2020 #apple Apple, HEY, and the path forward

Jun 22, 2020: More then ever it seems tech pundits and tech savvy people are asking for real, meaningful and transformative changes by Apple. Will they deliver? …

Jun 22, 2020: Apple moving to ARM: another game changer move in the works #wwdc #wwdc20 #apple Today, it will be interesting to see how Apple is positioning its move from Intel to ARM. To me, one thing is clear: this could be another game …

Jun 21, 2020: When Brent Simmons speaks, Apple should listen #wwdc20 #wwdc2020 #wwdc From Brent Simmons: The best part of the App Store, years ago, from this developer’s point of view, was that it was easy to charge money for an app. …

Jun 21, 2020: This week gonna be very busy with #WWDC20. Check out the carefully crafted newsletter “Apple’s Upcomings” and subscribe to stay in …

Jun 21, 2020: Oopsy, Apple! You Download the App and it Doesn’t Work

Jun 21, 2020: If Apple starts the transition from Intel to ARM with lowest volume Mac, I would have expected they do it starting with the Mac mini. Kuo confirms ARM …

Jun 21, 2020: Apple's passive-aggressive attitude... #wwdc Apple’s ARM-based Macs (aggressive) transition plans… these rumours seems to point to a much more aggressive transition than I was …

Jun 21, 2020: Dear Apple AirPort Extreme users, watch this space for something that could change your tech life forever. numericcitizen.me

Jun 20, 2020: Hey, HEY & Apple - Settle down already! #apple #appstore #hey I’m not very optimistic on the outcome of the “HEY vs Apple” battle. Both, in their own ways, are arrogant, blinkered and calling out each other. Each …

Jun 20, 2020: The previous tweeted quote about Basecamp/HEY founders attitude was a clip from a newsletter that I have created and that I’m receiving each day. The …

Jun 20, 2020: About HEY/Basecamp founders. Found on the Internet. 😳

Jun 20, 2020: We didn’t get an iOS 13.6 beta this week… final release next week?

Jun 19, 2020: Oops. You Download the App and it Doesn’t Work

Jun 19, 2020: HEY, Micro.blog and web standards It is fun to compare HEY and Micro.blog. They both depend on open web standards on the backend. HEY depends on SMTP while Micro.blog depends on …

Jun 19, 2020: Some (not many) interesting ideas for iOS 14 here. www.behance.net

Jun 19, 2020: Can’t wait for Apple to make iOS 13 look outdated next week. #wwdc #wwdc2020

Jun 19, 2020: HEY, what’s next? @DHH #apple #appstore Now, as a potential customer of HEY!, what I want to hear or read from @DHH is: what’s next? How are they tackling the problem in order to comply? …

Jun 19, 2020: Hey Apple, you are in deep sh** #wwdc #wwdc2020 #appstore #iosdev As an Apple observer for more than four decades (yep!), I rarely seen such a public relation mess like the one this week, a week before WWDC. Apple …

Jun 18, 2020: ‪“30% is way too high!!!”. Why? On what basis this is too high? What is “not too high”? And on what basis? Is it because you have no choice that you …

Jun 18, 2020: Looks like Apple’s “free run" is about to come to an end. #apps #appstore #2020

Jun 18, 2020: Woah. So. Nice. twitter.com/andrewapr…

Jun 18, 2020: First day with Hey. Love it so far. A bit disorienting at first. Old habits don’t die easily. Forwarded five email accounts. A few email source …

Jun 18, 2020: Bravo. How many takes the time to “clean up” gathered online accounts? Privacy protection has many many facets. m.signalvnoise.com/celebrati…

Jun 17, 2020: Thanks to a good samaritan, I’m now on HEY! So far so good. Strait forward onboarding. Very approahable in general. Enabled 2FA and email forwarding. …

Jun 17, 2020: Waiting for Hey.com invite is killing me. That is all.

Jun 17, 2020: THIS. twitter.com/dhh/statu…

Jun 17, 2020: When I explained to my 17 years old boy how Hey.com is trying to re-invent email service and how cool some features are, he was un-impressed. Young …

Jun 16, 2020: I think hey.com could work wonderfully with Mailbrew… If only I had an Invite for Hey…

Jun 16, 2020: If @Mailbrew can fix the newsletters, If people and the company behind Basecamp can fix emails with key.com, can they try to fix the Calender next? …

Jun 16, 2020: Hey, and Apple - must read thread by @dhh Here is a MUST READ thread by @dhh about Apple messing around the launch of Hey, a new and innovative email service. I wish Hey gets though this. I …

Jun 16, 2020: Question of the day: how much of the Apple’s features scheduled for this fall has been influenced with COVID-19? In other words, did Apple …

Jun 16, 2020: When Fantastical shows Apple what they should do with Calender Fantastical latest update (v3.1) could be the thing that bring me back to it: integrated support for nearly all major video conferencing applications. …

Jun 15, 2020: Oh this is so cool… for photography beginners who want to learn how to use Lightroom… new in release 5.3 of Lightroom: sharing your …

Jun 15, 2020: There is a lot to like and love in the latest release of Adobe Lightroom for iPad. Played with is for a while and I like it a lot! #adobe #lightroom

Jun 14, 2020: On Apple, education and healthcare At the very beginning of Apple, their leadership was young and they cared about education. Apple became popular in the edu market simply because they …

Jun 14, 2020: Interesting predictions on what could happen in the Mac world in the coming years. I want to bookmark this article and come back to it following the …

Jun 14, 2020: Well, I’m glad you asked! twitter.com

Jun 14, 2020: I’m already in love with it. Alleged iPhone 12 Molds and CAD Images Show New iPad Pro-Style Design - MacRumors

Jun 13, 2020: I do have a good feeling with Hey, a new email service based on my experiments with Basecamp. twitter.com

Jun 13, 2020: I hope the redesign of the iMac will be ugly as hell so I don’t get tempted to replace my 2017 21.5 iMac. 😂😂😂 iMac Redesign 2020 - Chin or no Chin - …

Jun 13, 2020: So, what’s up with Automattic and Tumblr? 🤨🤔🧐 Question of the day: what’s up with Automattic and Tumblr? 🤨🤔🧐 This question came up to my mind this morning as I reblogged a post from someone I …

Jun 13, 2020: On software quality slowly going down... my take. Interesting piece (see link below) about software quality going down in a world where hardware quality is culminating to levels never seen before. …

Jun 12, 2020: You see, we are all fine. Jony Ive not working at Apple.

Jun 12, 2020: Thought of the day: thanks to COVID-19, this year’s online-only #WWDC conference will be the only one I can attend just for the fun of it and because …

Jun 11, 2020: I feel deception about Apple announcing a live stream for the keynote. I hope the experience won’t feel too “weird”, “awkward” without anybody in the …

Jun 11, 2020: Been playing with this guy for 12 hours now… I’m… ecstatic. Expect a full review soon. @ubnt twitter.com/ubnt/stat…

Jun 10, 2020: BREAKING NEWS #2: Now iTunes U is being dismantled. iTunes U is the next victim after iBooks Author. I’m not sure Apple’s Classroom and Schoolwork are fully replacing iTunes U’s features …

Jun 10, 2020: BREAKING NEWS: iBooks Author is dead. Now it’s official, Apple iBooks Author is being retired. Upcoming update to Pages will be able to import Books from iBooks Author. It is a sad …

Jun 9, 2020: Great take by @gruber on rumoured ARM-based Macs. Still a lot of lingering questions though but this is exactly what makes this so interesting. Daring …

Jun 9, 2020: I changing my mind. Again. Well, maybe I’ll keep buying traditional computers after all. 🤓 This iMac mockup by MacRumors is a bit dumb, but we get the idea, right? This iMac …

Jun 9, 2020: As iPad is getting more and more powerful (in hardware and software), I wonder if I will ever buy a new Mac in the future. Many are probably in the …

Jun 9, 2020: We have a go for ARM in Macs it seems Seems like ARM-based Macs is a go for this year’s WWDC. The news comes from a source that I don’t like (remember the “Big Hack Story”?) so I’m not …

Jun 9, 2020: Great new webpage on Apple’s website: iPhone + Apple Watch, better together. Love the design and animations while you scroll down. Try it. iPhone + …

Jun 8, 2020: Remember iOS 7 redesign reveal in 2013? One of the most impactful change Apple introduced from which Apple is still trying to recover from. #wwdc …

Jun 7, 2020: Today, I read on a website that Polarr is a good alternative to Snapseed. Well, truth to be told: it is far from being the case. Polarr is not free. …

Jun 6, 2020: Does American police forces capable of not falling into extremes? They beat people for no reasons or they dance with people to get sympathy back. Do …

Jun 6, 2020: By refusing to build an iPad version of their app, Instagram makes a big mistake. I think serious content creators would love to use bigger devices. …

Jun 6, 2020: It takes time to build a meaningful presence on Instagram. Https://www.instagram.com/theperfectimperfctions

Jun 5, 2020: Interesting to see Apple opening up a bit more beyond Swift on GitHub. **Password Manager Resources. ** #apple #iosdev #developers …

Jun 4, 2020: This is the Apple that I love. Thanks, Mr @Tim_Cook. www.apple.com/speaking-…

Jun 3, 2020: In a world full of subscriptions, this app not only looks great but could prove to be useful. Outgoings apps.apple.com

Jun 3, 2020: I’m not in the market for bookmarking apps but this one certainly looks really nice, well designed and focused. Readit apps.apple.com

Jun 3, 2020: So much work in front of all of us. m.signalvnoise.com On current events

Jun 2, 2020: On smartphones sales numbers declining because of COVID-19: everyone were hit. Apple much less than others. #apple #iphone #sales

Jun 1, 2020: Lives matter. Period.

