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Posted: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 13:01:31 -0500
And here we go for the week: the weekly creative summary for 2023/49 is out! The newsletter version coming up soon for my dear subscribers! I hope you enjoy this week’s edition!
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Posted: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 09:48:06 -0500
It seems that at the current rate, 2023 will be my second-most active year on Micro.blog, after 2020. Ref. Blog stats.
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Strike One
Posted: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 08:26:05 -0500
After publishing more than 70 YouTube videos on my channel, today I got my first content violation warning for sharing a review about Play 2.0, a video manager for YouTube that facilitates downloading YouTube content for free. Oopsy.π«₯ I did the highly recommended training by Google.
If you are a serious YouTube video consumer, consider using Play 2.0. That is all.π€«1
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I wonder if I could make my video available elsewhere…π€ ↩︎
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Posted: Sat, 09 Dec 2023 09:03:20 -0500
I created the Craft Feature Request Board on Canny.io, because the Craft team doesn’t want to do it themselves, apparently. If you are a Craft user with feature requests, file yours!
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Posted: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 06:45:22 -0500
If Apple’s iPhone 16 brings Siri / Gen AI exclusivity, I don’t see that enough for me to consider upgrading. Some tech pundits will probably say that Siri needs much more than an upgraded microphone for a better experience. Photography enhancements are what make me upgrade for the most part.
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Posted: Wed, 06 Dec 2023 21:05:48 -0500
If Apple were to release an M3 MacBook Air early in 2024, I would be pissed off1.
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I bought an M2 15-inch MacBook Air last August. ↩︎
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Posted: Wed, 06 Dec 2023 09:02:17 -0500
Wish of the day: I’d like to connect an Apple TV to an Apple Studio Display.
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HEY, what about Improving Newsletters Reading Experience?
Posted: Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:18:51 -0500
As a paying subscriber to HEY mail, I find it strange that the newsletter consumption feature has never been updated since its initial release1. A product is rarely perfect on its first try. For example: newsletters are presented in a semi-expanded form, but I wish I could display them as “newsletter titles only”. Also, there is no integration whatsoever with third-party read-later service to easily send a newsletter to Omnivore, for example2. Once expanded, it’s not obvious our to return to the list of newsletters sitting in the bin to read the next one.
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Posted: Sun, 03 Dec 2023 17:55:24 -0500
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Posted: Sun, 03 Dec 2023 09:50:57 -0500
π₯ Hey, it’s Sunday! And, it’s time for the new edition of my Weekly Creative Summary! Enjoy. Coming up later for my lovely subscribers! π
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Posted: Sat, 02 Dec 2023 13:32:14 -0500
For those who are new to the Micro.blog hosting service, in this video, I share a few tips and tricks for reading efficiently your Micro.blog timeline. If you aren’t new to Micro.blog. Well, you might discover a few things anyway!
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My First Genuine Ah Ah Moment With Generative AI
Posted: Sat, 02 Dec 2023 09:04:00 -0500
Here is a quick recount of my βAh ah momentβ this morning, involving generative AI in a simple workflow. Iβm still in awe about it.
If I stumble on a long and chatty YouTube video that might be interesting, I’ll use this workflow to quickly get the gist out of it. First, I use Downie (a Mac utility) to download it on my M2 MacBook Air. Then, I use the Whisper Transcription Mac app to transcribe the spoken discussion into text that I export in a PDF1. Next, I open ChatGPT, upload the PDF file and let ChatGPT ingest the content. Finally, I prompt ChatGPT with things like: what is the subject of this discussion? Are there any apps mentioned in the discussion? Who is talking? Is this a controversial subject? Generate a title for this discussion. Generate a summary in less than 300 words. Etc. Itβs very effective. You can use the GPT I created for this2. Oh, and I guess you can use the same workflow for a podcast episode!
This workflow was also documented in βMy Micro-Workflows Explainedβ mini website.
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Posted: Fri, 01 Dec 2023 15:10:21 -0500
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Posted: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 19:06:35 -0500
Happy with Ulysses. π #iawriter7
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Posted: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 21:30:34 -0500
I finished watching this video today while waiting for my car at the garage. Andrej Karpathy gives a great talk explaining Gen AI and how the whole process works, and then some more explanations about the possible future around AI. It’s a must-see.
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Posted: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 10:04:49 -0500
While on my desk, I want to use my iPad Pro over Ethernet @ 1 GbE (much faster than wifi) while keeping it charging. Also, it seems that it’s not possible to prioritize Ethernet over Wireless (like we can on the Mac)1. Am I missing something? Am I the only one on earth who prefers Ethernet? Any suggestion?
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It seems that Wifi needs to be disabled. ↩︎
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Posted: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 07:14:24 -0500
I’m generally unfazed by black Friday sales… I buy things when I need them, not because of any deals. But, this morning, I bought a Kodak slides scanner because I have hundreds of old family slides sitting in boxes. I feel sad not to spend the time to put a new life in those memories. So there you go, a new slide scanner. I’ll probably write an extensive review of it.
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Posted: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 06:54:07 -0500
If you don’t know me, but especially the places where I’m sharing and for what purpose, that is the video to watch.
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Posted: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 20:28:06 -0500
With a bit of a delay, here is my weekly creative summary for week 2023/47. Coming a bit later for my subscribers! π
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Posted: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 11:20:34 -0500
A new goal: about security: migrating my two-factor authentication from Authy to Apple’s Keychain / iCloud Passwords. Signing into any service when using Apple’s solution is too cool and efficient to pass.
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Posted: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 07:11:19 -0500
Today it’s time for an update to my creative and blogger workflow1. You can get an overview in this diagram, and the changelog here on my metablog. Any questions? π
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The previous version was published on 2023-04. ↩︎
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Posted: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 07:36:32 -0500
It’s my most “successful” image ever on Pixelfed, by far. π Testing MarsEdit Micropost feature (again).
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Posted: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 06:58:48 -0500
I created my Backblaze account earlier this week to replace Dropshare Cloud. Today, I discovered that Cloudflare offers S3-compatible storage too, with a similar free tier (10 GB). Since CF is my domain name registrar, maybe I should have created my S3 bucket with them instead?1 π€
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But the Dropshare client probably doesn’t yet offer a connector to CF storage. π€·π»ββοΈ ↩︎
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Posted: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 06:44:21 -0500
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Posted: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 12:32:50 -0500
I should visit the Micro.blog Discover section more often⦠there are some gems over there from time to time.