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When Ukraine Is Home of Great Software Makers
I recently wrote my satisfaction about Readdleās Documents.app on-boarding experience on the iPad. Now Iām reading about Sparkās cleverness take on emails. Without being as opinionated as Hey.com, Spark is a serious professional email client. Readdleās home is Ukraine šŗš¦ too. Iām considering integrating both software in my toolset. All good reasons to show some support to them. Continue reading ā
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Matter to begin offering a subscription early next year. It was bound to happen. Iāll have to take a position and choose sooner than I originally thought. š¤¦š»āāļøš«¤
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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 content on Twitter, only cross-posting stuff from other sources. That day, I’ll refer to Twitter as the TwitterDumpā¢. Continue reading ā
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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 seeing, there is already quite a few people in there and I like the posting experience so far. It’s way easier to setup than anything Mastodon-related. Yeah, I know, it’s not the “federated” & “open web” et al., but hey, it’s not Elon Musk’s Twitter! Continue reading ā
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Isnāt that weird that we need to jump to an external website to enjoy the 2022 Replay? Why not have it within Music.app itself? š¤
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Sorry for your timeline flooding about this Mac Pro thing… probably a big in MarsEdit 5.0. Returning to normal programming now.
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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. Itās probably one of the most singular Macs Apple has ever designed. Yes, it has limited expansion. Yes, it is not the Pro Mac that the pros wanted back in 2013. Yes, you need to unplug everything from the machine to open it up. Itās borderline baffling. But this hardware piece, just like the monolith in the 2001 Space Odyssey movie, seems to come from an alien planet, far from earth. Continue reading ā
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Glass Is Evolving Nicely
Itās good to see Glass introduce new methods for discovering photos on its platform. I would love to see percentages relative to each camera and smartphone brand. Searching by lenses tells us that Nikon is way behind Canon regarding diversity and representation. Canāt wait for Glassās next move.Ā Continue reading ā
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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 cares about design at eBay? Anyway, they do care about security, though. Upon logging in with my password this morning, there was a popup asking me if I wanted to get rid of my password. I thought it was the eBay website that was about to turn on the Touch ID but instead asked me to confirm the passkey creation. Continue reading ā
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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 itās a small company. Because their new Micropost (markdown) editor is nice, perfect for posting on Micro.blog. It is frictionless. Micropost & micro.blog, any coincidence? Mmmm. Anywaysā¦ itās a great update that Iām currently testing. Returning to normal programming. Written from the couch, on my M1 MacBook Air. Continue reading ā
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Twitterās 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. Something is really going on. I myself started to think about the possibility of leaving the platform too. Just like I did with Facebook, Flickr, and Tumblr, only to leave a place where my content is simply cross-posted from another source without a real and active presence of mine. Continue reading ā
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If you read my Friday Notes series, then itās a good way to learn about me. Just sayin. Happy Saturday night!
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I’ve been quietly testing Exposure recently, an excellent visual storytelling service. I could probably replace my Smugmug page. That’s the goal of my experiment anyway: testing Exposure service’s ability to replace Smugmug. Stay tuned. This is my first short story.
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I donāt know what will happen with Musk at the helm of Twitter. Itās probably going to turn really bad before turning potentially better (no guarantee here) but I have a backup plan: Micro.blog.
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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 wonāt repeat the best comments from MacStories (āApple Announces Strange New iPad and iPad Pro Lineupā) and Six Colors (āThe iPadās erratic odyssey continuesā). How are this weekās announcements influencing my buying decisions? Iām currently using a 2018 11-inches iPad Pro. Going to the 2022 M2 iPad Pro would be a significant step, at least from a processing power perspective. Continue reading ā
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Adobe, Lightroom and the Camera
The Adobe Max conference was held this week. With each conference comes a slew of new application update releases. Iām not really into Adobe ecosystem except for using Adobe Lightroom on the Mac and the iPad Pro. This is my main photo processing engine, coupled with the excellent Pixelmator Pro. For About a year, Adobe spent some of its development money to āaugmentā Lightroom, a photo-processing application, with video-processing features. Continue reading ā
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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 take place before putting high tech to work. What is the purpose of this? Is this a tech demo or some bad-taste proof-of-concept? It’s not hard to imagine how it could derail in the future when used in politically-heated contexts. Oh, and no, I didnāt waste my time listening to this garbage, and I wonāt share the link to this podcast, either. Continue reading ā
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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 screen attributes, or the long-awaited app called Freeform. What is novel is the fact that there wonāt be an Apple event for the announcement but a few well-crafted press releases. Apple judges the updates as not worth tech punditsā time, flight to Cupertino, or even a secret press briefing. Continue reading ā
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The Waiting Game
In case you didnāt know, Iām a big fan of Apple (from the corporation, the products to the companyās history). Hereās a little secret: I maintain a document of possible upgrade paths for all my current Apple products. Itās fun. Yes, Iām a bit crazy. Each year, during the fall, Apple releases a slew of new products. Each year, I spend some time updating my document to reflect my analysis of possible product upgrades. Continue reading ā
