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  • November 27, 2023 6:54am
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    If you don’t know me, but especially the places where I’m sharing and for what purpose, that is the video to watch.

  • November 26, 2023 8:28pm
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    With a bit of a delay, here is my weekly creative summary for week 2023/47. Coming a bit later for my subscribers! 😅

  • November 24, 2023 11:20am
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    Misc

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    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.

  • November 24, 2023 7:11am
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    Blogging

    Apps & Services

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    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. ↩︎

  • November 23, 2023 7:36am
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    Photography

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

  • November 23, 2023 6:58am
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    Apps & Services

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    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. 🤷🏻‍♂️ ↩︎

  • November 23, 2023 6:44am
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    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. ↩︎

  • November 22, 2023 12:32pm
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    I should visit the Micro.blog Discover section more often… there are some gems over there from time to time.

  • November 21, 2023 7:44pm
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    Apps & Services

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    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. ↩︎

  • November 21, 2023 5:50pm
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    Dropshare Cloud is being… dropped1. Too bad. I’ll need to redo my custom-made file share space.


    1. Dropshare Cloud is being phased out in Feb, 2024. Too bad. I’ll have to rework that for me. ↩︎

  • November 21, 2023 11:37am
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    Apple & Tech

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    I can’t stress enough how Apple’s Freeform is a joy to use. Is this a sleeper hit? If you don’t use it, do yourself a favour and try it. It’s the most intuitive, frictionless diagramming app out there on the Mac. And the iPad.

  • November 20, 2023 8:43pm
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    Food for thought

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    Which story is worse or more shattering? Steve Jobs fired in 1985, or OpenAI fired one of its founders? I think the latter creates more uncertainty. The former is easier to dismiss because we know what happened to Apple after Jobs left the company. 🤔 1


    1. What a shitty series of events. And we aren’t done with it yet. ↩︎

  • November 19, 2023 8:09am
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    Blogging

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    Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! 😀 Today is the day of the new edition of my weekly creative summary! Enjoy! While this early release provides the best visual experience (thanks to Craft’s shared documents), the newsletter edition will come out soon to my subscribers.

  • The Danger of POSSE

    November 18, 2023 7:23am
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    A recently published article on The Verge discusses POSSE and the Fediverse: “Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere.” This content strategy emphasizes the importance of owning the content you create by publishing it on your own platform, like a personal blog or website, and then syndicating or sharing that content on other platforms, such as social media or content aggregators. The main idea behind POSSE is to ensure that creators maintain control over their content. Continue reading →

  • November 17, 2023 12:40pm
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    Misc

    Getting vaccinated today for flu and Covid. Hopefully not too many symptoms in the nextt 24 hours. 😑

  • November 16, 2023 8:28am
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    Food for thought

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    The more testing and experimenting I do with ChatGPT, the more I feel we are at an inflection point like Netscape or the iPhone was. We live in exciting and challenging times.

  • November 16, 2023 7:01am
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    Photography

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    I made this. It is very handy to write an ALT description for an image posted on Pixelfed.

  • November 15, 2023 7:01pm
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    According to Grammarly, ChatGPT is really bad at English.1


    1. Or is it Grammarly that is really bad? 🤔 ↩︎

  • Apple’s Siri, AI and Next’s Year’s OS Releases

    November 15, 2023 6:20pm
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    Apple & Tech

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    I don’t know if Apple is working on LLM stuff; they probably do, they probably do work on improving Siri, too, if such a thing is possible in the current incarnation of its fundamentals. But, judging by the rapidity of other companies introducing AI features mainly based on LLM models, I don’t expect it would be so hard for Apple to do the same with Siri. But only if Apple accepts to work with CharGPT-back end for a short-term solution. Continue reading →

  • November 15, 2023 3:41pm
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    Apps & Services

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    Raycast is cool. I’m cool. And because we’re cool, here is a rebate. One month free of the Raycast Pro. 1


    1. But the app icon is really ugly! 🤮 ↩︎

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