Jun 1, 2020: This guy can read? Really? Who knew. twitter.com/mboorstei…

Jun 1, 2020: I’m not in the market for a new to do manager but man this one looks good! Much cleaner and delightful design than Trello. 😮😍 …

Jun 1, 2020: Expectations Too High for #WWDC? Probably... In my recently published wish list for WWDC 2020, I think I under-stated how anxious I am about the “virtual keynote”. I wish for …

May 30, 2020: I wish we could send messages to Siri from within iMessage. “What is the weather for tomorrow?”. Wouldn’t it be cool?

May 30, 2020: This looks like summer to me.

May 30, 2020: Ok, guys, iOS 13.5 stability and quality is a downgrade compared to 13.4 for me. For the second time this week, after waking up, my iPhone is hot and …

May 30, 2020: The sad state of affairs with iTunes U and iBooks Author. Where is Apple? That is sad to see Apple leave these critical markets to Google. Making the …

May 30, 2020: Plot. Plan. Strategize. Organize. Mobilize. #georgesfloyd I like that.

May 29, 2020: Ubiquiti Unifi Dream Machine it will be. This is not an ad. #notgoogle #notamazon #fuckmasssurveillance twitter.com/ubnt/stat…

May 29, 2020: I’ve always been fascinated by the US society as far back as I can remember. And as far as I can remember, my relationship has always been of « love …

May 29, 2020: Is it me of Trump is getting worse and worse by the day… trying to bring the country in fire with him when he will lose this coming …

May 28, 2020: I’ll take the black one. Thank you. More Photos and Video of Apple’s Redesigned Leather Loop Watch Band Surface - MacRumors

May 28, 2020: Please, Apple, do something about this in iOS 14. Thank you. #ipados #ios #apple

May 28, 2020: I see too way many springboard reboots or even iPad reboots under iPadOS 13.4 and 13.5. What is going on here, Apple?

May 28, 2020: While working within Adobe Photoshop for iPad. 😩😳Lost part of my work session. After restarting the app. Had to remove it from iPad and re-install. …

May 27, 2020: I’m trying Photoshop for iPad to see how it could replace Snapseed. Not an easy thing to do. To achieve comparable results It would require much more …

May 27, 2020: How is login with Fido, an Apple-backed standard complementing or competing against Sign in with Apple? Not clear to me. loginwithfido.com

May 27, 2020: Currently participating in VMware Empower virtual conference. Wondering if this format is any indication of what Apple will use for its WWDC …

May 27, 2020: Poor little boy… [Update: Trump responds] Twitter puts a fake news tag on Trump tweets for the first time - 9to5Mac

May 26, 2020: Trying to learn to use Photoshop for iPad. Even a simplified version of this venerable app is hard to master. 😞

May 26, 2020: iOS widgets concept… Who is digging? I’m not sure. dribbble.com/shots/115…

May 25, 2020: If you care about privacy protection, this is suicidal. Plain and simple. And unethical. www.macrumors.com Jailbreak Tool ‘unc0ver’ 5.0 …

May 25, 2020: Really? Good news. Just skip USB-C ang go wireless only! This is my next. 👀Rumor: ‘iPhone 12’ to integrate Lightning instead of USB-C, …

May 25, 2020: Is this a movie? twitter.com/SpaceX/st…

May 25, 2020: Oh. my. god. 😍 Hyperdeck.io twitter.com/terhechte…

May 25, 2020: I’ve been working on my own version of a wish list for WWDC… there is so many things yet to be done by Apple in so many spheres in their …

May 24, 2020: Today, I saw someone enter a phone booth to make a phone call. 😳

May 24, 2020: In case you missed it: it’s still a good idea to read my review of Universe, a website creation service. The more I use it, the more I love it! …

May 24, 2020: Absurdities This is the absurdities of our economic system. This coronavirus crisis is going to cause a big reset. Daring Fireball: Hertz Files for Bankruptcy, …

May 24, 2020: My gosh: Instagram is such a massive mess in UX/UI. It is a great story on how numeric entropy took over the whole space. The fact that it has such a …

May 23, 2020: Replacing an aging AirPort Extreme with... Slowly looking for a replacement for my aging AirPort Extreme router. For me, the physical look is as important as well as the application to manage …

May 23, 2020: I rarely post pictures here. Taking a quick break from bike ride. Great weather; dry, sunchine, windy. Loving every seconds of it. 🚲😷

May 23, 2020: While Apple is focusing on mobile, they leave a lot critical things beind… education market is the other one. Sad. …

May 23, 2020: Exposure notifications are not yet available here in Canada. Our Prime Minister did mention yesterday the government is looking into recommending …

May 23, 2020: Time to start writing my own wish list for WWDC2020. #wwdc2020 #wwdc #apple

May 23, 2020: Each time I’m looking at a video comparison of Lightroom against Capture One, I’m wondering if it would be a good idea to switch… but I do like …

May 22, 2020: Questions regarding RSS feeds analytics. How do you track how many people are subscribing to your RSS feeds (hosted on WordPress)? #blogger …

May 22, 2020: Very cool ad, indeed. #apple #airpods #advertising youtu.be/yyNtm0LZi…

May 22, 2020: Ok, this one is for geeky people. So funny. twitter.com/scottreuw…

May 22, 2020: Friendly reminder of my Mailbrew public profile. Feel free to subscribe to my newsletter. app.mailbrew.com/apple_obs…

May 21, 2020: I can believe we will have to endure another year of stupid, useless, out of proportion rumours about Apple’s Glasses. 🤦🏻‍♂️ #apple #glasses #rumours …

May 21, 2020: Is it me of every single Google apps look like a web page? www.macrumors.com/2020/05/2…

May 20, 2020: Woah, great web design here. If only Apple Card was available in Canada. 🙏🏻 Apple Card - Apple

May 20, 2020: Is 500px trying to be more like Viewbug or GuruShots? It surely looks like it. I’m not sure I like it. 🤔🧐🤨 #photography #photographer

May 20, 2020: Microsoft Office Fluid looks nice and refreshing. www.theverge.com/2020/5/19…

May 19, 2020: Oh, another nice update. Stay tuned on why.

May 19, 2020: Notion is now (mostly) free! Oh, one interesting update today on the App Store: Notion now free and a new personal pro tier introduced on which I’ll be upgraded. Cool. Many other …

May 19, 2020: When leakers gain at the expense and lost of others…. and presents this as being as proud as those teams working their life on this… I …

May 18, 2020: Can’t wait for iOS 13.5. I love these .X updates. Wishing for a few bug fixes on iPadOS related to keyboard handling and share sheet shadow …

May 18, 2020: If rumored iPhone 12 Pro specs are real, this year could mark a change for me: upgrading even after upgrading to 11 Pro last year instead of skipping …

May 18, 2020: Interesting poll on 9to5Mac on the Magic Keyboard draining the iPad Pro battery. I’m one of those who think it makes a difference, faster …

May 17, 2020: Happy to learn that my last article got selected for distribution on Medium. Great way to get compensated for my work. 😊😎 …

May 17, 2020: Don’t know why but my websites trafic is way down today, is everybody outside taking advantage of eased confinement rules all around the world? …

May 17, 2020: Ethical question: I produce a weekly newsletter with my content powered by Mailchimp. I want to move to Mailbrew and so informed my subscribers to …

May 17, 2020: I’m testing something really intriguing, different, unexpected. Built #onuniverse. the-perfect-imperfections-series.onuniverse.com

May 16, 2020: In case you didn’t know, I’m on Telegram: t.me/numericci… Get all the latest updates from my main blog.

May 16, 2020: Can’t wait to try, oops, to test this! We Want YOU to Test Ulysses 20 - Ulysses Blog

May 16, 2020: Pretty old one but I still love it.

May 16, 2020: Steve Jobs on building tech people want to buy Still true in 2020. twitter.com Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) Tweeted: Steve Jobs in 2006 on why it’s tough to make tech products people want: “A lot …

May 16, 2020: iMessage for Business. FaceTime for Business. Full integration with the calender, iMessage and Mail. Welcome to the COVID19 world, Apple.

May 16, 2020: When publishing a new article on Medium, the wait to see if it will be selected for wider distribution is unbearable. It feels like Russian roulette.

May 15, 2020: That is all.

May 15, 2020: Seeing Facebook buying Giphy in order to integrate it into Instagram says a lot about how downhill Instagram is going. So sad. I'm still in search of …

May 15, 2020: Went on the AppleInsider this morning. First time I see the updated design. I'm not sure I like the result. Why? Too much ads. RSS feed to the rescue.

May 15, 2020: Today, I’m putting the final touches to something very special. I’m very happy with the end results. I can’t wait to share it with the world. Warning: …

May 15, 2020: Seeing people go is always sad. Micro.blog for me is helping me strike a balance between lightweight blogging and more heavy duty stuff on my main …

May 14, 2020: Woah, 1Password you are being needy! Always freaky.

May 14, 2020: A rare photo of Steve Jobs. Still missing him. [twitter.com/shellen/s...]

