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🔗 Advice for How To Make Sure You Never Create Anything If you get an idea while writing a post, you should always finish this new idea before finishing the original one. This, of course, cascades to new ideas you get while working on the second one, etc. This also applies to expansions within …

4:28 p.m. on Apr 16, 2024 · Conversation

@gregmorris Like if I were to type out a reply like this, but then I wanted to insert a mention to @gregmorris in the middle of the text like this.

5:16 p.m. on Feb 2, 2025 · Conversation

@amit Wait. I misunderstood this. I’m not the developer of the Cards theme. I just hit the ‘Upgrade’ button on the plug-ins page. Can I still do this? cc: @ericgregorich

11:11 p.m. on Jan 13, 2025 · Conversation

I’ll have more to say about this soon, but I’m thrilled to finally reveal that my big leap this year is to start up my own guiding service. I’m nervous and excited, but most of all I’m eager to share more outdoor adventures in this beautiful place. Coming soon to an …

12:32 p.m. on Oct 17, 2024 · Conversation

Holy shit, really getting my money’s worth out of this bonus episode of @HemisphericViews. I don’t think I’ve laughed this hard in months! oneprimeplus.com

1:36 p.m. on Sep 27, 2023 · Conversation

@matt That’s awesome! Is this more for the protections that an LLC offers, or because you’re aiming to make this more than “just” a side job? 👀

4:22 p.m. on Jan 7, 2025 · Conversation

Don’t worry, I visited my place of worship on this most beautiful of spring days. 📷 And was rewarded with meeting this cutie adventure cat named Albert!

12:52 p.m. on Apr 9, 2023 · Conversation

🆕📝 My favorite gizmos of CES 2025 Some of this is sure to be vaporware, but I feel good about a lot of products from CES this year — which isn't always the case.

5:34 p.m. on Jan 12, 2025 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#150] Wow, have I really done 150 of these things? I probably should have done something special, but it's your regular interweb roundup this week! Thanks for reading!

3:35 p.m. on Aug 12, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#134] Along with the usual smorgasbord of links, this week marks the 9th album entry for my 52 Albums project. Any other dodie fans out there?

11:51 p.m. on Mar 3, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#117] A store, a Threads post, two videos, screensavers, keyboard book games, and bars. Are you getting it? These are not 7 different things. It is 7 Things This Week!

5:12 p.m. on Nov 6, 2023 · Conversation

‘It’s Glowtime’  Event Day! The command center is ready and I’ll be reacting live in this thread. You can also refresh this page to follow along! 🧵

12:59 p.m. on Sep 9, 2024 · Conversation

Paul Kafasis: We’re now learning that China has penetrated America’s telecommunications systems deeply, in a breathtaking hack whose scope is still being revealed. It appears this was accomplished using backdoors mandated back in 1994 for use by law enforcement. This should not be surprising. …

10:21 p.m. on Dec 4, 2024 · Conversation

Wow, I guess November 21st is just always going to be a prolific writing/sharing day for me. (This link won’t work on the 22nd.) jb.heydingus.net/on-this-d…

1:17 p.m. on Nov 21, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#143] 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!

11:05 p.m. on May 6, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Digital wallets and the “only Apple Pay does this” mythology — birchtree.me I hope what you take away from this post is that while Apple Pay is a great way to pay for things and that Apple did a great job mainstreaming digital wallets like this, what they do is not unique in the industry. …

4:38 p.m. on Mar 22, 2024 · Conversation

Optimism rules! So yeah, I’m going to be critical of things Apple does for the rest of my days, but I’m also going to remember that I got into this because it was fun. I strongly believe that the online discourse can make it so people fall into a rut where people get angry all the time about …

9:30 p.m. on Jun 9, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 OpenCase: MagSafe Perfected — kickstarter.com OpenCase is an iPhone case that significantly reduces the issues with MagSafe accessories. It does this by creating an “open” space that holds the MagSafe accessories (we call this the “Accessory-Hold” area). It makes …

11:11 p.m. on Feb 4, 2024 · Conversation

I’ve had this episode repeatedly redownload for weeks despite marking it as played, deleting it, and even unfollowing/refollowing the show in @overcastfm@mastodon.social. Anyone else seeing this, or know of anything I can do?

8:58 p.m. on Feb 23, 2023 · Conversation

🎙️ The first half of Connected this week had me giggling like an idiot. One of the highlights of every week. (Out of respect for @ismh@eworld.social’s strong feelings, this will not be cross posted to Threads 😝)

1:44 p.m. on Nov 25, 2023 · Conversation

🆕📝 “Reading” the Web Could Get Way More Intimate With Personal Voice I can’t remember if I’ve mentioned this idea before, so I’m laying it all out here so it’s documented somewhere on this everlasting internet.

2:16 p.m. on Jul 27, 2023 · Conversation

This has me rethinking some things on my lock screen… Always enjoy reading @nashp and I like this idea of the Lock Screen being the Home Screen. https://nashp.com/134 David Brown :prami_retro: https://social.lol/@superdavey/113427904938368472

11:40 p.m. on Nov 4, 2024 · Conversation

Mountainfest was a joy this weekend! So many quiet badasses here, ready and willing to share their knowledge. I feel so fortunate to live somewhere that an event like this exists to bring climbers and other outdoor adventurers together. 💪 📷

1:50 p.m. on Feb 12, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 Letters with Austin #3, December 2023 Thanks so much, Austin, for being my pen pal this month! This project has been one of my favorites of the years, so it feels right that it’s one of the last things that will go on my site for 2023.

4:58 p.m. on Dec 31, 2023 · Conversation

@pratik I wrote this about the shortcut back in 2021. I’ve improved it a bit since then but this is the gist! (It should look familiar — it’s served as the foundation for all my shortcuts that upload stuff to Micro.blog.)

5:25 p.m. on Jan 25, 2025 · Conversation

Robin Rendle discussed his blogging flow on Manuel Moreale’s People & Blogs series. The whole interview is quite good, but this bit stuck out to me: But heed this lesson: your blogging tech stack should not be smart. That’s the most painful thing I’ve learned over the years. We need to …

9:51 p.m. on May 9, 2025 · Conversation

Why do executives (or regular people, for that matter) continue to post their communications to X? I literally cannot open the links. It’s 2024, loading a webpage should not be this difficult. Post to your own domain! (From this article, btw.)

3:04 p.m. on Dec 19, 2024 · Conversation

I’m kinda bummed that @macstories@macstories.net isn’t doing the Shortcuts competition for Automation April this year. 🙁 I missed the deadline last year, and vowed to get them in on time this round. I had some pretty cool stuff saved up for it too!

4:58 p.m. on Apr 4, 2024 · Conversation

Collaborative playlists in Apple Music are here. We’ve been waiting almost 10 years (a full quarter of the Mac’s life) for this, but I’m just glad it’s finally available. This was a fun intro video by the Apple Music Radio team.

12:54 p.m. on Jan 23, 2024 · Conversation

This is going to be a game-changer! Making a playlist means not only can I enjoy continuous play instead of swapping back and forth between YouTube and Play, but a playlist can also be downloaded to a device for offline watching. Kudos to @mactanaka@mastodon.social for pulling this off!

11:05 p.m. on Apr 12, 2023 · Conversation

I don’t post often, but wanted to share this! Through years of careful budgeting and paying WAY more than the minimum each and every month, I’m very happy to out of student loan debt! This isn’t something I could have done on my own, and I have incredible parents, being in the …

10:57 p.m. on Dec 28, 2019 · Conversation

Shoutout to Simple Scan which was the runner-up as Best New App in the MacStories Selects awards. I love this thing and it gets 3(!) spots in my Control Center for super easily scanning documents to the right place in Files. (Also to Shareshot, which framed this screenshot and earned Best Design.)

8:34 p.m. on Dec 9, 2024 · Conversation

As far as I can remember, this is the first time I’ve been able to pay for and download an app directly from the banner on its website, rather than being sent over to the App Store first. Is this new? (Extension is Magic Highlighter, found via Daring Fireball)

4:36 p.m. on Apr 17, 2023 · Conversation

iOS 18.2 has a new ‘Copy Link with Highlight’ action in the text action menu! Via Federico Viticci: I’m very happy to see this: It’s a little hard to find, but Safari in iOS 18.2 beta now supports links with Text Fragments! This feature has been in Chrome for a while, and it lets you …

8:15 p.m. on Oct 26, 2024 · Conversation

Artemis, the calm web reader by James, got some great updates. Here’s just one: You can create a public version of your feed that you can share with others from your account settings (like this one). I like this trend of being able to publicly share your personal reading list.

2:15 p.m. on Dec 23, 2024 · Conversation

Sometimes I just have to get a blog post out of my head. Last night it was this one. It was late, and I was tired. Still, I was compelled to roll out of bed, grab my iPad, sit on the toilet seat lid, and let the words flow from my mind to yours through this letter to the world.

2:51 p.m. on Nov 7, 2024 · Conversation

If you’re following me on Mastodon and wondering how those link posts I did this morning (and have made for months) have hyperlinks and styling, they’re all done with this shortcut and Micro.blog. It plays nicely (if not perfectly) with Mastodon and all lives on my own website. (Try …

12:35 p.m. on Apr 12, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Thoughtful People Summarise Links Before Sharing Them // Ellane If you’re having a busy day and I send you this message —  So cool! Check it out! www.nature.com/articles/… — you’ll probably set it aside for a later that never comes. But if the message looks like this —  Hey, thought …

1:02 p.m. on Jan 2, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 Personal Voice: A triumph (and a request) I felt so compelled to write this blog post this morning, that I’ve yet to leave my bed and have been hammering it out on my iPhone for the past couple of hours. I can’t tell you why I feel so strongly about it, but I do.

12:34 p.m. on Nov 30, 2023 · Conversation

Just ran across this Verge article from October 2023 in my reading queue: SpaceX has published a new webpage to promote its upcoming “Starlink Direct to Cell” service that plans to offer cellular connectivity to “existing LTE phones” via satellite. The website, which PCMag reports went live …

3:10 p.m. on Nov 4, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 The Secrets App Makes a Good iCloud Passwords Companion and Is Free Today Thanks to Indie App Santa I wanted to be thorough in this post, but that means you might have less than an hour to go get this massive discount for what seems to be an ideal app for those who are iCloud …

12:44 p.m. on Dec 30, 2023 · Conversation

I’d really prefer for my header menu to not have this weird in-between phase where the items make a second row. If the window is too narrow for them to be on one row, I just want it to collapse into this hamburger dropdown. Any CSS magicians out there who can help me out?

7:38 p.m. on Jul 29, 2023 · Conversation

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?

4:32 p.m. on Jul 9, 2023 · Conversation

🎶 I’m determined to listen to more music this year. To that effect, I’ve set up an automaton to have Apple Music’s Feel Good station play in the living room whenever the first person arrives home. So far, I dig it! Also, my Get Up Mix is on point this week.

12:17 p.m. on Jan 13, 2025 · Conversation

Anyone else seeing this issue where you can no longer copy a web address from the Safari View Controller? I use this all the time, and I think it stopped working during the 18.2 beta. I hopped off the beta train, but there’s no new public update for me in settings. Still broken out there?

1:51 p.m. on Dec 11, 2024 · Conversation

🧗 Led up this gem today with Gerry! The Disputed (5.8) is the hardest trad lead I’ve done since injuring my finger and, not gonna lie, I’m pretty proud of working through this onsight! (And I was treated to another beautiful sunset on the ride home. Autumn is just the best.) 📷

10:21 p.m. on Sep 23, 2023 · Conversation

Let’s nerd out on some anchors I used this weekend at the Gunks! Let me know your favorite one and any questions. 🤘 A: I use this for the top out whenever possible because it sets us up for an efficient rap back down, and using the rope makes for a strong-yet-stretchy anchor. B: When the anchor’s …

7:36 p.m. on Apr 20, 2025 · Conversation

John Gruber has had some good hits lately, but this one was a miss. This bit, in particular, rubs me the wrong way: What I can say, personally, is that I read and pay for several publications on Substack, and for the last few weeks I’ve tried using their iOS app (more on this in a moment), and …

11:47 p.m. on Nov 21, 2024 · Conversation

This is exactly the out-of-the-box thinking I like to see from big companies. I’d totally sign up for those services and I wouldn’t pay for Netflix in my car. This CEO knows they should own the car experience, and it’s a different goal than owning everything people do in their …

9:16 p.m. on Nov 18, 2023 · Conversation

TIL that this page that tracks all the active promo codes for @relay@relayfm.social sponsors exists. I’ve been known to search back through show notes to figure out where I heard about a product and get the latest code…well, this is much better. (Related, I think I’m going to …

3:33 p.m. on Nov 10, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 This new smart thermostat from Meross works with Matter (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / theverge.com) The Meross Matter Smart Thermostat costs $99.99, works over Wi-Fi, and features a white glass panel with a touch screen, smart scheduling, and can track system usage through the Meross app. Meross …

11:36 p.m. on Dec 5, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Why I carry two phones? // merecivilian.com No other foldable has this form factor and I really like it. It is almost like it brings everything a lot closer to you and gives you just enough space to be comfortable. Sometimes using the iPhone Pro Max, I feel the phone isn’t the right …

9:25 p.m. on Apr 12, 2024 · Conversation

Also from the press release: Shortcuts adds Remember This, which helps users with cognitive disabilities create a visual diary in Notes for easy reference and reflection. I’m eager to see how this is implemented since it seems more like a Siri feature. Would also be perfect for that …

9:49 p.m. on May 16, 2023 · Conversation

I super hope this fixes my issue with missing time chunks in my Micro.blog feed! It’s very close to being my favorite timeline reader. If that bug really is fixed, my final request will be for an option to sort newest posts to bottom. Why don’t all timelines offer this? We read from …

12:31 p.m. on Dec 19, 2024 · Conversation

It’s been 1784 days and Apple still won’t sell a compact keyboard with black keys. I’m done waiting. I’ve got an orange one in my eBay cart. If something better doesn’t come with the Mac mini this week, I’m pulling the trigger. Lightning and white keys be …

12:04 p.m. on Oct 28, 2024 · Conversation

Victoria Song: ‘Mobvoi Home Walking Treadmill review’ At this point, I had to take a good hard look in the mirror. The whole point was to use this device to relieve stress. Instead, all I’d done was overcomplicate a walking pad. I ended up anxious and dreading my imperfect, messy metrics. I was …

9:33 p.m. on Nov 10, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Inside Apple’s Massive Push to Transform the Mac Into a Gaming Paradise — inverse.com // Raymond Wong From what I can tell, the company does seem genuinely serious this time about getting new games simultaneously (or very shortly after launch date) released on Mac alongside PC and …

4:34 p.m. on Jan 9, 2024 · Conversation

🎙️ ‘Norah Jones is Playing Along’ with Dave Grohl This warm and wide-ranging episode gives an intimate peek into the mind of one of modern rock’s most beloved legends. I’m a Norah Jones fan, but have never been into the Foo Fighters. That said, this session with Dave …

6:45 p.m. on Nov 19, 2023 · Conversation

Finished reading: Cirque Du Freak #11: Lord of the Shadows by Darren Shan 📚 ★★★☆ I expected more out of this book, which really only boiled down to three or four pivotal scenes. And it seemed like Darren was avoiding responsibility for many of his actions, which grew tiresome. Too much of, “I …

2:45 p.m. on Jan 4, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 Here are a bunch of games I played this year to distract me from the fact that one day the Sun will swallow our planet whole — Keenan This is the end of the post. Tell me which games you think I missed in the comments section.³ […] ³ The comments section can be found by clicking the Trash icon …

1:39 p.m. on Dec 17, 2023 · Conversation

Pretty stoked to say that I’ve already booked over 20 days of my own guided trips for this year, with a bunch of day trips and some overnighters! I’ll have to tally up each month to see how much I’m doing for Onward Mtn Guides vs. other outfits. This small business thing might …

12:48 p.m. on Jan 29, 2025 · Conversation

Getting back on that horse! I earned this December Challenge award by doing nine 15+ min workouts! Thanks @applefitnessplus #closeyourrings 📷

1:05 p.m. on Dec 26, 2020 · Conversation

Jason Kottke made an ask of his readers to point out things only they have noticed: Anyway, I was wondering if any of y’all have any bugaboos like this where you feel like you’re the only one who knows this is happening. While I didn’t notice this weirdness personally, I …

11:20 p.m. on Dec 11, 2024 · Conversation

Currently reading: Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold 📚 I’ve read this before, but am enjoying it a second time (as an audiobook this time). Honnold’s soloing and character might not be for everyone, but I appreciate his zero-bullshit demeanor and respect the hell out of his passion for climbing. …

11:07 p.m. on Jul 27, 2024 · Conversation

@jthingelstad Your shortcut is very cool! I love that you had the idea to make this for converting your galleries to collections. I haven’t dived into collections yet, but will be keeping this in my back pocket for sure. 🙌 Also, it was fun to click on the Adaptive Photo Layouts link and be …

10:41 p.m. on Jan 2, 2025 · Conversation

🔗 Temporal vs. Fundamental Content | Hacker News // @nomilk I’m trying to read less temporal (things that matter now) and more fundamental (stuff that mattered 1+ year ago and will still matter in 1+ year, with even wider intervals for non-tech content). Yes. This is why I’m going to turn …

1:17 p.m. on Jan 2, 2024 · Conversation

Just in case you need some lighthearted election thing to allow you to sleep tonight (🙋‍♂️), this did the trick. Thank you The Onion. 😂

2:35 p.m. on Nov 6, 2024 · Conversation

So Apple has done real emoji Tapback-style reactions... ...for collaborative playlists in iOS 17.3 🙃 Can we have these in iMessage too, please? Federico Viticci :ticciseal: https://mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci/111573515693496101 Hard to overstate how pointed this feels after all the …

10:21 p.m. on Dec 13, 2023 · Conversation

I just released my ‘Count Characters for Micro.blog Timeline’ shortcut version 1.0: This shortcut converts Markdown text to Rich Text and then counts the number of characters. If it is over the character limit to be displayed in full on the Micro.blog Timeline, it allows you to edit the text to …

2:04 p.m. on Nov 7, 2023 · Conversation

🆕📝 Artinoise Makes a Hardware Version of Smule’s Ocarina (Yes, the app from 2008) Did anyone else see this and immediately think of Ocarina?

5:17 p.m. on Nov 12, 2024 · Conversation

Via Jason Kottke: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.” Because the US is a Russian ally (or satellite?) now I guess. If you voted Trump, you had to know this was coming. And …

6:30 p.m. on Feb 28, 2025 · Conversation

@jarrod But shout out to my ailing iPad Pro, which managed to hang on at 1% battery long enough for me to publish and write this shout out!

7:35 p.m. on Jan 6, 2025 · Conversation

🆕📝 Apple is Accused of Censorship Again in the TV+ Department I sure hope this is all a misunderstanding, but two points of data form a trend.

9:33 p.m. on Nov 29, 2023 · Conversation

I love this distinction. I’ve often said in this space that although convenience and accessibility are the closest cousins, they are not one and the same. Everyone loves convenience, whether identifying as a disabled person or not, but accessibility is the difference between agency and autonomy …

7:06 p.m. on Jun 13, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Blogging is where it’s at, again — Chris McLeod The really cool thing about OPML files, that some feed readers and clients support, is that you can subscribe to the OPML file itself. This means that you’ll not only get the posts of anyone included when you subscribed, you’ll also get the …

9:48 p.m. on Nov 30, 2023 · Conversation

I just released my ‘Publish Quote’ shortcut version 1.0: This shortcut provides a quick and easy way to publish a quote from a Safari webpage, with or without commentary, to Micro.blog. Just select the text you want to quote, hit the share button in the toolbar, and run this shortcut. It’ll even …

3:37 p.m. on Nov 7, 2023 · Conversation

Finished reading: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 📚 ★★★★ Strange and wonderful, this book captured my imagination as thoroughly as a labyrinth. Piranesi’s goodness and awe brought me joy. The idea of multiple minds sharing the same body seems to be all the rage lately, but it’s also oddly comforting. …

2:00 p.m. on May 12, 2022 · Conversation

Finished reading: My Murder by Katie Williams 📚 Ooh this is a good one. An intriguing premise that morphs, twists and turns unexpectedly, and ultimately delivers.

