: Not a great photo technically, but my god Merlin has so much personality in his expressions that I …

: So, who’s installed the iOS 18.2 beta? How’s the stability?

: Didn’t have any pickled onions left for my Gibson, so I’m garnishing with a cornichon. 🤷🏻‍♂️ …

: What decade had the best music, and why was it the 1990s?

: Bleh. I thought I was making progress on migrating away from NavigationViews in the WriteFreely app, …

: Okay, so, for my birthday earlier this month, I got a Stream Deck Mini. Give me your favourite …

: A couple of little tweaks coming to Per shortly. Better iOS 18 compatibility is the main attraction …

: Working title for tomorrow’s newsletter.

:

: Added a bit more detail (and styling) to the @cheqin landing page. Aiming for some actual design …

: Sometimes I wonder what percentage of my life is spent as an unwittinging A/B test participant. And …

: “Sure, it’s not 2023 now, but who knows what the future might bring?” – Homer Simpson, probably

: Remember mouse pads?

: As of iOS 18.1 beta 3, Apple Intelligence is now available in Canada — with the caveat that you’ll …

: I’ve been to five grocery stores/supermarkets in Montreal over the past couple of days and I …

: It’s official, www.twocommoncents.club now redirects to the company newsletter archives. All …

: Last week of August. Lots to get done and lots to get cracking on, especially if I want to hit that …

: After trying out a logo-based profile picture for a couple of weeks, I’m back to using a …

: Quiet mornings with Merlin. He’s always extra cuddly while I’m having my first coffee of the day. …

: Toying with site logos for the reboot of Two Common Cents Club, which will (hopefully!) become a …

: I’ve decided to shut down Two Common Cents Club — in its current form, at least. That content will …

: I really should get around to adding some more details and, you know, CSS to the Cheqin landing …

: Testing Micro.blog → Threads crossposting!

: Created a new Micro.blog account for @cheqin, my upcoming personal finance app. I didn’t want to …

: Of course I sent out today’s newsletter without including a link for my second “Around The Web” …

: Experimenting with SwiftUI code generation from ChatGPT and Claude. Claude seems far more thorough, …

: I think I’m getting the hang of this newsletterr thing. Issue five of The Angelo Report goes out …

: It’s the first of the month, so that means a new post at Two Common Cents Club, where I write about …

: 📰 Issue 3 of The Angelo Report is now out: www.angelo.report/archive/i…

: Walked into an Apple Store and holy smokes they REALLY want you to try out Vision Pro. Had to refuse …

: Going to try using my new website logo as my PFP on social for a bit. I think there’s more humanity …

: Issue 1 of The Angelo Report shipped yesterday, in which I lament my keyboard’s broken G key and …

: The inaugural edition of The Angelo Report is going out in about 40 minutes. Please don’t subscribe, …

: Lately I’ve been experimenting with a two-list “active-and-backlog” task management system, over the …

: I’m reworking my personal site a bit — making it more of a landing page for now, but will be …

: I’m trying to decide where Micro.blog fits into my online life. 🤔 I really like the community here, …

: I love newsletters so much that in my spare time I’m building an iOS app to manage your newsletters …

: Merlin may be a pain in the ass most of the time, but he’s also a pretty affectionate little buddy …

: The first issue of The Atelier Journal, in which I discuss my upcoming iOS app for managing your …

: I’ve thought about doing a “side hustle with me” (terrible name, I know) video …

: A Love Letter to Personal Projects: angelostavrow.blog/a-love-le…

: Merlin isn’t feeling all this snow.

: As the saying goes, “April blizzards bring May wizards.” 🧙

: I am simultaneously: so, so, tired of keeping up with tech b) terrified that I’ll be left behind as …

: On Saturday, I mentioned that I’m building a Buttondown client for iOS and shared a survey for …

: I’m doing a bit of market research for my upcoming iOS app for managing Buttondown newsletters! If …

: Much as I love Overcast, transcriptions in the Apple Podcast app are a game changer. Not only is it …

: Wow, hundreds of downloads already since making Thought Detox free. It just makes sense if the app …

: In preparation of moving Thought Detox to a patronage/tipjar business model, the app is now FREE to …

: Today at Two Common Cents Club, I talk about cash flow forecasting and the mindset shift it allowed …

: Been doing some Sunday experimentation with the Buttondown API. 🙂

: When you really enjoy writing but just haven’t felt inspired and so you’re thinking it’d be a good …

: Has anyone ever seen an otherwise-free iOS app offer a “patronage” subscription? No additionally …

: The target market for my next projects is indie devs; target platform is desktop. Considering a Mac …

: There’s an aside in today’s issue of Two Common Cents Club that I really think I should expand on: …

: Change my mind.

