<!--kg-card-begin: html--><p>A year or so I wrote about the <a href="https://gr36.com/letting-your-ego-in/">trouble with letting your ego in</a>, what I really should of titled it is when I let <em>my<

<p>When thinking about my smartphone usage I always long for something simpler. A life not filled with beeps and bings, one without a phone at all — but there is always something in the way. A need to be contacted, a reason to have emails pushed to your

<!--kg-card-begin: html--><div> <div> <p>Last week Chris Wilson opened up his newsletter <a href="https://learncreateshare.substack.com/p/sharing-despite-self-doubt?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzM5ODM4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo3NzEwNDYsIl8iOiJUSGJ3YiIsImlhdCI6MTU5NTc1MjAyNiwiZXhwIjoxNTk1NzU1NjI2LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNDU5NzEiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.gGEKcZ15hKCqzKJR3bfcvlwcTs3LFeGa5IKLdvhIK08">‘Learn, Create, Share’</a> with the following quote.</p> <

<!--kg-card-begin: html--><div> <div> <p>Newsletters are the new hotness. I know, I write one and you might have heard of it. There are a huge number of fantastic ones out there, providing content direct to your inbox and making good money

<!--kg-card-begin: html--><p>These kinds of posts usually start out as a small note in my journal or Apple Notes. Sometimes they stay there for quite a while because I am at risk of sounding like a grump old man – and <a href="https:

<!--kg-card-begin: html--><p>Anupam Chugh for <a href="https://medium.com/macoclock/apple-is-killing-a-billion-dollar-ad-industry-with-one-popup-2f83d182837f">Mac O’Clock</a></p> <blockquote><p>No user in their right consciousness would look to opt-in for personalised ads considering

<!--kg-card-begin: html--><p><strong>Conor Friedersdorf for <a href="https://apple.news/ABcDyifLpS1qT58M-4AtIQg">The Atlantic</a></strong></p> <blockquote><p><strong>That crusade is as vulnerable to mistakes

<!--kg-card-begin: html--><p>When I think about <a href="https://gr36.com/stop-wearing-my-watch/">ditching my Apple Watch</a> after five years of faithful usage, I can only ever get about 90% there. The easy part is working out how I

<!--kg-card-begin: html--><p>Stephen Nellis and Paresh Dave for <a href="https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-google-apple/google-backed-groups-criticize-apples-new-warnings-on-user-tracking-idUKKBN2440VG">Reuters</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Sixteen marketing associations, some of which are backed by Facebook Inc