1:08 p.m. on Apr 10, 2025 · Conversation

Can you believe the alpenglow this morning skinning up @whiteface_mt and the powdery goodness on the way down?! I couldn’t even see my skis! 😍

10:36 p.m. on Feb 12, 2025 · Conversation

@help This post was under 600 characters in the app. When I edited it just now on the web, it said 604. But it remains untruncated on the timeline. 🤷‍♂️

1:20 p.m. on Jan 9, 2025 · Conversation

Thanks to @connected@relayfm.social, I can’t stop thinking about this Mokibo keyboard which has keys that double as a trackpad. I don’t need it…I don’t need it…

1:26 p.m. on Oct 25, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#126] Humans are just so creative and make the coolest tools and things. Oh, and the launch of the 52 Albums Project. 🎵 Enjoy!

8:24 p.m. on Jan 7, 2024 · Conversation

🎙️ Ooh I do like this thesis of Robert Caro’s (of The Power Broker fame): Power doesn’t corrupt, power reveals. overcast.fm/+yIOzKLkG…

7:02 p.m. on Jan 3, 2024 · Conversation

This seems like something @dmoren@zeppelin.flights, @Moltz@mastodon.social, and @lexfri@hachyderm.io would want to get hooked up ASAP 😂 youtube.com/watch

5:24 p.m. on Sep 26, 2023 · Conversation

🆕📝 Yep, Everyone Is Right. Callsheet Is Great. Congrats to @caseyliss@mastodon.social on the launch! I have a feeling this one is going far. 🚀

10:36 p.m. on Aug 13, 2023 · Conversation

Brendon Bigley: ‘Panic Inc. Announces Blippo+' Panic Inc. — creators of the PlayDate console and publishers of games like Thank Goodness You’re Here_ — announced some kind of FMV… thing… at Day of the Devs today called_Blippo+. There’s no real information here beyond the above trailer and …

4:44 p.m. on Dec 11, 2024 · Conversation

I just released my ‘% URL Encode Text’ shortcut version 1.0: This shortcut simply transforms text shared to it into its URL-encoded version. For the 30th(!) entry to my Shortcuts Library, I kind of expected to release something rather more grand. But sometimes simple and utilitarian does the …

11:34 p.m. on Apr 4, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 My Enjoyment Is Always Last — gregmorris.co.uk [M]y personal enjoyment starts when the kids are tired and my wife is content doing something else, I can then relax. This is enjoyment for me, and just one of the things I ‘signed up for’ when I became a father. I put the whole world …

8:26 p.m. on Mar 8, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Just Don’t Remove the Function Keys Old ideas have a way of coming back, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Touch Bar come back in some new form down the road, and I hope that if it does it will take lessons from the Stream Deck. @matt@isfeeling.social said everything I wanted to about the …

12:59 p.m. on Nov 9, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 iPhone Design to Change ‘Significantly’ This Year: In a new post, the user known “Digital Chat Station” said that the iPhone‌'s design is “starting to change significantly” this year. The “iPhone 17 Air” reportedly features a “horizontal, …

3:03 p.m. on Feb 17, 2025 · Conversation

Holy smokes this finish on the Studio Neat pens/pencil looks amazing! I don’t need another, but wow! Limited Edition 013 is here! Red has been one of the most requested colors, so we went all out with this edition. It’s vibrant, glossy, and has embedded metallic flakes for a glimmering …

11:19 p.m. on Oct 28, 2024 · Conversation

Thanks to @maique I remembered Indie App Santa is a thing that exists this time of year! 🎅🏼 Christmas is in the past now, but #indieAppSanta keeps going. Today’s app is a nice one… If you need countdown (or up) widgets, that also work on your Apple Watch, and come in a few cool designs, you …

5:26 p.m. on Dec 27, 2023 · Conversation

🎙️ Oooh thanks @ChrisLawley@mastodon.social for this Shortcuts tip! I’d wondered if you could open web apps with it somehow. overcast.fm/+ABI6NTFM…

1:29 p.m. on Jan 29, 2025 · Conversation

@alexwolfe Ooh but if we go with all on-foot distance, not just during workouts… 😳 Nearly 1900! Maybe this year’s goal should be 2000.

11:30 p.m. on Jan 6, 2025 · Conversation

I don’t use Sketch, but I very much enjoyed @rafa@mastodon.design’s recap of what they shipped in the app this year. 🤣 mastodon.design/@rafa/113…

12:45 p.m. on Dec 11, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 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.

11:40 p.m. on Aug 31, 2024 · Conversation

‘Next iPad Mini Still Not Expected Before Late 2024 at the Earliest’ I can’t be the only one struggling to parse this MacRumors headline, right? 🙃

1:52 p.m. on May 13, 2024 · Conversation

I’ve been using emoji’d bookmark folders like this tip that Greg Pierce shared without ever realizing they lacked rhe folder icon. They’re great.

1:13 p.m. on Apr 19, 2024 · Conversation

Two residents of this corner of the web were linked to or featured by large publications today. Pretty pretty neat! 🙌 to @robb@social.lol and @stephenrobles@mastodon.social!

12:39 p.m. on Apr 18, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things (Which Are Seven of My Favorite Numbers Because It’s New Year’s Eve and I Have Company Over and No Time) This Week [#125]

7:20 p.m. on Dec 31, 2023 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things (Which Are Seven of My Favorite Numbers Because It’s New Year’s Eve and I Have Company Over and No Time) This Week [#125]

7:15 p.m. on Dec 31, 2023 · Conversation

Loved this @Launched@mastodon.social episode with @neiljhaveri@mastodon.social about Mimestream. You could hear the smile on his face the whole time. 🎙️ overcast.fm/+WB3_ZlQL…

12:46 p.m. on Dec 1, 2023 · Conversation

🆕📝 How I Automatically Include a Blog Description in My RSS Feed This one gets a little extra nerdy with HTML, Mustache, and editing the RSS feed template.

1:47 p.m. on Sep 19, 2023 · Conversation

Oh hey, look what just came in! Nothing too impressive, but I felt compelled to complete this challenge in my new hometown. Next up, the 46ers! 📷

10:59 p.m. on May 13, 2023 · Conversation

Finished reading: Cirque Du Freak #4: Vampire Mountain by Darren Shan 📚★★★☆ This felt like a setup book, with Darren getting to know more about vampire culture than ever before. The time jump (8 years!) was a little jarring, and though Darren doesn’t seem that much more mature, I …

1:25 p.m. on Feb 3, 2022 · Conversation

🔗 iOS 18 RC adds the ability to pause video recordings in the Camera app // Jeff Benjamin // 9to5mac.com This feature opens up a few creative possibilities, but the most obvious use case is the ability to create simple jump cuts within the same video, eliminating the need to edit the cuts …

7:20 p.m. on Sep 9, 2024 · Conversation

Or, for this crowd, “The Constitution is all very well up to a point, but the needs of [Apple] must come first.” Fuck that sentiment. theatlantic.com

9:49 p.m. on Jan 6, 2025 · Conversation

S2E9 of Shrinking (“Full Grown Dude Face”) is one of my favorite episodes yet. And that’s saying something for this Very Good Show. 🥲

2:31 p.m. on Dec 6, 2024 · Conversation

Currently turning off basically all notifications on my Mac. I really only need notifications in one place: my phone. Dunno why it took this long for me to realize.

7:11 p.m. on Jun 9, 2024 · Conversation

Come on Apple, I had but one wish. A black version of this keyboard. I wouldn’t even care that it still charges with Lightning. The count continues.

8:53 p.m. on Oct 30, 2023 · Conversation

Regarding Taylor Swift’s first “era”, Speak Now has, by far, the most of my favorites. Some absolute bangers. So fun to revisit this album today. 🎵

8:52 p.m. on Jul 7, 2023 · Conversation

Okay, this is pretty wild. Apparently macOS remains completely usable with Sidecar, even when in the iPadOS app switcher UI! Smallest Mac screen you’ve ever seen?

2:53 p.m. on Dec 12, 2022 · Conversation

🔗 Mountain Dew VooDEW 2023 Zero Sugar: The Dewfinitive Review — Keenan Shame on the folks at Mountain Dew. Shame on PepsiCo. Shame on Elon Musk, because this shit is so bad that he must be involved somewhere along the line. If there is any greater indication that we’re speeding head on into full …

10:55 p.m. on Nov 25, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 Daring Fireball: iOS Tip: ‘Smart Activation’ for Do Not Disturb Turns Off Notification During Screen Recordings Go to Settings → Focus → Do Not Disturb, and under “Set a Schedule”, tap Add Schedule and enable Smart Activation. Now, when you start a screen recording, Do Not Disturb …

6:44 p.m. on Nov 7, 2023 · Conversation

Netflix’s ad-supported plan will reward binge watchers with ad-free episodes - The Verge Netflix will soon start cutting down on commercials if you’re on a binge-watching kick. Starting at the beginning of next year, the streamer will toss in an ad-free episode after you’ve watched three episodes …

9:47 p.m. on Nov 1, 2023 · Conversation

@josh_____d Looking forward to this! Btw, I super dig your blog’s theme, especially the mobile menu button that drops down the nav to show more. Is that all custom?

2:39 p.m. on Jan 30, 2025 · Conversation

Got out for my first run of the year (I know, I know, I’m behind!) with the floofiest buddy in his little booties. Got in 7 miles in the 0-degree temps this morning. 🥶🏃‍♂️

3:20 p.m. on Jan 29, 2025 · Conversation

@jarrod Oh wait, this doesn’t have a physical key backup. I expect that’s a non-starter for the other decision-maker in my home. The hunt continues!

12:33 p.m. on Jan 6, 2025 · Conversation

@donkey @matt That’s what my mind jumped to, too. But as a pet project to learn making an app, it’s pretty cool Matt could code this for himself!

10:28 p.m. on Jan 2, 2025 · Conversation

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.)

12:45 p.m. on Aug 31, 2024 · Conversation

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. 🧵

9:56 p.m. on May 7, 2024 · Conversation

🎵 The new Maggie Rogers album rules. Listened all the way through twice today! I get Sara Bareilles vibes from this one if you’re into that.

11:59 p.m. on Apr 15, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 Scott Yu-Jan’s Macintosh Studio You may have heard of Viticci's MacPad, but how about a desktop version with...an iPad mini? This thing looks awesome!

7:50 p.m. on Mar 24, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 The whole Apple vs. DMA thing has me feeling unenthusiastic, and it could have been so much better I’m an Apple enthusiast, but this whole saga has me feeling anything but enthusiastic.

8:53 p.m. on Mar 12, 2024 · Conversation

Looks like there was at least one @rebound@hachyderm.io fan at Fifth Avenue this morning. Tim seemed to love the shirt! @Moltz@mastodon.social @lexfri@hachyderm.io @dmoren@zeppelin.flights

11:58 p.m. on Feb 2, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 Crashing Clockwise #531: ‘I, Too, Like You’ Books, health data, household chores tech, nostalgia for old software, holiday traditions, and accessibility features are all covered this installment!

1:08 p.m. on Dec 4, 2023 · Conversation

😅 I know this is mostly because the rest of the years (currently) contain only my old Instagram posts. But it still makes me laugh. jb.heydingus.net/stats

10:47 p.m. on Nov 11, 2023 · Conversation

🆕📝 ‘Oh God, It’s Raining Newsletters’ I didn’t think reading this article was going to shift me over to the pro-newsletter camp, but here we are.

11:44 p.m. on Oct 29, 2023 · Conversation

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

11:48 p.m. on Jul 11, 2023 · Conversation

This is often what happens when I try to catch up on sleep by napping during the day. I end up staying awake way too late afterwards and perpetuate the exhaustion.

2:32 p.m. on May 28, 2023 · Conversation

I’ve enjoyed short naps most afternoons this week. Gets me feeling refreshed for the evening. Then, of course, I’m up till 4 AM…so there’s that.

2:50 p.m. on Dec 10, 2022 · Conversation

It’s nothing fancy, but I just released my ‘Publish to Micro.blog’ shortcut version 1.0: This shortcut uses the Micropub API to publish text passed into it to the default blog on your Micro.blog account. It’s best used as a function that is run from another shortcut. Take note that there is no …

1:01 p.m. on Nov 7, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 OpenAI has a new safety team — it’s run by Sam Altman // Emma Roth // theverge.com For its first task, the new team will “evaluate and further develop OpenAI’s processes and safeguards.” It will then present its findings to OpenAI’s board, which all three of the safety team’s leaders have a …

10:23 p.m. on May 28, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Best laptop of 2024 – Manu I don’t care about laptops. I don’t even know which laptops came out in 2024. I do know people are interested in knowing which laptop is the best laptop in 2024 which is why I just wasted some of your time (I’m sorry) making you read a silly post about the best …

5:25 p.m. on Jan 30, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Apple’s Next Generation CarPlay Shown with Aston Martin and Porsche - COOL HUNTING // Josh Rubin This version of CarPlay appears the moment the car is turned on and combines locally rendered content with features powered by the iPhone’s wireless connection to the car. Today Apple announced the …

2:30 p.m. on Dec 20, 2023 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#172] Fancy Unicode text, an incredible performance, a better t-shirt, a whimsical app, a Shortcuts tip, Severance merch, and an amazing climbing accomplishment in New Zealand.

7:38 p.m. on Mar 16, 2025 · Conversation

🆕📝 Using HomePods for home theater audio is pretty great If I knew it would solve so many of my issues with so few downsides, I would have done this years ago.

12:15 p.m. on Jan 7, 2025 · Conversation

@jarrod I can’t help but wonder if this is as prevalent in more progressed countries. You know, ones who won’t refuse to have a women as their elected leader.

6:23 p.m. on Jan 4, 2025 · Conversation

🔗 Simply Piano now lets you learn to play through Apple Vision Pro — no keyboard required (Zac Hall / 9to5mac.com) Oooh I can’t wait to try this out!

3:46 p.m. on Dec 3, 2024 · Conversation

There are some days that this button really frustrates me, not being able to read back through all the posts I may have missed. Today is not one of those days.

6:08 p.m. on Nov 6, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 Apple Watch + Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses make the perfect running combo, and more on why I love these glasses I suppose you could call this my review.

8:20 p.m. on Apr 24, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Acapulco — Season 3 Official Trailer Apple TV+ // Apple TV // youtube.com Stoked for this show to return; it’s great! And do I spy a one Dani Rojas? 👀

3:53 p.m. on Apr 17, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 PenPal with Ratika: What does the sky look like where you are? I'm going to have to work a little harder to keep up with Ratika's poetic prose this month.

11:42 p.m. on Apr 5, 2024 · Conversation

Won’t someone think of the Apple Store Geniuses? 🔗 iOS 17.3 Beta Adds New Stolen Device Protection Feature to iPhone - MacRumors // Joe Rossignol For especially sensitive actions, including changing the password of the Apple ID account associated with the iPhone, the feature adds a security delay on top of biometric authentication. In these …

3:21 p.m. on Dec 12, 2023 · Conversation

Nick Heer: That deadline is just ten days from the time of this announcement. These pins, which began shipping less than a year ago, cannot be refurbished or reused in any way, so they will all become fridge magnets – in just ten days. I get the instinct to blame people for buying this product, …

11:10 p.m. on Feb 18, 2025 · Conversation

🔗 Monokai Inspired Mona Theme - acn.lol I’ve already shared this on Mastodon earlier today, but thought it would be worth sharing here also. The theme is avaialble as dark mode theme only, for now, but should you want to use it yourself, open THIS which should open Mona on your device and …

3:41 p.m. on Nov 27, 2023 · Conversation

Finished reading: Cirque Du Freak #8: Allies of the Night by Darren Shan 📚 ★★★★ Wow, I’d forgotten how much happens in this book! A return of so many old characters, plus love and betrayal? This is a good one. A little odd how much the trio gives in to the trap they’re clearly in, but …

1:44 p.m. on Apr 7, 2022 · Conversation

Despite the reviews, (original iPhone software keyboard creator, Humane team member, and Micro.blog user) @kocienda remains firm in his convictions about the Humane Ai Pin: I feel like I can trust my intuition. Years ago, I made the autocorrecting keyboard for the first iPhone. There was …

11:42 p.m. on Apr 13, 2024 · Conversation

James questions if blogs should change with the seasons: [C]ould a website be different as time passes? Could a website adapt to nighttime so that readers have an easier experience perusing information? In this same vein: how, more broadly, could a website adapt to the passage of time? How could …

7:46 p.m. on Oct 18, 2024 · Conversation

I just released my first new shortcut of 2024, and it’s one I’ve been dreaming of building for months. Here’s version 1.0 of the ‘Generate Alt Text with OpenAI Vision’ shortcut: This shortcut helps you to generate a quality image description to use as alt text for images you …

3:20 p.m. on Jan 8, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Daring Fireball: Apple’s Next Magic Trackpad Should Have a Touch ID Sensor (But Probably Won’t) So I wish that either (a) Apple would add a Touch ID sensor to the Magic Trackpad; or (b) someone would start selling pre-assembled Touch ID sensors in a nice case, repurposed from Magic …

2:17 p.m. on Dec 31, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 A merging of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount would be very bad - The Verge // Alex Cranz It’s the smaller projects that would be threatened, projects often helmed by people of color and queer folks. […] We know this because it has already happened quite a bit in 2023. Paramount canceled …

2:20 p.m. on Dec 24, 2023 · Conversation

@jarrod And this related chapter of the most recent Upgrade with @imyke and @jsnell should be required listening for everyone shipping AI features at Apple: overcast.fm/+AAFcm-en… 👏

9:35 p.m. on Jan 7, 2025 · Conversation

I really dig this kind of charger for the bathroom. But I can’t seem to find one that’s compatible with fast-charging a modern Apple Watch. Anybody know of one?

12:44 p.m. on Nov 13, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#157] A cute bear, a window tiling tip, impressive iPhone audio, those glasses, an iPod with a camera, Lonely Island is back, and a must-see talk.

12:37 p.m. on Oct 17, 2024 · Conversation

I’ve never seen this data detector before. On iOS 17 it recognized I was being asked for a photo, so clicking on “picture” opens the photo picker. Nice!

1:21 p.m. on Jul 4, 2024 · Conversation

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. 🧗

5:40 p.m. on Apr 29, 2024 · Conversation

Alright friends-with-long-hair, I’m going for it for the first time. Should I be doing anything special during this awkward mid-length phase? Get a trim? Just let it go?

1:05 p.m. on Mar 24, 2024 · Conversation

I missed this iPhone ad when it came out a few weeks ago: youtube.com/watch It’s so good. Very creative. I almost felt bad for the power outlet.

3:34 p.m. on Jan 4, 2024 · Conversation

Got the first ski of the season in today and, boy, are those legs in protest! One day earlier than last year’s start, so maybe an even longer ski season this year. 🤞⛷️❄️

8:15 p.m. on Nov 25, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 A tardy assessment of the Apple Sports app Apple’s designers decided to put the headers only at the top of the Starters portion of the table, which I would applaud if they’d aligned the columns of the Bench portion of the table with the columns of the Starters portion. But they …

10:09 p.m. on Apr 15, 2024 · Conversation

Jason Sattler, writing for FrameLab, gets so close to jumping on the POSSE train in suggesting that campaigns deprioritize X in order to sap its power and influence: Go “Twitter Last." Campaigns from Harris for President on down should clarify that they will post to Twitter only after …

8:42 p.m. on Aug 5, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Apple unveils powerful accessibility features coming later this year: Accessibility Reader is a new systemwide reading mode designed to make text easier to read for users with a wide range of disabilities, such as dyslexia or low vision. Available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro, …

9:19 p.m. on May 19, 2025 · Conversation

Gruber, writing for persnickety, eagle-eyed readers (🙋‍♂️): Earlier today I linked to this Apple Newsroom post, regarding the new “Share Location” feature[. It] contains this sentence on iOS 18 compatibility: Share Item Location is available now in most regions worldwide as part of the public …

12:35 p.m. on Nov 13, 2024 · Conversation

If you’re gonna move over to your Threads account for Fediversing, it’d be awesome if you make a post like this so we know to follow you there! PSA: I have started federating my Threads posts via @alexheath, which means they should now be visible on here, though I can’t reply to / …

3:24 p.m. on Mar 21, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 I learned to love cooking, and all I had to do was destroy my entire life — Keenan This happened enough times that I felt broken. Clearly, I was incapable of handling a simple task like cooking, and the friction of me struggling wasn’t something my partner could tolerate. The miasma of …

8:42 p.m. on Jan 3, 2024 · Conversation

Godammit. 😞 This was a huge part of why I went with a Kobo. An opportunity for Readwise to expand their Kobo integration to include Reader? But probably not. Kobo ebook readers will be losing their ability to read web articles saved to the Pocket read-later service later this summer. Though …

10:51 p.m. on Jun 29, 2023 · Conversation

🆕📝 My Big-Number Fitness Goals for 2025 I like goals that will take the whole year to complete. Hopefully, this'll keep me motivated every month, week, and day. 💪

8:01 p.m. on Jan 7, 2025 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#159] A good quote, a Lego reenactment, a tool for alt text, an awesome Action Button shortcut, a feel-good climbing film, a fully monospaced website, and a new (short) podcast.