: I’m strongly considering making Thought Detox free (with a tip jar). Maybe randomly show a “Leave a …

: For the business website I’ve decided that I’m going to archive the blog and, moving forward, rely …

: Indie devs that are building apps as a side-business thing, what do you struggle with most as far as …

: Over on Two Common Cents Club, I’ve published a review of Paul Jarvis’ “Company of One” — a book …

: Over at Two Common Cents Club, I’ve just added discounts on some of the tools and services I use to …

: Well, that’s frustrating.

: Coffee turned out extra tasty this morning. Not quite sure what I did differently. 🙂

: I don’t really need a better browser, I need a less-shitty internet

: It is a universal truth that upon joining a new Slack, one must first join all channels related to …

: Currently wondering whether there’s a correlation between how long movies have gotten and the drop …

: The Canada Goose store in downtown Montreal has a cold room set to –20°C, with fans that can be …

: I love that the 80,000 Hours website includes an “Our Mistakes” page — a breakdown of mistakes they …

: The goal with twocommoncents.club, then, is to help you mitigate the risks of building a meaningful …

: I feel weird sharing goals like “build a successful business” because it feels… I dunno, shallow? …

: I founded Dropped Bits 12 years ago today. In that time, it’s become a profitable little side …

: Trying out Obsidian. I signed up for a years of sync (there’s a special right now if you sign up …

: Me, doing the Huberman morning walk in Montreal at 7AM in December. (I don’t think it’s working)

: If you’re a solopreneur or run a little side business, do you do any kind of financial …

: If you’re like me and can’t ever figure out what’s selected in the tv UI at a glance, enable this …

: Expecting a whole lot of snow in Montreal the next couple of days. I’m watching it come down as I …

: I’m looking for a way to run occasional online surveys—ideally the product is from a small indie …

: My favourite Watch face continues to be Explorer. It’s subtle, doesn’t offend too much uh in …

: Good morning to those who celebrate

: Turns out, Aeropress makes a better coffee if you remember to use a filter. ☕️😴

: This One Weird Hack Saves Me 827 Hours Per Week Like and subscribe for more incredible productivity …

: If you’re running a Discourse site: are you self-hosting (e.g. on a VPS), using a …

: Pretty happy with how I’ve customized my Action Button shortcut.

: How do people have plants and cats in the same home? We have a 40” money tree in a planter that we …

: You can customize what’s shown in Standby on iOS 17, which is cool, but is there no way to get those …

: It’s new iPhone delivery day! Are you a set-up-as-new phone type, or a transfer-data-from-old-phone …

: Where did we go wrong as a species?

: So fluffy

: Struck gold at IKEA yesterday

: Cool, my Mastodon instance seems to have crapped out again. I love self-hosting!

: Literally sat there like this for five minutes, watching us enjoy our morning coffee.

: Merlin had his cardiac ultrasound today to check on a heart murmur the vet noticed earlier this …

: I’m closing out the second week of my four-week “Getting Started” training plan. Today, I did my …

: Spent two hours debugging a React Native feature I was developing that was crashing the view. …

: Great praise for Montreal’s latest rail project, the REM, in this overview video by RMTransit. …

: I’m ready for that Saturday-morning run, but Merlin has other ideas.

: Why isn’t there such a thing as an Apple Books+ subscription?

: I added a custom domain for my status log, but now I’m wondering if it makes more sense for my …

: Ordered an iPad mini from Apple’s refurbished store on Saturday, and it was supposed to be delivered …

: I’m back to using Moleskine’s TimePage as the primary calendar app on my iPhone. It’s not quite as …

: Looks like this afternoon is gonna be… interesting.

: In case you all didn’t see it, IndieDevSales is going on today and tomorrow! Lots of great apps for …

: Tuesday’s coming, did you bring your coat?

