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  • Apps & Services Newsletter

    Wish of the day: I’d like to connect an Apple TV to an Apple Studio Display.

  • HEY, what about Improving Newsletters Reading Experience?

    Longer posts Apps & Services Newsletter

    As a paying subscriber to HEY mail, I find it strange that the newsletter consumption feature has never been updated since its initial release1. A product is rarely perfect on its first try. For example: newsletters are presented in a semi-expanded form, but I wish I could display them as “newsletter titles only”. Also, there is no integration whatsoever with third-party read-later service to easily send a newsletter to Omnivore, for example2. Once expanded, it’s not obvious our to return to the list of newsletters sitting in the bin to read the next one.

    1. The Feed is the feature I’m referring to here. ↩︎

    2. I know that we can forward the newsletter to a custom email @ omnivore, but It’s not exactly what I would refer to as “an integration with a third-party service”. ↩︎

  • Personal Newsletter

    I had many personal goals for this week-end1, a week-end already coming to a conclusion. I’m happy to report that they were all met! I feel good about this. 😊

    1. Goals that don’t always align with my creative hobbies. But that is ok. ↩︎

  • Blogging Newsletter

    💥 Hey, it’s Sunday! And, it’s time for the new edition of my Weekly Creative Summary! Enjoy. Coming up later for my lovely subscribers! 💌

  • Newsletter

    For those who are new to the Micro.blog hosting service, in this video, I share a few tips and tricks for reading efficiently your Micro.blog timeline. If you aren’t new to Micro.blog. Well, you might discover a few things anyway!

  • My First Genuine Ah Ah Moment With Generative AI

    Food for thought Longer posts Apps & Services Newsletter

    Here is a quick recount of my “Ah ah moment” this morning, involving generative AI in a simple workflow. I’m still in awe about it.

    If I stumble on a long and chatty YouTube video that might be interesting, I’ll use this workflow to quickly get the gist out of it. First, I use Downie (a Mac utility) to download it on my M2 MacBook Air. Then, I use the Whisper Transcription Mac app to transcribe the spoken discussion into text that I export in a PDF1. Next, I open ChatGPT, upload the PDF file and let ChatGPT ingest the content. Finally, I prompt ChatGPT with things like: what is the subject of this discussion? Are there any apps mentioned in the discussion? Who is talking? Is this a controversial subject? Generate a title for this discussion. Generate a summary in less than 300 words. Etc. It’s very effective. You can use the GPT I created for this2. Oh, and I guess you can use the same workflow for a podcast episode!

    This workflow was also documented in “My Micro-Workflows Explained” mini website.

    1. Because I like the formatting used instead of plain text. ↩︎

    2. ChatGPT paid subscription required. ↩︎

  • Apple & Tech Apps & Services Newsletter

    There is so much buzz around the Internet about the newly released Ubiquiti Unify Express router. To me, it seems to be a capable router at a reasonable price. Man, I wish Apple was still in this market1.

    1. I know Apple’s version wouldn’t be as features rich as Ubiquiti’s, but… ↩︎

  • Apps & Services Newsletter

    Happy with Ulysses. 😊 #iawriter7

  • Apps & Services Newsletter

    I finished watching this video today while waiting for my car at the garage. Andrej Karpathy gives a great talk explaining Gen AI and how the whole process works, and then some more explanations about the possible future around AI. It’s a must-see.

  • Misc Newsletter

    While on my desk, I want to use my iPad Pro over Ethernet @ 1 GbE (much faster than wifi) while keeping it charging. Also, it seems that it’s not possible to prioritize Ethernet over Wireless (like we can on the Mac)1. Am I missing something? Am I the only one on earth who prefers Ethernet? Any suggestion?

    1. It seems that Wifi needs to be disabled. ↩︎

  • Food for thought Newsletter

    I’m generally unfazed by black Friday sales… I buy things when I need them, not because of any deals. But, this morning, I bought a Kodak slides scanner because I have hundreds of old family slides sitting in boxes. I feel sad not to spend the time to put a new life in those memories. So there you go, a new slide scanner. I’ll probably write an extensive review of it.

  • Blogging Newsletter

    If you don’t know me, but especially the places where I’m sharing and for what purpose, that is the video to watch.

  • With a bit of a delay, here is my weekly creative summary for week 2023/47. Coming a bit later for my subscribers! 😅

  • Misc Newsletter

    A new goal: about security: migrating my two-factor authentication from Authy to Apple’s Keychain / iCloud Passwords. Signing into any service when using Apple’s solution is too cool and efficient to pass.

  • Blogging Apps & Services Newsletter

    Today it’s time for an update to my creative and blogger workflow1. You can get an overview in this diagram, and the changelog here on my metablog. Any questions? 😅

    1. The previous version was published on 2023-04. ↩︎

  • Photography Newsletter

    It’s my most “successful” image ever on Pixelfed, by far. 😊 Testing MarsEdit Micropost feature (again).

  • Apps & Services Newsletter

    I created my Backblaze account earlier this week to replace Dropshare Cloud. Today, I discovered that Cloudflare offers S3-compatible storage too, with a similar free tier (10 GB). Since CF is my domain name registrar, maybe I should have created my S3 bucket with them instead?1 🤔

    1. But the Dropshare client probably doesn’t yet offer a connector to CF storage. 🤷🏻‍♂️ ↩︎

  • This week, I discovered and experienced the joy of having my two-factor authentication PIN configured within Apple’s password management, and it is a joy to set up and use most of the time1. I’m seriously thinking of leaving Authy behind2. If only Apple had a stand-alone password.app.

    1. Having to go through Safari (Mac) or Settings (iOS) is bad. ↩︎

    2. Migrating from Authy to Apple’s solution required disabling two-factor authentication and then re-enabling it. Tedious. ↩︎

  • Blogging Newsletter

    I should visit the Micro.blog Discover section more often… there are some gems over there from time to time.

  • Apps & Services Newsletter

    A follow-up to my previous post about Dropshare: Are any users of Backblaze over here? Thoughts? Which service do you use? S3-compatible storage or client (Mac) backup to the cloud?1 🤔

    1. Users can get 10 GB of free storage, which should be enough for my needs. ↩︎