10:28 p.m. on Nov 25, 2024 · Conversation

A couple of injuries have set me back this summer, and have served as a cruel reminder about how dependent my line of work is on me being strong and healthy. It’s got me bummin’.

11:14 p.m. on Jul 17, 2024 · Conversation

📷 #mbApr Day 30 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)

9:23 p.m. on Apr 30, 2024 · Conversation

Our new favorite restaurant in the ADK, the underappreciated @thewoodshedonpark, has an excellent duck dish special this week. Superb service, amazing atmosphere, and delicious food and drink. Perfect date night location. 😉 📷

4:46 p.m. on Mar 21, 2024 · Conversation

⛷️ Got Jo out on her skis in all this beautiful new snowfall. So fun! Then spent the day de-Christmas treeing the house and getting the place back in order after the holidays. 📷

5:28 p.m. on Jan 9, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 Ongoing Sale at the HeyDingus Store Want $5 off one of my shirts or phone cases, plus free shipping? Well, I want to give it to you! Use this code: K8QWSGPK47

8:00 p.m. on Jul 15, 2023 · Conversation

My only Prime Day purchase was this pair of Crocs, which I’ve been meaning to buy for weeks anyway. My last (off-brand Walmart) Crocs have lasted me at least a decade.

11:19 p.m. on Jul 12, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 Maybe I’m Not a Pro Anymore // Brendon Bigley // macstories.net It occurred to me watching today’s presentation that this is the first year where the iPhone’s Pro models feel like they were actually made for professionals. The “extras” Allison is referring to used to be the marquee features of …

9:37 p.m. on Sep 9, 2024 · Conversation

No, Apple, please do this! My Vision Pro spends plenty of time sitting plugged in and unused. This is exactly what I want it to do with that otherwise wasted time and power. It takes about 15 seconds to spatialize a photo, so it’s unlikely that Apple will ever ask the Vision Pro to churn in the …

6:04 p.m. on Jun 13, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 #3 - On First Drafts | Kadambari But here’s the thing: when you finish things, you become more confident, because you understand the most important step of writing: have a first draft. A first draft is messy, but it is complete. Once you have this mess, you can tidy it up. […] You …

11:43 p.m. on Jun 7, 2024 · Conversation

Please, Expose your RSS 🔗 Earlier this week I had a need to manually find a bunch of people’s RSS feed links. It seemed simple enough: go to their website and look for an RSS/Subscribe link but I was surprised to find that a lot of people don’t have a link anywhere to their …

12:19 p.m. on Nov 6, 2023 · Conversation

Jim Eagar on saying goodbye to someone(thing) beloved: Just last month, I wrote a blog post about doing things for the last time. Yesterday, my wife and I talked about times when we did some activity with Gina that was the last time. […] I want this sad episode to help me not take the …

9:56 p.m. on Dec 12, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 5 ways I’d like iOS 18 to improve the iPhone home screen — birchtree.me // Matt Birchler It’s been 3 whole years since I made this video where I proposed even smaller widgets than the current small size class. The thumbnail above really says it all, but currently the smallest widget uses a 2x2 …

12:39 p.m. on Apr 4, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Because what the world needs is one more post about their initial reactions to using Vision Pro, here’s mine. // tyler.io I could hit a baseball wearing this; the pass-through responsiveness is so high. But cameras are cameras, and unless you’re in excellent, balanced lighting conditions, the …

12:18 p.m. on Feb 5, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Archive Your Old Projects // Arne Bahlo Occasionally, you’ll need to move to a different domain, for example when re-doing a website. When talking to Ollie about this, he told me that some people leave their old websites online at <year>.<domain> and I love that idea3. You can look …

11:03 p.m. on Dec 3, 2023 · Conversation

Measure to change I enjoyed this article by itseieio, ‘Measuring something changes it - and sometimes that’s enough’, and see a lot of it in myself: So instead of force of will I turned to measurement. I made a simple Google Form with a few questions: When did I go to bed? When did I wake up? Was I …

11:54 p.m. on Nov 24, 2024 · Conversation

Finished reading: Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender 📚 Goodness, what an extraordinary person. This recounting of his life is the best I’ve read, and certainly reveals more humanity than the rest.

12:53 p.m. on Apr 7, 2025 · Conversation

A little impromptu High Peak ski this morning with @izzolp33, snagging Esther Mountain after skinning up the Wilmington Trail at @whiteface_mt. Conditions were better than we hoped! (Forgot the summit pic! 😭)

10:36 p.m. on Mar 7, 2025 · Conversation

@dave “The Contrarian: Not Owned by Anybody” but published under Substack’s domain. Why do people keep making this mistake? There are so many great options here, and for pretty cheap. 🤷‍♂️

11:08 p.m. on Jan 13, 2025 · Conversation

@jthingelstad I think I might’ve said this before, but it got me again. Every time I see a Things 4 Good post, my heart leaps in excitement that @culturedcode.com has announced Things 4. 😅

11:06 p.m. on Jan 13, 2025 · Conversation

@matt Harumph. As a data geek, you’re making a strong argument for me to reconsider swapping to Trakt for all my TV/Movie tracking. All of this data from Letterboxd is both gorgeous and fascinating.

10:23 p.m. on Jan 6, 2025 · Conversation

🆕📝 Experimenting with link posts on my microblog (and “the how” with Shortcuts) This was gonna be a short post about emulating Dave Winer's link posts, but it, uh, grew into a peek behind the curtain.

2:27 p.m. on Jan 4, 2025 · Conversation

Yesss, bring on the camera bar! I’m ready to get rid of the wobble. Though this would interfere with Apple’s new best friends, Spatial Photos and Videos. (Image via 9to5Mac)

9:49 p.m. on Dec 12, 2024 · Conversation

If you find yourself flummoxed by the, to be clear, abhorrent way Donald Trump moves through the world, this podcast episode is doing a pretty good job at providing words to describe his behavior.

10:12 p.m. on Nov 22, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#154] A manifesto, a review's review, a YouTube channel launch, a couple of podcasts, a rock climb, and a way to get a custom shortcut and save kids from cancer all in one!

11:26 p.m. on Sep 8, 2024 · Conversation

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. 👍👍 youtu.be/aUxGRjgpg…

10:53 p.m. on May 4, 2024 · Conversation

Uhhh…yeah, no spoilers, but you’re gonna want to try this equinox.space thing out. Amazing what can be done in a web browser. So fun! (via Cabel Sasser)

6:31 p.m. on Apr 19, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 RE: ‘Goodbye Micro.blog’ I didn’t plan on getting hung up on a particular blockquote and end up writing 1100 words on my phone in bed this morning, but here we are. 😅

11:08 p.m. on Apr 5, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#137] Blogrolls, weird and wonderful tech that reminds me that we're in the future, old-school tech that's still awesome, a couple of wild websites, and that one jazz album.

7:24 p.m. on Mar 24, 2024 · Conversation

It’s pretty cool to see this credit card design used on the website of the bank launching with Tap to Pay on iPhone in Ukraine. Looks like an Apple-commissioned photo to me. (Via MacRumors)

7:01 p.m. on Nov 1, 2023 · Conversation

Sorry about the lack of USB-C on Apple’s peripherals, guys. They really wanted me to have a reason to try out this wireless charging base/grip for the Magic Mouse. Ordered! ✅

6:37 p.m. on Oct 31, 2023 · Conversation

Hey @viticci@mastodon.macstories.net any ideas why Apple Frames would leave the background transparent (preferred) for a group of three screenshots, but add a white background for pair of them? 🤔 Example in this post.

4:14 p.m. on Jul 13, 2023 · Conversation

Federico Viticci: ‘iPad Pro for Everything: How I Rethought My Entire Workflow Around the New 11" iPad Pro’ If you told me years ago that a future story about my iPad Pro usage would wrap up with a section about a pillow and HDR, I would have guessed I’d lost my mind in the …

1:24 p.m. on Dec 19, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 U.S. Court Rules That Police Can Force a Suspect to Unlock Phone With Thumbprint // daringfireball.net My advice is to internalize the shortcut to hard-lock an iPhone, which temporarily disables Face/Touch ID and requires the passcode to unlock: squeeze the side button and either of the volume …

7:38 p.m. on Apr 18, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 iOS 17.2 and tvOS 17.2 Kills TV Show and Movie Wishlists - Initial Charge A warning on this would have been nice, but I hate that they’re doing it regardless. If I want to browse TV shows or movies to purchase on my Apple TV, all the iTunes Store content is commingled with media that’s only …

12:03 p.m. on Dec 18, 2023 · Conversation

Apple is making its trove of demo devices at its stores charge a little greener. Here’s Joe Rossignol: In its 2025 Environmental Progress Report released today, Apple revealed that it plans to expand its Clean Energy Charging feature to iPhone and iPad demo units on display at Apple Stores and …

4:29 p.m. on Apr 16, 2025 · Conversation

🔗 Google solves its Pixel 9 Pro leaks by just showing the phone early // Jay Peters // theverge.com Google has revealed the Pixel 9 Pro following a series of leaks that revealed the phone in great detail, including hands-on videos and comparisons to other recent devices. Image credit: Google …

3:02 p.m. on Jul 18, 2024 · Conversation

Finished reading: Cirque Du Freak #3: Tunnels of Blood by Darren Shan 📚 ★★★☆ On this re-read, I was struck by how enthralled I get in the story, despite it being written for teens and already knowing the plot. In this installment, Darren learns of the Vampaneeze, explores his boundaries for …

1:13 p.m. on Jan 22, 2022 · Conversation

My short but wild ride reading this @matt@isfeeling.social article: “Nice, Matt’s found a new font!” “Wait. No, he likes a new game.” “Wait. No. He likes a new show that sounds like a game!” “Oh wait, he did find a new font.” 🤣

4:51 p.m. on May 9, 2025 · Conversation

Big day. After many years of sending typos to Gruber, I got one in return. 😅 (I hope he doesn’t mind my sharing this DM. Just found it very funny and surreal.)

6:17 p.m. on Dec 5, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 Crashing Clockwise #570: ‘It’s a Worm’ External storage preferences, favorite collaboration tools, smartphone upgrade enticement, Skynet predictions, old clothing, and our future tech support needs. This week *really* ran the gamut.

12:10 p.m. on Sep 6, 2024 · Conversation

Not sure if this is useful, but it is at least interesting (to me): You can view the contents of your clipboard on macOS by going to Finder → Edit → Show Clipboard (Via macmost.com)

9:44 p.m. on Jan 4, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 Considering Apple’s Oddball ‘Scary Fast’ Event Next Week The more I think about this event, the more I feel like Charlie from ‘Its Always Sunny’ with his yarn-riddled Mail Room conspiracy wall.

12:55 p.m. on Oct 25, 2023 · Conversation

“Not sleeping together is complicated.” I just saw this line from the trailer for ‘Still Up’, an Apple TV+ show about a couple of friendly insomniacs. It produced a chuckle. 😆 I love British comedies.

8:12 p.m. on Oct 11, 2023 · Conversation

🆕📝 T-Mobile’s $10 iPad cellular plan is the best deal in data I never hear folks mention it, but I’ve been using this data plan for years. It’s time for more people to know!

9:28 p.m. on Oct 2, 2023 · Conversation

This spice rack is one of my favorite things in our kitchen. It’s so much better than the drawer of jumbled containers we used to use. #mbmar 25 📷 (timeline | grid)

11:40 p.m. on Mar 25, 2023 · Conversation

Ella: ‘Write Books With the Block Editor’ wordpress.org All this inspired me to wrap our editor in an app that can read and write local files–just as other document editors do. It turns out that EPUB is the best file format to store the content, because EPUB is an open standard …

11:06 p.m. on Jan 6, 2025 · Conversation

Go read Bradley’s piece on finding better balance with an iPod. These are things I know I’m struggling with as well. We all know something is wrong. We all know that this can’t continue. We need to disconnect. We need long periods away from connectivity. We need a break. We need a …

11:26 p.m. on Mar 10, 2024 · Conversation

Ryan Christoffel, on Apple’s latest hardcover book: Apple Music picked its 100 Best Albums earlier this year. But it seems the digital celebration was only part of the story. Apple Music has announced that it’s publishing a new hardcover book to commemorate the album list. Here’s the kicker: it …

4:45 p.m. on Nov 11, 2024 · Conversation

Paul Kafasis skewers WaPo for their spinelessly withheld endorsement: Even in your piece, you said “in 1976 for understandable reasons at the time, we changed this long-standing policy and endorsed Jimmy Carter as president.”. What, in your mind, were those understandable reasons? Was Gerald Ford …

3:12 p.m. on Oct 28, 2024 · Conversation

A heartfelt congratulations to Jason Snell (and Dan Moren) at Six Colors for a decade of top-notch independent writing: What I’m saying is, my last ten years in this business have been entirely happy. I didn’t need to take time away to go from purely miserable to happy. That iPhone 6 review, …

9:34 p.m. on Sep 16, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 ChatGPT just blew me away (again) // Matt Birchler The experience was absolutely delightful, and it was really exciting to be able to get this sort of feedback in a conversational format. I was naturally able to pick up on something the bot said and then ask a follow up question to dig down a …

12:34 p.m. on Nov 26, 2023 · Conversation

@SimonWoods I would love to know the how and why behind this. But, due to its nature, it seems unlikely that we’ll get to know more. It sure leaves a bad taste in my mouth. 😕

7:50 p.m. on Feb 5, 2025 · Conversation

@gregmorris Can’t wait to see more of this. There are now two(!) native third-party apps for Mb in development. Always thought I would have to do it myself someday, but maybe not! 😅

7:40 p.m. on Jan 25, 2025 · Conversation

@adders Glad to hear it holds up! The amount of bass is shocking. It’d be pretty cool if they’d let us also pair up some HomePod mini’s as surrounds, but it’s good like this.

2:14 p.m. on Jan 7, 2025 · Conversation

🔗 Olivia Rodrigo, Noah Kahan - “Stick Season” (Live from GUTS world tour at Madison Square Garden) // Olivia Rodrigo // youtube.com I found this at lunch and it’s been stuck in my head ever since.

9:03 p.m. on Apr 16, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#135] Ideas for blogs and weird hardware, computer pain points in the year 2024, and talented artists. Plus a new album and a 'Take a Chance' link that had me chuckling all week.

11:59 p.m. on Mar 10, 2024 · Conversation

🎙️ It’s shit like this that makes @connected@relayfm.social the most consistently great (ostensibly tech?) podcast on the web. The japes are unreal. 🤣 Keep it up, boys. 🙌 www.relay.fm/connected…

11:25 p.m. on Jul 27, 2023 · Conversation

Whoa! Good on @manton and team at Micro.blog with this bonkers deal for the summer. Full Micro.blog experience (my favorite personal-yet-fediverse-compatible social network and blog!) for just $1 per month. Happy Summer of Blogging!

7:42 p.m. on May 11, 2023 · Conversation

Stephen Hackett made a keen observation in his (just superbly titled) blog post about Apple ending its butterfly keyboard repair program: ‘The Eeeend d of an Eraa’ It’s wild to think about how much about this generation of MacBook Pros has been erased from the product line. The …

12:03 p.m. on Nov 21, 2024 · Conversation

Jason Kottke, maker of “fine hypertext products”, points out how hyperlinks bring the receipts: What makes this piece so effective is its plain language and its information density. This density is a real strength of hypertext that is often overlooked and taken for granted. Only 110 …

6:58 p.m. on Nov 4, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Macintosh 40th anniversary: Remembering my own love affair with the original Mac — 9to5mac.com // Ben Lovejoy It smiled at you as it started-up. You didn’t have directory listings, you had images of folders. You didn’t type the name of an application or file to open it, you used this strange …

11:54 p.m. on Jan 23, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Beeper Mini’s iMessage fight with Apple is about platforms, protocols, and power - The Verge // David Pierce What’s odd about this story is that you have two sides completely at odds, both saying entirely correct things. Beeper CEO Eric Migicovsky has been telling anyone who will listen that …

3:02 p.m. on Dec 12, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 Duel of the Defaults What happened next was not standard issue Hemispheric Views. We slowly began to see people in the Hemispheric Views community create blog posts listing their default apps. This first spread slowly, then quickly to people who had never heard of the podcast but wanted to …

4:39 p.m. on Nov 12, 2023 · Conversation

@jonathan.macstories.net It’s not the point of the article (I’m pretty psyched to check out Alcove when I get a MacBook) but it was fun to scroll by this and see my site’s logo! 🫶

10:28 p.m. on Jan 12, 2025 · Conversation

Even as a Robb Knight superfan, it slipped me by that his Lantern tool for reviewing media on Micro.blog exists. 🤯 I’m pretty content with QuickReviews.app, but this sure is handy!

12:56 p.m. on Jan 4, 2025 · Conversation

@ericgregorich This is always an issue for me too. It’s best if I do it straight out of bed…but there are a lot of things I’m best at straight out of bed. Good luck to you on your journey!

10:50 p.m. on Jan 3, 2025 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#158] Stepping into a 2004 time machine, fun sound stuff, an unfathomable amount of money, wowza robots, a pretty camera, and two home projects that make me want a new Mac mini.

5:48 p.m. on Nov 10, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 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

11:13 p.m. on Aug 30, 2024 · Conversation

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. Today was the first time I’ve ever heard this quote, and it’s sticking with me. It’s quite practical advice! (Origins are apparently unclear.)

10:27 p.m. on Mar 1, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 The Best Top Rope Setup Video I’ve Ever Found (And Why I Think It Makes an Superb Example of an Instructional Video in General) 🧗 This is the one I keep coming back to, for good reason!

11:08 p.m. on Jan 13, 2024 · Conversation

I created this note by navigating my watch with a series of gestures clenching my hand and tapping my fingers together, and then talking to it. I never touched the screen. We’re living in the future and technology is amazing.

1:59 p.m. on Nov 11, 2023 · Conversation

Wish I could have spent the day with this swell guy on Father’s Day. Instead, I spent the day climbing and reflecting on blessed I am to have such a wonderful and supportive Dad. Thanks for teaching me to aim high! 📷

11:00 p.m. on Jun 19, 2016 · Conversation

Juli Clover, macrumors.com: Delta today announced that it is partnering with YouTube for a new in-flight Delta Sync entertainment experience. Delta SkyMiles members who log into their accounts will be able to watch their favorite creators, podcasts, and music artists ad-free while on board most …

8:08 p.m. on Jan 8, 2025 · Conversation

Chris Welch: The Frame Pro is also getting the same litany of AI-powered features as Samsung’s other 2025 TVs. AI is such a focus this year that there’s a dedicated button on the remote for activating Click to Search, which can show you “who the actors are in a given scene, where that scene is …

8:12 p.m. on Jan 6, 2025 · Conversation

This sounds promising! 😃 But the AirPods 4 with ANC are far and away Apple’s most compelling take on this open design yet. The noise cancellation isn’t on par with more expensive in-ear alternatives, but it’s easily good enough to ensure you can enjoy your music at a normal volume no matter where …

8:33 p.m. on Sep 16, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#166] A visionOS 3D-drawing app, a calculator keyboard, a tool to subscribe to old podcasts as if they're new, a podcast of mini stories, a speedy studio tour, an inspiration, and micro-adventures.

4:28 p.m. on Jan 12, 2025 · Conversation

Annie Mueller: Trying to make things what they are not can get you in a lot of trouble. Cauliflower is not rice, for example. Codependency is not love. This bit made me chuckle, but the rest is worth reading too.