: 🧵 If anyone is interested in seeing pretty much the same content on yet another platform: …

: Free app idea for anyone interested: Class Action Tracker I’ve been added to so many class actions …

: Spicy foliage in parc-nature Du Ruisseau-De Montigny

: We’re number one, baby! 🏆 Wildfire smoke: Montreal has world’s worst air quality today | Montreal …

: Forest fire-related smog is very bad in Montreal today. Carbon monoxide is at 1500 —300+ is …

: Every time I see an “Apps Made in Quebec” round-up on the App Store, I always think, “maybe this …

: I’m living in the stupidest timeline. www.bbc.com/news/busi…

: Me, seeing that Tool is playing in Montreal in November: 😃 Me, seeing that floor ticket prices are …

: “Whatcha doing? Wanna play?”

: I guess Thought Detox is coming to iPadOS 17, now that we have HealthKit on iPad. 🙂

: I’m pretty much all-in on Arc as my primary browser at this point. I’ll admit, I’m still only using …

: BOOP

: Cleaned out the bathroom sink’s P-trap all by myself, AMA. (most of my answers will be “🤷🏻‍♂️”)

: Highway speeds plus Quebec potholes equals no driving until I get a replacement tire installed on …

: Finished linking angelo.land to my omg.lol page. Already thinking about what to do with subdomains …

: It just works.

: The fact that I can’t migrate posts from one Mastodon account to another used to bug me a lot, but …

: In contrast to my Mac’s battery life, my iPhone 12 Pro’s battery life is far from “all-day” — I’m …

: One thing that dawned on me today: since getting my M1 Pro MacBook Pro, I almost never think about …

: Okay, I think I’m going to migrate my personal Mastodon presence …

: I have an old but pretty high-end-ish CD player that I’m looking to sell, but have a feeling there’s …

: Mid-May and we woke up to a frost warning today. Honestly a little disappointed that it didn’t snow, …

: Having to upgrade a server reminds me of that old adage, “don’t run your own servers if you don’t …

: I had no idea that Montreal adopted a bylaw banning unsolicited advertising mail, effective next …

: My wife and I are both signed into our Apple TV. I get prompted to connect my AirPods without issue, …

: No longer cross-posting stuff from my blogs to Twitter. Still not sure what I want to do with my …

: I need to rework angelostavrow.dev and could use some inspiration! Show me your favourite developer …

: Merlin would like to have a word.

: Updated my BlueSky handle to use my own domain — find me here: bsky.app/profile/a…

: My status.lol RSS feed gets cross-posted via Micro.blog but, oddly, only on BlueSky does a link to …

: Checking out BlueSky. Find me here!

: 🚴‍♂️ Really enjoying the Apple Fitness+ cycling sessions, except for the fact that I hate cardio and …

: That’s kinda… unexpected.

: Bought a year of omg.lol, and I’m loving the aesthetic of the service(s). It offers a suite of …

: Very rainy in Montreal today. While the grey skies can be a bit gloomy, these rainy April days are …

: Checking out Apple Music Classical this morning. At a quick glance, I really like the ways in which …

: Hope you’re all having a lazy #caturday

: The new Hipstamatic app makes great use of an app clip, and wow it’s fun to use. Here’s me!

: Is anyone I know using DEVONThink for knowledge management? Looking for resources on workflows and …

: May as well set the watch face to match. ☘️

: Went downtown but completely forgot that the Saint-Patrick’s Day Parade is happening today. Haven’t …

: Tools of the trade.

: As part of an ongoing effort to rethink my online presence, I’ve added a custom domain to my …

: It seems like when the Micro.blog iOS app beta has been in the background for a while (e.g., a few …

: Juggling drafts for three different blog posts right now. I haven’t written on my blog any …

: It’s now been just over a week of illness. It started with a sore throat over a few days, then …

: Yesterday’s attempt at creating an IFTTT applet to pull Micro.blog posts into Day One …

: Welp, this was an instant purchase: berkeleymono.com I’ve been using Fira Code as my default …

: Just testing something, nothing to see here 🙈

: You’re a handsome devil, what’s your name?

: Is it just me, or does it take hours between posting to your micro.blog and the entry showing up in …

: Okay, I finally got around to creating a first IFTTT applet: creating a new journal entry in Day One …

: Picked up a little treat for myself yesterday. I typically drink peat-y scotches, but this is just …

: I really, really need to get around to redoing my personal website. Well, websites. And I’ll …

: Huh, I forgot that Day One offers a CLI. I think at some point I was using a script by Brett …

: Just (re-)connected Micro.blog to Mastodon, so kindly ignore this test post. 🙂

: Looking for a new keyboard and I might finally get into the clicky kind — right now I’m looking at …

: It’s getting to that point of the winter where everyone seems to be feeling ready for it to be over. …

: Updated the lock screen today to showcase one of Montreal’s most iconic —and controversial— …

: New lock screen feels very à propos for this blustery morning.

