Not sure how I feel about the Evernote purchase and layoff of most staff. I looked at the website of Bending Spoons, including their manifesto, and I can’t reconcile that idealism with their actions. I’m hoping it will make sense. I’m hoping the product is improved. But I’m ready to export to Notes.
Cynical prediction: Twitter becomes profitable only as a patent troll, then ultimately their IP will be sold to a consortium—long after litigation forces services that have vague similarities to Twitter to do algorithmic contortions.
At least they are consistent. No iPad specific Threads client at this time.
To be sure, logic matters. It can make a pretty big difference in your Smart Playlist choosing the rule “Artist is” or choosing the rule “Artist includes.” Inclusion or exclusion can provide unexpected results.
My day started with disappointment in myself. I got a lot of sleep, but in doing so, I slept through plans I had for the cooler part of the day. No harm, no foul, but I still want to do all the things.
Siri understands “Lumos” and “Nox.”
We are still dependent on others to maintain safe spaces and store our digital things. It will be a long time before we can help each other build and maintain such things on our own. Today, we recommend products and services that are affordable, but we remain faceless consumers.
My concern about the decentralized communities is the technical burden. Knowledge sufficient to launch and sustain servers and networks, maintain bandwidth, keep plenty of disk space for endless growth, and somehow also maintain time and enthusiasm to participate.
I’m intrigued by Lemmy and Mastodon and decentralized projects. Every bit as much as ARPANET was built to be a platform for communication that can route around damage, I believe that decentralized online communities can be similarly sustainable.
Modern tools are suddenly very hardcore about PIN codes, passwords and biometrics. Humans are not.
All I can say, as your support professional, is that it’s time to get serious. You don’t have to remember every password as long as you invest some time in a tool that will.
Saints at bat versus the Stripers
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Storybook ending to the game: Saints were down by one at the bottom of the ninth. Bases were loaded after 2 outs. Final hit of the game hit the home run wall. Saints won, 13-9.
For a few minutes, I was thinking today was Thursday. I was thinking about winding my week down and what I was looking forward to on Saturday and Sunday. Then, realizing today was actually Tuesday, I have been forced to make different plans.
I’m drinking coffee too late in the day. Still? Mmm. Delicious
Unboxing takes time, but all the things are back home. It feels good. I am grateful to be back.
Best Father’s Day gift ever: I found my wallet. Intact. Or, maybe the giant remodel we just finished and we can move in tomorrow. It’s a great day.
On the other hand, Bluesky isn’t picking up every post, today. I’m wondering if syndication is limited on some level or is simply not reliable yet.
One feature I’m excited for in iOS 17 is the Journal. I realize, technically, I can use the Notes app for this. Every bit as much as I went back to Evernote from DayOne after I realized it, too, is a database with a UI. I’m still interested in using native tools as much as possible. The thing with Evernote is that I can use the native client at work (Windows), and I have found the web clipping to be my favorite, so far.
Syndication from Micro.blog to Bluesky works better than to Twitter or Mastodon in that formatting and links are preserved.
DNS changes work way better when typos are removed.
Was thinking about distributed discussion groups, given the state of Reddit. Then I remembered USENET. And Enshittification (source, source). Now I’m sad.
Novice that I am, made some DNS changes. Finally sunk in that I only need DNS from registrar, not also from my web host. Therefore I had my host remove DNS service. Added a txt record for an experiment. If I broke something, I assume I may not know for a day or two.
It feels like I’m not able or allowed to be my best self at all times, like I have to claw back progress I had previously won.
For you introspective writers: Do you ever come across something you’ve written that is deeply personal, and true—then forgotten? And wonder how you could have lost track of such a moment of clarity?
I didn’t know I needed this, but someone put together an Apple Music playlist of music from Letterkenny episodes: Letterkenny Soundtrack
Apple Watch features I really thought we’d have before watchOS 10
I’m a series 4-wearer and an Apple fan boy, but these are real usability issues. Some are software problems that haven’t been resolved, but others are likely hardware choices that directly affect battery life.