2:43 p.m. on Jan 11, 2025 · Conversation

🔗 All we have is a tiny portable propane grill, and I’m no grillmaster. So the $400 price point on this Brisk It grill is attractive, as is the assistive cooking AI — if it actually works as advertised. theverge.com

10:51 p.m. on Jan 6, 2025 · Conversation

What’s old is new again. Mountain Dew has been my favorite soft drink for as long as I can remember (although Dr. Pepper has been creeping up on it). I’ve liked each logo rendition, this one included!

2:33 p.m. on Nov 11, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#142] 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.

10:03 p.m. on Apr 28, 2024 · Conversation

Warm weather had the usual spot looking sketchy but we still found some ice for @adkiceclimbermeetup last night. Thursday nights, 6ish to 9ish at Pitchoff Quarry (or Pitchoff Right in this case). Keep 🤞 for ice regrowth in March! 📷

6:20 p.m. on Feb 23, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 Crashing Clockwise #537: ‘All I Found Were Three Apple TV Remotes’ This week, “we” contemplate *Clockwise* topics such as App Store drama, Apple Watch drama, Vision Pro excitement, physical media collection tendencies, snow as a concept, and iPad usage.

1:01 p.m. on Jan 22, 2024 · Conversation

Head up! We have entered the holiday return period for Amazon when you have until Jan 31 to return most products. Or, as I call it, the “2.5-month free trial period”. This will be great for some new experiments.

1:06 p.m. on Nov 12, 2023 · Conversation

🆕📝 Letters with Robert, Fall 2023 [#2] @rsilvernail and I are both procrastinators so it’s no longer October, but that won’t stop us. You’ll find tales of squirrels, juggling, volunteering, and DST this round.

1:33 p.m. on Nov 8, 2023 · Conversation

If I had purchased a FineWoven case and the USB-C hole alignment was off, let alone how poor the quality and feel of the case seems to be, I’d be returning the case and looking elsewhere before I purchased new cables to fit this one oddball case.

3:25 p.m. on Sep 25, 2023 · Conversation

We don’t have kids, so our fur babies reap all the benefits of my wife’s and my nurturing instinct. An Instagram ad got me for this chase-around, problem-solving bowl for treats. Looks pretty fun!

9:26 p.m. on Jul 16, 2023 · Conversation

I’ll be doing the @boyscoutsofamerica National Good Turn Virtual 5K this weekend! I think I’ve done more 5Ks during the pandemic than any other time in my life. Hope you’ll join me. #CampIn #GoodTurn5K #ScoutingAtHome 📷

7:40 p.m. on Apr 28, 2020 · Conversation

Manton Reece: This thread from Mark Zuckerberg could’ve been written by Elon Musk. The last thing we need is X and Threads adopting the same perspective on moderation. I’ve read it through a few times and I feel worse about it each time. Agreed. This makes me angry. Threads was made as an …

9:17 p.m. on Jan 7, 2025 · Conversation

Finished reading: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 📚 After being in and out of loans for over a year, I finally marathoned my way through 80% of this book in the last few days. And sprinted through hours of reading today, both because the story was compelling and because my loan ended today. I …

8:04 p.m. on May 29, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 What do you want? // Greg Morris // gregmorris.co.uk The rather depressing fact is, much of what I do online is because I like interacting with other people. As I wrote about a few days ago, I have zero friends and rely heavily on platforms to provide this for me. More than this, though, is my …

10:05 p.m. on Apr 12, 2024 · Conversation

@DaveyCraney Putting this line in your layouts/partials/head.html file should do it: <meta property="og:image" content="https://link-to-image.jpg> @robb’s Lens project has other examples of meta properties it should probably have too.

3:41 p.m. on Jan 13, 2025 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#163] New iOS volume-control tips, a stark statistic on pregnancy and homicide, a Genmoji collection, a call for dedicated journalism ownership, WordPress reflections, a creative About-page feature, and an app for comparing movie and TV credits.

1:16 p.m. on Dec 24, 2024 · Conversation

I have a great many to add, but I finally made a space for my favorite quotes on my website: https://heydingus.net/lists/quotes (Thanks to shoutouts.page) P.S. They should each probably be blog posts, but I like how this works.

10:34 p.m. on Nov 13, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Macintosh 40th anniversary: Watch live as team members convene — 9to5mac.com // Ben Lovejoy Macintosh 40th anniversary celebrations continue tomorrow with a live event bringing together many key members of the original project team. This oughta be great! Can’t wait to watch.

12:10 p.m. on Jan 23, 2024 · Conversation

@Mtt Great stuff, thanks for sharing! I set up Color Picker (oh hey, @sindresorhus), and am noodling on Hidden Bar, Stats, and Screen Pal. Setting up this MacBook Air from scratch has given me the opportunity to rethink my tools.

5:07 p.m. on Apr 15, 2025 · Conversation

Kicked off the @mountaineerbandana Mountainfest by finally leading this ADK Classic, Multiplication Gully. What a stellar route! 🤩 Saw the incomparable Doug Fergalicious up there too. Can’t wait for more pitches tomorrow. @adirondackclimberscoalition @newyorkoutdoorguides @lakeplacidadk …

1:36 p.m. on Feb 8, 2025 · Conversation

Ever wanted to live in a Pixar movie? It’s coming! You gotta check out this Apple research video of an expressive robotic lamp they’re cooking up. It took all of 30 seconds for me to want one dearly.

8:43 p.m. on Feb 6, 2025 · Conversation

🆕📝 Crashing Clockwise #537: ‘All I Found Were Three Apple TV Remotes’ This week, “we” contemplate Clockwise topics such as App Store drama, Apple Watch drama, Vision Pro excitement, physical media collection tendencies, snow as a concept, and iPad usage.

1:09 p.m. on Jan 22, 2024 · Conversation

Did anyone else notice in the @atpfm@mastodon.social theme song this week where the contraction of “…and if you’re into Twitter, you can follow them…” changed from “you are” to “you were”? It was subtle, but I could tell. 😉

6:45 p.m. on Jul 28, 2023 · Conversation

Uhh…just checked in on Reddark and over half of the subreddits have now gone private in protest of Reddit’s API decisions. This got way bigger than I expected and I’m very curious about how (if?) Reddit will respond.

10:23 p.m. on Jun 11, 2023 · Conversation

This was news to me, and welcome news at that. My wife and I listen to rain sounds through the HomePod every night. Now I can add that step to a ‘goodnight’ scene that also takes care of turning off lights and setting the sleeping thermostat temp.

1:43 p.m. on Jan 25, 2023 · Conversation

There are two types of people in this world: Those who delete trailing spaces, and those who do not. (Perhaps there’s a third who don’t know what a trailing space is.) (Also, those who say ‘delete’ to describe removing a previously typed character, and those who say ‘backspace’.)

6:39 p.m. on Jan 2, 2023 · Conversation

@jarrod For the True Fans out there who read the comments on this post, I have two bonus links this week: Dave Pell wrote a compelling piece advocating that you turn off all your news notifications. I’d go one further and say you should turn off the vast majority of all notifications, starting …

4:46 p.m. on Jan 6, 2025 · Conversation

🔗 First thoughts on the Humane Ai Pin I know this isn’t what Humane wants, but I kept thinking, “wow, this would be so much more compelling if it was paired to my phone,” as they showed features. One example, the camera looks decent for a very specific sort of photo or video, …

1:32 p.m. on Nov 10, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 Automattic offered workers another chance to quit over WordPress drama // Emma Roth // theverge.com I think I’d be accepting the nine months of severance and taking my talents elsewhere. This whole WordPress thing is smelling more rotten by the day.

5:41 p.m. on Oct 17, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 AI Idea: Catch Up on RSS All this talk of custom GPTs has my mind racing with plausible ideas for how AI/ML could solve specific problems that I face — using tech that seems entirely possible in the near future.

1:14 p.m. on Nov 14, 2023 · Conversation

Hot Take™ , coming in 🥵: I don’t begrudge this transition to (essentially) email addresses as usernames for the web. If everyone had a domain to use instead, I think that’d be best, but user@domain.name is okay in my books.

10:09 p.m. on Sep 6, 2023 · Conversation

“This is the future of desktop computing.” Whoa. Ben is not mincing words here. That was the same feeling I got while watching the intro, and I’m thrilled to hear that’s coming across in the brief demos, too. ⏯️

10:23 p.m. on Jun 6, 2023 · Conversation

Finished reading (again): Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 📚 Just as excellent on the second read through. This is one that sits with you, like a river-smoothed stone you can’t help but continue to turn over in your pocket.

12:45 p.m. on Apr 29, 2023 · Conversation

Just watched: Office Space (1999) directed by Mike Judge 🎥 ★★★★ Yeah, so, this was the perfect combination of dumb, funny, and entertaining. Great movie for when you just want to turn off your mind for a bit. And so quotable.

12:17 p.m. on Feb 12, 2023 · Conversation

Damn, I do love this town. I argue there are few other places in the world where, just 10 minutes from your front door, could you be hiking, skiing, climbing, boating, biking, or watching world-class curling. Saranac Lake, NY rules.

11:52 p.m. on Jan 21, 2023 · Conversation

Nick Heer on Tesla’s recent We, Robot event: Public transit, which is available today, is the very definition of democratized transportation, especially if it has been carefully considered for the needs of people with disabilities. It is inexpensive, requires less space per person than any car, …

11:25 p.m. on Oct 12, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Apple will spend more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years What a specific, purely coincidental, I’m sure, span of time! 🙄 This is good news, but still comes across as licking the boot.

8:27 p.m. on Feb 24, 2025 · Conversation

🎵 Hey this music thing is pretty great. Here are four singles I enjoyed tonight: “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart (Dombresky Remix)” by Taylor Swift & Dombresky “First Heartbreak” by Lauv “Cleats” by FINNEAS “Dancing In The Flames” by The Weeknd

9:24 p.m. on Sep 14, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 IBM pulls X ads as Elon Musk endorses white pride - The Verge // Jacob Kastrenakes Why do some people insist on sucking so bad? Also, I’m quite disappointed that this headline doesn’t read “IMB and Apple pull X ads…” Come on, Apple.

2:02 p.m. on Nov 17, 2023 · Conversation

Introducing the ‘Convert Text and Post to Threads’ shortcut! Get it here from the HeyDingus Shortcuts Library. For the Threadheads (sorry EU folks 😢) who post to multiple networks. This converts a Markdown-formatted post into a Threads-friendly one, complete with auto-threaded image descriptions.

12:58 p.m. on Jul 15, 2023 · Conversation

I think I’ve fixed the issue with my Micro.blog posts not appearing in the Timeline. Apparently when you change to a custom domain, the built-in feed that sends posts over to the Timeline no longer works. I manually added my new feed, so hopefully this and previous posts show!

9:50 p.m. on Jan 19, 2023 · Conversation

Finished reading: The Trad Climber’s Bible by John Long 📚 ★★★★ When I purchased this book, I thought it would be a classic how-to book full of anchoring and climbing techniques, diagrams, and tips. I was right that it was chock full of suggestions, but completely wrong thinking it would be …

1:45 p.m. on Apr 23, 2022 · Conversation

🔗 2025 will be the year — and perhaps this Schlage Sense Pro Pro Smart Deadbolt (what a mouthful!) will be the unit — that I invest in a smart lock. I’ve spent too many years fumbling with my key in the bitter cold and my arms full of gear. 9to5mac.com

10:42 p.m. on Jan 6, 2025 · Conversation

🍿 Watched: Memento (2000) directed by Christopher Nolan 👍👍 It’d been a while since I saw this, and I got my wife to view it with me. Doing so while high really kept things interesting! We love a good time-based plot device.

12:17 p.m. on Oct 30, 2024 · Conversation

I’ve not written my Crashing Clockwise or 7 Things posts yet for this week, but I’m on the couch and not particularly motivated…so it’s going to have to wait at least one more day. Sorry if you’re waiting on them…

9:00 p.m. on Sep 15, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#141] A trio of junk mail tips, Google and Apple Watch throwbacks, a controversial review that shouldn't have been, and an app that I never knew I needed. Plus an extra throwback (to me) record and a roll-the-🎲 link.

9:35 p.m. on Apr 21, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 Letters Project becomes the PenPals Project It’s the same project where I email back-and-forth with a reader for a month, just under a new name and with fancy new project page and better pages for each penpal. Check it out, and maybe be my penpal sometime this year? 💌

9:25 p.m. on Jan 15, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 ktool.io I’ve been getting great use out of Kobo’s native Pocket integration. But if you’re using a Kindle, this KTool app looks pretty good for getting articles, newsletters, and RSS feeds over to your e-reader.

10:57 p.m. on Nov 26, 2023 · Conversation

🆕📝 Letters with Jason, Belated [#3] This one got a bit moody and abstract. But it was cathartic to finally stitch the thoughts together enough to get them out of my head. Sorry it took so long, @jsonbecker! You sent me a real thinker.

1:07 p.m. on Oct 17, 2023 · Conversation

Not sure if this a MacStories Mastodon server issue (cc: @alex@macstories.net) or a Micro.blog one (cc: @help) but I feel like I need to follow both these accounts to see everything. Also, not sure which account to @ in order to reach their mentions. Any ideas?

8:15 p.m. on Jul 14, 2023 · Conversation

Another awesome day here in the ADK. 15 miles by bike, then a walk downtown to the local farmer’s market, followed by a couple of hours spent with the pup at a new favorite swimming hole. And this time I got to spend the day with my wife! 🥰

11:24 p.m. on Jul 8, 2023 · Conversation

After 12 days straight of outdoor activities (mostly work, but also personal trips), I have to confess I’m pretty stoked to have tomorrow off. This stretch has been super fun, but also super cold and exhausting. Time for some recovery and to catch up on indoor projects. 👍

9:15 p.m. on Jan 26, 2025 · Conversation

@atpfm Congratulations @marcoarment and Tiff on the new venture! You’re doing it for the right reasons, and I’m confident you’ll make it a success. Also, I’m pretty excited to hear your perspective on tech from a new angle with this. Should be a fun ride! Good luck.

1:57 p.m. on Jan 10, 2025 · Conversation

Tired of managing screenshots in my photo library, I’ve put together this shortcut that takes a screenshot, automatically frames it with Shareshot, and sends it to the share sheet where I can save it or upload for sharing. All without littering up my library. 👌

12:01 p.m. on Jan 4, 2025 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#161] Apple’s holiday ad, a personal web project, an Apple News tip, a magic song, an exciting trailer, an AppleScript, and a wild single-use timer. Are you getting it? These are not seven different things— oh wait, yes they are. 😆

3:14 p.m. on Dec 9, 2024 · Conversation

Very thankful to @garritfra@fosstodon.org who posted about how to implement a DuckDuckGo search bar on your website. I’ve never been happy with Blot’s search tool and wanted to use DDG for a while, but never figured out how. This was drop-in perfect.

3:30 p.m. on Apr 11, 2024 · Conversation

I’m kicking the tires some more with Micro.blog’s new Blogroll/Recommendations feature. My main site has a more complete list of sites I follow, but I’m starting with my must-reads on this list. Just five folks on there now, but I’ll be adding more. 👍

10:46 p.m. on Mar 20, 2024 · Conversation

My Subaru’s software updated this morning (lol) and they did a great job with it. More stuff can be done with just one tap on the screen (seat warmers and other climate controls), and they unburied the Auto Vehicle Hold from the car settings. Total win.

6:47 p.m. on Dec 13, 2023 · Conversation

I just released version 1.2 of the ‘Shuffle HEY World’ shortcut! Get it here from the HeyDingus Shortcuts Library. It pulls up a random blog post from a random HEY World Blog. This is an update to bring it in line with my new style guide for the library.

1:08 p.m. on Jul 16, 2023 · Conversation

🆕📝 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.

12:06 p.m. on Jul 12, 2023 · Conversation

Finished reading: Indie Microblogging by Manton Reece ★★★★ 📚 Wow, @manton really did a nice job laying out the history and building blocks of the web, and how they influenced his design and passion for Micro.blog. This book made me want to blog more. 😁

1:36 p.m. on Mar 6, 2023 · Conversation

When the weather’s warm and sunny down south while it’s wet and dreary up north, you go to the Gunks! A perfect weekend spent with good friends from @adkclimb.club! Finally tagged Ken’s Crack (5.7+) on this trip — what a great little route.

9:21 p.m. on Apr 20, 2025 · Conversation

I should probably start listening to Zane Lowe’s show on Apple Music, because I always love artist interviews when I happen across them. This one with Maggie Rogers on NPR Fresh Air was short, sweet, and wonderful. Hard to believe she’s my age. 🎙️ overcast.fm

11:34 p.m. on Jan 4, 2025 · Conversation

Pixelfed is doing data exports right by offering a local HTML site to browse your photos and data like a webpage. Along with the raw files, they include a JSON file for easier imports elsewhere. More self-contained, interactive exports like this, please! mastodon.social (Via Numeric Citizen)

11:06 p.m. on Jan 4, 2025 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#162] 3D-printable Mac mini designs, gift-wrapping tips for odd-shaped items, a hilarious video, a reminder about disability and design, stunning Earth photography, Doom running on Apple’s Private Cloud Compute, and a case that boosts AirTag battery life.

7:15 p.m. on Dec 18, 2024 · Conversation

I so grateful to have received two pairs of Mack Weldon slippers for Christmas a few years ago. So when my original pair went missing this week — and were, frankly, getting a bit ratty anyway — I could just pull out a fresh pair! They’re so cozy.

12:36 p.m. on Dec 11, 2024 · Conversation

Man, I thought Drafts made it easy to blast off posts at the speed of thought. But I have to admit that MarsEdit’s micropost window is unrivaled on the Mac. Hotkeys for launching and posting, and now it even has image support (with alt text!). This is dangerous.

10:00 p.m. on Jan 5, 2024 · Conversation

Finished reading: The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss 📚 Pat’s writing envelopes my mind like a warm embrace. The prose is so unique. I really enjoyed this small story about Bast, and the ‘Author’s Note’ bit at the end nearly as much.

1:32 p.m. on Dec 27, 2023 · Conversation

🆕📝 Letters with Kev, November 2023 [#3] For our final letter this month, @kev@fosstodon.org and I got into blog backends, crises versus low-stakes details, the News, and listening to audiobooks and podcasts. I had so much fun getting to know Kev over the past few weeks.

12:05 p.m. on Dec 1, 2023 · Conversation

🆕📝 Letters with Kev, November 2023 [#1] Can you believe it? I’ve somehow conned the prolific @kev@fosstodon.org into being my pen pal this month. 😁 We’re chatting about web hosting and newsletters, histories and homes, collections and enthusiasm, and, of course, blogs.

1:44 p.m. on Nov 8, 2023 · Conversation

For the Micro.blog fans: I just released version 1.0 of the ‘Open Micro.blog Reply’ shortcut! Get it here from the HeyDingus Shortcuts Library. Ever have trouble getting back to the conversation from a reply you made that’s on your Micro.blog site? This shortcut will bring you right there!

3:53 p.m. on Jul 30, 2023 · Conversation

It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes a blog post just flows out like water from a spring. I’m pretty happy with how this one turned out. And, if I may, I think the content is noteworthy for app developers deliberating their pricing strategy to consider.

11:12 p.m. on Jun 1, 2023 · Conversation

Finished watching: Mr. Corman (2021) written and directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt 📺 ★★☆☆ It’s hard to wrap my thoughts about this show into a tight little bow because it was kind of all over the place. But I can say that it was masterful in bringing forth emotions from real everyday life. The …

12:17 p.m. on Jan 21, 2022 · Conversation

@pratik I’m not sure about folders. Probably their API allows it, but I never go back into Imagekit for anything, so it all just lives in one bucket. This version that I use, but haven’t polished or added the library, does include support for the alt text generator.

7:34 p.m. on Jan 25, 2025 · Conversation

🎙️ This episode of the Severance podcast might be one of the best episodes of any podcast I’ve ever heard. They got Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard on to talk about an episode — they’re superfans of the show — and I’ve never wanted to be friends with anyone more than I want to be …

12:52 p.m. on Jan 18, 2025 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#165] An alternate Genmoji app, a Shrinking creator interview, a passkey vs. magic link login blog post, how to kill spam messages online, an MKBHD year-end recap, a beautiful media year-end recap, and a sobering look at the sum total of human creation.

4:17 p.m. on Jan 6, 2025 · Conversation

TIL you can navigate complex interfaces from within a Messages notification. I expanded this one, long-pressed on an email address sent, and was able to tap and swipe through the UI for adding the address to a contact in the tiny viewport. What if I chose to add a new one? Mini keyboard!?