: A thing I noticed since I started publishing microposts from my blog out to various services is that …

: Experimenting now with a personal Mastodon instance. Still a fair bit of setup to do, but in the …

: Apparently, December has felt long enough that I’ve started writing “2022” in my journal.

: Renaming “Do Not Disturb” to “Focus” in iOS 15, and expanding how the …

: Who do I know using asdf? Is it working well for you? https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf

: Coil blogs are migrating to Write.as, and to help set folks up for the transition, the WriteFreely …

: 💉 Applying bugfix_pfizer_1.patch…

: Nice! Will be releasing the update alongside Wednesday’s Dispatches from Dropped Bits HQ newsletter.

: Holy smokes, Thought Detox is mentioned on iMore! 🤯

: A big thank you to Club MacStories for including Thought Detox in its list of App Debuts this week! …

: I’ll be the first to admit that I never thought of a writing platform as being a useful …

: Okay, #SwiftUI question time! You need to pass info from e.g. an EnvironmentObject or Core Data into …

: I’ve been talking about wanting to start shooting photos again, so I’m taking Olly out …

: Something that’s been tricky for me in building WriteFreely for Mac in SwiftUI has been …

: After years of running a Hugo-powered blog and having built a custom theme for it, I’m (finally) …

: Feeling the need for a new profile photo — this one is three years old. On the plus side, I look at …

: I deleted my Instagram account months ago—I was too creeped out by the service to use it. I have a …

: Winter is coming.

: ✍️ Rewriting the WriteFreely for iOS Post Editor (Or, A Journey Into UIViewRepresentable)

: WriteFreely for iOS v1.0.1 is now rolling out to the App Store! There are a whole lot of little …

: Almost filled the espresso machine’s tank with coffee beans and the coffee grinder’s …

: Is it just me, or has “Listen for ‘Hey Siri’” when your iPhone is locked …

: That thing when you’re on a tear opening issues in a repo and it feels super productive, but …

: Okay, here’s an idea you can have for free: A new social sharing site, but you get karma for …

: So, uh… if you’re supposed to be receiving your new iPhone on Friday, have you received …

: Yesterday, v1.0 of the WriteFreely app for iOS launched on the App Store — I wrote a bit about my …

: There’s a practice of taking a piece of paper, writing down your thoughts and feels on it, and …

: I’m currently watching an episode of Twin Peaks and WOW I’d forgotten how weird this show was

: Coming soon to a WriteFreely TestFlight beta near you — publish local posts to a collection, and …

: That thing when you can’t type in Xcode anymore so you close and reopen your project, quit and …

: Oh my days, it’s finally live — sign up for the WriteFreely for iOS public beta! 🎉 More here: …

: Been working with SwifUI all summer to build this. It’s getting close! 😬😃🥳

: Thinking about starting a new blog series called “I Should Know Better: Foods I’ve Burped Into My …

: Am I doing something wrong, or does didFinishLaunchingNotification simply not fire in #SwiftUI …

: You see, the reason olives are added to martinis is because one mustn’t partake on an empty stomach …

: Hey nice, Big Sur beta 7 and Xcode 12.2 beta are now available for download!

: Are these kinds of announcements new?

: So if you’re tearing your hair out debugging the presentation and dismissal of a sheet in …

: Is anyone using SwiftUI’s TextEditor control in a Mac app? In my multiplatform app, when …

: Oh my days, you can FINALLY filter by brand on Amazon.ca 🤯 No more searching through eighty-four …

: Is it just me, or is selecting/closing tabs in Firefox really flaky in Big Sur beta 6?

