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Curiously Entering the World of DJing (#music #dj #mixing #electronicmusic)
Iām no musicien. I know barely nothing about music theory. Yet, I always wanted to do some form of music. Synthesizer would be my instrument if I was to do music. Yet, Iāve been fascinated by music, especially electronic music since I was a teenager. Iām a big listener of techno and house music. Recently, I started to use my iPad while exercising on the treadmill to play video on YouTube of DJ doing mixes. This got me curious about the equipments and software DJs are relying on. I downloaded Algoriddimās Djay app and stared to play with it on my iPad. I was really excited. I started to read more about the world of music mixing. So, I learned about DJ mixer, controllers, DJ software, music sources, digital record pools, file formats, MIDI, etc. Then, yesterday, unexpectedly, while visiting a music instruments store to see these equipments in person, I bought a Pioneer DDJ-400, a pair of small speakers, went home, enabled a trial of Djay Pro AI on my iPad Pro and started to plug all the pieces together. I feel like itās Christmas time. Will see where it goes from here. Expect more details on my endeavour soon.
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So, Pocket + Readwise for one year it will be. Expect a blog post about why I chose Pocket over Instapaper.
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Iām thinking about subscribing to Instapaper and Readwise to help me gather and manage text quotes and other tidbits. The former is a āclassicā while the later seems a work in progress and not exactly easy to grasp for me. Your thoughts?
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šš» The next issue of the Numeric Citizen Introspection newsletter is coming out tomorrow, while waiting for it, why not give a look at the previous issue! Please, don’t miss it! It’s something really different. š
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And so it begins (#apple #wwdc #wwdc21 #wwdc2021)
Apple just kicked off the 2021 season of high expectations, endless wishes lists, criticism, betas, crashes, deception, no-show products, expected hardware refreshes, iPad deceptions, etc. Again, this year, it will be a digital-only version, thanks to the lingering COVID-19 pandemic. Iām happy with that. As I wrote in the past, my hope is that this type of event stays digital. Iāve never been to a real WWDC so I donāt miss anything.
Now, trying to read into WWDCās announcement art: sure, there is this reference to last yearās Craig Federighi with its MacBook Air, but it is also clear to me that Apple is set to announce their AR Glasses. Yep. Remember, you read it here first guys. š
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The race is on. Canāt wait for the moment Notionās APIs go live and Craft be updated to support them so it can suck all my data from Notion. #notionhq #craftdocs
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This is a test with the most recent update to a little-know utility: Linky. I love it. šš»
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What is your Micro.blog wish list? Iām starting mine for a future post, but Iām really curious to see if my wishes are āout of this placeā. Thanks for all the replies!
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My micro.blog instant joy
Friday thinking… I find is so refreshing to be able to have decent conversations on the open web. There is no drama here, everything seems so… simple. It brings back some confidence about humanās capabilities to engage in respectful conversations…. Thatās be because there are lots of nice guys here on Micro.blog… it is lacking elsewhere (no finger pointing here, I wonāt name a platform… but, well, ya know, right?).
Returning to normal programming.
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Preparing my next Friday Notes issue to be published on HEY World, tomorrow.
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Good morning. There was a time, a long long time ago, I used to say Ā«Ā Good morningĀ Ā» on Twitter. I donāt know really why I did that. Oh well. Anyways, good morning. š
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On Intelās Tick Tock Strategy (#intel #apple #applesilicon)
How funny is that? It seems Intel is applying its ātick-tock strategyā to its relationship with Apple. One week, Intel is slamming Appleās M1 Macs with highly questionable ads featuring Justin Long, the week after Intel is luring Appleās business to make their future processors.
So obviously youāve seen some of the competitive energies resume because thereās a lot of great innovation to be done, and we havenāt seen PC demand at this level for a decade and a half. The world needs more of that, and there is competitive fun going on with Apple and the Mac ecosystemā ā Gelsinger
I donāt know if this competitive landscape is fun like Gelsinger is mentioning, maybe we could ask Tim Cook?
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Beyond the HomePod (#apple #homepod)
Apple needs to release new products to compete in the home. Be it an “Apple TV 6” or “HomeHub,” something needs to change the customer’s perspective in order to get traction in the space.
The article fails to mention a feature a HomePod replacement could and should include: home networking. I wrote about this many times. Apple left home networking market at a time where it was transitioning to WIFI 6 and home automation really started to pick up pace, thanks to things like HomeKit.
Mesh networking is something critical these days with the new work-from-home trend caused by the pandemic. Only Apple could create an easy to use networking product, Ć la Ubiquity or something like the AirPort product line. Speakers like the HomePod mini could evolve to be mesh extenders. I donāt really care if this product does have a screen or multiple mics. Sure it has to be HomeKit integrated. No, I donāT want it to be a successor to the Apple TV. Pricing would be too out of control. It has to be a separate product.
Leaving the home networking space could be one of the worst Apple decision in recent years. We keep seeing the consequences of it now.