11:02 p.m. on Dec 11, 2024 · Conversation

They said the promised day would never come, but arrived it has. New member special! ATP Insider: John's Windows https://atp.fm/atp-insider-johns-windows In this special VIDEO episode, @siracusa finally reveals his window-“management” techniques. Accidental Tech Podcast …

8:15 p.m. on Mar 13, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Buying DRM-Free Audiobooks - Flamed Fury That’s it. Nine steps to audiobook freedom. Also, shoutout to Libro.fm for being cool and a not-so-friendly “sup?” to those annoying publisher restrictions. Who needs borders on stories, anyway? Bookmarking this for later use. 📚 🎧

10:18 p.m. on Nov 25, 2023 · Conversation

🆕📝 I’m switching from Raindrop to Apple Notes for saving my shopping links It sounds inconsequential, but I think it's going to make an outsized difference. I've been toying with the idea of 2025 being The Year of Small Improvements, and this plays nicely with that theme.

1:09 p.m. on Jan 6, 2025 · Conversation

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#164] Usually I'd like to theme the final *7 Things* of the year in some way, but I'm feeling pretty under the weather, so I'm keeping it casual to close out 2024. I hope you're all feeling better than me and have a happy new year! 🎊

5:41 p.m. on Dec 31, 2024 · Conversation

Same! Thanks to Micro.blog. You can find me on the web. So much chatter lately on leaving social platform this to go to social platform that. The new thing. The better thing? What is everyone chasing? I’ll be right here on the web. Same place I was before. Same place I’ll be in the future. Jamie …

6:55 p.m. on Nov 17, 2024 · Conversation

I just released my ‘ℹ️ Get YouTube Video Info (HeyDingus' Version)’ shortcut version 1.0: This shortcut gets the Channel, Video Title, and URL from a YouTube video and packages them up in a Dictionary action to be used in other shortcuts. I simplified it from the version shared in MacStories …

3:47 p.m. on Apr 4, 2024 · Conversation

I wrapped up another fun Shortcuts commission yesterday. This time I got to play around with parsing JSON from an API request and putting that into a Charty chart to display data in a widget on the Home Screen. I love that these get me into learning new little tech skills.

10:38 p.m. on Nov 10, 2023 · Conversation

🆕📝 macOS Sonoma Web Apps Save Me From Constant Discord Updates Inspiration hit in the middle of another project, so of course I spent the last hour on this quick tip blog post. I hope you like it, Discord nerds. 😉 Now to try to claw my way back to focus.

5:10 p.m. on Oct 24, 2023 · Conversation

I’ve been using TopNotch.app for years and loved it. But now Bartender replicates the rounded screen corners feature, and (fingers crossed) it doesn’t look like it has the same buggy dynamic wallpaper limitations. As much as I liked TopNotch, this means one less app I need running on my system!

8:03 p.m. on Oct 11, 2023 · Conversation

So I signed up for a certification examination about a month ago, and it cost $500. It was supposed to run at the end of this week, but I guess I was the only one to fully register, so they’re canceling it. I’ll get a refund, but less $20 for “PayPal’s processing …

10:02 p.m. on Sep 21, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 The Venn Diagram of Trump’s Authoritarian Actions This is a whole fucking lot of harm that could have been avoided had a few more percentage of people had voted with kindness and hope in their heart rather than hate and fear. We’re 23 days in. 1436 to go.

10:29 p.m. on Feb 13, 2025 · Conversation

@atpfm mastodon.social I dunno if any of you have checked out the ‘Last Week in Apple Vision Pro’ newsletter, but I’m finding stuff in there that’s really changing my opinion on the capability and pace of development for visionOS. I downloaded three apps from this week’s issue alone!

8:44 p.m. on Jan 6, 2025 · Conversation

Nick Heer: ‘Tim Cook Becomes the Newest Big Donor to the Trump Inaugural Fund’ Call this what you want: bipartisanship, diplomacy, pragmatic, or “the spirit of unity”. But do not call it principled. Or bribery. I love Nick’s writing just as much as I hate all the boot licking.

8:18 p.m. on Jan 3, 2025 · Conversation

I love the iPhone mini and this is exactly how Apple should prioritize for a new one. Battery life is paramount, regular performance is fine, and fit the best cameras you can with the space left. I’d love a Pro version, but it’s probably impossible to cram everything into a smaller …

2:06 p.m. on Oct 27, 2024 · Conversation

I just released my ‘MB Photoblogger’ shortcut version 1.0: This shortcut helps you post to Micro.blog for its Community Photoblogging Challenge. It handles everything from setting up the text of the post following a consistent format, to selecting and uploading a photo and publishing it to your …

11:20 p.m. on Apr 1, 2024 · Conversation

🎙️ Very much enjoyed this episode of Scriptnotes with Christopher Nolan. I’ve never read a movie script and know very little about film-making. Still, his thoughts on how a script should come together and translate onto the screen are fascinating. Great interview by …

1:33 p.m. on Dec 31, 2023 · Conversation

Welp, the Nazis have made it to Threads. Just spent the last five minutes reporting an awful number of awful people posting swastikas as replies to what I thought was going to be a fun Thread. This is why we can’t have nice things. Hope Meta can get it under control.

11:16 p.m. on Dec 29, 2023 · Conversation

I just discovered that the ability to hide the window of an app you’ve set to open automatically upon login was removed from macOS some time ago. Boo! Luckily, third-party developers come to the rescue! This app was an easy $1 spent as it restores that functionality and adds other advanced …

11:40 p.m. on Dec 8, 2024 · Conversation

I haven’t seen anyone mention this, but it looks like folks like the guys on @connected@relayfm.social got their wish and 18.0 will ship with the old Siri orb UI while the glowy perimeter UI will wait for 18.1 and Apple Intelligence. Per MKBHD’s hands-on video at the event.

12:56 p.m. on Sep 15, 2024 · Conversation

Happy DubDub day! I’ve got the day off (🥳) and will watch and spew out unasked for opinions about all the announcements! I’ll do my best to keep them in this thread, and (if I remember) add the #WWDC hashtag so you can mute if you’re uninterested. But I encourage you to embrace the optimism! 😁 …

10:45 p.m. on Jun 10, 2024 · Conversation

Alright, I think that fixes all my current shortcuts for Micro.blog that I introduced a bug to earlier this week. 😪 I’m glad I caught my incorrect assumption about how the API worked fairly early, and that these didn’t sit for weeks with their newest feature being all wrong. 😬 Bedtime! 😴

1:06 p.m. on Mar 19, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Barbie Oscar Nominations — kottke.org // Jason Kottke Ryan Gosling getting an Oscar nom for Barbie while Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie were snubbed… well, it looks like the plot of Barbie II is all set then. I haven’t seen the movie, but this feels both wrong and totally predictable. 🤦‍♂️

12:15 p.m. on Jan 23, 2024 · Conversation

I’ve been thrilled with the response to my two latest shortcuts. Seems like everyone’s pretty jazzed to get help with crafting alt text (🥳 for a more accessible web), and Micro.bloggers really like new ways to get their images on the web in Markdown. It’s a joy to build tools for this community. …

3:34 p.m. on Jan 9, 2024 · Conversation

🎙️ Thanks @coreint for the reminder that big goals can start small — even ones that you used to be pretty good at so now it feels silly to start over. I did 5 push-ups this morning and will do at least 5 before I go downstairs each morning. 💪 overcast.fm/+KxFHh5a4…

9:29 p.m. on Jan 7, 2024 · Conversation

I had an idea from my blog remixed for the first time (I think) today. Shariq Raza Qadri is starting their own ‘7 Things This Week’ series. I was awfully confused when I saw it pop up in my feed reader — I thought something had gone dreadfully wrong with my publishing workflow.

12:01 p.m. on Nov 21, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 Deaf People Teach Us Bad Words | Deaf People Tell | Cut This was a fun watch. I’ve long been fascinated by ASL, but I hadn’t appreciated at how graphic — meaning how literal many of the signs look like the thing they’re describing — it can be. Also the expressions.

10:30 p.m. on Nov 10, 2023 · Conversation

Are you an aspiring Puzzmonaut? I just got in, and now I’ve got this link to share. Solve today’s puzzle there and you’re guaranteed an entry key, even though all the public keys are gone for today. The link expires around midnight ET, so you’ve only got an hour-ish to solve it. Get puzzling!

10:54 p.m. on Nov 3, 2023 · Conversation

So today I guided some clients from a large corporation on a hike. I ended up in the back, hanging with someone who wasn’t quite as fast as the others. Turns out this was, at age 65, her very first hike and, indeed, her first notable time in a forest. I was honored to summit the mountain with her. …

10:46 p.m. on Jul 19, 2023 · Conversation

Version 1.0 of the ‘Open Threads App’ shortcut has been released! Get it here from the HeyDingus Shortcuts Library. The first in a series of Threads shortcuts (stay tuned), this is a simple flow that opens the Threads app if run from an iPhone or iPad. It’s best used as a step in another shortcut.

12:32 p.m. on Jul 13, 2023 · Conversation

A Chinese buffet restaurant reopened in our town this weekend and it brought me right back to being a kid and having the ability to shovel endless plates of delicious cuisine down my gullet. I can’t consume quite that much anymore, but I do still love me a good buffet. 🥢

12:50 p.m. on Jun 12, 2023 · Conversation

I took delivery of this wireless CarPlay adapter today and after a brief test, it’s better than I possibly hoped. It’s somehow even faster and more responsive than the built-in wired version in my Subaru. Colored me shocked! It’s got a $25 off coupon on Amazon right now (usually …

11:32 p.m. on Jun 1, 2023 · Conversation

Holy smokes, this privacy video from Apple in China is something else. I don’t think I’ve ever seen them have a person embody the Apple brand before. Even in the Mac vs. PC ads, the guy was a Mac, not Apple itself. Entertaining though, and seems bold to put out in notoriously un-private China.

2:05 p.m. on May 26, 2023 · Conversation

Unless the weather changes drastically or I do some surprise adventures, looks like I nabbed 18 days of ice climbing this season. It felt like more, and it was a great season with massive progression in skills and confidence, but I’m determined to climb even more next year. Aiming for 30 …

7:07 p.m. on Mar 22, 2025 · Conversation

Today’s goal: install the new propane heat stove. Success! But at the cost of my cook stove being disconnected for a potential leak—and nearly my water heater refusing to relight. 🤦‍♂️ Between those, major roof water damage, and recent purchases, this is shaping up to be an expensive home …

5:28 p.m. on Mar 3, 2025 · Conversation

Today closes out my busiest span yet as a full-time guide. 17-days straight of booked climbing, skiing, or hiking — including an overnighter! I had two cancellations, but still spent those days skiing 20-miles and shoveling endless snow. What a privilege it is, this life my wife and I have built. …

12:56 p.m. on Feb 24, 2025 · Conversation

Gruber: You can check the battery of a device that no longer offers any useful functionality. I get it, companies go bust, and when they go bust, their services go bust with them. But this is exactly the sort of outcome that made Humane’s AI Pin seem more like a scam than a product all along.

2:21 p.m. on Feb 19, 2025 · Conversation

Second, @upgrade is always good, but this week’s show was particularly great. Myke and Jason were super smart in every segment. I was nodding right along. (BTW, I think y’all made the right choice in shortening the outro. If you’re not going to plug a landing page, short and sweet is best.)

2:35 p.m. on Jan 7, 2025 · Conversation

After handling a friend’s 14-inch M3 MacBook Pro this weekend, I’m settled on holding out for an M4 MacBook Air. It was just beyond the size and weight that I’d want for a “take everywhere” computer. 🤞 for a nano-texture option and not too long of a wait!

1:26 p.m. on Nov 26, 2024 · Conversation

I’m quite regretting going back to Squarespace for a new project. Even more so that I, like a cuck, paid for a year upfront. I hope this setup tedium will be worth it once things are up and running, but I wish I would’ve looked around more before committing. Their new ‘fluid engine’ is anything …

10:50 p.m. on Oct 5, 2024 · Conversation

📺 Awwww yeah! Trying is back next month for season 4. It’s my favorite show on Apple TV+, which is saying something. Looks like we’re doing a time jump this season. Can’t wait! All the info: www.apple.com/tv-pr/ori… Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch

2:58 p.m. on Apr 23, 2024 · Conversation

She asked if I liked Friends, I guess that that was the test I said, “Hell yeah, and Phoebe’s the fuckin' best” 🎵 I’ve heard this song god knows how many times and only just now did these lyrics click. I snorted loud enough to wake my sleeping wife. 🤣

1:48 p.m. on Jan 11, 2024 · Conversation

Raycast’s one-keystroke access to ChatGPT is worth the price of admission to the Pro subscription all on its own. I know there are many similar solutions, but it being just ready in my quick launcher is so nice. I meant to post this back in July. By November, I’d already canceled my subscription. …

11:47 p.m. on Dec 28, 2023 · Conversation

Ooh La La! This will be extra helpful in apps like Reader and Matter where I like to listen to articles but they can’t parse paywall items. Their Safari web view is logged in, though, so I’ll just bring up Safari Reader and listen to it that way instead. Thanks …

7:35 p.m. on Jul 3, 2023 · Conversation

I just got into the Raycast AI beta, and I’m already so sold. I don’t use Raycast for everything (I’ve liked Alfred better), but this could make me a convert. The killer feature is it living at the same keystroke I already use to search for everything. Watch @matt@isfeeling.social’s video for a …

7:29 p.m. on May 8, 2023 · Conversation

I just finished my first run using bone-conducting headphones, and it was the best exercise audio experience I’ve had in forever! No ear pain, no worrying that the earbuds would fall out, and I stayed totally aware of the world around me. I’m afraid this spells the end for my Beats Fit Pro.

10:33 p.m. on Apr 8, 2023 · Conversation

I’m pretty psyched about the new M4 MacBook Air! It’s very likely my next computer—my first MacBook Air ever! It’s missing just two things that I was hoping for: a nano-texture display option and the C1 cellular modem. The modem was a longshot, but it would’ve …

9:40 p.m. on Mar 5, 2025 · Conversation

I had the distinct pleasure of summiting Giant Mountain with Hector and Renata this past weekend. And because they were such awesome hikers, we tossed in Rocky Peak Ridge for good measure! There’s still snow in those hills, folks. Stellar day out with great views and even better company. 🏔️ 📷  …

4:47 p.m. on Mar 21, 2024 · Conversation

Blue Ice makes some of my favorite climbing gear and they just redesigned my go-to cragging backpack, the Moonlight. Redesigns are always nerve-racking because you don’t want them to screw up something you love. But in this case, every change looks good and they address my small quibbles …

11:01 p.m. on Mar 20, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Threads really is joining the Fediverse. - The Verge // Jay Peters A Threads user, Kevin Beaumont, shared screenshots of Adam Mosseri’s account on the Mastodon client Ivory, and on Mastodon, Beaumont shared screenshots of following Mosseri’s Threads account from his Mastodon account. It’s …

12:15 p.m. on Dec 14, 2023 · Conversation

I just released version 1.3 of the ‘Time Saved With Overcast’ shortcut! Get it here from the HeyDingus Shortcuts Library. Ever wonder how many hours Overcast’s Smart Speed has saved you over time? This shortcut’ll help to track it. I’ve updated it with a new setup flow and checked OS compatibility.

10:44 p.m. on Jul 22, 2023 · Conversation

Do you, like me, like leaving your key behind when hiking or biking so you don’t lose it? This handy video shows how to set up the PIN unlock on a newer Subaru (mine’s a 2020) so you don’t have to leave the key outside somewhere. Tip: hold down the lock button the fob first, then …

3:21 p.m. on Jun 6, 2023 · Conversation

Just watched: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) directed by Edgar Wright 🎥 ★★★★ Totally get why this is a cult classic! It’s super fun to see so many familiar, beloved faces in one film. Even if the storyline is a bit pejorative, it’s exquisitely shot and edited, and is a good watch.

3:58 p.m. on Mar 1, 2023 · Conversation

Finished reading: My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George 📚 This book was formative for me back in my middle school years and is precisely why Peregrine Falcons are my favorite bird. A quick read, but certainly makes me want to run away to the woods. I’d forgotten the disappointing …

12:27 p.m. on Apr 18, 2025 · Conversation

@gregmorris This is coming together really nicely. The photos tab is such a great idea, and thank goodness for side-scrolling photos in posts. Now if you were able to implement Threads-style previews where they keep their original aspect ratio and did the cool pinch-to-pano thing, I’d be in …

5:36 p.m. on Jan 27, 2025 · Conversation

I gotta say, I’m excited for Apple’s Writing Tools when Apple Intelligence rolls out later this year. I’ll probably rely on the Proofread option more than anything. I use Grammarly now, but it’s so distracting and I don’t enjoy it. But at the moment, my only …

7:02 p.m. on Aug 8, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Beatbox with Tom @tomthummer talent unexplainable // Tik Tok 🔥🔥 // youtube.com Likewise, this beatboxing video is captivating. I recently saw a beatboxer perform live here in town and he was easily the most talented one I’ve ever seen. Just wild what some people can do with their voices and …

9:12 p.m. on Apr 16, 2024 · Conversation

A year of average workouts in one go? Yeah, that sounds about right. 😲 Damn. This is fantastic data https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/12/apple-watch-marathon-heart-movement-study/ Choosing to run a marathon is literally adding a year of basic movement to your life in one day Matthew Cassinelli …

10:51 p.m. on Apr 13, 2024 · Conversation

You’ve got to listen to the conversation in this Vergecast episode with Spotify’s Gustav Söderström. I’m an Apple Music guy myself, but I sure like his ideas around AI-facilitated recommendations. He’s clear-eyed about the challenges that entails, and focused on finding us …

2:17 p.m. on Nov 21, 2023 · Conversation

First impressions of this Magic Mouse Grip/Qi Charging Base: It’s quite comfortable, though not as night and day as I had expected. I s’pose never disliked the feel of the naked mouse anyway. The extra weight is taking some getting used to. Left it overnight on a Qi pad and it charged right up. 👍

7:28 p.m. on Nov 10, 2023 · Conversation

I didn’t think I was going to use @vincent’s kudos feature of @tinylytics cause I didn’t want a “like count” on my blog posts. But then I thought of an ideal use case! I’m transitioning my shortcuts library away from RoutineHub and onto my own site, so I added a …

11:20 p.m. on Jul 3, 2023 · Conversation

I don’t feel like it gets said enough anymore, so I’ll say it: Apple got so much right with the foundation of macOS and its UI is a joy to use to this day. I can have so much going on at once and never feel overwhelmed because of the myriad of ways to jump between apps. …

4:27 p.m. on Jun 14, 2023 · Conversation

I had the pleasure of guiding Tom up his 22nd and 23rd High Peaks this past week. That’s makes that 19 we’ve summited together! The weather wasn’t certain it was going to give us great views, but it smiled upon us in the end. And the mountain gifted us with some rare trailside wildlife sightings — …

7:37 p.m. on May 18, 2025 · Conversation

In case you haven’t heard yet, Apple TV+ is available to everyone to stream for free this weekend! It’s by far my favorite TV service. Here are my top five show recommendations: Trying Severence For All Mankind Ted Lasso Dark Matter And their best movie: CODA If you subscribe, what are your top …

6:37 p.m. on Jan 3, 2025 · Conversation

Swinging into early ice season at Harlot on the north side of Pitchoff! (Is it still early with flows this thick?) It sure feels good to kick into vertical ice again. Book your trip to learn the pure joy of climbing frozen waterfalls. No experience needed! Or get out onto new flows with …

8:24 p.m. on Dec 9, 2024 · Conversation

I’m starting a new experiment where I use Ticci Tabs by @refactoredd@mastodon.online to be my dedicated Micro.blog app. There are things that are just better about MB in the browser and having its own dedicated one seems nice. Not sure how long this will last! cc: @viticci@macstories.net

3:20 p.m. on Nov 22, 2024 · Conversation

This. Looks. So. Sick. 🤘 Can’t wait to see it in Immersive. The Weeknd’s “Open Hearts” will be the next immersive experience arriving on Apple Vision Pro beginning November 15. Noteworthy, as customers will also have the chance to be immersed in the experience at select Apple …

4:49 p.m. on Nov 11, 2024 · Conversation

Wow, hard to beat this price if you just need a basic iPad: Looks like Best Buy is trying to clear out 9th gen iPads. $199 is a crazy good deal and frankly, the iPad is probably the last product in Apple’s lineup that really needs the AI tools since it’s a consumption first device. — …

3:51 p.m. on Oct 6, 2024 · Conversation

🆕📝 Google’s New Home Gadget Refresh Gets a Thumbs Up From Me I don't own any Google Home products and they're a real pain to set up at my parents' house, but I'll admit they've done a few things really well this time with the Streamer Box, Nest Thermostat, and Gemini Intelligence. #Blaugust2024

3:18 p.m. on Aug 10, 2024 · Conversation

By the way, for folks using my Generate Alt Text with OpenAI Vision shortcut, you can update it to use the new gpt-4o model super easily by just changing the name of the model in this action: It’s supposed to be faster and cheaper than the regular GPT-4 model, which is always nice! 🤖

2:46 p.m. on May 14, 2024 · Conversation

Another “ugh.” I’ve procrastinated making these posts because they required going through a bunch of photos and framing them just right. And then Instagram pulls this shit. (Been stuck for 20+ min.) Gonna have to do it all again. Glad I at least composed the captions in Drafts.