: It’s time for an afternoon restorative and my weekly retrospective. I take an hour or so every …

: Work continues on the WriteFreely client! It’s an open-source, multi-platform SwiftUI app and I’d …

: My first contribution to @NetNewsWire shipped as part of the 5.1d3 release for the Mac app. Watching …

: I upgraded to Xcode 12β5 this morning, and now my SwiftUI multiplatform app SIGABRTs on launching …

: The power just went out here, literally just before I clicked the download button for the Xcode 12 …

: Release the betas 5 you cowards

: What’s in your iOS 14/macOS 11/Xcode 12 β5 wishlist? I’d love to see SwiftUI’s …

: Okay, SwiftUI question for you iOS devs: is there any reason why I shouldn’t expect that …

: All this time I’ve figured that you just can’t use SwiftUI PreviewProviders if your view …

: That thing where you open an Xcode project and you’re like, “OMG where’s all my …

: Ugh, my tabs keep crashing in Firefox on Big Sur β4. 😓 I haven’t dug into the crash reports, …

: Finally installing the Big Sur developer beta, on my main / only Mac. Fingers crossed that …

: When I’m stuck on some code problem, and don’t have anyone to pair/rubberduck with, …

: For the record, “workin' 9 to 5” was a thing we used to do before email and instant …

: I’ve had Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” stuck in my head since I woke up this …

: So Damn Close

: Xcode’s “Refactor>Rename”, the first time you try it: kinda neat to see it …

: This is the first month in a long time that I’ve bothered trying to close my activity rings every …

: So, looks like the issue with my iPhone X isn’t a swollen battery, just probably some deterioration …

: Wherefore art thou, beta three?

: Okay, let’s do some Monday Motivation: tell me about a project you’re tackling this week …

: Loved this deep dive on MetricKit by @mattie. Looks like there’s still some work to be done …

: Getting closer and closer to a TestFlight beta of the next version of Per. But now do I bother …

: “Coding for pleasure” is like “slamming your hand in a car door for manicure.”

: Why do smoke alarms always start chirping about their battery needing replacement at 4AM?

: Friends, do you have a favourite guide to learning Go?

: I will not install Big Sur β1 on my only Mac. I will not install Big Sur β1 on my only Mac. I will …

: Swift developers, do you know of any tool for generating documentation that generates Markdown …

: Why are remote git operations in the VS Code terminal suddenly throwing alerts about “The …

: Speaking of which, any recommendations a Mastodon app for iOS they love? My preference is either …

: It’s official, you can now find me on Mastodon). Toot!

: I made a thing! 🚀 The WriteFreely Swift package lets your Mac/iOS app interact with the WriteFreely …

: Not two weeks ago I was telling someone that my iPhone X is running so well that I think I can …

: A little something I added to the bottom of my personal site’s footer — I’m leveraging the Web …

: My first TIL entry was to answer my own question, “what’s with Xcode’s …

: 🔗 www.jessesquires.com I learned this trick from @frankacy and I’m using it everywhere in Per’s …

: Good ideas done great: @NetNewsWire’s GitHub repository includes a “Technotes” folder …

: Interesting side effect of sheltering at home: because more people are ordering in rather than going …

: If you’re looking for a site that lets you add spacer gifs to your iPhone’s home screen, …

: We’ve been running an experiment for a couple of months now to see if we could live with …

: Testing DNS stuff: Make change Wait 15 minutes Test your changes Wait another 15 minutes just in …

: A logged-in session of dev.to fails to load in Safari on macOS with “Service Worker context …

: I like to wait until the last possible second before entering a one-time password, because if …

: It’s so mild out, and yet the Great Canadian Tradition of flocking to social gatherings in …

: Anyone else having a heck of a time installing watchOS 6.2? This is on a Series 2 Watch.

: Walking to the pharmacy or supermarket in my neighbourhood, I see kids' drawings of rainbows hanging …

: SOAP IS HOPE 🧼💦🙏

: “[The Quebec] government is postponing student loan debt repayment, which means […] no …

: Happy Straturday, folks. 🎸 The Fender Stratocaster: A Short History - five watt world on YouTube

: “You should only go out to work, buy bread, go to the pharmacy, get treatments, take a walk or …

: Effective today, my gym is closed until further notice. Effective today, I don’t have to feel guilty …

: Dammit my face is itchy

: Boy howdy, do I have a lot of unfinished projects full of bad code An Ode to Unfinished Projects: …

: Here we are, fretting over washing our hands Meanwhile folks eating Tide pods are living in 3020

: I have a Raspberry Pi Zero W, a soldering iron, and Glitch. What should I build?

: I’ve only just realized that “soap” and “soup” are almost the same …

: I 💖 the Glitch community — how many of you have come across a job posting asking for way more years …

: Hey, iOS/macOS devs! What would be most interesting to you all in a starter webapp/sample code for …

: My experience with eating wasabi has been pretty binary — either “this could use a little more,” or …

: Why doesn’t my AppleTV remember that my password is NEVER REQUIRED to rent a movie?

