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  • 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 urge to look for the next opportunity to write and share. I am just putting myself in a different mood for this business trip to be successful and valuable. 😌

  • 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 for the millions of subscribers!1

    1. Well, maybe not that many. 😜 ↩︎

  • 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 meetings with Teams. That should be enough. I try to travel light2.

    1. And AirPods Pro 2! ↩︎

    2. I will bring the Magic Keyboard for sure. ↩︎

  • 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 Inoreader. Is that even possible from a RSS client perspective? I highly doubt it. You’ve got an opinion on this subject? Let me know.

  • 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 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.

  • 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, more than ever, I depend on HazeOver to reduce the distraction caused by widgets1,2.

    1. I set it to 50%. Yes, I set the widgets to be in monochrome when the focus isn’t the desktop. ↩︎

    2. I know, this sounds like an ad. 😜 ↩︎

  • 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 pages are created and maintained in Craft. I like the idea of Digital Gardens, but it’s not practical for me to maintain on top of this blog … read more

  • 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 been three years since the last travel, thanks to COVID. Can’t wait to see this city where everything happening in Las Vegas stays there. It better be1.

    1. I don’t play slot machines. I hate that. ↩︎

  • 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 monitors support. Great external monitor with my Mac mini, though. 🤔

  • For some reason, I feel the urge to try iA Writer. I must be bored…1

    1. I’m a satisfied Ulysses user. But, Ulysses feels busier than iA Writer, from what I can see. ↩︎

  • There is a Midjourney plugin for Raycast… but man this is hard to configure and make it working. Moving on for now.

  • For those on Craft, this is my release analysis for v2.5.18 that just came out.

  • Remember when it was simple to buy an iPad? Now it is getting harder to buy an Apple Pencil, too.

  • Does a foldable iPad = Apple’s Knowledge Navigator? 🤨🤔

  • My favorite Apple Watch face of all time.

  • 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 available in the /Support section. The /Blog section shows a small “Contact Us” button leading to a page not found error. There is no mail … read more

  • 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 with iPadOS 17.1, probably to be launched before October 21st1. What else could this new pencil do? Include an electronic erasure on the other end of the pencil? 👀

    1. The date was apparently leaked by a French government agency about the reduction of radiation from the iPhone 12, which Apple would indeed fix no later than October 21st. ↩︎

  • Who’s reading my weekly creative summary? How could I improve it?

  • 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 in the final release of iOS that could hinder the upgrade experience of new buyers. I’m still wondering how the GM of iOS is installed at the factory and how long it takes to be installed. Is the USB-C port helping make the operation faster? 🤔

  • It’s Sunday, it’s the time of the week for another creative summary. Here’s another edition of my weekly creative summary directly from my Craft workspace. It’s the seventh edition already! 😅 The email version is coming up later today for my subscribers!