Horray! ‘The Afterparty’, one of of my favorite TV+ shows, is back!
It reminded me of that time I was (one of?) the first to report that Apple had posted the show’s pilot to YouTube – something they’re experimenting with other platforms these days.
Since when has the ‘Show Result’ action in Shortcuts provided a cancel button? I’ve been using ‘Show Alert’ like a fool for too long so I can stop the shortcut while testing.
Not to be too, ahem, centralized on Threads, it looks like the App Store is pointing folks toward Mastodon. I thought perhaps we’d gotten a glimpse of an ever-elusive author for one of these stories, but nope. Apple wields their secrecy with discipline. 🤫
I’m kind of leaning into the Threads algorithm by following way more accounts than on other social networks. See someone’s post that I like? Followed! If it’s going to show me random stuff anyway, I might as well tune it more to my liking. Micro.blog is where I follow folks who I don’t want to miss.
I, once again, stayed up way too late making shortcuts for the library. It’s always fun, but definitely time for sleep now. Will share them tomorrow. 😴 (Posted using one of said shortcuts.)
🆕📝 It’s a Prime Day to Try an Indie App
I know you’re already at your maximum for shopping event alerts, but you’ll kick yourself if you don’t check out this list of amazing deals for apps made by indie developers.
Proof that there are still good exchanges on the internet: microblog.pratikmhatre.com/2023/07/1…
This back and forth made me smile. 🙂
cc: @pratik and @jsonbecker
Uh, wow. 😯 youtube.com/watch
Is anyone else super particular about keeping their photo library pristine? Screenshots get taken, used, and deleted in short order.
I’m starting a “nuke and pave” (erase and restore to factory settings and set up as new) of my Mac mini. Wish me luck. 🤞
In honor of the App Store’s 15th anniversary, here are the first 15 apps I ever downloaded (inspired by @basicappleguy@mastodon.social). So sad I wasn’t there on Day 1. In fact, I’m pretty sure I didn’t even have an iPhone OS compatible device. I think I just downloaded these from iTunes in preparation.🤓
Between climate change-accelerating emissions, animal cruelty, deforestation, and water shortage, the reasons are stacking up for getting on board with lab grown (real) meat. Sign me up. overcast.fm/+eadfwR4d…
I just finished my first Shortcuts commission! 🤩 It was pretty cool to work on a shortcut specifically for someone else. Luckily they use my same blogging platform (Blot), so I had a head start on how it should work. If you have something you want to automate on your Apple devices, give me a shout!
Yesterday was an active outdoor day. Taking advantage of today’s rain for a computer day. 💻
I’m looking for a MagSafe charger that also doubles as a USB hub, like this handy HyperDrive Qi charger I’ve been using for years. I want use it with my phone in landscape for the upcoming Standby feature. I don’t think this exists, but I’d love to be proven wrong! Anyone seen something like it?
I love the challenge of editing down a micropost to fit within the character limit. It’s a fun, nerdy word game to get it just right. If anyone was paying attention, they’d see that a ton of my posts are precisely 300 characters long. ✊ (My tells are when you start noticing “&“s and absent commas.)
Not that it should matter to you, but if you’re blogging on Micro.blog and don’t have an RSS feed for just your long posts, you probably won’t make it into my RSS reader. I recommend using automatic categorization + the Feeds plugin to make it super easy to subscribe to your long-form posts via RSS.