4:16 p.m. on Mar 21, 2024 · Conversation

I didn’t really intend to pull an all-nighter, but when you make it far enough into the morning and have an early start anyway, it just doesn’t make sense to get in bed for a couple of hours and then wake up groggy. I’m looking forward to hopping in bed after this morning’s …

5:46 p.m. on Mar 13, 2024 · Conversation

Year in books for 2023 Here are the books I finished reading in 2023. I really thought I had only read Narrow Roads (certainly my favorite new one of this list) but I guess I got a few in earlier in the year! There’s so much great stuff out there, I’ve gotta start allocating some time away from blogs and back into …

2:09 p.m. on Jan 1, 2024 · Conversation

My post gushing about my love for the iPad’s T-Mobile data plan has sprung up to the top of my hit list lately, according to @tinylytics. I wondered if I was getting linked to by some listicle. Maybe, but this could also be it (in my admittedly non-scientific test of a search term in private …

3:52 p.m. on Dec 30, 2023 · Conversation

This was a stunning way of telling me that I wasn’t using Raycast’s power features nearly as much as I thought. I’m satisfied with my decision to cancel my Pro subscription. But its lightning speed and AI contextual awareness are probably the best we’ll see until Apple builds in its own AI thing.

4:43 p.m. on Dec 29, 2023 · Conversation

The Messages app on my Apple Watch Ultra has been crashing any time I receive a new message for over a week. As in it crashes before I can even see the notification. I don’t think it started with a software update, and a full un-pair/re-pair didn’t solve it. Has anyone else been …

10:37 p.m. on May 8, 2023 · Conversation

HowNot2 is an amazing resource for the climbing community. They make videos and guides about gear and how it will/won’t break, AND they’ve made a world-class store with great prices and better shipping. Orders ship same day or it’s free! I placed this like 30 minutes ago and …

4:14 p.m. on Mar 11, 2025 · Conversation

My 1-hour review of this silicone cover for AirPods Max: I was skeptical pulling it out of the package, but so far so good! It’s totally fixed my problem with the all-stretched-out headband fabric. Way more comfy again. Plus the red color pops and feels like an homage to my beloved red …

8:57 p.m. on Nov 4, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Apple removed iMac option to buy color-matched trackpad and mouse together // Ryan Christoffel // 9to5mac.com This means that if you want a trio of color-matched Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad, you’re simply out of luck. Buying a Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad separately will …

5:18 p.m. on Nov 4, 2024 · Conversation

For maybe the first time ever, iPhone order day was totally chill. I put together the pre-preorder last night, woke up as normal for work this morning, realized at 8:08am that pre-orders had started, opened the Apple Store app on my phone (no wait), and like three clicks later I was done. No drama.

10:21 p.m. on Sep 13, 2024 · Conversation

I promise you’re not ready for the utter madness that is this very real training video from Waffle House where they show how they’ve made a new “written language” of sorts with food and condiment packets to represent every possible variation of their menu. 🎙️ Via Rec Diffs …

12:58 p.m. on Apr 19, 2024 · Conversation

I wasn’t happy with how buttons on my site weren’t acting like buttons (you had to click the button’s text for it to work as a hyperlink). I learned I should style an <a> tag as a button to get that effect, not using the <button> element. But that was its own rabbit …

10:39 p.m. on Apr 17, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Every Failure is an Opportunity — caseyliss.com // Casey Liss I know this isn’t a new thought, but it struck me so strongly after getting off the phone with Sonos: when a product fails, the company that sold it has an incredible opportunity: they can sour the opinion of a super-fan, or they …

12:14 p.m. on Apr 4, 2024 · Conversation

Speaking of deals, my sister put me onto this one. A $250 solar-powered bird feeder with smart identification camera for just $80 after a $170 discount code (70ZCYUN7). There’s probably something terribly wrong with it, but I’ve wanted to try one, so I guess I’ll find out! Coupon …

12:52 p.m. on Dec 15, 2023 · Conversation

It just occurred to me that I’ve not seen blog posts from a few folks in my RSS reader since they moved hosting house. I dunno how many others I’m missing out on. This is your periodic plea to maintain your own RSS URLs (with redirects if necessary). 😘 cc: @pratik@writing.exchange …

5:40 p.m. on Mar 3, 2025 · Conversation

Well that’s not what you want. 😨 Just yesterday I took a photo of the massive icicle forming above this small auxiliary roof on the side of our house. When I came home today, the whole thing had ripped right off. Amazingly, no major damage done to anything below, but now I have a roof in my yard. …

9:21 p.m. on Feb 13, 2025 · Conversation

Kushaiah Felisilda: ‘A Calendar Shift Experiment’ I’ve always set my calendar to start on Sunday, simply because it’s the default setting on most calendars, both paper ones and digital. Now, I’m experimenting with setting Monday as the start of my week for the next two weeks. I’m …

10:36 p.m. on Dec 15, 2024 · Conversation

What will you take the leap on today? Every four years, we have a worldwide holiday to celebrate this sort of leap. The leap of choice. Not to suddenly get from here to there, but to choose to go on the journey. It’s only once every 1,460 days, you can do it. Leap today. Seth Godin …

10:45 p.m. on Feb 29, 2024 · Conversation

If a year had 13 months – Mike Crittenden Every year has 13 months and every month has exactly 28 days The extra month is called “Sol” and it comes between June and July Every month begins on a Sunday and ends on a Saturday That means that “the 17th” for example is always a Tuesday, regardless of …

11:30 p.m. on Nov 2, 2023 · Conversation

Always fun to hear about places I know on a podcast. I used to drive through Oberlin to go to my camp. It’s an awesome little college town and if you’re there you’ve gotta visit The Feve and get their tater tots. Super cool news about this using sheep to manage the mowing under …

12:52 p.m. on Jun 1, 2023 · Conversation

Jason Koebler: ‘I Went to the Premiere of the First Commercially Streaming AI-Generated Movies’ “The Best Day of My Life” is a mountaineering documentary in which a real man talks about an avalanche that nearly killed him and led to his leg being amputated, with his narrated story …

8:45 p.m. on Dec 24, 2024 · Conversation

8GB of memory on iPhone 16 series is no joke. An app I hadn’t opened in over 24 hours was still loaded up in memory. Dunno what the GBs on my 13 mini was but I can assure you this has never happened before. It was handy too; I didn’t have to go searching back for the right spot. It was …

6:02 p.m. on Sep 23, 2024 · Conversation

I’ve been using Things for — goodness — 7 years now and every time I save a task with the share extension I think, “Surely @things@mastodon.online will add ‘When?’ menu so I can set a due date on this task soon.” And yet, here we are! Line me up for that football kick …

10:20 p.m. on Apr 11, 2024 · Conversation

I realized today that, as of this month, my /now page is, in fact, a “year ago” page. I’d love to automate it with what I’m watching, bookmarking, listening to, etc. a la @robb@social.lol, but I’m afraid I don’t have the code chops yet to figure it all out. …

12:18 p.m. on Mar 18, 2024 · Conversation

I just released my ‘Bulk MB Image Uploader’ shortcut: This shortcut helps you to upload sets of images to your Micro.blog account and copy the resulting image URLs (optionally as Markdown) to the clipboard for easy sharing or editing. Get items from the share sheet, or run it without input to …

4:15 p.m. on Mar 7, 2024 · Conversation

Billie Eilish takes the (second) cake Apple Newsroom: In addition to being nominated for seven more GRAMMY Awards this year — including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year — Billie has also become the first person to earn Apple Music Artist of the Year honors twice, having won the inaugural award in 2019. At …

12:40 p.m. on Nov 21, 2024 · Conversation

@help I follow both Dan Moren’s and John Gruber’s mastodon accounts. I saw Dan’s post on the timeline (conversation), but Gruber’s reply didn’t show there and I can’t fathom why. I’ve noticed this issue with other mastodon accounts with larger followings (Federico Viticci, Myke Hurley, et. al). …

12:25 p.m. on Jan 7, 2025 · Conversation

I just released my ‘YouTube Launcher’ shortcut version 1.0: Use Apple Shortcuts to launch directly into specific parts of the YouTube app without distraction. (Thanks to @matthewcassinelli@mastodon.social, whom I’m pretty sure I got the original idea from. I’ve been using a version …

2:01 p.m. on Nov 29, 2023 · Conversation

The Macalope: If sideloading is allowed in iOS 17, someone will pay for it—and it won’t be Apple Now, before you get all excited or hot and bothered or relentlessly stung by bees, remember that this is Apple we’re talking about here. The company has a strict policy of giving a millimeter when …

2:06 p.m. on Apr 19, 2023 · Conversation

@jarrod Because this was so difficult and I feel weirdly guilty about leaving off many of my favorites, here are the rest of my top 10 in case you decide to subscribe past the weekend and want to know what else you should watch next: Shrinking Central Park Dickinson Foundation Slow Horses And …

6:53 p.m. on Jan 3, 2025 · Conversation

Chance Miller, on the Channels app’s whimsical new Theater Mode: Finally, this month’s Channels update also adds a brand new Theater Mode feature. When enabled, Theater Mode will “play multiple trailers and a feature presentation pre-roll before starting your movie.” It’s basically a way to …

11:18 p.m. on Nov 27, 2024 · Conversation

Todd and I completed a mega day out in the High Peaks (18 miles, 6000 ft elevation gain, 13.5 hours) tagging his 20th-23rd winter summits. Our first truly warm hike together this winter, we battled steep ascents, deteriorating snow, and high winds. But it was all smiles all day with incredible …

4:36 p.m. on Apr 1, 2025 · Conversation

Here’s a note to myself that I just found, dated May 17, 2024. So a few weeks before WWDC this year: AI Idea: LLM chatbot trained on the Apple Knowledge Base of support documents And what was one of the universally praised features of Apple Intelligence introduced at WWDC? A supercharged …

1:45 p.m. on Dec 9, 2024 · Conversation

Matt Birchler: ‘More Birchtree is on sale this week’ Just a quick post today to say that I am running what I expect to be my only sale of the year on More Birchtree. If you sign up for a year from now through Friday November 29, you can get a yearly for $35. […] Click here to …

11:42 p.m. on Nov 25, 2024 · Conversation

Tim Hardwick shared a good tip that I wish people never needed, but unfortunately do from time to time: ‘Hide iPhone Find My Location Without Raising Suspicion’ To hide your actual location, you’ll need to have at least two Apple devices signed in to your Apple Account with Find …

9:21 p.m. on Nov 15, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Make Something Wonderful This book taught me that my life is just a blip in the timeline of humanity. It is up to me to decide how I will use it. Steve’s words show not just what can happen if I dedicate myself to making something wonderful. They also show the tremendous amount of hard work …

11:10 p.m. on Nov 14, 2023 · Conversation

I can appreciate Rodrigo Ghedin’s silver lining perspective on Meta’s reprehensible updates to their moderation policies: If we take X (former Twitter) as an example, the relaxation of moderation there accelerated the discarding of Elon Musk’s platform as a habitable place, leading to losses in …

1:11 p.m. on Jan 11, 2025 · Conversation

Calling all ADK ice (and ice-curious) climbers! Thursday night ice climbing is back in session. Meet the crew at Pitchoff Quarry at 6pm for a couple of hours of fun and fellowship. Some extra climbing boots (select sizes), crampons, and ice tools will be available (free of charge) courtesy of …

7:03 p.m. on Dec 25, 2024 · Conversation

A bit of happy capital ‘N’ News, for a change: ‘The Onion wins Alex Jones’ Infowars in bankruptcy auction' The Onion plans to shutter Jones’ Infowars and rebuild the website featuring well-known internet humor writers and content creators, according to a person with …

6:07 p.m. on Nov 14, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Meta’s going to put AI-generated images in your Facebook and Instagram feeds // Emma Roth // theverge.com At the Meta Connect event on Wednesday, the company announced that it’s testing a new feature that creates AI-generated content for you “based on your interests or current trends” — …

3:16 p.m. on Sep 25, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Adam Mosseri on the Threads’ Fediverse Rollout Second, threads posted by me and a few members of the Threads team will be available on other fediverse platforms like Mastodon starting this week. I’m fascinated by how Threads is dogfooding their Fediverse rollout. Not with fly-by-night test …

1:42 p.m. on Dec 17, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 You’re a Blogger, Not an Essayist — bjhess.com You don’t need to labor over your posts. You don’t need to have perfect grammar or spelling. You don’t need to leave a post in draft for seven months, pouring over research. (Though you can if you want!) You don’t really need to have an …

7:55 p.m. on Apr 10, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Apple TV+ adds a limited time library of 50 movies to stream for free — 9to5mac.com // Benjamin Mayo The collection includes big name titles like The Wolf of Wall Street, Saving Private Ryan, Mad Max: Fury Road and more. There’s actually a pretty good number of movies on this list that I’ve …

7:58 p.m. on Mar 1, 2024 · Conversation

This has become a rule in my life. If I don’t immediately see something on the menu that catches my eye, I’ll order the thing with their name on it. Almost always order the specific food that is mentioned in the name of the restaurant. If you go to "Sally's Sirloin Shack" and order the sushi …

4:05 p.m. on Jan 2, 2024 · Conversation

I played myself so well. At a local film festival last year, I arrived “on time” (late) and got a terrible seat at the back. This year, I was running late again and rushed in at 6:30pm to find a mostly empty theater. Thought the date change led to empty seats. Checked my ticket, it …

6:49 p.m. on Mar 23, 2025 · Conversation

I just updated my ‘🔗 Get URL to Run Shortcuts’ shortcut to version 1.3. Suppose you’re building a shortcut and just want to quickly get its run-shortcut URL without having to filter through your library for it. Now you can: Added a new option to share a shortcut’s title to this …

2:23 p.m. on Apr 5, 2024 · Conversation

I just updated my ‘📢 Publish Quote’ shortcut to version 2.0: Now you copy the quote before sharing its URL, meaning the shortcut is far more flexible and can be run from anywhere (like RSS reader apps!), not just Safari This is a massive update with a bunch of new niceties, like options to …

5:27 p.m. on Apr 4, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 The Great iMac Realignment – 512 Pixels // Stephen Hackett Apple said it was the first Mac designed from the ground up for Apple silicon, and it showed. I adore the design of this machine: I think the 24-inch iMac will go down in history as one of the most special computers Apple has ever …

11:21 p.m. on Dec 3, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 In a sign of the times, podcast app Castro may be dying – Six Colors Which is to say, if Castro really is not long for this world, I fully expect that most of its users won’t go to Overcast or Pocket Casts, but will retreat to Apple or Spotify, companies that are unlikely to fail them, even if …

10:24 p.m. on Nov 29, 2023 · Conversation

I just released version 1.0 of my ‘Make Spoken Audio of Text’ shortcut. This shortcut creates an .m4a audio file from any text that you pass into it. By default, it’ll generate an audio clip with one of the default Siri voices, but you can change the voice to any one loaded on your device. …

3:54 p.m. on Nov 17, 2023 · Conversation

This is what I love about the web — you can build what you want, what you want to use, maintain it (or not), have fun with it, throw something out as a novelty or dig deep and keep adding to it. There's underlying infrastructure — that's hard to avoid — but the tools are there and you can build …

5:43 p.m. on Jun 13, 2024 · Conversation

Finished reading: Cirque Du Freak #6: The Vampire Prince by Darren Shan 📚 ★★★★ Darren’s maturity in his attitude toward death and murder stuck out most to me in this book. He returns the prodigal son when he exposes the Vampaneeze, but there are consequences — dire ones. Darren finally …

1:39 p.m. on Mar 12, 2022 · Conversation

Firmin DeBrabander: ‘The Freedom of an Armed Society’ But furthermore, guns pose a monumental challenge to freedom, and particular, the liberty that is the hallmark of any democracy worthy of the name — that is, freedom of speech. Guns do communicate, after all, but in a way that is …

4:04 p.m. on Nov 28, 2024 · Conversation

Winter weather fuels Adirondackers in their favorite outdoor pursuits! The 3P Race (Pole, Pedal, Paddle) is an awesome community event here in @saranaclake that showcases the joy in outdoor movement, no matter the sport. 13.4 miles of alpine skiing, biking, Nordic skiing, paddling (the still …

10:36 p.m. on Mar 1, 2025 · Conversation

🔗 ’We don’t do God’ and massive ad spends: How British election races differ from American ones // Holly Ellyatt // cnbc.com You will never hear a British politician — at least not a mainstream one — mentioning God in a political speech or campaign. Ever. These are really notable differences. …

7:36 p.m. on Aug 8, 2024 · Conversation

Victoria Song: ‘Meta’s next smart glasses may be with Oakley’ The Oakley-branded glasses, internally referred to as “Supernova 2”, would be based on the brand’s Sphaera glasses. Instead of housing the cameras on the side, the Supernova 2 would shift the camera to the center of the frame.  …

7:52 p.m. on Jan 21, 2025 · Conversation

Speaking of Steve Jobs' leadership, Lisa Melton wrote a nice post of her memories of working at Apple with him: ‘Memories of Steve’ Steve expected excellence. Which is why he so often got it. He knew when something was right, but he didn’t always tell you what he wanted when it …

9:41 p.m. on Nov 11, 2024 · Conversation

A long-winded way of saying “We don’t have a solution for free apps yet”, but a promising exchange overall. Nice to hear from a human speaking for the behemoth Apple brand in this proceeding. The full exchange between @rileytestut and Apple re the Core Technology Fee, since the full context is …

11:22 p.m. on Mar 18, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Apple Music will now pay 10% higher royalties to artists for Spatial Audio music - 9to5Mac // Benjamin Mayo Apple will pay up to 10% more per play in royalties for tracks where a spatial version is available. This is starting with January’s payouts. Crucially, Apple Music users do not …

4:44 p.m. on Jan 22, 2024 · Conversation

Apple sends out gift boxes with AirPods Max and snacks to promote M3 Mac event — 9to5Mac: Apple is sending out special gift boxes to select influencers, such as Lamarr Wilson. The boxes include a pair of AirPods Maxheadphones and some “sweet and spooky” snacks and drinks to consume while watching …

12:03 p.m. on Oct 29, 2023 · Conversation

My wife and I have never been ones to fly flags at home. But the sickening attack happening on LGBTQ+ folks has compelled us to be more visible and outspoken in our support for them and other marginalized communities. Simply flying a flag isn’t much, but I hope you know you have friends in this …

6:21 p.m. on Mar 16, 2025 · Conversation

Calling all ADK ice (and ice-curious) climbers! Thursday night ice climbing is back in session. Meet the crew at Pitchoff Quarry at 6pm for a couple of hours of fun and fellowship. Some extra climbing boots (select sizes), crampons, and ice tools will be available (free of charge) courtesy of …

4:37 p.m. on Jan 9, 2025 · Conversation

@SimonWoods Hard to say for sure because that many videos repeatedly crashed the webpage on my phone, but I don’t think so. I’m looking for it to be able to completely configurable and firmware kept up-to-date within the Apple Home app’s infrastructure. Like this Wemo Smart Stage remote. I doubt …

3:55 p.m. on Jan 6, 2025 · Conversation

Winter is sneaking back into the Adirondacks! I had a wonderful time with Jason and Henry as we conquered Street & Nye Mountains today. The frost flowers were in full bloom, and we broke out the microspikes for the first time this season. Although they were capped with clouds when we started, …

