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Who’s actually using Apple’s Quick Notes feature? I never do because I always forget about its existence. It’s probably because it’s not useful or because it is tied to Apple’s Notes.
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I own 3 YubiKeys that I have for personal use. Thereās one that I keep connected to the USB hub on the desk in my study, another that I keep in my work bag, and a third that I keep in the safe at my mumās house. Source: I Won’t Buy A YubiKey - Kev Quirk
When I read stories like this one, I’m reminded of how bad I am at managing my security posture. I depend on 1Password (less and less) and (more and more) on Apple’s Keychain. Will passkeys suppress the need for YubiKeys?
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So that sales pitch of āitās just a coffee per monthā really doesnāt hold water when you think that most people will subscribe to multiple services. Source: It Only Costs a Coffee per Month - Kev Quirk
This is why I maintain a spreadsheet of my monthly (and yearly) spending. And frankly, even with my recent subscriptions cleanup, you wouldn’t want to know my monthly spending on apps and services. Experimenting is not a free ride. Far from it.
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I updated my main website to add a banner at the top, using Ghost’s new “Special Announcement” feature. šŗš¦š
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I am currently learning to use Hookmark. This thing is so, how I could say that, powerful? Itās the kind of app with a slow learning curve that will take some time to use to its fullest potential.
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Thanks @manton for the auto-complete! It works great on the iPad!
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I had such a busy creative weekend, to the point where I wonder if I did too much. I mean, I didnāt see most of the weekend. It was raining most of the time, and I had those videos and articles that I wanted to move forward. On the positive side, I feel that my ideas backlog is more than ever in control.
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I made my decision. The coffee shop it is. Itās a brand new place near my home. Not too busy yet because there arenāt well-known.
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Iām still wondering where Iāll spend my Sunday afternoon for my creative activities. Should I go out to a coffee shop near my house or should I stay home, make myself a coffee and go in my home office? š¤š
I like the ambiance of the coffee shops, looking around me and furtively watching some people in their own bubble, in front of their screen, with their AirPods on, typing, pausing, etc. Itās a stimulating environment.
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While spending some time in the Anybox bookmarks manager this morning, I was thinking of restarting my monthly newsletter because they are fun (but time-consuming) to build. I should find a way to better automate the production process, though.
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For each video about Micro.blog that I make and share, I lose subscribers.š People don’t like the mixing of videos about two different things I guess: Craft & Micro.blog. š¤·āāļø
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This blog post was created, edited and posted using the venerable and excellent MarsEdit text editor. Before switching to Ulysses, MarsEdit was my go-to choice for writing posts of a certain length and complexity because of its simplicity and for supporting posting to Micro.blog.
This blog post was used for recording an upcoming video about apps that I use for posting content on Micro.blog. The video will be published soon on my YouTube channel.
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Something that bugs me with Micro.blog. Nothing serious, but still. The questionable sidebar arrangement. Why is Replies at the near bottom? Why not have a āWebsiteā category with Plug-ins + Design inside of it? Why plans not into Account? Why āFeedsā sits inside Accounts? Why not rename āFeedsā to āDigital hubā? Iām just wondering out loud, @manton!
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I started writing my 2023 year summary, and I must candidly admit that I’m proud of my digital accomplishment so far. š You won’t notice, but a lot is going on… you know, this iceberg š§ image where most of it is underwater, only to see a small portion on the surface?
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Grammarly just enabled Grammarly Go on my account. I think thatās cool and could prove to be handy occasionally. Grammarly isnāt perfect, far from it, but for someone like me whoās not an English native, it helps a lot. Now, with Go, I feel even more in good company for all my writing. I get 500 requests per month with my subscription, which is way more than enough. Are any Grammarly users out there?
Disclaimer: I wrote this text entirely on my own, without any assistance or modification from AI technology.
The previous sentence is a false statement, Grammarly Go rewrote it for me. š
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Message to Those (Still) on Twitter
After seeing this post by Chris Hannah:
It’s incredible to see the effect of the various recent changes on how the “blue checkmarks” are given out and what they seemingly represent to different demographics of people.
Hereās my take on this. Itās straightforward: you donāt need to be verified by Twitter (or any of these centralizing platforms) to feel that you exist, are relevant and be fabulous! Just be. If youāre uncomfortable with recently introduced changes at Twitter, move on elsewhere. That is all.
Iām fed up with these stories about Twitter removing previously verified check marks! This is stupid. It was bound to bound to fail from the start. Now, here we are. It failed. Look ahead.
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I have pulled the trigger: the concierge at Ghost(pro) is already working on importing my Substack content. Itās another nail in the coffin for Substack. If all goes well, bye bye Substack this weekend.
I must admit that this one is mostly an impulsive decision compared to my exit of WordPress. The migration is much more simpler compared the moving out of WP. In the end, I know I wonāt regret it. Moving between platforms shouldnāt be a source of anxiety.
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Major Updates Coming to WriteFreely And WriteAs
Matt, the founder of the WriteFreely ecosystem, recently wrote a promising post:
Itās become clear over time that in order to make WriteFreely (and Write.as) as useful as it can be, it needs to have a much more unified experience.
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I donāt think it makes sense for our self-hosted product to be chopped up into multiple components like our hosted tools are. Instead, I want to bring all those tools into a single application in WriteFreely.
Earlier this year, I wrote an article (āThe Write.freely Ecosystem Explainedā) trying to explain the WriteFreely ecosystem because I thought that, in its current form, it was a bit hard to grasp. Itās one of my most popular posts on Write.as. I think there is a need for unification and consolidation into a seamless experience. Iām glad the see that itās coming.
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And now, I’m seriously considering closing my Substack account and migrating this to Ghost (using their excellent concierge service). š¤
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Blank. At first, I thought it was a joke. It’s not.
