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  • From an Idea to Blips

    February 7, 2024 9:47pm
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    As I wrote earlier today, I’ve been wondering about a possible use case for Scribbles1. It took me about 5 minutes to get my idea, and it is called Blips, Numeric Citizen Blips, to be more precise2. Blips will enable me to share… short blips of my digital life. I should be fun, noisy at times. But not too much. Enjoy. Or not. 🙃 Straightforward blogging service that is absolutely a joy to use. Continue reading →

  • February 7, 2024 7:27pm
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    👀🕵🏻‍♂️

  • February 7, 2024 7:17pm
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    I’ll be blipping soon. 👀

  • February 7, 2024 5:01pm
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    While I’m still waiting my invite for Scribbles (tick tock tick tock @vincent 😬), I’m thinking of a possible use case. And I think I might be on the verge of finding one. My digital presence goes like this: Space ➡️ Blog ➡️ (…something small, tiny blips…) Blips. More to come soon.

  • February 7, 2024 3:35pm
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    Work

    ☝🏻 Thought of the day: collaborative software or services enabling better collaboration within a team is overrated or overestimated. If you are a loner at work, you’ll stay a loner, with or without a collab suite. 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • February 7, 2024 1:54pm
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    I have too many ways to create link posts on Micro.blog: a bookmarklet, Apple’s Shortcuts, using Ulysses, etc. I wish I could standardize on one approach working on all my Apple devices1. 🫤


    1. Maybe it should be part of the recently introduced Save Bookmark browser plugin? ↩︎

  • February 7, 2024 1:19pm
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    🔗 Is Vision Pro a glimpse into the future of computing?

    The question is whether future iterations of a head-worn device will at some point replace Macs and PCs as our primary computing devices.

    I don’t see that happening in the next five to ten years.

  • February 6, 2024 8:23pm
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    Sometimes, I have an idea for what would be a short blog post, and start writing it, thinking I’ll share it here on Micro.blog. As I’m writing my article, it grows and grows and grows to a point where I need to reconsider where I’m going to share the article. When I cross the 500 words mark1, this is where it makes more sense to post on my main website which is dedicated to long and less in-the-moment thoughts. I’m working on a long one about micro.blog. Stay tuned.


    1. It’s not a definitive threshold. ↩︎

  • February 6, 2024 8:27am
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    I discovered the “Copy URL as Quote” in Arc Browser, this morning. I love this feature. I get a nice preview in iMessage when sending the link, but what about here in Micro.blog or on Mastodon? Here is an example.

    Update #1: it does partially render on Mastodon using the Ivory client. But the content seems missing.

    Update #2: The cross-posted post from Micro.blog lacks the preview, but the native post as Micro.blog exposes it, does contain the full previous.

  • February 6, 2024 8:07am
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    Apple & Tech

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    Since getting a MacBook a few years ago, my iPad usage drastically dropped, to a point where sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever upgrade my aging 2018 11-inch iPad Pro. Yesterday, I spent the whole evening on it for reading and watching YouTube. It was a reminder that I still the love the iPad form factor and I couldn’t live without one.

  • February 5, 2024 10:21pm
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    A satisfying exercise for me is to open Glass on my iPad and start to glance at photos and members. Each time, my goal is to subscribe to three members with photos that I like. Today, unexpectedly, I stumbled on the announcement of the upcoming Series feature. I can’t waitt for that one. Pixelfed isn’t really good at this, posting a bunch of related photos in one post.

  • February 5, 2024 7:42pm
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    Apple & Tech

    Still no stock shortage of the Apple Vision Pro? 🤔🧐 Apple must be doomed, again.

  • February 5, 2024 7:23pm
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    UkraineWar

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    It’s now official: Trump and his clown followers are complicit of Putin. Disgusting. Disclaimer: this blog hosts my thoughts and mild-venting about the war in Ukraine 🇺🇦.

  • February 5, 2024 6:24pm
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    Personal

    To be honest, I’m doing only half of what I’d like to accomplish. And I’m being optimistic. So much to do, to learn and explore, so little time.

  • February 5, 2024 1:52pm
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    Apps & Services

    With today’s addition regarding Bookmarks and AI-based summaries, Micro.blog is getting very close to be a read-later service, too. Which I like a lot. Synching highlights to Readwise would be cool too. Hint hint @manton 🙏🏻

  • February 5, 2024 11:58am
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    Our @nileane reviews feeeed, a very nicely designed alternative to classic RSS readers. Instead of just following RSS feeds, this app supports RSS *and* a variety of sources like Mastodon, YouTube, Reddit, newsletters, and more.

    We're going to see a lot of apps along these lines thanks to decentralized social media. This one looks very intriguing to me: https://www.macstories.net/reviews/feeeed-embracing-feed-diversity-and-personal-news-curation/

    Federico Viticci :ticciseal: https://mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci/111879635685799969

    Similar to the Tapestry project? Seems really well done.

  • About This Permanent State of Being Undecided With Apps

    February 5, 2024 9:25am
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    I have been a happy user of Apple Safari for the last decade. If possible, I prefer using Apple’s browser, thanks to its privacy protection and features. If something doesn’t work in Safari, I will try Firefox. I’ll do everything possible to skip Google Chrome. I use Microsoft Edge because of its integration with Microsoft 365 at work. But Safari is never too far, just in case. It’s now my fall-back plan. Continue reading →

  • February 5, 2024 8:15am
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    Craft release v2.7.0 is a big one. There are lots of improvements that should please a majority of users. I played with it while in beta and created a video to give users a visual look at what’s new. The Craft Bible also was updated to include the release analysis, now part of the subscription.

  • February 4, 2024 10:24pm
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    I learned a lot of things over my long career in IT. But, there is one thing that I fail to learn and master is everything related to CSS1. I don’t get this, at all. If I could master this thing, plus some of Hugo2 concepts, I would create my own Micro.blog visual theme. 😔


    1. I learn so many languages and dialects: Pascal, Cobol, C, Assembler, Fortran, Lisp, Objective-C, etc. What is wrong with me and CSS? ↩︎

    2. I do get Hugo more than CSS, strangely. ↩︎

  • February 4, 2024 3:45pm
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    Apps & Services

    Let me guess again the upcoming “big” new feature for Micro.blog: a fully-featured Read Later feature. It could complement Bookmarks wonderfully1. 👀 That’s the only feature that I can think of that would require a separate app and a browser extension.


    1. If not replace it altogether. ↩︎

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