The timing was right, and the target was well-defined, but the potential traction was far from guaranteed. Would this project be worth all the effort? Someone said: for every yes, there are a thousand no. After many weeks of thought and pondering, I decided against doing a unique project.
Link: The Apple Rumors Hub
Hi, this is Numeric Citizen.
You are listening to Thoughts and Tribulations of a Composite Creator.
This is episode number five, Sometime It’s Better to Say No.
This year, it’s the year of focusing on the right activity, on the right creative project.
When Apple announced the Apple Vision Pro in June, I was thinking about creating a new website which would collect all the information related to the headset.
I thought it was a great timing for starting this collection and organizing the information and tidbits that I would gather from the web, from YouTube, from articles, reviews, and things like that.
The reason I wanted to do that is to be able to build a collection that, over time, people would come over and get all the information they can have on the Apple Vision Pro.
I did a similar project, which I’m currently still updating, which is called the Apple Rumors Hub.
It takes not too much time to build, but I do have some activities that I need to constantly do in order to keep the information current on this website.
This is a website that is built using craft, and I would do the same thing for the Apple Vision Pro Hub, but I’ve been thinking about if this is worth my time, my effort, and if I would better be off to spend my time on more projects that are gaining more traction instead of working on that, because the Apple Rumors Hub is not getting a lot of visitors.
It’s very, very quiet, and I’m wondering if this would be the same with this Apple Vision Pro Hub website.
I decided recently, after much thinking, that it wasn’t worth the trouble to do this project, so the Apple Rumors Hub is going to stay, but the Apple Vision Pro website won’t come to life.
I’m pretty satisfied with this decision because I really want to manage how I’m spending time on my different projects.
This is a decision that has been long in the making, but now I’m here, and I wanted to share with you, if you are a creator, if you are a writer, or any type of creators, sometimes it’s better just to say no so you can focus on the right things for the right time.
Thanks for listening to this very short episode of this podcast.
I hope you enjoyed these thoughts, and I hope to see you for the next episode.
Thank you for listening, and see you guys for another one.
Bye.
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I’m getting an issue with Short.io where domain name cloaking is no longer available. It used to be just fine. Something has changed recently. To get it back, I have to subscribe to the personal plan costing 250$. Looking for alternatives. Cc @Mtt who uses the same setup as mine.
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With the Lightning version, I had no issues with the iPhone 13 Pro, macOS Voice Isolation and Screenflow. The problems come from using USB (A or C) microphone devices. It’s a known issue, apparently—no fix in sight. ↩︎
I spent way too much time and money trying to fix the sound quality for my recordings. ↩︎
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I just received my Nomad leather case for my iPhone 15 Pro Max. Best case I ever used on an iPhone. Better than Apple’s leather case. It complements the Peak Design one for use with my bike. Another great case, btw. Not cheap but well worth it. 👌🏻