May 14, 2020: I would love to see @markgurman response to [@gruber](https://micro.blog/gruber) comments. But, I don’t really count on it because it never happens. …

May 14, 2020: Apple thinks we are eternal Death is an everyday subject these days. How is Apple helping people in dealing with people's death? For example, what happens to Apple's Family …

May 13, 2020: How long before 8GB or more of memory in iPad Pro? #apple #ipadpro

May 13, 2020: Interesting comparison of the current iPhone notch and the rumoured iPhone 12’s. Wonder how Apple will use the space. [twitter.com]

May 12, 2020: iPhone SE performance and Android... really? Should we care? I mean, general performance of a smartphone is crucial for a great user experience but... compared to Android, really? for the vast …

May 12, 2020: Coronavirus and Apple’s products One of the thing that will get my attention about Apple in the coming months and years: how the coronavirus will impact features and designs of …

May 12, 2020: Feeling nostalgic today Very telling chart of past disruptions in the photography world. I don't want to look too nostalgic but seeing how fast the smartphone is taking over …

May 11, 2020: Something is different about Unsplash There is something different about my beloved photo sharing service, Unsplash. I'm not sure if it's for the better. It's hard for me to put a finger …

May 10, 2020: I’m kind of tired of all this. #covid19 #coronavirus

May 10, 2020: COVID-19 by the Numbers Great post. My sister is a nurse working with seniors. She got COVID-19. She ok now. But she knows how bad the situation is. We're not done yet, …

May 10, 2020: Magic Keyboard: Apple’s Laptop Conversion Kit – His Dork Materials The Magic Keyboard makes us want more from iPadOS: real and complete external monitor support. Magic Keyboard: Apple’s Laptop Conversion Kit – His …

May 10, 2020: Finally - Subscribed to 1Password After much hesitation, I finally subscribed to 1Password personal plan. I've been a long time user of this password manager. I don't mind having to …

May 9, 2020: Stopping mass surveillance I’ve been working from home since March, 13th. My employer is fully supporting remote work by monitoring the output of my work, not the input. Stop …

May 9, 2020: Never being satisfied with the look of something. I just switched to a new visual theme on my Micro.blog. I think it’s better now. Your thoughts?

May 9, 2020: Noto - A Wonderful app Please, help me find a use case for this wonderfully designed note taking application. As an avid user of Notion, I don't see much use for Noto, but …

May 9, 2020: On the lack of Flash support on the iPhone I remember arguing with a guy on supporting flash challenges like transposing « hovering » events with the mouse pointer. How on earth someone could « …

May 9, 2020: Probably the best utility for iOS. Check this system activity and data monitor app for iOS! apps.apple.com/app/id970…

May 8, 2020: Apple Books for Authors - what about iBooks Author? You know what I'd like to see from Apple? An update to their aging iBooks Author application on macOS. This is what I'd like to see. Last update was …

May 8, 2020: New: Apple Store Online One of the thing that I like about Apple: web design. Clean. Simple. This store front is new and only in the US, for now. Apple Store Online - Apple

May 8, 2020: Day #4 of my Ghost experiment Ghost.org has been under attack in the last few days, prompting them to force a password reset. It leaves a sour taste. I'm currently writing down my …

May 7, 2020: A 299$ piece of art.

May 7, 2020: 'X-ray teardown' of iPad Pro Magic Keyboard illustrates complex engineering iPad Pro Magic Keyboard: This piece of equipment, simple on the outside, a marvel of engineering on the inside. So cool. 'X-ray teardown' of iPad Pro …

May 7, 2020: Another great looking application that I would use if I wasn’t using Notion. twitter.com

May 6, 2020: This little utility looks great. Simple design. Very focused use case: bookmarking websites. But for me, Notion is filling this need. Abyss Saves URLs …

May 6, 2020: Why there is no visualizer in Apple's Music Player or apps like @Cosmicast? Would be so cool.

May 6, 2020: I never made it to the WWDC conference. This year, being a virtual-only event, I wonder what a paid developer account would get me compared to general …

May 6, 2020: Another vision of the future of computing my friends. I like it too. Apple has not the monopoly of truth here. #microsoft #surfacego #surfacetablet …

May 6, 2020: When macOS behave like Windows I had to reboot my iMac this morning to fix weird issues (no sound in FaceTime calls, iCloud sync not going anywhere, etc.) And now this, after …

May 6, 2020: Day #3 of my Ghost experiment. I already know that I won't go ahead with this. The lack of iOS native app is a deal breaker. No free tier. Simple to …

May 6, 2020: Really nice visual.

May 5, 2020: So true. Sad. Frustrating. Washington Post Poll: ‘Americans Widely Oppose Reopening Most Businesses, Despite Easing of Restrictions in Some States’ …

May 5, 2020: Some people are freaking out about Apple + Google exposure notifications system. Are they freaking out about Facebook, for just being Facebook too? …

May 5, 2020: WWDC2020 is starting on June 22th or @ iOS 14 beta 2. #wwdc2020 @wwdc20 @apple

May 5, 2020: Here we go. WWDC2020. All virtual. Open to ALL developers. Two weeks later than usual. 2020 is definitely a special year. #wwdc2020 #apple #wwdc

May 5, 2020: My Ghost experiment is to try to find a better solution to replace this. So far, I don't see the plus value of switching, even if Ghost general …

May 5, 2020: Day #2 of my Ghost experiment. Where is the Media library? How can I re-use a previously uploaded picture in a new blog post? Another thought: the …

May 4, 2020: Finally. A well deserved **finally**. Bye bye butterfly keyboard. https://www.macrumors.com/2020/05/04/rip-butterfly-keyboard/

May 4, 2020: Each time I see an update to the Tumblr.app poping up in the App Store, I wonder if this is the update many were waiting for since the acquisition of …

May 4, 2020: Day #1 of my Ghost experiment. Simple CMS. Well designed. A bit desoriented at first, coming from WordPress. No iOS / iPadOS app. Not good. macOS app …

May 3, 2020: Nothing more to add. Apple CEO Tim Cook Delivers Virtual Commencement Address to Ohio State University Graduates www.macrumors.com/2020/05/0…

May 3, 2020: Just finished consolidating all my blogger workflow updates on a single page. You can find it here: …

May 3, 2020: Contemplating Ghost as an alternative to what I’m currently using and … this critical vulnerability impacting all of their services is not very a good …

May 2, 2020: My blogger workflow just got updated. …

May 2, 2020: Remember those waiting lines in the seventies? When I go for a walk my mostly empty city, thanks to the long lasting confinement, I see many lines in front of different grocery stores. These are …

May 2, 2020: Berlin, July of 1945. Devastation. These remastered movies are always poignant. youtu.be/R5i9k7s9X…

May 1, 2020: As the confinement end is not near yet, some improvements are needed in my home office. First thing, getting a better chair. Done today. Next up, …

May 1, 2020: Is Apple subsidizing iPhone SE pricing with services revenues from some sort of expected services consumption by its owner? 

May 1, 2020: Liking this a lot. But, I upgraded to the iPhone 11 Pro last fall. I’ll probably wait next year. 

May 1, 2020: You don't have to love the iPad Thought of the day, from Francisco Tolmasky on Twitter: The frustrating thing about the iPad is that I constantly feel that I need to be buying into a …

Apr 30, 2020: Is Apple doomed now? Well, at first glance, Apple’s financial numbers are pretty solid, considering the current situation. Services and wearables are shining. The future …

Apr 30, 2020: Let's try this again! Well, cross-posting from MB to WP with IFTTT is a no go. Now, testing a much cleaner solution, a WP plugin which allow a better control over what is …

Apr 30, 2020: Well, cross-posting from Micro.blog to WordPress via IFTTT doesn’t work. IFTTT is having issues creating the post as draft. I don’t know why. On top …

Apr 30, 2020: Starting a small experiment Up until now, I didn’t want to have my posts on **Micro.blog** to show up on my main blog on **WordPress**. But since I’m posting ten times more here …

Apr 30, 2020: One quick question: is it possible to cross-post from Micro.blog to my WordPress blog? [Update: I think I have to use IFTTT, something that I already …

Apr 30, 2020: Still far from fully recovered from Google's search algorithm changes of last November Last day of April. Time to look back at this month's stats. It was a great month for my main blog visitors but still far away of full recovery of the …

Apr 29, 2020: See what happens when you start using the things that you make. #apple #facetime Another iOS 13.5 Beta Tweak: An Option to Disable ‘Automatic …

Apr 29, 2020: As documented in my blog post: on why FaceTime is losing, The upcoming iOS 13.5 release will address one of the major complain about Group FaceTime: …

Apr 29, 2020: That is my feeling too. #apple #ipadpro #magickeyboard Magic Keyboard: Apple’s Laptop Conversion Kit – His Dork Materials …

Apr 29, 2020: The Internet in 2020. Can you see the problem? I don’t know what they think when they “design” these web sites but… and what you don’t see is a giant …

Apr 28, 2020: Remember when we used to write « this year is the year of Linux »? 🤔 With the Magic Keyboard, 2020 is the year when iPad is a real laptop replacement. …

Apr 28, 2020: Just Made an Unexpected Discovery Oh. My. God. 😳😍 How on earth I wasn’t aware about this great utility for macOS: CleanShot X? Fully featured, cleanly designed, with a lot of use cases …

Apr 28, 2020: A great summary of Ulysses version 19 release by MacStories. As a blogger, I’m loving Ulysses more and more. 😃 Ulysses 19 Brings iPad Cursor Support, …

Apr 28, 2020: Speaking of iPadOS 13.4 with pointer support… my favourite writing app Ulysses just received an update. Using the trackpad to swipe left and …

Apr 28, 2020: Using LumaFusion with the Magic Keyboard is really cool but I can’t wait for the updated version that takes advantage of the trackpad. Oh and editing …

Apr 27, 2020: The Magic Keyboard makes me want a bigger iPad. But at the same time I know I would miss the smaller size. Oh well.

Apr 27, 2020: So spot on. This is the beauty of the iPad. #apple #ipadpro #magickeyboard Jason Snell Reviews the 12.9-Inch iPad Magic Keyboard …

Apr 27, 2020: I’m getting good numbers on @Medium as an indie writer. But as much as I like it so far, I’m not sure they always do a great job of selecting which …

Apr 27, 2020: One more month to perfect iOS 14 then. twitter.com/9to5mac/s…

Apr 26, 2020: To FaceTime users, did your usage of it increased because of your confinement? If not, why? What are your pain points with FaceTime as it is today? …

Apr 26, 2020: Question of the day: have you ever wondered why FaceTime settings are not located in iCloud settings? Working on a special blog post related to …

Apr 25, 2020: This is why I chose “transformative accessory” in my blog post reviewing the Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro. Happy to see it is seen that way by …

Apr 25, 2020: Interesting “study” posted on BirchTree blog. From my personal experience, since iPadOS 13.4: using a mouse or a trackpad and a keyboard certainly …

Apr 25, 2020: Interesting. When an application is not multithreading but scales by adding instances, using an Hypervisor like VMware ESXi helps make it look like …

Apr 25, 2020: The transition from Intel-based Mac to ARM-Based machines will be the most interesting thing happening technologically, marketing-wise in the world of …

Apr 24, 2020: I’m working on a very special blog post. Not ready yet to share any details except this: I’m slowly transitionning to 2FA for my most critical numeric …

Apr 24, 2020: Five years. Already. I’m still delighted by this product. Currently on Series 4 and looking forward for Series 6. #applewatch …

Apr 24, 2020: This tweet is aging very well my friends. twitter.com/alexmuenc…

Apr 24, 2020: My upcoming review of the **Apple’s Magic Keyboard** for the iPad Pro is a little bit shy of 2000 words. Who knew. Coming out shortly. 

