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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 â
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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 itâs 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. Anyways⊠itâs a great update that Iâm currently testing. Returning to normal programming. Written from the couch, on my M1 MacBook Air. Continue reading â
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Twitterâs 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 â
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If you read my Friday Notes series, then itâs 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 donât know what will happen with Musk at the helm of Twitter. Itâs 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 wonât repeat the best comments from MacStories (âApple Announces Strange New iPad and iPad Pro Lineupâ) and Six Colors (âThe iPadâs erratic odyssey continuesâ). How are this weekâs announcements influencing my buying decisions? Iâm 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 â
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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. Iâm 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 âaugmentâ Lightroom, a photo-processing application, with video-processing features. Continue reading â
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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 didnât waste my time listening to this garbage, and I wonât share the link to this podcast, either. Continue reading â
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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 wonât be an Apple event for the announcement but a few well-crafted press releases. Apple judges the updates as not worth tech punditsâ time, flight to Cupertino, or even a secret press briefing. Continue reading â
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The Waiting Game
In case you didnât know, Iâm a big fan of Apple (from the corporation, the products to the companyâs history). Hereâs a little secret: I maintain a document of possible upgrade paths for all my current Apple products. Itâs fun. Yes, Iâm 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 â
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Russian's Strategy â Possible Response
đșđŠIt is becoming clear that Russians are angry about the near collapse of their army in south and east Ukraine. The strategy now seems to bomb all over Ukraine, mostly civilian infrastructures, to terrorize the civil population, double down with Belarus, and get ready for another take from the north for a second time. They probably hope to disrupt the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the south by diverting precious Ukrainian army resources back to the north. Continue reading â
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On the Dynamic Island Inception and Possible Future
A recent Twitter thread about the possible iPhone Dynamic Island inception by Matt Birchler caught my attention a few days ago but couldn’t find the required time to write my take. How long could Dynamic Island have been in gestation at Apple? A few weeks, a few months? I think this has been in the works for quite some time. Besides the visual appearance, the API goes with it and needs a design period too. Continue reading â
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Press Releases it will be â Next Round of Apple Products Releases
The way I see it, there is nothing in an updated MacBook Pro line with M2 processors and a tweaked iPad Pro line to warrant a keynote. There has to be something special, really special. iPadOS 16.1, macOS Ventura aren’t enough. The rumoured Mac Pro? Maybe, but no signals on its imminent release either. An updated Apple TV hardware? Nah. A larger MacBook Air (like 15")? Why now? That is why I agree with Gurman’s view and the next product release will go through a set of press releases later in October. Continue reading â
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On Software Subscriptions
Tweetbot hasnât been updated for over 6 months, I thought a subscription was going to mean more frequent updates? Source: Letting my Glass and Tweetbot subscriptions expire â LJPUK: This blog post triggered the following thoughts. The movement to subscriptions in the software landscape is MASSIVE but is far from being a guarantee of more frequent updates from the developers. I’m utterly infuriated when I see a yearly subscription for a small utility with a limited scope when no “lifetime” options are offered with reasonable pricing. Continue reading â
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Putin, the loser
đșđŠ Putin is showing signs of being a loser (as if it wasnât clear yet), because he is losing, slowly but surely. Sure weâd like things to happen quicker to save lives and infrastructures. But with yesterdayâs âspeechâ, Putin is signing for more collaboration across western countries, hoping for reinforcements of support for Ukraine. Continue reading â
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So, if you want to push your career and your life in a new direction then take care of your blog. Because it all adds up. Source: Take Care of Your Blog
Yep, it all adds up pretty quickly and moves your life in the direction of your own choosing.
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Let Apple Fix All Bugs, Will Ya?
MacRumors in iPhone 14 Pro Owners Complain of ‘Slow’ Camera App - MacRumors: Affected users are seeing the Camera app take four to five seconds to activate after the Camera app icon is tapped, with the problem occurring after the camera has been opened once already. Coupled with other issues related to the camera and AirDrop, even though I’ll probably upgrade to the 14 Pro Max, I’ll gladly wait a few months before taking the plunge. Continue reading â
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On iPhone Internal Design - as Important as the External Design
iFixit writing about the internal redesign of the iPhone 14 in “The iPhone 14 Feature Apple Didnât Tell You About”: This is the most substantial iPhone redesign since the X. Itâs hard to understate how big a change this is. For a reference point, Samsung hasnât changed their phone architecture since 2015. So, with the biggest update in years, weâre upgrading the iPhone 14 to a repairability score of 7 out of 10. Continue reading â