Image credit: taken from AppleInsiderās article.
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Fuck Facebook ā Dear Parents RESIST ! (#facebook #masssurveillance)
From BuzzFeed:
Executives at Instagram are planning to build a version of the popular photo-sharing app that can be used by children under the age of 13, according to an internal company post obtained by BuzzFeed News.
Sorry for the bad words, but this is beyond any shit ever spit out by Facebook. They literally scrap anything they touch: Instagram, WhatsApp, society. WTF are Facebookās Instagram leadership thinking? Iām so tired of this shit! Iām utterly angry! Now, since those people canāt figure out reality, whatās good, whatās bad, this message is for parents: RESIST! You hold the destiny of your children, just say NO! Donāt allow your children on social networks. Period. Enough, already.
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Is bloatware coming to iPhone? (#apple #iPhone #russia)
According to 9to5Mac, users from Russia, upon setup of their brand-new iPhone:
Apple users will see a dialog box upon initial setup of new devices that features web browsers, antivirus, messenger, email clients, and more to be installed by default. The list of apps is provided by the government.
At first, I thought it was a bad decision from Apple, to allow this to happen. Bending to state laws from a country like Russia doesnāt look good. Whoās next? China? What about smartphone carriers?
The headlines are scarier than the reality, though. Users will be able to uninstall those state-sponsored apps. Otherwise, it is easy to imagine many scenarios like the dreaded PC bloatware we had to endure in the nineties from Microsoftās OEMs. Or even worse, what about state surveillance applications? How will Apple say no to those? Are PCs subject to the same requirements? If not, why?
On the flip side, I can see some situations where apps could be suggested that would make sense, like contact tracing apps. It could have made a difference if we had this feature implemented before the pandemic. Another case is to suggest a government sponsored app that gives access to services sponsored by the government (immigration, finance, security, etc.). Finally, what are those apps that will make the list when setting up a new iPhone in Russia? I hope someone will share their experience once the law comes into effect.
Photo credits: Steve Harvey on Unsplash
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Something is Going with the iMac (#apple #imac #applesilicon)
Well, rumours abound, changes to the Apple Store options for the iMac, the demise of the iMac Pro, something is really going on with the iMac line. As Apple is currently in the midst of their transition to a full Apple Silicon future for the Mac, we may find whatās coming next, sooner than later.
I always loved the iMac because it is the most truthful version of the Mac original vision. I owned a 24ā 2005 white iMac, then a 2007 aluminum version before my current 2017 iMac, on which I work on every weekday, for my day time work. Iām really looking forward for Apple to inject a new dose of design language in general, but especially for the iMac. The chin, the bezels, the rounded back all feel quite dated and tired. The ultimate form factor is to get a screen, nothing more. Think of it like a big iPad Pro on a svelte stand. The next design has to be iconic. It should differentiate itself from the current iPad Pro or the ProDisplay XDR. Appleās industrial design team must enter new territories, they have to put a clear mark on Jony Iveās era. Everything in Appleās current Mac product lines look and feel like Jony Iveās team work. We are due for a new beginning.
Will this new machine come in April? I feel like Apple should use a more important event like WWDC or one of the fall keynote to release such a landmark product. Current movements on the Apple Store and recent discoveries in Appleās latest beta software points to a sooner than later release. We shall see very soon, I guess.
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About these Read Later apps or services
Thought of the day: read later lists are useless for me. I tend to forget about the items I save in them. It was true with Instalaper, Pocket, Safari and now Reeder. I donāt read more because I save things in them. The trick for me is to read it now or else. Simple. The longer I wait to pick an article out of these lists, the less likely I will read it. So, I end up with a mass of unread and expired content. Are you more successful than me?
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Anyone using @Readwiseio here? My trial expired. A few thoughts: their app feels āstrangeā; like a big āwebviewā. Workflow not yet clear to me. No Safari Extension support. Not cheap. Seems popular. Youāre thoughts?
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On the upcoming iPad Pro update (#apple #rumour #ipadpro)
As reported by MacRumors:
“Apple has tested āiPadā Pros with a Thunderbolt connector that would make them compatible with additional external monitors, hard drives, and peripherals, plus it brings faster data syncing speeds. Apple’s Mac machines have featured Thunderbolt technology for years now, but current āiPad Proā and iPad Air models have standard USB-C ports.”
Such an iPad feature has to come with much improved operating system support for external devices, like external monitors, which is currently very limited under iPadOS 14.4. Expect an iPadOS 14.5 surprise support (something along he line of mouse support with iPadOS 13.4 at around the same time last year) or iPad 15 with profound improvements compared to iPadOS 14 which was limited in new features.
Personally, the key for a possible upgrade from my 2018 iPadPro lies in the software, not only the hardware. Also, rumours all points to the 12.9ā iPad Pro, what about the 11ā? I highly wish that Apple will make the 11ā, just a smaller version of the 12.9ā version.