Apr 23, 2020: Every update to Notion app is welcomed. Welcome to release 1.5.

Apr 23, 2020: No. Nothing is good about this iOS 14 mockup. Exhibit A: complication for iPhone doesn’t make sense. Stop it. Exhibit B: redesign of the receive call …

Apr 23, 2020: 👉🏻 Nice exposure and validation for @gruber review of the 2020 iPhone SE. 😉

Apr 22, 2020: On the iPhone 11 being the new iPhone XR: People are keeping their phone longer While a maturing market, new iPhone are gaining traction quickly …

Apr 22, 2020: This picture of a woman working from home is so fascinating. There is a lot to observe here. Source: CNN. 

Apr 21, 2020: My first micro.blog post from… 🤫 I’m delighed. Probably one of the best keyboard ever designed by Apple.

Apr 21, 2020: Apple: let’s help us practice and iron out details before the big show… WWDC.

Apr 21, 2020: Great (and surprising) exposure to @Gruber ’s review of the Magic Keyboard… great review overall but the first paragraphs were not exactly what’s …

Apr 20, 2020: Before returning to Apple’s Reminders, I was a big fan of Things for its design quality. I’m happy to see this update taking advantage of Apple’s …

Apr 20, 2020: Woah, I love this iPad Pro + Magic Keyboard ad. Surprisingly, for a Pro setup, there is nothing Pro in the ad. #apple #ipadpro #magickeyboard …

Apr 20, 2020: Big update to Ferrite today. Version 2.5 introduces something that should be made at the operating system level: presentation mode where user …

Apr 20, 2020: The iPad Pro coupled to the Magic Keyboard weight as much as a real laptop. Well, you asked for it and now here it is, stop complaining the iPad …

Apr 20, 2020: iPadOS 14 + Xcode + ARM-Base MacBook 12" coming? First, this: twitter.com/jon_pross… Xcode is rumored to be coming to iPad via iPadOS 14. Then, this: twitter.com/l0vetodre… The latter …

Apr 19, 2020: This cool graphic showing the evolution of the iPhone greatly complements my own. Fascinating to see the multiplication of models over time. …

Apr 19, 2020: The satisfying moment where you hit “Publish” after so many hours of hard work.😊 Hoping you like my review of Notion.

Apr 19, 2020: Again, as I shared yesterday, the following data visualization site (https://rt.live/) is great. But, one question as it seems to be based on …

Apr 19, 2020: We aren’t out of the woods in the US and neither in Canada. 2020 is going down the drain. Fast. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc…

Apr 19, 2020: I don’t have any insight information from Apple but my gut feeling from following Apple for more than 40 years… no USB-C port ever on the …

Apr 18, 2020: Woah. After placing my order for the Magic Keyboard on the first few hours of availability, the shipping date was 14 days. Now only 5 days. Under …

Apr 18, 2020: Data visualization can be fascinating, especially during this coronavirus crisis. rt.live

Apr 18, 2020: In the following image, how do you call this graph style and what application can generate them? Very curious about this.

Apr 18, 2020: Gyroscope app looks so great, since its beginning. But looking at reviews and being subscription based makes me pause. apps.apple.com

Apr 18, 2020: 👉🏻 Don’t forget that you can stream music from your Apple Watch to your AirPods. Very handy when your wife is gone with to do errands with your …

Apr 18, 2020: Pretty happy with the near final draft of my review of Notion. More than 1900 words to explain how this service is helping me be better at blogging. …

Apr 18, 2020: If you pay attention, there are already a few quick iPad Pro Magic Keyboard reviews floating around the Internet… 😳

Apr 17, 2020: We will never know but I wonder how Apple under Steve Jobs would have done. 🤔 Tim Cook tapped for California governor’s business recovery task force …

Apr 17, 2020: Testing MarsEdit 4.4a2… just having the categories shown on the right of my post being edited is enough to be an instant buy for me. Even in …

Apr 17, 2020: Remember Apple’s Mail Drop? Nice reminder of its existence this morning for sending two large files. Nice. 😁

Apr 17, 2020: On iPhone 12 Pro Max Design Leaks - woah #iphone12 #leaks Major design mockup of the iPhone 12 Pro Max. All based on CAD files in the wild. These guys 3D printed it so they could get a feeling of the device …

Apr 16, 2020: But, first, was it even scheduled for 2020? Delaying an unreleased products is something these days… 🤦🏻‍♂️ twitter.com/macrumors…

Apr 15, 2020: Can’t wait to write the sequel to this blog post. Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro ordered today. Should be at my door… in… 14 days. …

Apr 15, 2020: Apple, you are playing with words. #iphoneSE Thanks Apple but this is not an iPhone SE. Ask every previous iPhone SE owners and they will confirm. To call it an iPhone SE, you have to change one …

Apr 15, 2020: With each new product launch, there is something new to look for on Apple’s product website from a design perspective. I kind of like this one. …

Apr 15, 2020: If this was the real iPhone 12 design… man I would love this! A mix of iPhone 5, iPad Pro and iPhone X. twitter.com/PhoneDesi…

Apr 15, 2020: This will be a long 14 days.

Apr 15, 2020: Some very jaw-dropping pictures here. 👀 Sony World Photography Awards: Year’s best photographs revealed - CNN Style

Apr 15, 2020: How to switch to “Sign in with Apple” with an existing account? Here is something that bugs me with “Sign in with Apple” or with services that are supporting this feature. The easy and fun part is when you sign up …

Apr 14, 2020: I hope their predictions become reality and sooner the better. I don’t like open-space offices. Period. How coronavirus could change your office space …

Apr 14, 2020: If emails are still a thing for you, well, why not subscribe to my Newsletter! 😁Sent once a week, every Saturday, at 8AM, just in time start your …

Apr 13, 2020: After the black iPhone 7, the black iPhone 5 was the best iPhone design of all time. Can’t wait to see the iPhone 12. #iphone #apple #iphone12 …

Apr 13, 2020: Super interesting article on “forced experiments” because of COVID19. Can’t wait to see what stick. www.ben-evans.com/benedicte…

Apr 13, 2020: As a blogger, making money is not one of my goal, but when I do make some money, it feels really great and encouraging. The following story published …

Apr 12, 2020: Part of something very special to be published tomorrow. Stay tuned. #me

Apr 12, 2020: Walked for more than two hours in my city’s empty streets. Took many pictures. Stay tuned.

Apr 12, 2020: At long last… what is the plan, dear clown in chief? #covid19 #coronavirus twitter.com/CNNSotu/s…

Apr 12, 2020: Today at Apple. At home. Cool. www.apple.com/today/fea…

Apr 11, 2020: Testing SquareSpace. 👀

Apr 11, 2020: These are the reasons that I don’t read CNN while on a traditional computer. Same goes for www.imore.com or www.macworld.com as these are simply …

Apr 11, 2020: Maybe he was talking to a group of 4 years old? twitter.com RT @JoyceWhiteVance

Apr 10, 2020: The next thing we need from Apple to do (after putting more decent FaceTime cameras in their computers) is to implement screen sharing on iOS devices. …

Apr 10, 2020: What a very touching, moving and pertinent ad from Apple today. 🥰 Maybe this confinement makes me too sensitive. 😢 #apple #ads #marketing #coronavirus …

Apr 10, 2020: Bravo. Apple and Google partner on COVID-19 contact tracing technology - Apple

Apr 10, 2020: Economy is crashing because people are buying only essentiel things. 😳 Mmmm. 🤔 Think about it for a second.

Apr 10, 2020: Next years laptops theme? Better webcams. I’m pointing at you Apple. #apple #macbook www.macsparky.com/blog/2020…

Apr 9, 2020: In case you missed it: My review of Mailbrew: numericcitizen.me

Apr 9, 2020: A game changer Apple Watch app: Watchsmith. Very promising new Apple Watch app: Watchsmith. I can see this coming to watchOS in some form or another in the future. There is a lot of potential …

Apr 8, 2020: These stories about Apple’s internal IT group makes me think about The Phoenix Project. I’m not sure I’d like to work there. …

Apr 8, 2020: Woah. ⌚️👀 twitter.com/iryantldr…

Apr 8, 2020: Welcome to the future, now. 😳😂😂😂 twitter.com

Apr 7, 2020: Another potential iPadOS game changer: introducing the iPad Main Menu. I think I just saw the future of iPadOS. Please, if you are an avid iPad user, take a moment to take a look at a potential feature that could be the …

Apr 7, 2020: Competition will heat up in the Mail business apparently… This: hey.com That: 9to5mac.com/2020/04/0… 🤔

Apr 7, 2020: Oh. My. God. I’ll have to look ar this much more closely. My impressions are coming very soon. twitter.com

Apr 7, 2020: If you want to get a glimpse of the rumoured widgets design for iOS 14, look no further than the currently shipping iOS 13’s Control Center. I …

Apr 6, 2020: Interesting ideas over there. One question: could Apple limit use of widgets to the iPad? Concept imagines what home screen widgets could look like …

Apr 6, 2020: Exactly my feelings with my own blog. 🤷🏻‍♂️#blogger #blogging #blog aows.co Never be satisfied with your work

Apr 6, 2020: I’m hoping someone at Apple is noticing this brilliant idea. To me it does look like a good solution for a fundamental problem on iPadOS: …

Apr 6, 2020: Fun to read past post… knowing a complete re-write is coming up. Very soon. numericcitizen.me

Apr 6, 2020: There are so many great photos. This pandemic is a great opportunity to freeze images of our empty cities. I wish I could do the same. iPhone 11 Pro …

Apr 5, 2020: Wonderful shot. 😍 twitter.com/thamkhaim…

Apr 5, 2020: This is not the iPhone 9 launch nor the AirTags announcement. But this is important, relevant, at a time where there is such a deep and troubling lack …

Apr 5, 2020: Great summary of major photo processing software. twitter.com/500px/sta…

Apr 5, 2020: People are dumb. 🤷🏻‍♂️ twitter.com/tomwarren…

Apr 5, 2020: Working hard to publish a full review of Mailbrew. Can’t wait to share this to the world.