9:49 p.m. on Nov 9, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 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, …

9:15 p.m. on Sep 1, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Apple AI paper details how its multi-modal ‘Ferret-UI’ LLM can interpret phone UIs. — theverge.com // Wes Davis The company has been steadily releasing research papers on its AI work for years. With Ferret-UI, the company seems to be looking at how AI can help with smartphone navigation This …

7:08 p.m. on Apr 9, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Out of my Comfort Zone | Canion dot Blog Lisa’s presence in my life makes me a better person. She makes my life better. This past year has been a doozy in so many ways, but upon reflection, I am not sure where I’d be if I hadn’t benefited from the steadfast care, attention, and honest love …

1:48 p.m. on Jan 1, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Windows is now an app for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and PCs - The Verge // Tom Warren Microsoft has created a Windows App for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Windows, and web browsers. The app essentially takes the previous Windows 365 app and turns it into a central hub for streaming a copy of Windows from a …

1:33 p.m. on Nov 17, 2023 · Conversation

Every trick Microsoft pulled to make you browse Edge instead of Chrome - The Verge Microsoft Edge is actually good, way better than the old Internet Explorer — but you wouldn’t think so based on how desperately the company tries to shovel it onto your plate! […] Here’s an updated list of the …

3:57 p.m. on Oct 27, 2023 · Conversation

📺 Finished watching: The Climb (2023) on HBO Max, created by Chris Sharma and Jason Mamoa ★★★☆ I’m a climber who has always enjoyed the bromance between Sharma and Mamoa. So I was super interested in this series. I found it a bit pedantic and cringy early on and was disappointed that Mamoa had …

11:26 p.m. on Apr 8, 2023 · Conversation

Jo is taking a big test this morning to advance her care for patients and be able to do more care on her own without supervision. She’s learned so much from UH Trauma and the last 6 months here in Saranac Lake Emergency that she’s been able to take it way ahead of most PAs. I’m …

9:05 p.m. on Sep 13, 2022 · Conversation

🔗 iA Writer 7 - iA When you copy and paste a conversation from ChatGPT, the copied text contains “You” before every question, and “ChatGPT” before every answer. We recognize this pattern and offer to automatically mark authorship. iA Writer offers shortcuts, menus and right clicks to get it done …

3:20 p.m. on Dec 2, 2023 · Conversation

Zac Hall recounts the impact of spatialized photos in visionOS 2: I had to share this visceral experience with someone else. My son’s great grandfather lost his wife over the summer after 50 years of marriage. I used the spatial effect in visionOS 2 on photos of our visits with them from the past …

12:30 p.m. on Oct 25, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Childfree.txt // the library of alexandra it’s deeply ingrained in all of us that having children is what we’re “supposed” to do, when our need to repopulate has been overstated for some time. i’d much rather folks be enthusiastic about having children than being …

12:50 p.m. on Mar 4, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Iconic Flint Center undergoes demolition five years after closing (Stephanie Lam / mercurynews.com) An iconic performing arts theater where Apple co-founder Steve Jobs unveiled the first Macintosh computer in 1984 is being reduced to rubble, five years after the college district that owns the …

12:20 p.m. on Dec 18, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Did I Read That? — gregmorris.co.uk // Greg Morris This raises the question: Did I read a book if I can summarize it? If I skipped the book entirely and opted for Cliff Notes, does that count as reading? Following my rationale above, it could be the case. I’m not suddenly going to hack …

12:28 p.m. on Mar 12, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Multi-layered calendars — julian.digital // Julian Lehr Calendars, on the other hand, cover the entire spectrum of time. Past, present and future. They are the closest thing we have to a time machine. Calendars allow us to travel forward in time and see the future. More importantly, they allow …

9:20 p.m. on Feb 27, 2024 · Conversation

Dan Moren’s The Back Page column this month, ‘Tim Cook’s busy schedule’, is worth the Six Colors membership price all on its own: 4:30pm: Afternoon stroll to close rings and use iPhone 16 Pro to track down AirTag that Phil Schiller hides daily on Apple Park campus. …

1:36 p.m. on Nov 1, 2024 · Conversation

From Make Something Wonderful, published by the Steve Jobs Archive: Six Pixar films won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature during this third act of Steve’s life. And when he resigned from Apple, six weeks before his death from pancreatic cancer in 2011, his beloved company, with its sixty …

7:21 p.m. on Oct 18, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Microsoft’s new Copilot key is the first big change to Windows keyboards in 30 years - The Verge // Tom Warren Microsoft wants 2024 to be “the year of the AI PC,” and it’s kicking things off with a significant change to the keyboard on new laptops and PCs. A new Copilot key will ship on a …

8:53 p.m. on Jan 4, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Unauthorized “David Attenborough” AI clone narrates developer’s life, goes viral | Ars Technica // Benj Edwards On Wednesday, Replicate developer Charlie Holtz combined GPT-4 Vision (commonly called GPT-4V) and ElevenLabs voice cloning technology to create an unauthorized AI version of the …

5:00 p.m. on Nov 17, 2023 · Conversation

“Happy Holidays” is a kindness My family celebrates Christmas. We’re all varying levels of religious, but Christmas is the holiday we celebrate together as a family. I don’t walk in the door December 24th and yell, “happy holidays!” I say “merry Christmas.” Likewise, when I talk to friends who …

11:41 p.m. on Oct 26, 2023 · Conversation

Did a little recon of ice conditions this afternoon, March 7. Pics 1-4 are Lock Ness (sketchy, had to jump over a stream to get there). Pics 5-7 are Little Moscow (fat and fun). Pic 8 is Pitchoff Right (looked better than I hoped, but I didn’t look up close). Three Flows (right side) and …

10:37 p.m. on Mar 7, 2025 · Conversation

🔗 Eclipses Should Be Celebrations of Science, Not Pseudoscience // John Gruber // daringfireball.net We were informed by astronomers, years in advance, exactly when and exactly where the eclipse would occur — down to the second, down to the meter — and everyone in the path of totality could …

2:48 p.m. on Apr 12, 2024 · Conversation

I just released my ‘🤣 Markdown Memes’ shortcut version 1.0: This shortcut helps you to reuse memes saved as Markdown without having to re-upload the image to your Micro.blog account (or wherever you store your image files) or re-write the alt text over and over again. It presents a list of memes …

2:21 p.m. on Apr 12, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Does gear matter? — arun.is // Arun Venkatesan The problem is with the question itself. It’s one of those questions that can’t be answered with much aside from “it depends”. It depends who is using the gear. It depends what they are using it for. To the novice me, believing that gear mattered …

12:27 p.m. on Feb 27, 2024 · Conversation

Entry #25 to the Library is a doozy. Introducing my ‘Micro.blog Multimedia Uploader’ shortcut: This shortcut helps you to upload any file(s) to your Micro.blog account and then copy the resulting URL(s) in the format of your choosing — including Markdown for images, HTML for videos and audio, or …

4:22 p.m. on Jan 8, 2024 · Conversation

I haven’t had this happen yet, but it sounds huge for general accessibility! Sure, we should be able to add alt text to photos we send, but, as @matt@isfeeling.social has been saying, our devices filling the the gaps is good news for everyone. I was today years old when I learned Siri tries to …

11:44 p.m. on Dec 1, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 It’s the endgame for Sam Altman’s potential return to OpenAI. - The Verge // Nilay Patel Microsoft’s Satya Nadella is reportedly mediating the discussion between Altman, former OpenAI president Greg Brockman, and the four current board members as they attempt to select a new board. We’re also …

6:19 p.m. on Nov 19, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 iOS 18.4 adds tons of new Shortcuts actions, hints at Siri’s future upgrades Inside the updated Shortcuts app, you’ll find new actions to change settings for various Apple apps. And within each action there’s an extremely granular deeper layer of actions you can perform. [List of example …

5:17 p.m. on Mar 3, 2025 · Conversation

@sigmund Curious if you know the answer to this… I’m super interested in ambient lights behind my TV that sync colors with what’s on the screen. I think most of the solutions out there require plugging in a box between the source and the TV’s HDMI port. Does that introduce any quality issues …

2:59 p.m. on Jan 9, 2025 · Conversation

Holy smokes, the new Apple Store in Shanghai is a real stunner. Just look at that double-curved ceiling guiding toward the “oculus” light! There are so many incredible stores around the world that I want to visit purely for their aesthetic architecture. @michaelsteeber@mastodon.social …

11:54 p.m. on Mar 18, 2024 · Conversation

It’s getting easier and easier to recommend Micro.blog to anyone in open web blogging. Auto-OPML files and webmentions too? We’re spoiled by @manton: Today we’re introducing a new feature: blog recommendations. This was inspired by recent interest in bringing back blogrolls, including …

4:12 p.m. on Mar 11, 2024 · Conversation

Micro.blog just got 5x more valuable and was already leading the way. Love this service. Today that’s changing. We are getting rid of the per-blog pricing. Instead, there will be three simple plans, and Micro.blog Premium will now include multiple blogs. $5: one blog with all the basic …

9:14 p.m. on Feb 21, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Gov. pledges $13M for Adirondack rail trail — adirondackexplorer.org // James Odato The bulk of the newly announced $13.1 million will pay for construction of the final leg of the trail. About $3 million will help support the Saranac Depot project and $4 million in improvements to the sections …

2:12 p.m. on Jan 23, 2024 · Conversation

Heads up for Kagi users: Huge yikes. Kagi is now partnering with Brave to power its search results — and they seem to be dismissing their users’ concerns regarding this partnership with a company that’s notorious for being led by a proud anti gay rights supporter. Just as I’ve consistently advised …

6:02 p.m. on Jan 5, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Reverse-Engineered iMessage Comes to Android With Beeper Mini – Pixel Envy // Nick Heer I am not defending Apple’s revenue or its likely stance; I do not much care either way. For what it is worth, I do not think Beeper Mini will actually make much of an impact because iMessage …

2:13 p.m. on Dec 5, 2023 · Conversation

Om Malik blogs about censorship being a core goal in Chinese AI development: Pete’s assessment suggests that Chinese authorities have shifted their focus from simply blocking information to creating sophisticated models that provide alternative narratives. You can’t filter these models, for they …

2:01 p.m. on May 19, 2025 · Conversation

John Gruber: Well, at least we can say HP was smart enough not to spend $1 billion on this. But they were dumb enough to bring into their company Chaudhri, who was described to me, by someone who worked with him at Apple (and a person whom I’ve never heard badmouth a single other former …

11:16 p.m. on Feb 18, 2025 · Conversation

I’m apparently not the only one waffling. Jason Snell, sixcolors.com: But… this also means I would need to travel with a 14-inch MacBook Pro. They are great, don’t get me wrong, but I’m a refugee 11-inch MacBook Air user now accepting life with a 13-inch MacBook Air. Do I want to travel with a …

9:28 p.m. on Nov 21, 2024 · Conversation

Josh Kovensky: Special Counsel Jack Smith is reportedly in talks with officials at the Department of Justice to “wind down” his two prosecutions of President-elect Donald Trump; one over January 6, and the other over his retention of classified documents from his first term. At issue, …

6:49 p.m. on Nov 6, 2024 · Conversation

It wouldn’t be another week in Apple without some kind of EU-related action, would it? Apparently not. “Apple told to pay Ireland €13bn in tax by EU” That’s a lot of scratch, but as Dan noted, the money is already in escrow, leading me to wonder “Where is this ‘Escrow’? How securely is it …

9:05 p.m. on Sep 14, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Defensive and Skeptical // david-smith.org Rather than being “Hungry and Foolish” it was now the prudent course of action to instead be “Defensive and Skeptical”. To be incredibly circumspect of which opportunities are worth the risk. To take actions which provide stability and preserve what …

10:48 p.m. on Jun 7, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Apple’s Presto system is even more sophisticated than it appeared // 9to5mac.com When a customer buys a particular SKU (one example of a particular iPhone model, storage tier, and color), then the system prompts staff to update another one. This ensures that no matter what a customer …

11:14 p.m. on Apr 8, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Federico Viticci’s self-made Mac convertible — sixcolors.com // Jason Snell Some people will call this a silly stunt, but the truth is that for years Federico has been exploring (and pushing) the edges of Apple’s platforms so the rest of us don’t have to. He’s an ergonomic astronaut, floating …

1:02 p.m. on Mar 10, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 writing promptly — wordplay.bearblog.dev To feel that being a “writer” is one of the markers of my identity, I need to be writing often. The word identity was originally derived from the Latin words essentitas, which means being, and “identidem, which means repeatedly. Identity is literally …

11:16 p.m. on Feb 28, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 A Conspiracy To Kill IE6 • Chris Zacharias — blog.chriszacharias.com One of their engineers testing in IE6 had noticed the YouTube banner pretty shortly after it went live and immediately took it to their manager as evidence as to why they should do the same. Shortly thereafter, the Google …

6:35 p.m. on Feb 24, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 The Imperfectionist: You can’t hoard life Sure, you can have a hundred tea ceremonies. You can eve[n] have them all with the same people. But you can only have that ceremony, that cup of tea, once. Then the moment evaporates forever. On the days I let myself move through life in this …

10:35 p.m. on Dec 8, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 Apple Watch Crash Detection saves another life: mine // Daniel Eran Dilger With the amount of blood that I was losing, I couldn’t have laid there very long before I would have died. Loss of consciousness and blood is a bad combination for threatening brain damage, too. I am grateful that …

11:22 p.m. on Nov 23, 2023 · Conversation

Dropshare Cloud is sunsetting on January 31st, 2024. As an existing Dropshare Cloud customer, you are eligible for special pricing when purchasing a Dropshare for macOS license to use the app with any of the over 27 supported storage providers. Damn. I love Dropshare and have used their cloud …

2:36 p.m. on Nov 21, 2023 · Conversation

10 years at TechCrunch | TechCrunch Most of our writers also have direct access to the publish button and generally write their own headlines, deks and ledes. You know, that trust thing. Why would we hire people who were genuinely obsessed with a given technology or space and then not use their …

1:40 p.m. on Oct 25, 2023 · Conversation

@jarrod This also looks pretty [ahem] handy if you’re a frequent phone photographer: Your smartphone may take great pictures, but it lacks the refined ergonomics of a traditional camera. Belkin’s new Stage PowerGrip addresses that issue and battery anxiety. It’s a MagSafe power bank with a …

10:36 p.m. on Jan 6, 2025 · Conversation

🔗 Apple Watch Ultra 3 Will Support Texting via Satellite (Juli Clover / macrumors.com) Apple is hoping that the satellite feature will encourage Apple Watch owners to update to a new Apple Watch Ultra, with the third-generation model set to come out in September 2025. Satellite connectivity …

4:24 p.m. on Dec 10, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Apple reportedly collaborating with Sony to bolster VR gaming on Vision Pro (Michael Burkhardt / 9to5mac.com) Reportedly, Apple is also interested in working with Sony to integrate the PlayStation VR2 controllers, and they’ve been making progress on that partnership[.] […] It hasn’t been …

4:25 p.m. on Dec 8, 2024 · Conversation

Derek Sivers, in his People & Blogs interview: Do you have an ideal creative environment? Also do you believe the physical space influences your creativity? Space matters, but when you’re really inspired and driven, it’s almost like going into a trance. You don’t care where …

9:51 p.m. on Nov 28, 2024 · Conversation

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 …

6:56 p.m. on Aug 23, 2024 · Conversation

Apple is renewing For All Mankind and making a spinoff series, Star City: A robust expansion of the “For All Mankind” universe, “Star City” is a propulsive, paranoid thriller that takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race — when the Soviet Union became the …

6:46 p.m. on Apr 17, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Leaving the Nazi bar // Ben Werdmuller I also get to decide which rooms I want to be in, and which rooms I want to invite other people into. I don’t have any interest in hanging out in a room with Nazis, and I certainly don’t have any interest in inviting my friends to hang out there with me. …

1:31 p.m. on Dec 28, 2023 · Conversation

Enjoying the new Play 2.0 but need a way to move over your channel subs? I just released my ‘Follow List of Channels in Play’ shortcut version 1.0 to do just that! The shortcut helps you follow a channel in the Play app by allowing you to send a YouTube channel’s URL, or list of URLs, to …

11:47 p.m. on Nov 29, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 OpenAI announces leadership transition Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. The board no longer has confidence …

5:13 p.m. on Nov 17, 2023 · Conversation

Nick Heer points out that Apple has done this, like clockwork, shortly after inauguration for presidents on both sides of the aisle: These press releases are not for the wider public; they are not even directly for investors. They are for politicians and, in particular, whomever is the U.S. …

3:58 p.m. on Feb 24, 2025 · Conversation

Jeff Bezos today on Donald Trump: “You’ve probably grown in the last eight years. He has, too.” https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/4/24313549/bezos-trump-optimistic-dealbook-summit-doge alexheath@threads.net https://www.threads.net/@alexheath/post/DDLQmvKRNCa I loved @gruber@mastodon.social’s take:  …

10:13 p.m. on Dec 4, 2024 · Conversation

Matt Birchler, in a member post, points out that Call of Duty has both massive computing requirements and a complex interface, and still “normal” folks figure it out just fine: None of this is to say that good user interfaces don’t matter, of course they do. I do think …

5:07 p.m. on Nov 2, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 iOS 18 Rumor: Notes App to Offer New Voice Memos and Math Features // macrumors.com First, the report claims that iOS 18 will allow iPhone users to record voice memos directly within the Notes app, and these recordings could then be embedded in notes. Audio recordings can already be copy and …

6:18 p.m. on Apr 17, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 AI Is Strip Mining the Web — club.macstories.net Think about what it would be like for that to be the default view in Arc. It’s not a MacStories.net webpage. It’s an auto-generated page that’s an answer to a question. It’s also a page that’s so far removed from the notion of browsing the web …

12:58 p.m. on Mar 10, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 This Philips door lock turns your palm into a key - The Verge // Emma Roth Philips created a new smart lock that doesn’t require a key or a code — all you need is your hand. The company showed off its new $359.99 Wi-Fi Palm Recognition Smart Deadbolt during CES 2024, which comes with a …

9:58 p.m. on Jan 8, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Chip Wilson, lululemon founder, says company doesn’t want “certain customers coming in” — Connect the Watts // Laura Rosenberg This is not the first time Wilson has aired his problematic opinions as he has frequently received backlash for fatphobic, anti-Asian, and sexist comments. Famously, …

11:35 p.m. on Jan 4, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 I Made a Podcast 100% in Shortcuts // Stephen Robles Discover how you can integrate both ChatGPT and ElevenLabs voice generator to create an entire podcast directly in the Shortcuts app! Whoa! @stephenrobles@mastodon.social made a shortcut that uses ChatGPT and ElevenLabs to automatically …

12:14 p.m. on Nov 29, 2023 · Conversation

Finished reading: Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose 📚 ★★★★ I saw this movie years ago, but never read the screenplay until now. It’s a fascinating look into how a jury’s deliberation should work. I so appreciated Juror 8’s calm determination to examine the facts as they had been presented, and …

10:27 p.m. on Jan 23, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 Bloomberg: Apple ‘investigating’ bringing cellular to the Mac for the first time (Chance Miller / 9to5mac.com) Apple is expected to debut the first version of its cellular modem next year in the iPhone SE 4, the iPhone 17 Air, and the base model iPad. The following year, it will …

4:46 p.m. on Dec 6, 2024 · Conversation

David Sparks, on Apple’s AI Writing Tools: Another problem with the text tools is the implementation of recommended changes. You can have it either replace your text entirely (without any indicator of what exactly was changed) or give you a list of suggested edits, which you must implement …

12:52 p.m. on Dec 4, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 PayPal has a new logo that makes it look just like everything else // Sean Hollister // theverge.com Roughly 25 years after it launched payment processing, PayPal is “ushering in a new era for customers” with some generic black text. The company has a new logo, designed by Pentagram, that …

4:51 p.m. on Sep 18, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Apple’s Visual Intelligence could be a step toward Apple glasses It’s not hard to imagine how Visual Intelligence could help you out on a device that sees everything you see. Take the idea of learning more about a restaurant, like Apple showed for Visual Intelligence on an iPhone: instead of …

9:55 p.m. on Sep 16, 2024 · Conversation

Let’s try this again! I just updated my ‘📣 Publish Quote’ shortcut to version 2.1: Fixed a couple of bugs related to variables incorrectly converting between text and URLs (thanks @pratik and @ericmwalk!) Cleaned up the final actions by reusing the text-to-publish variable so it’s more …

