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So, how is** iOS 17.2 beta3** going? Stable? I’m asking for a friend.๐คญ
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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 well with ChatGPT. I like the idea of having one place to do many things.
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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 unworkable, thanks to scrolling sluggishness, object ordering bugs, object variables becoming empty, constant freezes, keyboard masking input fields, changes not being saved and plain and simple editor crashes. ๐ค What is happening with this, Apple?2 I can’t believe Viticci is able to endure this for all his work around shortcuts.
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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 creative workflows:
- ChatGPT website - Raycast AI Chat - MidJourney - Whisper - Micro.blog podcast episode transcription - Audio Hijack Transcription block - Kagi Summarize Results, Summary Document, Ask Questions - Craft Assistant - Grammarly
And I expect this list to grow in the coming months.
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Following the episode (#097) of Hemispheric Views, itโs my turn, I guess, with a little twist for the post title. ๐
- โ๏ธ Mail Client: HEY mail
- ๐จ Mail Server: HEY mail + iCloud Custom Email Domain
- ๐ Notes: Craft + Apple Notes
- โ To-Do: Things 3
- ๐ท iPhone Photo Shooting: Camera.app + Halide.app (for travel)
- ๐ Photo Management: Photos.app + Adobe Cloud
- ๐๏ธ Calendar: Calendar.app (Personal Life) + Fantastical.app (Work Life)
- ๐๏ธ Cloud file storage: iCloud
- ๐ฐ RSS: Reeder connected to Inoreader
- ๐ Contacts: Contacts
- ๐ธ๏ธ Browser: Safari (more and more using Kagi for searching)
- ๐ฌ Chat: iMessage (WhatsApp when abroad)
- ๐ Bookmarks: AnyBox
- ๐ Read It Later: Omnivore
- ๐ Word Processing: Ulysses
- ๐ Spreadsheets: Numbers
- ๐ Presentations: Keynote
- ๐ Shopping Lists: Reminders
- ๐งโ๐ณ Meal Planning: None
- ๐ฐ Budgeting & Personal Finance: Numbers
- ๐๏ธ News: La Presse (Apple News for English news)
- ๐ถ Music: Apple Music
- ๐ง Podcasts: PocketCast
- ๐ Password Management: iCloud Keychain (also 1Password, I should merge with default)
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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 to expose when I’m using AI in my creative work1. The list of use cases is growing and reflects the relative invasion of AI in our digital landscape.
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Who’s shy of telling people about using Spell Checkers or Lightroom filters? ๐ค ↩︎
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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 subscribing to MidJourney for imagery. ChatGPT with GPT-4 is not cheap at 20 $US a month, but I get Dall.E 3. Raycast enables GPT-4 for 8 $US on top of my 8 $US, totalling 16 $US monthly, but I don’t get Dall.E 3. I prefer MidJourney over Dall.E 3 as it seems to allow more diversity in requests. And there is the ChatGPT client to consider. Raycast is one of them. MacGPT is another one. Even Grammarly and Craft are ChatGPT clients3. I need to continue my analysis. Ideas? Suggestions?
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I wish Inoreader offered some form of article summarization via AI for some of my feedsโฆ
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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 like the visual design of Google’s online products in general, especially Google Search results formatting. What search engine are you using? Are you willing to pay for using one, if yes, which one? ๐ค
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๐๐ป I just finished updating my complete content creator toolset with recent changes in my workflows. Enjoy the ride!
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Since iOS 17.1 in Music.app, Favourite ๐ replaced Love โค๏ธ? What if I love a song but it is not one of my favourites? ๐ค
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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.
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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, I’m guessing). It’s a great use case of AI, right here. The combination with Mailbrew makes perfect sense, too.
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It’s a free service for now. I wonder what is their business model? ๐ค ↩︎
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Iโm 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 Inoreader. Is that even possible from a RSS client perspective? I highly doubt it. Youโve got an opinion on this subject? Let me know.
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Appleโs 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 adoption of Swift and SwiftUI continues to grow rapidly
The share of Objective-C, C and C++ continues to decrease
It’s a must-read for the curious around here.
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Why am I getting this on YouTube to watch one of my own videos? Iโm using Safari and tried disabling ad blocker, NextDNS, StopTheMadness. Works fine on Firefox. ๐ค Help!