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  • March 7, 2025 1:56pm
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    Apple & Tech

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    Breaking news: Intelligent Siri delayed. Is it time to sue Apple for all those who bought the “Built for Apple Intelligence” cool aid?

  • March 7, 2025 7:34am
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    Apps & Services

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    Now that my migration from HEY Mail to Fastmail is essentially completed, I started writing an article about the whys, the hows and the gotchas. That’s the type of article that I love to put together. It will take time, but it will be well worth my time. My goals are to help others quit HEY Mail because it’s a great way to send a message to their owners. I’ll use the Fastmail referral program to get some form of potential compensation to pay for the service (I hope). While you wait for that article, I’ll share my referral link here and tell you this: if you are on the fence, trust me, Fastmail is really good.

  • March 6, 2025 6:33am
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    And just like that, AI summaries arrives in Inoreader and they are called Inoreader Intelligence! While you can’t ask to generate summaries automatically for a specific RSS feed (yet?), the addition of manually triggered customizable summaries is super handy.

  • March 5, 2025 8:41pm
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    Blogging

    Food for thought

    Newsletter

    From time to time, while scrolling through my Micro.blog timeline, I’ll pause, read a particular post, peak at someone’s profile and previous posts, remember that this guy exists and wonder why in the first place I was following him or her. Then I sometimes hit the unfollow. Why do I think this is some sort of failure ?

  • Migration to Fastmail Going FAST

    March 5, 2025 7:34am
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    Fastmail is about to replace HEY Mail, with email domain configuration, Screener and Paper Trail functionalities established, and integration of a low-volume Gmail account to facilitate adjustments before using primary accounts. Continue reading →

  • March 4, 2025 12:39pm
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    Apps & Services

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    I’m not sure if I’ll actually need to set up a paid subscription to Fastmail, maybe paying for one month will be needed to fully evaluate the capabilities, though, but from my current experiment with this service so far, I must say that I really like what I’m seeing. It’s certainly fast.

  • March 4, 2025 12:35pm
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    Blogging

    Doing some clean up in my RSS feeds where many feeds stopped working in the last 2–3 years. Of all of those who stopped blogging, I wonder why and what are they doing now.

  • March 4, 2025 7:09am
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    UkraineWar

    Newsletter

    While browsing Substack yesterday and this morning, I stumbled upon a writer from Ukraine that I’m eager to follow. Isn’t it surprising that I can’t subscribe to his content via an RSS feed? I’m quite impressed by how this platform is so tightly controlled. It’s too bad.

  • Emails Shuffle

    March 4, 2025 6:52am
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    Progress report on my emails shuffle journey. It’s seems easier than I thought. Continue reading →

  • March 3, 2025 9:30am
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    Apps & Services

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    There is something so satisfying in closing online accounts and deleting data. It’s really hard to explain. This process only happens when moving things around (like moving from one email provider to another).

  • March 2, 2025 3:23pm
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    I think I found a viable way to replace Readwise with Craft1. The fun thing is that I found this while recording my next video. It’s possible because of a recently launched browser extension that saves an article into Craft. More details in my upcoming video. Here’s a sneak peek.


    1. I cancelled my Readwise subscription today. ↩︎

  • March 2, 2025 10:33am
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    I logged into my Substack account today because I’m working on something and I couldn’t believe how different it is from a few years ago. I don’t even recognize it anymore. Are they trying to become another LinkedIn or Facebook? Or maybe they’re chasing TikTok or YouTube? What is going on?

  • If Only I Had Gen AI Back in the Day

    March 2, 2025 10:17am
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    Apple & Tech

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    I learned Objective-C and developed iPhone apps from 2009 to 2013, and I believe my experience would have been greatly enhanced by generative AI. Continue reading →

  • March 2, 2025 8:01am
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    Apps & Services

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    Another pricey subscription cancelled: Timing.app. After the initial excitement to learn about how I spend my time on my computer, I think it’s time to conclude: I spend a lot of time on a computer for doing a lot of different things. There is a cheaper alternative called Currentkey, that I plan to test in the near future, though.

  • Bye Bye Readwise?

    March 1, 2025 11:48am
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    Just got a reminder to close my Readwise account, probably because the subscription renewal is coming soon. That’s not a cheap one. Beyond serving as a repo for text highlights from Micro.blog and Inoreader, I don’t really have a meaningful use for it. I don’t use the Readwise Reader either. I export highlights into Bear from time to time as markdown files. I almost never search them. Sometimes I’ll read a few highlights with amusement or nostalgia, but nothing more. Continue reading →

  • February 28, 2025 6:14pm
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    UkraineWar

    Newsletter

    More than ever, the USA is isolated. More than ever, I’m convinced that the US government is siding with Putin.

  • February 28, 2025 3:09pm
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    UkraineWar

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    Even if US gave 100 billions dollars to support Ukraine, that’s nothing to the price Ukraine is paying… it doesn’t give the right to Trump and his clowns to act like they did. They are the ones who are lying to the public. They are the ones who act on bad faith by conducting sneaky negotiations behind closed doors without Ukraine. Not only that, but they are the ones who you shouldn’t trust. Wonder who is bringing us closer to WWIII, that is the US, not Ukraine.

  • February 28, 2025 2:23pm
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    UkraineWar

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    Fuck Trump, Fuck Vance and fuck their clique. Ukraine, we support you, you are not alone! The US is the one who’s acting like a bully, period. What a disgrace.

  • February 28, 2025 7:03am
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    Apple & Tech

    Newsletter

    Is Apple about to get another “Apple Silicon moment” with the C1 modem in the iPhone 16e? I think so. A 24% power consumption reduction for the same performance level is significant in my book.

  • Beyond ChatGPT And OpenAI

    February 27, 2025 6:46am
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    Apple & Tech

    Longer posts

    Newsletter

    Wondering about using other generative AI services beyond ChatGPT. Looking for recommendations. Continue reading →

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