Apps & Services
I love apps and enjoy testing new services to improve my workflows. These posts discuss my experiences with them.
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I have pulled the trigger: the concierge at Ghost(pro) is already working on importing my Substack content. Itās another nail in the coffin for Substack. If all goes well, bye bye Substack this weekend.
I must admit that this one is mostly an impulsive decision compared to my exit of WordPress. The migration is much more simpler compared the moving out of WP. In the end, I know I wonāt regret it. Moving between platforms shouldnāt be a source of anxiety.
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Major Updates Coming to WriteFreely And WriteAs
Matt, the founder of the WriteFreely ecosystem, recently wrote a promising post: Itās become clear over time that in order to make WriteFreely (and Write.as) as useful as it can be, it needs to have a much more unified experience. ā¦ I donāt think it makes sense for our self-hosted product to be chopped up into multiple components like our hosted tools are. Instead, I want to bring all those tools into a single application in WriteFreely. Continue reading ā
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And now, I’m seriously considering closing my Substack account and migrating this to Ghost (using their excellent concierge service). š¤
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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 even wrote that I might ignore Bluesky. But that was last week. Well, it didnāt take long to contradict myself! As you might have guessed, Iām now on Bluesky as @numericcitizen (of course), thanks to a generous donator of an invite link (looking at you @Maique). Continue reading ā
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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 them and that you are on an Micro.blog Premium plan! How cool is that! I immediately configured my Readwise.io connection in the Bookmarks section and exported past highlights in a CSV file. Next, I tried the feature on an article from MacRumors. After a few minutes, I could read the archived version of the article and highlight some portions. Continue reading ā
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Just curious here, is anyone paying OpenAI to get one of their apps (like Raycast AI) to work with ChatGPT?
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Iām 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 & lighter solution for me. The problem? As an IT guy, I like to know what is happening in my machines, and this little piece of well-crafted software could be the answer. So far, I really like what Iām seeing. It makes me think of Flighty from a visual design perspective. It could replace a portion of Stats, an open-source replacement for iStats Menu. Iāll decide once Iām back from vacation.
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š Iāve been testing iA Presenter for a short while, and boy, I like this app. Itās not that often that we get new native apps on the Mac these days. I wonder if it is built with AppKit or other tech. Back in the day, before using Ulysses, I was a fan of iA Writer for its simplicity. iA Presenter feels so familiar and yet so rightly different. Iām impressed.
Now, looking for a use case for it! š¤
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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, for example. Itās a great way to document my numeric life. There is a free-tier, but at 10$ a month for the paid tier, I mean, itās a lot of money. Anyone tried it?
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Introducing āMy Micro-Workflows Explainedā Series
Iāve been working on this for a while and now I feel itās time to share with the world. Follow this link, then expand each question to read the answer. It was a lot of fun to put together. This site is going to be updated as new micro-workflows are documented or tweaked. This document is now joining my Complete Content Creator Toolset. If you have a question, feel free to ask, using the commenting feature of the website as shown below. Continue reading ā
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Iāve 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. Only a few very limited use cases were left under the Notion umbrella. Today, I tried something in Notion for a project at work. Iām blown away to see how Craft is so far behind compared to Notion for things like databases, integration via APIs and general flexibility.
Sure, Notion has been around for much longer. Yet, I secretly wish I could use the best of both worlds: the elegance of Craft built on top of the robust Notion foundation. Iām actively looking at use cases that I could do in Notion to keep it alive somewhere in my workflow.
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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 26 nice people in there! Come on and join! You can leave at any given time!
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The maker behind ToolBox Pro has passed away, as reported here and there. Itās very sad. I recently re-installed this utility on my devices for a shortcut project I started working on. There are some features in ToolBox Pro that I could use, but now Iām not so sure. What will happen to this app? Is this developer account be terminated and when? Or maybe someone is going to take over?
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Quick Thoughts and Observations About Wavelength
After reading Gruberās article about Wavelength, I decided to try it. Iām not sure I require another messaging solution. Besides using Appleās iMessage and Telegram to get news from Ukraine, the rest of my messaging app usage is anecdotic. So, what are my thoughts about this? The initial few moments with Wavelength are not what I call an honest onboarding experience. Well, I already shared my surprise at having to enter my phone number at the very first step of the application onboarding. Continue reading ā
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Testing the latest Micro.blog beta with picture upload. This is a screenshot of the current list of threads on Wavelength (invite link). š
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For those who are (very) curious about Wavelength. This in an invite link to join a private group. It is called āMicrobloggersā. Youāre welcome.
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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 surprised and wondered why not add a big tile in its current Apple Music app. Apple explains this in more detail here about the reason:
Classical music is different. It has longer and more detailed titles, multiple artists for each work, and hundreds of recordings of well-known pieces. The Apple Music Classical app is designed to support the complex data structure of classical music.
I get it. It makes sense. Now, here is another question: could there be a need to create more āgenre-dedicatedā apps offering different browsing and listening experiences? How much could an app be different for electronic music? How about creating an app dedicated to music videos? All of these apps could tap the Apple Music back end. This needs more time to think about.
Oh, no iPad app, at launch, really?
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Notion releases buttons. The world goes wildš¤Æ. Seriously, I came a cross this announcement on YouTube this morning and god I never thought buttons could be that useful in such a tool. Iām not holding my breath for such a thing in Craft, but yeah, Iām already thinking about a pretext to bring back Notion into my workflow just for the kick of using thisš.
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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.