Apr 5, 2020: Buying the Magic Keyboard when available but using the standalone Magic Trackpad meanwhile 🤷🏻‍♂️. [Poll: Are you waiting for the iPad Pro Magic …

Apr 5, 2020: I applaud this gesture my Bill Gates’ foundation. But, I cannot help but feel uneasy because of “economic only side” of the equation being put …

Apr 5, 2020: Probably the best looking and the most accurate dashboard on coronavirus. coronawiki.org Coronavirus statistics and information

Apr 5, 2020: What a disaster. Denial and dysfunction plagued U.S. government as coronavirus raged - The Washington Post

Apr 4, 2020: Remember these clicky keyboards? I do. These were the best keyboards. I remember their touch, the feeling and… the clicky sound. twitter.com Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) Tweeted: So …

Apr 4, 2020: Wearing a face mask is now fashionable. #coronaviris #covid19 😔

Apr 4, 2020: Widgets on the homescreen? Sounds cool. [Leaked iOS 14 screenshot shows new wallpaper settings, beta code reveals Home screen widgets - …

Apr 4, 2020: America can be so arrogant 🚨😤twitter.com

Apr 4, 2020: I love ❤️ the design of this app. This is a onetime purchase too and there is no need to create an account, something that is far too frequent these …

Apr 3, 2020: I’m really getting hooked on Mailbrew. app.mailbrew.com Check out my newsletter “Numeric Citizen Internet Snapshot”

Apr 3, 2020: I’m losing memories of how the world was before the coronavirus. Not a good sign. #coronavirus #covid-19 😟

Apr 3, 2020: For the first time in more than a year, I chose to work with dark mode turned off on my iMac. Just for a change. Maybe the confinement is having a …

Apr 3, 2020: iPhone SE, again, really? I never liked this name. It reminds me of the Mac SE/30. #apple #iphonese twitter.com/SteveMose…

Apr 2, 2020: Is Microsoft missing the Covid-19 wave...? While Microsoft was busy trying to build a clone of Slack (MS Teams), they forgot to pay attention to Skype. Having a personal and business edition …

Apr 2, 2020: I guess 2020 is the year where wearing a face mask will no longer be a social stigma. #coronavirus #COVID-19

Apr 2, 2020: I'm always looking to cut the noise. Here is something new. I’m trying something new. It is always a good idea to cut the noise when looking at the news these days. To help me achieve that, I subscribed …

Apr 1, 2020: Is Zoom actually a virus? Asking for a friend. 🤔 #zoom

Apr 1, 2020: Very good post by @MacStories on the iPad’ Past, Present, and Future. I never been more enthusiastic about the iPad since iPadOS 13.4. #apple #ipad …

Apr 1, 2020: My thoughts exactly. This crisis is a general repetition of what is really coming ahead of us. 😔

Apr 1, 2020: Sad news from the Omni Group 😟 I used to be a big fan of OmniFocus from The OmniGroup. After having transited to Things when version 3.0 came out, I’m now, I’m back with …

Mar 31, 2020: I expect to see many of these photo reporting in the coming weeks, months and maybe years on the effects in our lives the coronavirus crisis has. …

Mar 31, 2020: It is disgusting. We are in a constant state of crisis. One crisis after the other. Is this the new normal? There are so many things that I find revolting right now in …

Mar 31, 2020: I’m not sure that I like this. 🤔 [iOS 13.4.5 beta includes new option to share songs from Apple Music on Instagram Stories - …

Mar 31, 2020: The new templates that come with the latest update of Keynote are 👌🏻 🥰. And the new template chooser is really nice too! Bravo ! #apple #iwork #update

Mar 31, 2020: Dark Sky weather app joins Apple As a weather enthusiast, Apple buying Dark Sky is a very good news for at least two reasons. First, the Dark Sky app is not available in Canada. Apple …

Mar 31, 2020: I’m dropping it here. #TrumpVirus This is the Clown in Chief at work ladies & gentlemen. twitter.com/donwinslo…

Mar 30, 2020: There are great changes ahead, after the coronavirus, many are happening now. www.axios.com/newslette…

Mar 30, 2020: The Magic Trackpad + iPadOS 13.4: the perfect match, while waiting for the real thing to come next May, the Magic Keyboard with trackpad. #ipados134 …

Mar 30, 2020: Made by Apple for iPadOS 13.4. I’m in love with the iPad. Again. 🥰 #apple #ipados134 (Side notes: much better experience than with the magic …

Mar 30, 2020: When you have to eat your own dog food Now Apple will better understand how their software can be frustrating as hell… Apple staffers suffer work-from-home setbacks due to security …

Mar 30, 2020: Can’t wait for iWork to be updated with full support of iPadOS 13.4. Today? Please! #apple #ipados134

Mar 30, 2020: The iPad with iPadOS 13.4 is taking over my numeric life. #apple #ipados134

Mar 30, 2020: Google is being greedy and stupid for putting a simple feature like background play under their paywal. Oh, and, on iOS, does Premium enable another …

Mar 30, 2020: Patiently waiting for this to arrive… because, you know… iPadOS 13.4. #ipados134 #apple #trackpadsupport

Mar 29, 2020: Must. See. 👨🏻‍💻😳 #coronavirus #covid19 twitter.com/mikaeltha…

Mar 29, 2020: This is why I’m so angry 🤬 The root cause of why I’m so angry at the The Clown in Chief 🤡 and the whole political class in the US. They don’t care about humans except …

Mar 29, 2020: Today, I was thinking about AIDS, which is still a major worldwide issue (one million death per year)😳😔, we have to wonder about our reactions to …

Mar 29, 2020: Spent the last few hours testing Basecamp. This thing is soooo cool.

Mar 28, 2020: Too many questions, not enough answers ... Some questions that come up in my mind during this pandemic crisis: Is criminality going up or down? Is there less suicides? Where do we put used …

Mar 28, 2020: As the iPad Pro is gaining powerful CPU, input devices versatility, what’s left for the ARM-based Mac? #apple #ipad Kuo: Apple to Launch Several Macs …

Mar 28, 2020: I have high hopes on Apple to re-invent the WWDC conference. #iosdev #apple Chris Lattner Talks Swift, WWDC and More on This Week’s ATP Podcast …

Mar 28, 2020: Imagine If We Responded To The Climate Emergency In The Same Way We Are Dealing With The Coronavirus Pandemic #coronavirus #covid19 apple.news

Mar 28, 2020: Hey #iosdev, here is a free idea for an app: Unsplash screensaver for the iPad displaying content from Unsplash as a slideshow. Boom. I have an old …

Mar 28, 2020: Should we believe numbers coming from Russia? #covid19 #coronavirus 🤔

Mar 28, 2020: One thing that I would like to do is go for a walk downtown Montreal to take pictures of an empty city. But I won’t because of the confinement rules. …

Mar 28, 2020: Ordered a Magic Trackpad 2 from Apple because… you know… iPadOS 13.4. Currently using the mouse but I do feel the trackpad experience …

Mar 27, 2020: This is what journalists should have done since this Clown in Chief has been elected. Shame on them. They are being lazy. Period. Daring Fireball: How …

Mar 27, 2020: Remember iOS 6 -> iOS 7 Redesign - Never Again The last time an Apple operating system went through a redesig, iOS for that matter (iOS 6 -> iOS 7), it didn’t go well. We still pay the …

Mar 26, 2020: By the way, coronavirus crisis is something earth would need for many years, even decades just to fix our mess. #covid19 #coronavirus

Mar 26, 2020: Is it me or using an iPad with a mouse and a keyboard makes the battery drain faster? #ipados #ipados134 #apple

Mar 26, 2020: FaceID on Mac, really? If FaceID comes on the Mac and a by-product is to get a better FaceTime camera, then, I’m all in. A notch for the iMac is stupid and unecessary …

Mar 25, 2020: Working from home, because I do a lot less “socializing” (no surrounding colleagues) is much more demanding. I’m exhausted at the …

Mar 24, 2020: Woah, just wrote something similar… taken from my Twitter feed…

Mar 24, 2020: Returning to Facebook because of Coronavirus? (hit the link for my thoughts) For the first time in more than a year, I’m considering returning to Facebook. My thoughts and feelings are still the same though. But this …

Mar 24, 2020: Dear USA, I wish you good luck. #covid19 #coronavirus

Mar 24, 2020: Effect of coronavirus on App Store downloads. Fascinating. #coronavirus #covid19 #appstore

Mar 24, 2020: Yep. It does happen all the time. #coronavirus #covid19 twitter.com/seanbgone…

Mar 23, 2020: Mmmm my hope is that Apple doesn’t come up with something like this because… I would… probably… upgrade? euh? …

Mar 23, 2020: Finally got an article submission accepted by Medium after the last try. Three previous submissions didn’t get approved. #medium #blogger #bloggerlife

Mar 23, 2020: My latest blog post was a big effort for me. Notion was at the center of my work all along. I perfected my use of this platform and should be more …

Mar 22, 2020: Group Facetime, Zoom, Messenger, Whatsapp, etc.: what group conference tool is more popular around you? #coronavirus #poll

Mar 22, 2020: Putting the final touches to my take on iPadOS 13.4 mouse support and a few other things surroundings Apple’s announcements this week. More than 2000 …

Mar 22, 2020: Interesting read. beckyhansmeyer.com The Great Slowdown

Mar 21, 2020: Who knows if Apple will re-invent the typical conference like they reinvented the phone in 2007. I would be really surprised if they cancel WWDC …

Mar 21, 2020: Consider me very skeptical of this rumour… Apple seems to follow an 18 months upgrade cycle for the iPad Pro. New iPad Pro is out, but …

Mar 20, 2020: The Clown in Chief is the devil with a pretty face. #coronavirus

Mar 20, 2020: If something has to change after COVID-19 it is: electronic payments only.

