🆕📝 Wrapping up being PenPals with Ratika
Ratika was my eighth PenPal so far, and she got me to stretch my writing style trying to keep up with her beautiful prose.
Funnily enough, the Apple Event has me reconsidering a new iPad at all. Maybe my 2020 iPad Pro gets passed to my wife, and I swap out for a MacBook Air/macOS instead (plus iPad mini). Two sticking points: (1) No cellular option (still!) on Mac, and (2) the MacBook Air config I’d want is $1900. 😳
I might be able to sneak in watching the ‘Let Loose’ #AppleEvent while working on my work’s newsletter. 🤫 This’ll be my hot takes thread. 🧵
🆕📝 10 Last-Minute Predictions for Apple’s ‘Let Loose’ Event
It's finally time for new iPads! Here's what I think we'll see.
I was busy at a climbing instructor course this weekend, so I’m a day late, but here’s your weekly dose of random stuff from the web!
I spent more time wearing my Vision Pro in a dream last night than I have in the last couple of weeks in real life. 😓
Gotta hand it to them, this is a really rad ad. Happy May the Fourth!
I’ve been kind of obsessed with this video. These kids have incredible voices, and it looks like they’re having the time of their lives performing. 👍👍
📷 #mbApr Day +2 (32)
Ollivander is the quintessential unputdownable critter.
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The Meta Smart Glasses are doing a really good job of extending your smartphone’s capabilities with new inputs and outputs, and I hope we see more devices like that. But until the hardware, software, and AI all get better and more differentiated, I just don’t think we’re getting better than smartphones. The AI gadget revolution might not stand a chance. The Rabbit R1 sure doesn’t.
Oof.
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Sometimes, we look at people who seem to be advancing rapidly and wonder about their secret. What we often don’t see is the “shelter” around them—whether that’s privilege, support, or resources—that might be helping them but also potentially weakening them in ways not immediately visible. They’re missing out on the “winds” of challenge that help strengthen and prepare us for the real world.
Yup.
🔗 How “AI” is helping my writing process // Om Malik // om.co
With the right prompts, I can get the interview to a place where I can start editing it manually. The entire process, which would have taken a few days in the past, now takes between two to three hours. To me, that is what this new augmented intelligence is all about helping me get the work done faster and more efficiently.
I’m not too fond of sleepless nights. I will let others lose sleep over AGI — while I can get to sleep longer, by finishing my writing sooner.
📷 #mbApr Day +1
Kinda like a massive structural bubble.
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When I think of my hometown it’s this image of the local theater along our red brick Main Street that comes to mind. (Image credit: Billy Strings)
📷 #mbApr Day 29
Can’t wait to drift back down this river. Soon enough!
Finished reading: Rock Climbing: The AMGA Single Pitch Manual by Bob Gaines 📚
Pretty much all review concepts, but a great brush-up for my Single Pitch Instructor course this weekend. 🧗
Squircle Spotter (via Michael Steeber via @bkfujita)
🆕📝 ‘Climbing Is Inherently Dangerous’
Gravity doesn't care who you are or what you're doing — it will deck you if given the opportunity.
Small web shoutouts, a Siracusa fan site, Papyrus 2, an Apple Maps tip, a neat tripod, some satire, and apps! Plus No.17 of my 52 Albums Project and a hilarious mystery link.
📷 #mbApr Day 28
Gathering for totality felt like being a member of the community of Earth as much as our local town.
🏕️ First night in a tent this year. 🧡
So annoyed with Apple. I’ve been hit with the account lock out since last night. But I’m on the road and it’s a huge PITA to reset all my passwords/app-specific passwords on mobile. But that means no email, full-res photos won’t download, etc. Why won’t they acknowledge it?! At least iMessage works.
📷 #mbApr Day 27
Surprise! Upon reaching the summit, we popped above the clouds and were gifted with incredible sun rays.
🆕📝 Crashing Clockwise #551: ‘Clippy Vibes’
Meta's AI Assistant, feed preferences, finding software, banning apps, favorite animals, Holodeck dreams.
📷 #mbApr Day 26
Little Pine Marten critter was SO CUTE! 😍