: It’s currently experimental, but if you want your website/webapp to call up the native iOS or …

: I recently discovered black MIDI and it’s BONKERS www.youtube.com/watch

: I’m making one small change a day to rewrite my iOS app from scratch this month, and posting about …

: On the not-too-often occasion that I want to create a new Google Doc, it takes me a frustratingly …

: It’s 2020, and hashtags are still a thing. 🤷🏻‍♂️

: “A good decision works with your values and your desires. A bad decision doesn’t.” This article on …

: You know it’s cold season when you’re ordering tissues by the palette from Costco.

: Aiming to write more in 2020? Maybe pitch a post idea for Glimmer, Glitch’s new publication. …

: Obviously, blue tastes like glass cleaner. Otherwise, a great article by @frankacy! …

: Oh my days, this list-of-Alfred-Workflows repo 😲

: Anyone else find that after upgrading shared Reminders, syncing is broken between your devices and …

: I’m experimenting with not wearing my Apple Watch unless I’m working out; the S2 is showing it’s …

: After several hours of writing and reflecting, my goals for the year are finally sorted out. …

: Spent a couple of hours this morning reflecting on how 2019 went—took ~7 pages in my (A5) notebook. …

: “Life is happening at me!” Episode 18 of Make Before Break is out.

: Ooh, 25% off Flickr Pro through Thursday, December 26th: …

: Heat don’t fail me now

: How many times do you have to tell Slack to “never ask again” about enabling …

: Well I’ll be — Xcode (finally) supports multiple cursors! When was this added? (Use CTRL + …

: Doing my weekly retrospective a little later than usual. I use this time to review how last week …

: Ugh, we ordered one of these last week to replace our early-2011 MBP. …

: A photo from a perfect winter morning.

: We’re a couple of days into December already. If you’re into new-year resolutions, this …

: Finally exploring how Drafts can be my text-and-automation Swiss Army knife on iOS. Send a …

: Every Cybertruck order comes with a garment made of yellow spandex, a metal garbage can lid, and …

: My S2 Apple Watch is at the point that this is what I see when I launch the timers pop — and neither …

: So I’ve got angelostavrow.dev — but I’m not yet sure what to do with it. So far everything lives at …

: Been treating some back pain lately, including an occasional massage. Every time I lie down on the …

: On the plus side, changing back to Standard Time has me waking up long before my alarm goes off for …

: 🎙 Episode 15 of Make Before Break is out

: Is iOS getting worse at detecting the words I’m typing, or are my thumbs just getting stupider?

: I’ve been building stuff on the web for a while now, and I still think CSS is approximately 26% …

: First time I’ve ever seen that. Gusts of over 100 km/h were feeing particularly intense earlier …

: It’s Hallowe’en, so we went to a matinée showing of Zombieland 2. It’s more of the same, which isn’t …

: Apple Music subscribers, ever find that a track you have in your playlist (but not necessarily in …

: Efficiency is in many ways the antithesis of resiliency and adaptability: Margaret Heffernan’s …

: That is… not what 33% looks like on a progress bar.

: In June 2014, Apple announced the discontinuation of development of Aperture. From: …

: So, if iOS 13.1 is being released on the 24th along with iPadOS, I think I’ll just wait the …

: Got a wah pedal this week. Lesson learned: if your two hands aren’t coordinated enough to play …

: I’m no longer accepting email, please send lettermail on fancy stationery …

: “Shortcuts can use web services to extend their capabilities. And the best place to roll your …

: The season for light sweaters and jackets is fast approaching in Montreal. Autumn is very much my …

: I’ve been struggling to balance my part-analog, part-digital “hybrid productivity” system, with the …

: Here, I made you a silly whybot: glitch.com/~five-why…

: The bottom of my MacBook Pro isn’t lying flat on tables anymore — searches suggest that the …

: A job well done is its own reward.