2:54 p.m. on Apr 11, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 No Joke, Yahoo Buys Artifact — spyglass.org Ultimately, what killed Artifact was the fact that the founders just thought there were probably better problems on which to spend their time. […] But Artifact also filled a void left by Twitter. Unfortunately, they probably filled it a bit too much, …

12:45 p.m. on Apr 4, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 U.S. DOJ Sues Apple Over its “Monopoly” on iPhone, the Device Apple Created If you want to buy and use a smartphone, you never have to give Apple a dime and still participate in the vibrant economy of modern apps and services available today[…]. You can read ebooks, purchase digital movies, …

6:28 p.m. on Mar 21, 2024 · Conversation

I just released version 1.0 of my ‘Save for Later’ shortcut — one that I use all the time to direct the traffic of links into different apps: This shortcut processes URLs shared to it from the share sheet or clipboard and saves them to separate apps depending on their content. It can process a …

2:01 p.m. on Dec 30, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 GoodLinks Adds Even Deeper Shortcuts Integration […] - MacStories // Federico Viticci [T]his shortcut gets the current article you’re reading in GoodLinks and extracts different properties from it, such as the title of the story, its author, and URL. Using another action, GoodLinked can see if …

12:35 p.m. on Dec 21, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 iA Writer in Paper We wanted [the] guidelines [to serve as] temporary scaffold to support your writing without causing distraction. The design had to reflect the core spirit of iA Writer: simple, clean, uncluttered. The use of ink had to be exclusively reserved for the owner’s handwritten …

12:57 p.m. on Dec 10, 2023 · Conversation

Imagine being in a gym where accidents happen—maybe a stray elbow here, a bump there. Aurelius notes that in these moments, we don’t hold grudges; we simply acknowledge the mishap as part of the process and remain vigilant without bearing ill will. He suggests taking this approach into our …

12:13 p.m. on Oct 30, 2024 · Conversation

Cory Doctorow, pluralistic.net: Did you know that, by default, your email sends information to mailing list platforms about your reading activity? The platform gets to know if you opened the message, and often how far along you’ve read in it. On top of that, they get all the private …

7:01 p.m. on Oct 16, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 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 …

10:22 p.m. on Sep 2, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Google is reportedly working on a project that lets AI models tell someone’s “life story.” — The Verge Project Ellmann […] will take users’ search results and photos to […] present a “bird’s-eye” approach to a person’s life. […] For example, the “college” chapter or the …

3:48 p.m. on Dec 8, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 Inside An Apple Lab That Makes Custom Chips For iPhone And Mac - CNBC In November, CNBC became the first journalists to film inside an Apple chip lab, where it tests its latest M3 chips that replaced Intel processors in all new Macs. We also got a rare chance to talk with Apple’s head of …

3:06 p.m. on Dec 2, 2023 · Conversation

We wrapped up April and kicked off May with 3 more summits on Tom’s tick list! Dial and Nippletop provided challenge and beauty with the miles and elevation gain. Tabletop’s approach was more pleasant, but the last half mile proved particularly dicey with a shark’s fin of snow taking up the narrow …

10:38 p.m. on May 4, 2025 · Conversation

John Gruber: Not only is using Apple Intelligence for automation more accessible (in every sense) than writing a programming script or creating a Shortcut, it’s also something we’re all much more likely to do for a one-time task. I often create scripts, shortcuts, and macros to automate tasks …

1:40 p.m. on Dec 31, 2024 · Conversation

Annie Mueller: I enjoy dipping into Micro.blog and Mastodon, and I’ve gotten to meet and interact with people I wouldn’t have encountered otherwise. But I think we’re putting an undue amount of pressure on the fediverse to provide community for us. No platform can build or provide community. …

4:31 p.m. on Dec 20, 2024 · Conversation

Jason Kottke, quoting Slate: Delete Your Account. For Real This Time.“There’s no need for any Trump opponents now to be on X for the same reasons that they’re not on Gab, Gettr, Truth Social, or wherever else.” It’s well beyond time. You know it. If you don’t want to delete your …

2:28 p.m. on Nov 11, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 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 …

9:05 p.m. on May 2, 2024 · Conversation

Jason Snell explains how you can generate images of generic people with Image Playground using skin tones and collections of pseudo-people as foundation: This is where it gets a little weird: Rather that building a person, Memoji style, you choose from three different collections of thumbnails, …

2:18 p.m. on Dec 12, 2024 · Conversation

Ryan Christoffel, at 9to5Mac, on Pat Gelsinger’s ouster at Intel and how Apple has avoided repercussions with its move to Apple silicon four years ago: However, even though Apple can’t actually take much responsibility for its former partner’s decline, this story is a big win for Apple …

6:54 p.m. on Dec 2, 2024 · Conversation

This might be John Gruber’s best work: ‘How It Went’ But he’s an optimist at heart. You’d like him. I, of course, don’t know who you are, dear reader, but I know you’d like my dad, Bob Gruber, because everyone likes Bob Gruber. He can tell a good joke and he loves to tell them. …

8:49 p.m. on Nov 10, 2024 · Conversation

Nick Heer, pxlnv.com: The rollout of Apple Intelligence is uncharacteristically piecemeal and messy. Apple did not promise a big Siri overhaul in this version of iOS 18.1. But by giving it a new design, Apple communicates something is different. It is not — at least, not yet. Maybe it will be one …

9:47 p.m. on Oct 29, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 You can choose to be kind // Cory Dransfeldt // coryd.dev I struggle with the be kind to yourself bit — I’m extremely self critical and I find it hard to get past that, I always have. I imagine it’s a blend of imposter syndrome and the lack of confidence that that stems from. I …

8:39 p.m. on Apr 15, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Action Button as Game Launcher — Initial Charge I’m accomplishing this by checking the device’s volume at the beginning of the shortcut and then checking it again two seconds after the Global Variable app is launched. […] The way it works in practice is, I press the Action Button, the most …

2:01 p.m. on Apr 2, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Happy Monday! Enjoy this dumpamine from the past week — Keenan Anyway, Astronaut Time. It’s a system, I suppose, an agreement between two or more people to easily inform the other(s) of when you anticipate being in the zone (like I am right now, I’m in Astronaut Time) and just need minimal …

1:47 p.m. on Dec 17, 2023 · Conversation

Hello nice to meet you, what do you do for a living | Meadow 🌱 But is it actually the best question that we can ask? What does it tell about our society that our go-to question when we’re getting to know someone is to ask them what do they work on. I questioned this very thing many years …

8:27 p.m. on Nov 6, 2023 · Conversation

NotebookLM: hands-on with Google’s AI-powered note-taking app - The Verge What if you could have a conversation with your notes? That question has consumed a corner of the internet recently, as companies like Dropbox, Box, Notion, and others have built generative AI tools that let you interact …

1:15 p.m. on Oct 25, 2023 · Conversation

And then use all the money you’re saving from more expensive blogging platforms and get yourself a custom domain to truly own your spot on the web! I don’t think there’s ever been a more important time to really own your online presence than now. Seriously, go blog. Micro.one offers amazing …

2:17 p.m. on Jan 7, 2025 · Conversation

🔗 Basecamp Resubmits Its Calendar App, Includes Dates in Apple History to Get Past App Review – 512 Pixels // Stephen Hackett It’s a real bummer to feel like I’ve been ripped off by a much bigger company, seeing them pitch something I’ve worked hard on as a free feature in their app. There’s …

9:40 p.m. on Jan 8, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 This Baylor alumna (and ovarian cancer survivor) just climbed Mount Everest In late May, Wedel became the first ovarian cancer survivor to summit Everest. Her team raised more than half a million dollars for research, but she says hearing from other cancer survivors might have been the best …

7:38 p.m. on Dec 11, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year - 9to5Mac Apple has announced today that it will adopt the RCS […] messaging standard. The feature will launch via a software update “later next year” and bring a wide range of iMessage-style features to messaging between …

3:09 p.m. on Nov 17, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 The Real Personal (AI) Computer – On my Om If you think of Humane’s AI Pin as just another device, it is easy to shrug your shoulders. However, when you place it in the context of the development of computing, you can see we are at the start of thinking about computing differently. I feel …

12:14 p.m. on Nov 10, 2023 · Conversation

Ben Lovejoy, 9to5Mac: ‘Satechi M4 Mac mini stand and hub supports up to 4TB extra storage’ A Satechi M4 Mac mini stand and hub promises to let owners of the new ultra-compact desktop Mac add up to 4TB of fast SSD storage, together with an SD card slot and three USB-A ports. These …

11:36 p.m. on Nov 21, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 M4 Pro Chip Benchmark Results Reveal an Extremely Impressive Performance Feat // macrumors.com What this means is that you can now purchase a Mac mini with a 14-core M4 Pro for $1,599 in the U.S. and get similar to faster peak performance than a Mac Studio with the 24-core M2 Ultra, a …

12:12 p.m. on Nov 1, 2024 · Conversation

Matt Birchler: Consumer Affairs has some data on smartphone use and ownership in the United States that’s interesting, and SellCell has some good data on how often people around the world upgrade their phone. While the most common upgrade cycle is 2-3 years (40%), and a similar amount (39%) …

10:23 p.m. on Oct 14, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 The Vision Pro isn’t a flop, it’s an ongoing experiment // sixcolors.com This is what happens with early, evolving platforms in categories that basically didn’t exist before. We’re so used to Apple being a well-oiled machine that it’s hard to look at the Vision Pro and not judge it by all the …

8:57 p.m. on Apr 12, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 So Far, A.I.-Generated Images of Current Events Seem Rare in News Stories – Pixel Envy And seeing those posts changed my mind about the use of these kinds of images. When I first wrote about this Crikey story, I suggested Adobe ought to prohibit photorealistic images which claim to depict real …

2:21 p.m. on Nov 12, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 The Future of My Computing // P. I. Moore In 2007 I made my official — and what I thought would be permanent — switch to the Mac platform when I got my 24-inch iMac, and Windows became my new legacy OS. It felt somewhat weird but also cathartic to use a system that I didn’t have to mess around …

1:13 p.m. on Nov 12, 2023 · Conversation

Donald G. McNeil Jr.: And while he’s at it, President Biden should also pardon himself, for every act he’s ever committed — or may commit up until January 20, 2025. One way or another, the question of whether the President can pardon himself is going to be tested in front of the Supreme Court …

11:49 p.m. on Dec 2, 2024 · Conversation

Nick Heer: ‘Google’s iOS App Inserts Its Own Links Into Webpages – Pixel Envy’ For Google to believe it has the right to inject itself into third-party websites is pure arrogance, yet it is nothing new for the company. It has long approached the web as its own platform over which it …

1:06 p.m. on Dec 2, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 What Are the Odds? // Jason Kottke // kottke.org There are so many mind-blowing things about eclipses but the one I can’t stop thinking about is the nearly impossible coincidence that the sun and the moon are the same relative size in the sky. If the moon were a little bit smaller or farther …

9:07 p.m. on Apr 12, 2024 · Conversation

This whole thing smelled off from the beginning. Gruber’s timeline clears it up significantly. I.e., while Apple as an institution granted, revoked, and under public pressure reinstated Epic’s new account, from the perspective of Apple leadership, they only revoked a new account that had been …

9:49 p.m. on Mar 12, 2024 · Conversation

You know those obnoxious sites that pop up dialogs when they think you’re about to leave, asking you to subscribe to their email newsletter? Well that won’t do for Scripting News readers […]. So here I am at the bottom of the page quietly encouraging you to sign up for the nightly …

4:27 p.m. on Dec 29, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 Ugly Christmas Sweater Wallpapers (Mac Edition) — Basic Apple Guy Do that for each band, and I’d be done in a few minutes. Wrong! Because each thread is its layer, the total number of layers in this project quickly grew to over 63,000 (63,158, to be exact), which hammered the Mac’s …

12:21 p.m. on Dec 24, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 The Mop Will Always Be Your Friend // Andrew Canion I don’t really care what others think of me, or what status is assigned to my job. I’m enjoying the effort of being a good manager. As a manager I have an ethos of never asking somebody to do something that I wouldn’t do myself (if I have the …

9:17 p.m. on Nov 21, 2023 · Conversation

Greg Morris - Just Don’t Remove The Function Keys 🔗 Honestly, I think it’s a shame that poor implementation ruined a semi-good idea. Apple clearly thought that this was going to catch on because the life span indicates so. […] The design and production of the Touch Bar would make a great story, …

12:08 p.m. on Nov 6, 2023 · Conversation

Said this in a group chat tonight, but it bears repeating for anyone who hasn’t taken a look yet: Many of my favorite shows over the last 4 years have been on Apple TV+. (Trying, Ted Lasso, Shrinking, Severance, Dickinson, For All Mankind, Mythic Quest, Afterparty, Acapulco…I could go on). It’s …

10:55 p.m. on Apr 13, 2023 · Conversation

Sheena Vasani, theverge.com: Philips Hue’s new generative AI lighting assistant lets users create personalized lighting scenes based on occasion, mood, or style. They can do so by typing commands like “Give me a scene for a garden party” into the Hue app and also by using their voice. The …

8:45 p.m. on Jan 7, 2025 · Conversation

Matt Birchler: ‘Sign up for X to see that amber alert. Yikes’ I believe it’s a good thing to meet your constituents where they are […]. However, it is very bad for them to put essential information on a private website they don’t own and that blocks access from logged out users. [And] …

3:25 p.m. on Jan 6, 2025 · Conversation

Clever, functional, AND fun! This was accidental but it's worked out tremendously well. How to name external drives: find those random stickers you've got in a drawer. You got them with some other stickers or as part of a promo or you've just had them for ages or whatever. 1. Stick on drive. 2. …

8:24 p.m. on Mar 13, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 It’s time for a nationwide ban of right-on-red turns // David Zipper The good news is that U.S. cities are starting to recognize these downsides, which are particularly troubling at a time when pedestrian and cyclist deaths have hit their highest levels in 40 years. Several local …

9:02 p.m. on Jan 20, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 The struggles of the web browser・The Jolly Teapot // Nicolas Magand Imagine having to use not one, but two or three extensions just to make any other app work the way it’s supposed to. Imagine having to click on cookie banners every time you open a new Finder window. Imagine the Instagram app …

8:40 p.m. on Dec 9, 2023 · Conversation

Chris Murphy descibes the precipice upon which US democracy stands: [W]hen you start to put a couple of the regime’s political opponents in jail, there are literally just thousands of people who say, You know what, forget it. It’s just not worth it. I think this is important, to oppose Donald …

9:42 p.m. on Dec 19, 2024 · Conversation

David Sparks is frustrated by the slow adoption of passkeys. Me too. And he pointed out why sites hedging their bets and letting you set up both a password and passkey can be dangerous, which I hadn’t considered: When a site offers both options, it creates a tempting target for bad actors. …

9:30 p.m. on Nov 26, 2024 · Conversation

Nick Heer: ‘How Sports Betting Has Changed the U.S. – Pixel Envy’ It is strange to me how the world of sports gambling is now just an open business like any other. It makes sense to me that it is legal, but to integrate it so tightly with every aspect of athletics is something I admit …

1:17 p.m. on Nov 26, 2024 · Conversation

A worthy piece from Paul Kafasis: I had been describing myself as disgusted by this result, but I eventually realized that was incorrect. What I actually am is disillusioned. America was a dream, and now that dream is gone from me. Holding on to beliefs like “good triumphs over evil” and “justice …

9:01 p.m. on Nov 21, 2024 · Conversation

Brendan Caldwell on a game developer doing their part: [The multiplayer fishing game] also lets you customise your character with clothing. Mostly simple hats and shorts, but some options let players celebrate their sexuality, such as a rainbow-adorned t-shirts, or titles that hang above your …

3:10 p.m. on Nov 7, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Senator Elizabeth Warren claims TurboTax ‘relentlessly’ upsells customers in letter to FTC // Emma Roth // theverge.com …found that the company attempted to upsell the customer eight times during the tax filing process. I got gotten by TurboTax again this year. Their “guide” said I’d need …

9:58 p.m. on Apr 15, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 Welcome to the AI gadget era The promise of AI — and I want to emphasize the word _promise _because nothing we’ve seen so far comes remotely close to accomplishing this — is to abstract all those steps and all that friction out of existence. All you need to do is declare your intentions — play …

12:17 p.m. on Apr 4, 2024 · Conversation

This is so tempting. I can’t imagine Apple will make a “headless” laptop, but they should. Luke Miani (who runs a great YouTube channel I’ve been following for a while) has created the sort of beautiful monstrosity I would absolutely consider for my own workflow: he was able to …

10:52 p.m. on Feb 15, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 I’m always happy I use Ghost and not Substack, but I’m extra happy today // Matt Birchler To sum up, Nazis can fuck right off and private companies who write posts that say, “we don’t like Nazis, but we’ll keep taking their money,” are going to have to deal with the fact people are going to …

2:08 p.m. on Dec 24, 2023 · Conversation

📺 Finished watching: The Last of Us (2023) on HBO, created by Craig Mazin & Neil Druckmann ★★★★ I don’t always get on board with the latest popular TV crazes, but this one definitely held up. I appreciated that while you certainly felt on edge for every episode, there weren’t as many jump and …

4:01 p.m. on Apr 17, 2023 · Conversation

Jason Becker: ‘What hardens and what falls away– experiencing tech as we age’ As we get older, some ideas become things we cannot let go of, whereas other ideas become less and less important. That’s not to say this is good or bad– I’m not saying someone like Riccardo …

2:21 p.m. on Jan 1, 2025 · Conversation

Joe Rosensteel masters the sub-tweet with this post throwing shade at Apple’s rollout strategy for Apple Intelligence, which is to get everyone talking about the next upcoming beta features just as the current stuff gets released. ‘The Pre-Taped iOS Call-In Show’: Okay, okay, …

12:23 p.m. on Nov 1, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 It was 23 years from Macintosh to iPhone. It’s been 17 years since the iPhone. // Matt Birchler // birchtree.me It’s not unreasonable to think that we could be on the verge of a breakthrough computing change that changes the world. Is the Vision Pro that product? I don’t know, and I haven’t …

9:02 p.m. on Apr 12, 2024 · Conversation

🔗 The Twelve South Butterfly 2-in-1 charger is what Apple’s MagSafe Duo should have been - The Verge // Antonio G. Di Benedetto If you stare at it long enough, you realize that it kind of looks like Apple’s discontinued MagSafe Duo charger if you cut away all the ugly floppy bits. This thing …

11:53 p.m. on Dec 5, 2023 · Conversation

🔗 Greg Morris - New Journalling App In iOS17.2 When tapping the plus action button, you can choose between using AI-generated prompts to fuel your entry or to be greeted with a blank entry waiting for your thoughts. You can add in pictures, locations, and even voice notes, but there is a …

2:50 p.m. on Nov 7, 2023 · Conversation

Celeste Davis: ‘Why aren’t we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?' For every 1% increase in the proportion of women in the student body, 1.7 fewer men applied. One more woman applying was a greater deterrent than $1000 in extra tuition! This post is …

6:20 p.m. on Jan 4, 2025 · Conversation

Lou Plummer: Other wonderful adult privileges I appreciate to this day or deciding when I want to go to sleep and when I wish to wake up. […] I love to read, and being able to continue a book at night in a dark house while everyone else is sleeping is just divine. […] Oh – …

9:16 p.m. on Dec 21, 2024 · Conversation

Finished reading: Cirque Du Freak #12: Sons of Destiny by Darren Shan 📚 ★★★☆ (Back to rating things with four stars, that way I can’t sit on the fence.) Although nearly half the book was all explanation instead of action, I’m impressed with how the author pulled the pieces of the saga together. …

8:28 p.m. on Jan 10, 2023 · Conversation

If this whole gross spectrum of behavior seems familiar to you, it’s probably because AI shares a certain DNA with crypto, NFTs, and the blockchain in that they are all trendy, usually touted by people you wouldn’t want to be stuck in an elevator with and, in a weird coincidence, all happen to …

1:15 p.m. on Jun 26, 2024 · Conversation

What a pleasure it was to help Shane review technical skills ahead of his Single Pitch Instructor exam! I should have taken more pics, but we were too busy practicing belayed rappels, knots and hitches, rescue techniques from above and below, creative anchors with limited gear, and much more. I …

10:36 p.m. on May 18, 2025 · Conversation