🔗 Konfetti Explorations // Marisabel Munoz // marisabel.nl

When, exactly, did reading become about quick digestion instead of deep reflection? When did we stop savoring beautifully crafted sentences, inhaling their ephemeral essence? What happened to the celebration of beautiful prose? When did practicality overshadow our appreciation for writing as an art form, rather than merely a tool for sales? When did we sell ourselves to the corporate machine, diluting our language to attract those who have no time? The answer to all these questions, it seems, is this: “It was all for the money.”

Gruber was right, this George Clooney and Brad Pitt interview with GQ is a good read.

🆕📝 Gratitude Comes From the Top

An illuminating show of character from Steve Jobs back in the day could be instructional to Apple today.

🔗 Please please please please please please share your big dumb beautiful self with the world // Keenan // gkeenan.co

Creativity is how we make sense of the world around us. We only have one you and one chance to know the world you know.

Is this getting a little too “live, laugh, love”? Fuck it. Embrace the cringe. Stop blowing out your own candle. You know whose opinion about your art is more important than just making it?

Fucking no one’s.

🆕📝 Blaugust 2024 Retrospective

The final one. [Whew!]

🆕📝 Back to Ohio and Wedding Bound!

After three years away, I'm finally heading back to visit the old stomping grounds.

🆕📝 Simple Scan Aped My Shortcut

And I'm not even mad about it.

🆕📝 Effortlessly Scheduling My Work Shifts with Shortcuts

🚨 New Shortcut Alert! This is how I get my inconsistent work schedule onto my calendar with ease and accuracy.

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#153]

What's this? An issue of 7 Things early instead of late? What a treat! #Blaugust2024

Yesterday was a four blog post day. But today will need to be a five blog post day for me to reach my Blaugust goal. Let’s do this. ✍️ (But first, sleep.)

🆕📝 Crashing Clockwise #569: ‘Average Mid-Sized Sedan of a Dog’

Reading Apple Books, pet gadgets, regularly-used accessibility features, a tech wish, favorite Muppets, and first apps. #Blaugust2024

🆕📝 The Perfect Album

I might be late to this Hemispheric Views call-to-action, but I couldn't resist sharing what I think is the most perfect start-to-finish album in my library. What's yours? #Blaugust2024

🆕📝 Snapchat’s Notifications Are the Worst

This one has been brooding in the back of my mind for years. #Blaugust2024

🆕📝 Small Life Improvement: Turn Off Your Microwave

There's a better way to live. #Blaugust2024

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#152]

A few videos, a few podcasts, a great tip, and a scary future. #Blaugust2024

🆕📝 Re: Places on the web

When you think of your blog, social networks, and other online communities, what do you picture in your mind? #Blaugust2024

Hey Overcast users, if you moved to other apps because streaming was removed from the newest version, you might be happy to hear that it’s back!

Version 2024.8.2 is now live in the App Store:

STREAMING IS BACK!

Also in this update:
- Smart Speed now displays its current speed
- Podcasts can now have different sort order for Unplayed and All modes
- Other minor fixes

It wasn’t a big deal for me, but it was for other people.

🆕📝 Wrapping Up PenPals with Steve Ledlow

Bringing our "month" of conversation to a close with a little dad pride and internet shop talk. #Blaugust2024

Just saw a Tesla Cybertruck for the first time on the road. I let out an audible “ugh” with how terrible it looked. God I hope I don’t see more of those atrocities around. (Also, it was brown, which, odd.)

🆕📝 Crashing Clockwise #568: ‘The Canonical Answer is Dan’s TV’

Must-have third-party apps, morning apps, faltering tech, tech that's changed our minds, best vacation meal, and favorite features that were ripped from our grasp. #Blaugust2024

Getting to spend a few days climbing with these guys from Frost Valley YMCA was a joy. It was so cool to see their skills progress as climbers and their teamwork flourish as they learned to belay each other. All after getting off a week of backpacking! Rock on, dudes. 📷

Saturday found me guiding Jim and Matt up their first High Peak. Whiteface was a formidable choice for their first, especially as we opted for the more adventurous up-and-over route via Whiteface Landing. (What a great route!) Their preparation paid off and even ascending into rain clouds couldn’t dampen our spirits! Things cleared up for a gorgeous descent. Here’s to many more father/son hikes in the ADK. 🥾 📷

🚨 New shortcut alert!

If you’re like me, you sometimes struggle to fit your witty and very cool social media post within the character limit. It can be a fun game to trim it down, but sometimes it’s a hassle. For those tough times, here’s Rewrite Shorter, powered by ChatGPT and Shortcuts.

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#151]

Reworked podcasts, hot takes, blogging joy, and an old (yet still relevant) climbing video. #Blaugust2024

A buddy asked me about replacing his 2015 15” Intel MacBook Pro with a 14” M3 Pro. I said the massive upgrades in screen quality, processor speed and battery life would make it well worth it. He texted later saying the laptop makes him happy every time he opens it. I’ve rarely felt so validated. 💪