Mar 20, 2020: Current numbers from Italy are frightening to say the least. 😟 #covid19

Mar 20, 2020: Each day I’m a bit more disgusted by the American political class and by those voters who doesn’t understand anything in anything…. #covid19

Mar 20, 2020: Sadly, I think there is some truth to this. #covid19 😔

Mar 19, 2020: I’m sorry to interrupt but the external keyboard was part of the original concept of the iPad. ☝🏻 Apple finally admits Microsoft was right about …

Mar 19, 2020: The amount and variety of ads on TV that feel « out of place » or « no longer relevant » because of the COVID-19 crisis: vacations, trips, …

Mar 19, 2020: All those dashboards about COVID-19 progression around the world… all those news feeds with bad news… it loos like a bad video …

Mar 19, 2020: It’s been a few days now of intense remote work. Lot’s of collab tools usage (Webex, Zoom, MS Teams) for work with many collegues and many …

Mar 19, 2020: Went for a short walk this afternoon in my neighborhood. I wasn’t alone. We we’re like walking “alive” looking to spend time …

Mar 19, 2020: This is the pure beauty of the iPad. #apple #ipad #ipados The iPad cursor is here, no wait required sixcolors.com/post/2020…

Mar 19, 2020: At this rate, with all the improvements coming to the iPad (both in hardware & software), I’m not sure I’ll ever upgrade my 2017 iMac. And my next …

Mar 18, 2020: Mail.app in iPadOS 13.4 doesn’t have the redesigned toolbar like on the iOS version? Really? #apple #ipados134 #ios134

Mar 18, 2020: These Apple product releases today are some good diversion from the current crisis… #apple #covid19

Mar 18, 2020: Still to come this week (friday?): updated Apple TV with redesigned Apple TV remote? #apple #appletv

Mar 18, 2020: The iPad Pro micro website on Apple.com is back to vertical scrolling. Good lord, thank you Apple! But scrolling speed is not smooth on powerful Macs. …

Mar 18, 2020: COVID-19, Schools and Technology (hit link for more) From what I’m seeing, the private school of my teenager where iPads are mandatory, don’t really take advantage of the possibilities of …

Mar 17, 2020: Apple could decide to only release software for the rest of the year as it could be easier to build while working remotely. Just an idea. #apple

Mar 17, 2020: It is a good thing to take a break from the news. Really. #covid19

Mar 17, 2020: I was on the impression that we would get a press release a day from Apple this week. Seems it’s not the case after all. Maybe iOS 13.4 …

Mar 17, 2020: Where are americans asking Bloomberg to spend money on the COVID-19 crisis? Oh, he doesn’t have any money left after spending that much trying …

Mar 16, 2020: Show by example. Max ten people. In this press conference, out of SIXTHEEN people, only THREE of them talked to the journalists. Others were standing …

Mar 16, 2020: My sincere and deepest hope is for this crisis to force people reconsider open space offices. It wasn’t a great idea before COVID-19 and certainly …

Mar 16, 2020: This COVID-19 crisis will change many many things in our life for a long time. Daring Fireball: Use Both Soap and Hand Sanitizer

Mar 16, 2020: Get him off Twitter In other words, put the Clown in chief in quarantine. ‘Isolate him’: Ex-Trump official calls on president to go into ‘verbal quarantine’ during …

Mar 15, 2020: On the verge of a week with many possible new Apple product releases, it will take a miracle for them to be noticed. #covid19 #apple 😔

Mar 15, 2020: My kids are now discovering the fragility of the economic system and the potential difficulties they will confront in their own personal life. Maybe …

Mar 15, 2020: Just like for 9/11, I’m hooked to my screens. #covid19

Mar 15, 2020: Love these shots… fits current crisis. Photography is about bringing emotion and questions. twitter.com/briscoepa…

Mar 15, 2020: Blogger’s joy: the satisfying moment when you hit “Publish”. #blogger #bloggerlife numericcitizen.me/2020/03/1…

Mar 15, 2020: That is a powerful image. Stay home. #covid19 twitter.com David J. Schow (@DavidJSchow) Tweeted: t.co/vtOyF8gxm…

Mar 15, 2020: This COVID-19 crisis is a reminder of how people can be so dumb. #covid19

Mar 14, 2020: For as much as I can remember, I’ve always been in a “love & hate relationship” with the US as a society. I’m sad to report that since a few days …

Mar 14, 2020: Install poll for bloggers: is the COVID-19 crisis modified your publishing habit? Answer by following link to CrowdSignal poll. Thanks. #covid19 …

Mar 14, 2020: COVID-19 and my PhD Friend I have a dear friend living in Denver, Co. He has a PhD in human comm. He is brilliant. But, he doesn’t understand all the fuss about COVID-19. …

Mar 14, 2020: Great summary of Apple’s actions in this COVID-19 crisis. #covid19 #apple twitter.com/reneritch…

Mar 13, 2020: As a mass transit user, I’m working from home next week. Not obligated but volunteered action. #covid19

Mar 13, 2020: No. #iOS14 9to5mac.com/2020/03/1…

Mar 13, 2020: Working from home today. Like every friday. But this time, it is different. Same for my wife. Schools are closed today too. Unexpectedly. The world is …

Mar 12, 2020: Very hard to stay focused at work today. Everything seems to stop around me. People discussing about the situation with COVID-19.

Mar 12, 2020: The speech that should have aired yesterday night. But the clown 🤡 in chief just can’t do this. Read this Twitter thread. #covid19 …

Mar 12, 2020: Thought of the day: I guess we have to get used to live in a constant state of emergency 🚨 #climatechange #covid19 #economy

Mar 12, 2020: Yesterday’s night speech by the clown in chief 🤡 will be a turning point for him. Whatch the next few days when maths starts to do its magic the the …

Mar 11, 2020: That one is not a short read but I feel obligated to share it. Highly recommended read. The outlook is grime. Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now - …

Mar 11, 2020: Really nice ad from Apple: AirPods Pro - Snap #apple #airpodspro www.youtube.com/watch

Mar 11, 2020: On watchOS 7 and shareable watch face - an edge case example (hit link for the details) What if a watch face uses a complication from a third-party app that the other user don’t have installed? How would this situation be handled? Highly …

Mar 11, 2020: The ugly and sad state of online “news” websites. Every single day of my online life, I’m exposed to what is described in this …

Mar 10, 2020: Not sure about this one. The wording is to the effect that it will be a separate page with a list view, not a full new mode. iOS 14 to include new …

Mar 10, 2020: What? 😳🤔🧐 I’m not sure how I feel about that one. #apple #ios14 iOS 14: Major accessibility features, Alipay Apple Pay, wallpaper app integration, …

Mar 10, 2020: Numbers, we need real numbers to help us govern actions. Simple. link.medium.com/4iWWjYg1J…

Mar 10, 2020: I’m not a gamer at all but when I see something that I like, I want it now! Still in development. Can’t wait to see more of this! 🥰 …

Mar 9, 2020: iPadOS 14, a mouse and my next iPad purchase (hit link for my take) If iPadOS14 actually finish the job of supporting the mouse, I’ll certainly reconsider my choice of iPad the next time I’m on the market for a new …

Mar 9, 2020: I can’t remember the last time Apple’s designers were that clever. I want something like this in iOS 14! 😍 twitter.com/st8rmi/st…

Mar 8, 2020: I stand corrected, yes you can rename an album in Apple’s Photos.app. The user have to be in a specific context to get access to the “Edit” button on …

Mar 8, 2020: How do you rename an album within Apple’s stock Photos.app on iOS? Simple: you can’t. 😳🤦🏻‍♂️ #UX #apple

Mar 8, 2020: Currently testing Gluon a Micro.blog client. So far I like what I see but there are a few things that I would change right away… like the size …

Mar 7, 2020: Be caution for what you ask for (hit link for my take on macOS with touch support) A bit old but since many are still requesting it… it is much a harder to make macOS touch-friendly than making iPadOS mouse-friendly. Touch …

Mar 7, 2020: 🙁😔 Exclusive: The Strongest Evidence Yet That America Is Botching Coronavirus Testing www.theatlantic.com/health/ar…

Mar 7, 2020: I wish you good luck with that (COVID-19) - (follow link for my take). Well, let me guess for you: look no further than of your (insert worst adjective here) President. Exclusive: The Strongest Evidence Yet That America …

Mar 7, 2020: This is soooo Montreal. By a great Saturday afternoon while taking a walk with my wife. #shotoniphone

Mar 7, 2020: Tomorrow, if all goes according to my plan, or maybe even today, I’m going all in with a personal blog post.