: No you’re slowly working through your read-it-later backlog

: Ever feel like your productivity has less to do with time management or task management, and more to …

: Relatedly: I really freaking love RSS. And feed readers. Lets me read a tonne of great content, …

: 😲❤️🎉 Save Webpages to Read Later with Feedbin: feedbin.com/blog/2019…

: If I’m a bit under the weather, I think I’m less likely to take a sick day now that I’m working from …

: Weirdly, not 72 hours after we got back I got flattened by some virus. It’s been a …

: We visited Portland, ME and just fell in love with the place. Lovely folks, laid-back pace, amazing …

: My most wished-for feature for iOS 13 is context-aware FaceTime: “It looks like you’re about to take …

: Finally got around to watching the WWDC keynote, because I’m really on top of current events like …

: Confession: I have not yet seen Avengers: End Game. My old bones physically can’t sit in the same …

: Anyone have a ELI5 link on how to use Komondor with SPM? Trying to get to the point of setting up …

: No, YOU walked all the way to the gym just to find out it’s closed for Canada Day. (I mean, at least …

: In case you need it, I made you a little place to detox your thoughts: thought-detox.glitch.me …

: Some great thoughts from @hillelogram about sleep and stress levels having a far greater effect on …

: Oh right, race weekend. It’s about 10km from my place to the track as the crow flies, and I can …

: Assertion: vacuuming is the worst chore

: 🔗 Polar Explorer Erling Kagge on Why Walking is the Key to Being More Productive - GQ “The secret …

: So am I the only one that was getting frustrated going through Apple’s “Landmarks” …

: As we’re now one week away from WWDC and its adjacent conferences, what’s the top conference …

: I just realized that iTunes will generate HTML for embedding into a web page from its “Share …

: On today’s morning walk, I saw: a sleeping duck a sneaky cardinal a floppy-eared Basset hound …

: It’s a gloomy day outside and all I want to do is go back to bed, so I’m re-listening to this …

: In episode 6 of Make Before Break, Frank and I discuss the struggle in balancing full-time work and …

: Daily routine: Note that macOS notifications are coming up disabled Launch Activity Monitor …

: I’m very intrigued by the process by which a potted plant of basil goes bad within 45 minutes …

: Glitch is looking for another solutions engineer to join the team — if you have any questions about …

: Episode 4 of Make Before Break is out! Fashionably late annual retrospectives. I learned a lot about …

: Episode 3 of Make Before Break is out, and we talk about working preferences, communication, the …

: Marie Chatfield wrote an excellent post comparing and contrasting various types of web architectures …

: Episode 2 of Make Before Break is out and less ramble-y than Episode 1 — though IMO we only really …

: So, @frankacy and I launched a podcast. Here’s episode 1, where we talk about friction: …

: We woke up to 14” of snow on Wednesday. In my neighbourhood, it’s still piled up on the sides of the …

: I added some custom CSS to my microblog so that it better matches my personal site. If you want to …

: Morning realization: I managed to go through the entirety of January without posting here. My …

: A thing I’d kinda forgotten about: the fingertip soreness on your fretting hand after not having …

: I haven’t touched an instrument in well over a decade. Picked this up today to get back to it, and …

: If the courier has decided that my “business is closed” (I work from home) and …

: 📚 Finished reading James Clear’s Atomic Habits yesterday. Some good insight, to be sure. I …

: We caught Bumblebee the other night and really enjoyed it. If you’re avoiding it because you …

: I’m sad to see Thimble going away, but I’m really glad to know that Glitch has stepped …

: Feeling fantastically, frustratingly scatterbrained today. I did manage to get in a good amount of …

: “Results indicated that students who read on print were superior in their comprehension to …

: I’ve been up since about 3:30am and have walked about 200m this morning, and yet my Apple Watch …

: 🔗 Making it personal Link-stumbling across the web today, I fell upon this great read. Several years …

: One day is as good as another for kicking off something new, but there’s something about the …

: Go, InSight! 🤞

: I’ve been tracking a low-grade fever in Apple Health, and yet my watch is nonetheless encouraging me …

: November in Montreal: Just like that, the city wakes up to find itself under a pristine blanket of …

: Those days where it’s not quite cold enough to snow, so it rains instead… those are days made for …

: There’s something wonderfully appealing to me about Jeffery Diduch’s explorations of the …

: I’m looking forward to rolling up my shirtsleeves and helping make Glitch the fun and safe place to …

: I haven’t bought an iPad since the 3rd generation, and while I was really hoping for a new …

: ⏳ Stylin' Sidebar.js in Glitch

: Nature makes the best carpets.

: On the Canadian App Store at least, today’s feature story is about Badland having been “made on …

: Really, if you need to deal with repos and version control and such on your iOS device, do yourself …

: Am I totally not finding the button, or is there no way to create a new repo on GitHub from my …