Category: Links of Interest
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Lou on the iPad Release
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While I don’t think the new iPad release is compelling I also agree with Lou Don’t let anyone else tell you how you should feel or use your personal technology. Use what works for you. Enjoy it without shame. This goes for anything you enjoy that’s not harmful to others. Enjoy the music you enjoy…
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The M4 iPad Pro is Faster
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So the new iPad Pro is faster and has a better screen and is thinner. All things I would expect for an incremental upgrade. Reading further through the reports about the iPad I see nothing that makes it a compelling purchase to replace my M1 iPad Pro. I bet I’ll still have issues with some…
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The iPad isn’t a Mac
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Jason Snell speaking about the reveal of what would become the M series chips in the iPad Pro: But that boast also drew the iPad into direct comparisons with PC laptops, and while its sheer hardware power might have defeated most of those laptops, power isn’t everything. It’s what you do with the power. And…
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Nothing beats experience
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Matt tells an excellent story about fixing his furnace that relates very much to learning anything. While Matt was able to fix some of the issues with his furnace, some were beyond his time spent on YouTube researching. After the HVAC came for the final problem, he fixed it by hitting it with a wrench.…
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3D Printed Macintosh Studio
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These are the types of projects I imagine I’d do, but then I have other things that monopolise my time. Very cool iPad Mini and MacStudio project.
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My Analog Journal – YouTube office jams
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This channel came up in my feed today and after a few videos it’s been an excellent office companion. First up was Japanese Funk. Next was Rhythms of the Continent: Then some more Japanese City Pop:
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Quiet Working Morning
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I’ve been streaming working quietly lately as it helps me stay focused and I’m told it helps others who struggle working from home to feel like they’re in an office when they can hear my keyboard sounds or the few times I talk. Play them back, or join me life most Mondays at 0615 Pacific.
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Forgetting Tasks is a Vote on Their Importance
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I regularly see people using a notebook for tasks saying that they forget to do things, important things. I’d ask if the task was important though if you forgot to do it. One of the forcing functions of Bullet Journal, or any paper based system, is that when a task feels way to hard to…
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Apple VisionPro – My Final Straw in Tech Enthusiasm
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Of course the Apple goggles are a preposterously priced novelty looking for a customer base to validate their existence. Rob Horning I’ve read a few people that are excited about the Apple VisionPro, but a very few because I simply don’t care about it at all. Even with effort I tried to find videos or…
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The Deflection of Real Harms in Favour of Future Fake Ones
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The AI industry has proven itself incredibly adept at deflecting interest from real harms to hypothetical ones, like the “risk” that the spicy autocomplete will become conscious and take over the world in order to convert us all to paperclips – Hypothetical AI election disinformation risks vs real AI harms In Number Go Up ,…