Mar 7, 2020: If you see this blog post, it is because I’m now using Drafts to publish to my Micro.blog. And this is cool. Just wish Ulysses could do the …

Mar 7, 2020: One of the best shots of the Burning Man event that I have seen. 😍 Burning Man : Photos by Scott London – Scott London

Mar 7, 2020: Thanks to Apple for simplifying our numeric life (click link for more details) Fascinating analysis by Jason Snell on vanishing ports from 15"/16" MacBook over the years. My take: Thanks to Apple for simplifyng our …

Mar 7, 2020: I’m working on something new. Again. 😎 📷 #photographer #creativity numericcitizen.me/series/th…

Mar 6, 2020: Anxiety over #COVID-19 (follow link for details) Are we at a turning point where there will be a before & after world as we know it? I mean, this shit is here to stay among us for a long …

Mar 6, 2020: Just discovered that within WordPress, with Automattic at least, there is a free library of very high quality, royalty-free stock images available at …

Mar 6, 2020: Intel: Houston, we have a problem (follow link for the details) I’m not a security expert but this “bug” seems quite serious. Macs not affected. AMD no affected. Trust going downhill. 😳🙁 5 years of Intel CPUs and …

Mar 6, 2020: Micro.blog matter: Question for @manton: on the web interface, why the show title and categories are not shown by default? Should / could be an …

Mar 6, 2020: Photography lovers, your opinion count. #photographers #photography See here: numericcitizen.me/2020/03/0… Vote then there: poll.fm/10516091

Mar 6, 2020: I’m in the last few miles of enduring a very bad cold. Tired. I wonder how is it diffrent than having COVID19. The only thing I didn’t …

Mar 5, 2020: I’m in a local coffee shop. Out of 14 people that I can see using computers, 11 are using MacBook. That is a lot. I always find this to be …

Mar 5, 2020: Hey @Google, I’m calling you out: not supporting picture-in-picture on your YouTube app on iPad in 2020 is simply being evil. You keep giving me …

Mar 5, 2020: I’ll never really understand. I’ll never own bitcoins or this type of s*** twitter.com I couldn’t agree me. What a waste of resources.

Mar 5, 2020: Oops. Not related in any way to #COVID19. Move on.

Mar 5, 2020: Hard for me to get over someone liking one of my tweet dating back to 2016. 😳

Mar 5, 2020: Apple’s macOS Vista. twitter.com Yes, another thing to fix for Apple in 2020

Mar 4, 2020: Here is a very personal one: getting older is accepting things that are profoundly irritating about how we lose abilities. One example: typing on the …

Mar 4, 2020: One this I’d like to see in iOS 14: a redesigned Siri conversion view. Make it more like an “iMessage-like” thread with bubbles. Because, right now, I …

Mar 4, 2020: Yesterday I went ahead and decided to spend some time cleaning up my bookmarks in Safari. Most of theme were related to iOS development and marketing …

Mar 3, 2020: Remember Posterous? I do. Good night, Posterous

Mar 3, 2020: Oh I can’t to play this classic! So much good memories when I was a kid playing video games in arcades with my pocket money from my parents. Atari …

Mar 3, 2020: One issue that I don’t see people talking about regarding a possible WWDC2020 cancellation: can Apple charge devs to attend the event if is is …

Mar 3, 2020: Google is more than ever a software company so they fix the world with software glasses 🤷🏻‍♂️. I cannot see why Apple cannot do the same for non 3D …

Mar 3, 2020: Apple in 2020 is in a “tick” year. Next year will be Apple’s “tock” year. #apple #ipados #armmac …

Mar 3, 2020: Thought of the day: If I had to return as an indie iOS developer like I was back in 2009-2013, I would design and build a Micro.blog client. Why? …

Mar 3, 2020: Adobe apps running on modern hardware… or another reason to hate Adobe? Mac Pro review: power, if you can use it …

Mar 2, 2020: On Apple betting too big on China. Well, I have some news for you: because of our obsession with paying low prices on everything, we pushed every …

Mar 2, 2020: Apple, WWDC and COVID19 Apple usually show the way when it’s time to put humans interests above anything else. Apple cannot be far behind. WWDC2020 will (should) be a virtual …

Mar 2, 2020: The thing that I find surprising is the position of eBay. I can’t remember the last time I used this service. Same for people around me. Apple.com is …

Mar 1, 2020: On Apple and Default Apps I have some doubts that Apple will feel the pressure to up their game with the stock apps because they allow third-party apps to act as default ones. …

Mar 1, 2020: the man in charge With this guy in charge, we have nothing to worry about. Inside Trump’s frantic attempts to minimize the coronavirus crisis …

Mar 1, 2020: The sad state of buying software these days. I did pay for Enlight back then. Deleted. Too bad, it was great while it lasted.

Mar 1, 2020: Sad news. MacSurfer used to be the default page of my browser before social networks. Sad to see them stop maintaining the website. MacSurfer’s …

Mar 1, 2020: If rockets science is your thing like it is for me, please do yourself a favour and watch this video. You’ll learn quite a few clever things about how …

Feb 29, 2020: Can you imagine when she will be 20 or 30? Can’t wait. twitter.com/zmaragoud…

Feb 29, 2020: Processed in Pixelmator Photo on the iPad. Winter. The perfect imperfections?

Feb 29, 2020: A few very interesting tidbits in this interview of Mrs. Powell Jobs. Laurene Powell Jobs Is Putting Her Own Dent in the Universe …

Feb 29, 2020: On iOS 13’s Share Sheet Design - Better? Worst? The share sheet design in iOS 13: I find it confusing. 🤷🏻‍♂️ It is a step ahead of iOS 12 but yet I’m not satisfied and I don’t know why exactly. The …

Feb 28, 2020: Well, yes, thank you to all developers I was an indie developer from 2009 to 2013. I made three apps that got me about $5000 in revenue. I don’t know how much per hour this represents. I …

Feb 28, 2020: On Apple, Catalyst and ARM-Based machines... This thread is very interesting (from Steve Troughton-Smith): twitter.com/stroughto… Reading my piece on Marzipan, now called Catalyst, dating …

Feb 28, 2020: Just found out that Unsplash stats page now shows from where the traffic comes from. Cool. @unsplash #photography My profil by the way. …

Feb 28, 2020: Images can be so powerful. twitter.com/danrather…

Feb 28, 2020: Interesting small new app: Tot from iconfactory. More interesting though: free on Mac. One time purchase on iOS. iCloud sync. See the trick? I like …

Feb 28, 2020: People come, people go. That is life. This is how a corporation get’s new breath of fresh air. #apple www.bloomberg.com/news/arti…

Feb 28, 2020: Here is a very classic Apple thing. So Apple. When “form” is taking over everything, even common sense. But, hey, these wheels are great …

Feb 28, 2020: Interesting view about life. I’m dropping it here. TGIF. twitter.com/kocienda/…

Feb 27, 2020: Apple fixing the iPad Pro with... a redesigned keyboard with a trackpad. Really? It will take much more than a redesigned keyboard for the iPad Pro to make it a viable solution to fully replace a laptop in many business or even …

Feb 27, 2020: If Apple decides to postpone WWDC2020 (because of COVID19], it could mean, for the first time in a while, Apple will ship new features at the same …

Feb 27, 2020: The more I experiment with Notion, the more I find it interesting, powerful and useful. This thing can be a personal CMS for any blogger. I should …

Feb 26, 2020: From my blogger’s notebook: What the HomePod should have been. #apple #homepod

Feb 26, 2020: A bit hold but still relevant. On the pervasive use by Apple of the ellipsis in iOS. Less… Is More? Apple’s Inconsistent Ellipsis Icons Inspire User …

Feb 26, 2020: Thought of the day: for bloggers, it is taboo thing to do to share the blog visitors statistics on social media. #blogger #bloggerlife #blogging

Feb 26, 2020: On bookmarking apps and services Bookmarking apps and services like Pinboard are great but they offer limited features… (I was a user of Pocket before). For me, I decided to …

Feb 26, 2020: I’m not on beta this time for iOS / iPadOS. I can’t remember when was the last time my devices were not running a non-beta release. 😳🤔

Feb 26, 2020: If true, this would put the final nail in the coffin for depending on a computer to do full reset of a device. Just like on the Mac. Can’t wait. …

Feb 26, 2020: I don’t publish pictures often here on Micro.blog but this one, I kind of like it a lot. This is downtown Montreal, close to my offices. Enjoy. …

Feb 26, 2020: On macOS Catalina dialog bureaucraty Security is not an easy thing to implement without adding layers and burden to the end-users. Same thing goes with added hardware features (like …

Feb 25, 2020: Just opened Adobe Spark Post to create something and I was greeted with a poll. The first question was how I would feel if Adobe Spark Port was no …

Feb 25, 2020: Another tool that I’m learning to fully take advantage for my blogger workflow: Linky. Wow. More to come in my next update to my blogger workflow.

Feb 25, 2020: A by-product of switching to News Explorer, a powerful RSS reader, the deletion of these apps from my iPad. RSS FTW! Review available here: …

Feb 25, 2020: How do you tackle your old parents numeric life? A personal story with some hints here. Enjoy. numericcitizen.me/2019/08/0…

Feb 25, 2020: A new and interesting concept for iPadOS multitasking Another iPadOS multitasking concept appeared on Twitter. First, this is an intersting starting point to redo multitasking on the iPad. Very simple …

Feb 25, 2020: Desjardins' modern offices in Montreal's olympic stadium tour Desjardins, a major financial institution here in Canada, deserving mostly Quebec province and well known for a major data breach they were victim of …

Feb 24, 2020: Time flies. Surprising how constant the layout of MacRumors stayed mostly the same over the years.#apple www.macrumors.com MacRumors is 20 Years Old …

Feb 24, 2020: Sometimes I feel that I’m spending more time testing tools and switching my stuff between them than actually doing useful work with them. …

Feb 24, 2020: I’ve always been fascinated by the web service called “Notion”. Anyone here using this platform? I’m wondering if this can be …

Feb 24, 2020: Yeah, Steve Jobs would have been 65 today. I’m kind of always asking myself: would Steve like to be remembered like this, every year, directly …

Feb 24, 2020: Reeder ➡️ News Explorer. numericcitizen.me/2020/02/2…

Feb 24, 2020: Finally finished my review of News Explorer, a great RSS feed reader with many goodies.

