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  • 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 HEY, I can only salivate when I see such great Mac apps being launched for such a mature category. The guys behind HEY brag a lot about having a unique ā€¦ read more

  • 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 thought, I think I know why. If Iā€™m being honest with myself in life and decide to share something like a thought about something, my guess is that ā€¦ read more

  • 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 Store Is Reopening Its Doors in a New Location | Inc.com I re-watched the video, where Steve Jobs is touring the very first Apple Store. It’s ā€¦ read more

  • Apple's Headset ā€” 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 during its development and have seemed wary of it. Apple’s senior vice president for hardware technologies, Johny Srouji, is believed to ā€¦ read more

  • 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. Thatā€™s a 4% increase from what CIRP saw last year, and 5% higher than the data seen in 2020 and 2021. The last time new Android switchers made up 15% of ā€¦ read more

  • On Photomator šŸ˜

    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 design in general when editing a photo. Itā€™s more approachable to me. Editing with masks is super easy to use, and it creates great results. The Mac ā€¦ read more

  • 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 needs. Consider updating your RSS client to use this new “superfeed”. Anything coming from long articles (Ghost), blog posts like this ā€¦ read more

  • Two Thoughts On Appleā€™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 canā€™t wait to try this out. I always feared being diagnosed with ALS, but I can see this new accessibility feature, coupled with Live Speech real game ā€¦ read more

  • 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 months. While doing so, for the first time, I used Ulysses’ “multi-sheets” feature, where each sheet is a different section tied ā€¦ read more

  • Like Anything Else, The World is Hybrid

    DHH wrote ā€œIn defence of the officeā€: I salute Apple, for example, for sticking to their in-person culture now that the pandemic is long gone. They’re making that choice knowing that some, talented portion of their workforce will leave as a consequence, yet have the confidence that others will ā€¦ read more

  • A Peek Into My Typical Creative Week

    Have you ever wondered what my typical creative week looks like? Here you go, courtesy of Things 3ā€™s Logbook. As I was completing this weekā€™s stretch, I had a look at the logbook, I thought it could be fun to share with you a behind the scene look. I love Things 3 logbook because it gives me a look ā€¦ read more

  • A Seemingly Mundane Visit to the Apple Store ā€” Random Thoughts

    Itā€™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 soooo many iPad models to choose from! Too many? The 12.9-inch iPad Pro screen is unbelievably gorgeous!! I wish it would come to the 11-inch version. ā€¦ read more

  • 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” are given out and what they seemingly represent to different demographics of people. Hereā€™s my take on this. Itā€™s straightforward: you donā€™t need to ā€¦ read more

  • Major Updates Coming to WriteFreely And WriteAs

    Matt, the founder of the WriteFreely ecosystem, recently wrote a promising post: Itā€™s 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 donā€™t think it makes sense for our self-hosted product to be ā€¦ read more

  • 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 didnā€™t take long to contradict myself! As you might have guessed, Iā€™m now on ā€¦ read more

  • 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 ā€¦ read more

  • Apple Entering the Journal App Landscape Soon? Hell Yeah, Count Me In!

    As reported by the Wall Street Journal (since itā€™s paywalled, look at MacRumors report instead), Apple is supposedly working on its own journaling application. Code named Ā«Ā JurassicĀ Ā», many interesting details are emerging from this report. As an avid user of Dayone (read Ā«Ā Documenting My Numeric ā€¦ read more

  • 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 lunchtime, I tried ChatGPT with ā€œGive me some blog post ideas about the positive effects on creativity of going on vacation for a weekā€. It came back ā€¦ read more

  • Introducing ā€œMy Micro-Workflows Explainedā€ Series

    Iā€™ve been working on this for a while and now I feel itā€™s 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 ā€¦ read more

  • Some Numbers

    šŸšØ This is post #2000. I have already written more posts in 2023 than for the entire year last year. Iā€™ll probably write more than 2021. The record year, 2020, will be hard to beat. This post was written using Ulysses on my MacBook Air which is the most used device, with 73%. My Mac mini comes second ā€¦ read more