The future doesn't belong to optimists or pessimists. It does what it wants. Here's what's plausible to me: Apple has a lot of brains, brand loading and market power... So AVP will find its place. To me, this didn't change everything. The iPhone had that effect. On top of that, the device doesn't have the usual Apple fetish character. It doesn't say "You want this, don't you?" **It doesn't make you look good and part of a cool tribe. From outside makes you look confused, foolish and sad.**

Oliver Reichenstein writing about his experience with the Apple Vision Pro. Emphasis is mine.

I’m not sure I’ll be able to publish this week’s edition of my creative summary newsletter simply because I don’t feel creative at all this week. 😔

The Fascinating Game of Moving Between Hosting Platforms

I find those stories always fascinating when I read about a blogger moving from one platform to another. It is as if every hosting solution cannot have it all. There is always too much friction, or something is simply lacking, which prompts us, content creators, to drop one service and search for something else. One service can have a great visual design1yet lacking from the analytics side. One platform can be well-designed but very hard to keep up and running2. Another solution that can be dead simple to publish lacks visual design flexibility3. Can we have it all? I sense a business opportunity here.

I’m permanently questioning my current options. Right now, I’m fine with my hosting solutions, but one never knows when something no longer fits my needs.

Note: this article is a modified version of the original text published elsewhere on 2021-03-05 under my other metablog website using Craft.

  1. I’m looking at you, Squarespace. ↩︎

  2. I’m looking at you, Ghost. ↩︎

  3. I’m looking at you, Micro.blog. ↩︎

I wish Apple made special editions of their current and past products. A special edition of the iPod would be a killer and I would buy one. Something running a stripped down iOS version, with a fix set of apps (music, podcast, video) a in unique device that takes cue from the past but also try different new things. It could be a way for Apple to experiment in public and get feedback. Apple could try MacBook with different casing materials, colors and finish. Those special edition products would be available for a while.

I wish Apple would try to reinvent itself more often.

Just finish experimenting with Obsidian1. I’m always fascinated by Obsidian but also unpleased by its user interface’s uninspired and unfinished feel. Passing for now.

  1. I do this occasionally, as if I was trying to convince myself that it is something should use. ↩︎