Feb 23, 2020: This leak supposedly showing iOS 14 running on an iPhone and showing the app switcher from the iPad… seriously, I hope we get to keep the …

Feb 23, 2020: Apple’s iPhone 11 Pro: the perfect companion for urban exploration #urbex #shotoniphone Today’s session of urban exploration was the first since I bought the iPhone 11 Pro last fall. As you might expect, going in with such a phone makes a …

Feb 23, 2020: Just (re)discovered Camera+ during my urban exploration session today. How come I didn’t spend more time with this wonderful camera app?🤦🏻‍♂️ I should …

Feb 23, 2020: First urban exploration session of 2020 Going to my first urban exploration session of 2020 with two other friends. It’s been a long time. The place is not exactly very exciting but …

Feb 22, 2020: Thinking about buying ND filters for my camera. 77mm required. Variable density or discreet ones? 6-10 stops. #photography #gear #nikon

Feb 22, 2020: The future is now My wife and I went for a walk today. Great weather. After a while, my wife says her Apple Watch asks permission to connect to my phone. I’m surprised. …

Feb 22, 2020: I don’t know if I’m alone with this behaviour… are you one of these guys who keep unused (or very rarely used) apps on your devices? Do you …

Feb 21, 2020: Waiting my turn. #shotoniphone

Feb 21, 2020: Thoughts on Noto - Elegant Note Interesting newcomer in the note taking apps landscape: Noto - Elegant Note. Really nice design. Not sure about long term viability (remember …

Feb 21, 2020: I almost forgot that I have a Podcast (in french). My last recording goes back to last summer. I didn’t mention it on my blogger workflow. Too …

Feb 21, 2020: Yes but no I know this one is fake but if the rumoured iPhone 9, or iPhone SE// or whatever they call it looks like this fake model, I kind of like it… …

Feb 21, 2020: On Apple Music app feedbacks One of the things that I don’t like with Apple Music.app is this: the visual feedback that comes with adding or loving a song. Too obstructive, too …

Feb 21, 2020: Looking to add Google Analytics Widget to my iPad Home Screen - help Asking my dear network of friends: I’d like to be able to put a widget of Google analytics on my iPad home screen. Do you know of any iOS apps that …

Feb 20, 2020: Is Microsoft surpassing Apple on the design front? Another prime example of Microsoft great efforts in designing visually appealing UI elements: icons. I love those very much. Can’t get out of my head …

Feb 20, 2020: Nice summary of opinions about iPad’s ten years anniversary by Mike Rockwell. And I second his own point of view on iPad current state of affair. …

Feb 20, 2020: Because I’m a freak of visitors statistics in general, I just enabled Google Analytics for this micro.blog. Just another way to see if I get any …

Feb 20, 2020: On social networks as debating tools You know what? When reading replies on Twitter, I rarely go past 5 replies… this is usually the point where things are getting either ugly, out …

Feb 20, 2020: On Apple Allowing Change of Defaults Browser I expect Apple to go ahead with this, allowing the users to set a default browser or mail client on iOS. Changing defaults is part of a modern OS and …

Feb 19, 2020: This is the Microsoft that I like. This is what I would love from Apple. The new Office app for iPhone. 😍🥰 #microsoft #apple #office #office365 …

Feb 19, 2020: So baffling to me that Apple seems unable to fix Mail’s toolbar in iOS 13… what was the problem again with iOS 12’s version? 🤔🙄 #apple …

Feb 19, 2020: On Photoshop turning 30. The last version on which I really spent time was version 3. Other game changer apps? Multiplan. Pagemaker. …

Feb 19, 2020: Oopsy, that is certainly something that Apple doesn’t want to get out. It may be already too late. This could get ugly. 🍿 Apple demands pull of …

Feb 18, 2020: Why, oh why? If I was blogging for fame, I would close all this shit right away! So, why am I doing all this? That’s the question that’s …

Feb 17, 2020: Cocooning, really? Are we ready for a new social network? Do we need this? Judging by their website, the nice design of Cocoon certainly looks enticing. But do we need …

Feb 16, 2020: Things I look for when evaluating an app for my own use When evaluating a new app for my own use, the first things I look for are (in no particular order): update frequency, update notes quality, user …

Feb 16, 2020: He made my day. #blogger #blogging #bloggerlife #blog twitter.com/mattbirch…

Feb 16, 2020: On foldable devices... Nobody asked for these phones… you are trying too hard. To all smartphone companies: fix your software, stop tracking us without our consent, …

Feb 16, 2020: On Medium as a platform for bloggers For those wonder about using Medium as a publishing platform. Here is a summary for my last four publications. See the difference when a story gets …

Feb 16, 2020: Here is a citation of Galieo. In the age of social medias where it all comes down to opinion sharing and amplification, I find it to be disturbingly …

Feb 15, 2020: Are you tired of those meaningless update notes with app updates? I am. There are rules made by Apple prevent this. But, even Apple isn’t following …

Feb 15, 2020: Why the fuck opening an RSS feed link on iOS opens up Apple’s News, an app that is so dump that it cannot do anything with it anyways! Fix this Apple …

Feb 15, 2020: here is a really dopey idea Apple should introduce another type of subscription: pay-per-use. Pricing would be based on the time spent on-screen, down to a second resolution. …

Feb 15, 2020: My take? Everybody is playing hardball here. Ex-Apple chip exec claims Apple trying to ‘suffocate’ new tech after staff poaching - 9to5Mac

Feb 15, 2020: Where is the date of publication? Here is something that I notice quite often while browsing the web: the lack of a publish date on articles, blog posts, etc. While living in the age …

Feb 14, 2020: I don’t know what it will take to get rid of Facebook… but regulation is not going to fix the problem. We need to fix ourselves. We Don’t Need …

Feb 14, 2020: it all comes down to compromise When so many apps are available for a specific task, choosing one can be a nightmare. Recently, my focus was to select a new calendar app following …

Feb 14, 2020: You cannot have it all it seems in the RSS reader space. Reeder is a great design example but is lacking a few features. News Explorer has more …

Feb 14, 2020: On Testing News Explorer - Another RSS Reader Yesterday I learned about the existence of a different RSS reader named “News Explorer”. As a long time user of Reeder, I wasn’t …

Feb 13, 2020: I’m still amazed by the quality of the iPhone 11 Pro cameras. A concert hall is a great place to experience it! #shotoniphone #apple

Feb 12, 2020: When time was on a different scale I’m still not finished with Apple’s « For all mankind » TV series. I like it for an unexpected reason: having a peak at the way people were living …

Feb 12, 2020: Sometimes, just sometimes, I would like to go back in time, way before today. Just to see and feel what it was like before our numeric society. I know …

Feb 11, 2020: Is this Playground for Mac release another hint of an upcoming ARM-based Mac machine coming down the pipeline? My guess: yes. This is what Catalyst is …

Feb 11, 2020: This Lightroom CC update seems a bit uninteresting on the surface but I’ll give it a close look, we never know. You can see by these update notes what …

Feb 10, 2020: This keyboard fiasco is here with us for many many years to come. Can you imagine how bad second hand MacBook price will be after Apple is done …

Feb 10, 2020: Another day, another 15cm of snow here downtown in Montreal, Canada. We have a very well known song here that says “My country is not a crounty, …

Feb 10, 2020: I would live to be a fly at Apple headquarters this week. Very damaging to their image. Fully deserved btw. twitter.com/backlon/s…

Feb 9, 2020: Where are designers gone? #eero #ui #ux

Feb 9, 2020: Remember Flipboard? Who is using this app / service these days? Is it a ghost town?

Feb 9, 2020: I’m putting the last efforts on something special that I’ll be sharing really soon. I’m kind of proud of the end results. So, if you are a blogger or …

Feb 9, 2020: I’m not a film critic but I really enjoyed One upon a time in Hollywood. Why? Because it remindedme about my childhood a lot from many perspectives: …

Feb 8, 2020: I think I need some help understanding these. #1: posting new content on my micro.blog can be cross posted to Twitter (Apple_Observer)? #2: new posts …

Feb 8, 2020: To all content creators: RSS feeds as facilitators, use them! My goal as a blogger is to get people read my stuff. RSS feeds are a way to help users access my content. Trying to be protective is counterproductive …

Feb 7, 2020: Troubled by the Joker. 🤡

Feb 7, 2020: A snow storm makes up for good photography experimentations. 😃

Feb 7, 2020: Do you remember webclips with Apple’s macOS dashboard? I wish we could do the same and embed a webclip for display in iPadOS widgets. Is this …

Feb 7, 2020: Imperfection is good! I love this idea of aiming for the imperfections in photography. In the age of hyper processed and over saturated images where they more or less seems …

Feb 6, 2020: If Apple is serious about AR, they are the best positioned to provide us a clean, uncluttered augmented view of our surroundings with ads and tracking …

Feb 6, 2020: Here is a good and possible tweak to iPad multitasking, one that I can imagine Apple implementing. These contextual menus shouldn’t remove gestures …

Feb 6, 2020: On managing Fonts on iOS. Why is this happening? Lost of my installed fonts because I didn’t pay attention to this. There has to be a better …

Feb 6, 2020: Question to people here on Micro.blog: what are the choices of themes? Are the ones (nine or so) the only one available? Asking for a friend of mine. …

Feb 6, 2020: Major snow storm coming in the next 24 hours. More than 30 CM of snow. Winds. I like that!

Feb 6, 2020: Thought of the day: Photography and passion: two things that belong together more than ever. #photography #photographer aows.co Photography is about …

Feb 6, 2020: Here is an insider note, from a blogger. Each and every single morning, I spend about 45-60 minutes doing things related to my blog: writing, reading, …

Feb 5, 2020: Is it good for developers or for Apple? Devs prefer to sell two versions (one for iOS, the other for macOS) instead of only one… right? #iosdev …

Feb 5, 2020: Event