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What shall I call my newsletter?
I’ve been blogging since 1999, first at weblog.searls.com, and since 2007 here. I also plan to continue blogging here* for the rest of my life. But it’s clear now that newsletters are w…
On the challenge of saying what you really mean
Writer Clare Sestanovich discusses distrusting triumph, writing during stolen hours, and the wisdom in abandoning a project.
Jemima Wilkinson: Celibacy and the Communal Life by John H. Martin
Automation Documentation: Hooking Automations with Obsidian
For anyone who follows me on this blog or anywhere else, you are probably familiar with the fact that I enjoy automating things. Having my devices do things for me. This has numerous benefits including saving me time and effort in the future, reducing the opportunity for human error, teaching me new skills, etc. But the fact is, when you start building up a large toolbox of automations it can be hard to keep track of the details. Some automations lend themselves to inline documentation, but what if you want to do something more? In this post I am going to describe some of my set up around documenting automations using two tools on the Mac - Hook and Obsidian.
Input
What comes next.
Apple is finally testing more robust SMS spam filters for iOS
What comes next.
Brave’s search engine lets you customize your results
The Goggles feature remixes Brave’s search ranking system.
UwU, This Website Generates New Fursonas Using AI
Predatory community
Projects that seek to create new communities of marginalized people to draw them in to risky speculative markets rife with scams and fraud are demonstrating
Connected #403: He Can't Stop Merging - Relay FM
There are new betas, new chargers and new versions of iWork apps out this week. Beyond covering those items, the guys talk about WeatherKit and calculate updated Hackett Numbers.
Social Networking Utopia — Matt
In discussing the network topology of social networks — whether centralized like Facebook or federated like ActivityPub — I think the ult...
Digits in the Digital — CJ Eller
The memory of learning to type on a keyboard is fuzzy. I don't even recall how it feels not to use a keyboard. It shows my age more than...
Via: Brock Colyar on Pronouns, Identifying as Nonbinary
They, Then and Now
Asking for pronouns has become a social standard. Who is it serving?
Now That's Queen Shit: She's Selling Sticks
The Problem With New York Mag's "Canceled Teen"
Working Outside Sucks
Despite evidence that says otherwise
Member Story: Matthew Cassinelli
Warp: A Simple, Keyboard-Driven Mac Utility for Saving Window Setups
One of the cornerstone features coming to macOS Ventura this fall is Stage Manager, which lets you create sets of multiple apps, decluttering your desktop without a lot of fiddling. In my limited use so far, I’m optimistic about Stage Manager’s future as a way to manage apps, but it’s not for everyone, which is
My Inevitable(?) Amazon Tech Ebook Exit
Warning: publishing business book neepery ahead, as I try to figure out a problem. It includes a bunch of tedious ground-laying. I also round many prices to the nearest dollar. I am specifically ta…
Public Universal Friend - Wikipedia
Dropbox banner UX
My suggestions for a better banner.
Apple MacBook Pro 13 (2022) review: new chip, old threads
The M2 is as good as everyone expected it to be.
Welcome to our new Wednesday edition of The Vergecast
The flagship podcast of twice-a-week podcasts.
What will a Chromium-only Web look like?
Most of the complexity and nuance of the Web is stuffed into browser engines. Even though they’re a huge burden to develop and maintain, the world is lucky enough to have three major ones, and they’re all Open Source.
Twitter to expand into long-form content with upcoming Twitter Notes feature – TechCrunch
In what could be one of Twitter’s more significant changes since doubling the character count from 140 to 280 characters, the company is preparing to launch a new feature that would support the direct publishing of long-form content on its platform. With Twitter Notes, as the upcoming feature…
Twitter ready to launch long-form Notes feature in ‘the coming weeks’: report
Is this the end of short-form Twitter?
Why the “Privacy” Wars Rage On
Privacy rights protect personal autonomy and shield survivors of abuse. They also conceal abuse and safeguard the powerful. Is the concept coherent?
Here Comes the Sun—to End Civilization
Every so often, our star fires off a plasma bomb in a random direction. Our best hope the next time Earth is in the crosshairs? Capacitors.