Threads is intriguing but feels like the wild west. Mastodon has the best apps but discovery of people is really hard. Micro.blog is comfortable, like sitting in the lounge of an old pub. The problem is there are people I want to follow on all of the networks but I can’t do it from one app.

In all honesty I would like an app with the polish of Ivory to follow people from, keep up with the timeline in, and post to my own self hosted blog that looks and is structured exactly how I want it to be. I feel like that is a possibility but one that is always slightly out of reach.

Now that Apple has done interactive widgets. I want them to bring back interactive notifications on the Mac.

I hate DNS.

Just discovered this Security Checkliston Brian Lovin’s personal site. What a great resource and way to share knowledge.

Deliveroo finally added live activities!

Feeling the urge to watch Mad Men again. Haven’t watched it for ages and I miss the style of it.

The joys of Monday morning click test results not being what you had hoped. Design revision time. But first, coffee.

You have a meeting. You have a meeting. You have a meeting, and you can have a meeting. Meetings for everyone!

Anyone know if the Apple Music improvements in iOS 17 bring sync of the up next queue across devices?

Shut up Thierry Henryโ€ฆ enjoyed Ted Lasso and its fitting end to the final season.

When does the Roy Kent series start?

Where Iโ€™ve been

Iโ€™ve seen a few posts from people sharing where theyโ€™ve been and thought it was interesting. So Iโ€™m sharing the countries Iโ€™ve been too as well: Denmark ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Israel ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Iโ€™ve also stepped foot in Belgium and Luxembourg but they were both on the way to Switzerland so I donโ€™t count them. When I was growing up we had most of our family holidays in the UK and I think Iโ€™ve visited nearly all the counties in England, most of Wales, and a couple in Scotland.

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Editing memories

Iโ€™ve been looking at some of the things Google announced this week. Whilst some of the things are quite interesting โ€“ like the Pixel Tablet and stand โ€“ others are just plain puzzling. I understand that Google was is trying to flex and show off their AI abilities, the new Magic Editor that they announced doesnโ€™t sit well with me. I take photos to preserve memories. I can look back through my photo library and memories are triggered by the visuals, even the ones that are less than perfect.

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I love my Sonos, but starting to want some kind of physical remote to control them. Any recommendations?

Finished reading: Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential by Tiago Forte ๐Ÿ“š

Went for a walk after work. A bird pooed on me. About sums up my day.

A long time ago I used an app called LittleSnapper to collect images and snap websites I liked. Anyone know of a similar app?

Trying to utilise Hookmark in my workflow more but finding I spend a lot of time making sure things are linkedโ€ฆ seems to create more admin work than I would like.

A thought provoking blog post about the role of software, thinking, and the affect they are having on our abilities.

Finished reading: Laws of UX by Jon Yablonski ๐Ÿ“š

Tried my hand at an Austin Kleon style collage in between Teams calls this morning. Quite fun. ๐ŸŽจ