Have about a dozen drafts staring at me. They all don’t export my thoughts quite right yet. I get frustrated. It takes me a while – months sometimes, but then I remember: is not about saying something. It’s about writing. Sounding it out through keyboard presses. Pushing the blinking cursor forward is the objective. The letter trail actually saying something is a byproduct. Quantity is quality. The resulting wake of floating words and sentences have a better chance of saying something good the more I practice the push-right.
I’m struggling a bit right now. I know one of my teams is underperforming and the main reason is because we have processes with a lot of friction. The team’s productivity is mostly based on brute force and effort, and that’s wrong.
However, we’re going into our high season, where my concern is that making anything better will surely lead to even worse times in the short term, and now’s not the time for that. I really don’t know for sure what’s the right way forward.
After 17 years, considering replacing 1Password with Apple Password for personal stuff. Mostly prompted after I couldn’t justify to CISO keeping 1Password vs his preference. But also, it hasn’t “just worked” in some time for me.
Kegcask Principle: given two Mac apps of
roughly the same feature set, the one with brew support will be the better option.
Node75 low-profile is going to be my first NuPhy keyboard. Absolutely love the modernist design – looks like 80’s frog design concept. Not sure about the touch zone, could be amazing or something I never use, still innovative. Have a few days still to pick the switches, which is a fun problem always. Excited.
After years (wow, that happened fast) of crafting themes for Micro.blog, I’m excited to introduce Mythos Theme — my latest project that represents the direction of my theme development work. Before diving into what makes Mythos special, I want to share some important updates about my existing themes and where they stand moving forward.
Oh man, what a nice looking theme. I would love to have this on blot. Might take a stab at it with one of the vibe coding tools to see how much I can replicate.
Don’t share only your decisions. Don’t always tell people something. Share your questions, your itches. What is bothering me right now? What do I want to figure out?
Here, on this paragraph, this exact sentence – is where this post would forever be damned as a draft note. What’s the punchline? the followup nugget of gold wisdom? What value do the 27 words above on anything to anyone? Shrug. Sorry, not sorry. This post is for me, you’re welcomed to stay.
I love #obsidian, but sometimes its search/omnisearch drives nuts. I know my naming was dumb, and that’s why I don’t find the file – but help me out here!
Of course, as soon as I have a stable workflow with #VoiceInk, I start testing Wispr Flow
AI autocorrect becomes more pervasive across tools, writing an unassisted message is gonna be the equivalent of writing a handwritten letter. You’ll appreciate the authenticity and the effort to make it imperfectly real, and not perfectly artificial.
I never truly believed it, but I produce a lot of content. If you check my 5typos.net blog, there are hundreds of posts commenting on news and products since 2009. This blog also archives my Twitter posts and some personal entries. If anyone had access to my Day One journal, they’d see I’ve been journaling every day for over 2674 days.
I rarely revisit any of this. It’s like watching yourself in a video or hearing your own voice—strange and a bit awkward. Makes me cringe a bit when I think of rereading old stuff. However, when I do go back, the real feeling isn’t awkwardness; it’s surprise. I often surprise myself with what I’ve written, which feels like a meta imposter syndrome, uhm, syndrome.
Where do you draw the line? When do you stop using and appreciating the art if the creator isn’t on the same page?
Does it affect them if you stop using it? In Apple’s case, you could argue it would financially impact them if many people stop purchasing, but in reality I just can’t imagine the amount being just a drop in the bucket. Making noise about would probably has the same effect.
Remember when computers were fun? When you would change Adium alert sounds to sound like the Paris airport or the Tokyo train? I miss that. I think that’s some of what Omarchy brings to the table. Permission to have a bit of a messy setup.
The current macOS customization landscape, reminds me of when I worked at P&G in a previous life. They loved to tout our diversity, and it was true: we came from different places and had different skin colors – but we all wore the same khakis with light blue shirts. We were different, but not really. Same thing happens when I see macOS desktops.
Please let the rumored low-end Macbook be an iPhone Air type of Mac. A MacBook in which the compromises make no sense to pundits. But when you pick it up and you use it, you’re in love with the device. Love from your guts, not rational love from the brain.
The kind of belly excitement the MacBook 12in still generates. But aim higher. As durable as an iPhone, as powerful as a Mac, as cool as an iPad.
Todoist Dictate to add tasks with Ramble looks amazing. I have a baby version of this using Things and AI Actions with shortcuts. But this is another level. Might be time for my 500 day Todo App migration.
Wow VoiceInk for iOS I now available. Amazing about how this software category (dictation/transcription) became a critical part of my stack, and my apps of choice have been so dynamic.
Uhhh the Disk Pro might become Kickstarter impulse buy of the season.
Really wish Apple would figure out a way to use vanilla eSIMs for Apple Watches in countries without partner support.