TIL The Bandcamp iOS app runs fairly OK on macOS.
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TIL You can set Finder to auto-size columns. I turned this on immediately. /via DF.
Darice de Cuba on travel
Darice de Cuba: It’s perfectly ok to go to another country/city and just take it easy and enjoy oneself. I completely agree with Darice's take on traveling. Go somewhere, get comfy, and…
More friction, less reach
What should I post here? What should I post there? I'm struggling to find a balance that I like. My deepest self says post everything here, right on my own personal website….
Maggie Appleton on the state of AI Agents
Maggie Appleton, in a post titled simply January 2026: You might suggest that I spend less time on X, but I’m not inclined to look away just as the train gets up…
I’m happy to see the younger generation of programmers joining us older folks in experiencing imposter syndrome and constantly feeling of being behind. It persists. It never goes away. You’re likely doing fine, and likely not behind. If you don’t feel these feelings you likely think too much of yourself. Work on being OK with these feelings while at the same time trying to do your best at your job without burning out.
Clear your calendar, pour a favorite beverage, and immerse yourself into the year in music with reports from Simon Collison and Jon Hicks. Fantastic every year.
Comments from Mozilla’s new CEO have brought up the topic of ad blocking. With some going so far as to switch their browser. In 2023 I wrote about why I do not block ads but I do block ad tracking as best as I can.
Chris Glass: “Alright, that’s enough of that”
Chris Glass, on his cat blog: I’ve turned off comments and other minor features to improve site performance here because I think AI bots are hogging things. The scourge of internet traffic…
Every now and then YouTube will suggest a film photography related video from years and years ago. I’ll watch it and think, hey, YouTube, why didn’t you suggest this sooner?
Diversions #10: Kona’s first snow
Pretty rich that I am extolling the virtues of boredom while at the same time reviving a recently discontinued series of posts on my site called, of all things, Diversions. But hear…
My 2026 goal is to be bored more often
What do you do with your time? I think the modern world has afforded us all more time than we know what to do with and we're squandering it. I know this…
Taranis: “LLMs are a failure”
Anon Taranis writes that LLMs are, in large part, a failure and that all AI companies have hit a wall that they'll never surmount. I believe it is always good to read…
Whither Latent Co.?
Naz Hamid, writing on his personal blog, about forming a small company called Latent Co.: Driven by the creative tooling we’ve cut our teeth on and drawing on our product and imaging…
Elizabeth Spiers on blogging
Elizabeth Spiers, writing on her own blog again finally, about how blogging is better than social media platforms because it is harder to pick a fight. I'm generalizing off course, go read…
I don’t know if I can directly tie this to uninstalling social network apps from my phone… but I can say that I had a thoroughly enjoyable and productive offline weekend.
Andre Franca on the small web
Andre Franca: The small web persists not because it's winning any battle against platform dominance, but because some things are worth doing regardless of scale. These independent voices, scattered across their own…
I’ve uninstalled all social network apps from my phone; including Ivory for Mastodon. I’m really trying to force myself into boredom. To allow my mind to wander. And force-feeding myself information (even good, high quality information) is stifling my mind’s ability to wander.
Manuel Moreale: “the web is alive”
Manuel Moreale, encouraging us all to follow all the links in his seminal series People & Blogs… This series lives on my blog but has nothing to do with me. It exists…
Simon Willison on creating new programming languages with AI
Simon Willison comments on creating new programming languages with AI: My hunch is that existing LLMs make it easier to build a new programming language in a way that captures new developers….
If you’re reading this in RSS or on my website, it means that it is being statically delivered yet again. I’m so happy about this.
Hesitant thoughts on LLMs
I've wanted to write a follow-up to my April 2023 post How I'm using ChatGPT as an accelerator for several months. I want to share how I'm using AI today, what I…
Spending time, slow time, meaningful time… looking through Paris Photo-Aperature 2025 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist. Added to Unmark (of course) so that I can spend several comfy chair, cross legged sessions doing so.
Giving Obsidian a try again for two reasons; file over app (or database) and I want my notes to be more cross platform to use on Linux machines. Based on what I’m seeing from Apple, I’m starting to see a future (albeit distant) where I’m on Linux full-time.
Just released Signboard 0.4.0 that adds due dates to cards and lays the foundation for labels and other card metadata. I’m so happy to have due dates since Signboard is now my daily driver. The next build will be a code refactor and bug fixes from this release.
Unmark 2025.2, the removal of the free tier, and a price increase
Update (October 2026): Unmark’s hosted service no longer accepts new sign-ups. For my current bookmarking app, see Rinku, its free, open source, local-first successor. Over the past few months of weekends, I…
Recently purchased a few tracks from A Unicorn Masquerade on Bandcamp (who also goes by Bread on Penguins on YouTube).
Merlin Rebrović on personal websites
Merlin Rebrović on personal websites being like tending a garden: Sometimes I put in more time and effort, sometimes I neglect it for a bit, depending on the season and other pressures…