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The iPad Life Comes For Us All

Perhaps not all of us, but for many people who are interested in tech, and particularly bloggers, the allure of being able to use a tablet to get things done is a strong one. I’ve been there, realised that I can’t make it do what I want, yet

Different Strokes

Matt Birchler writing about Math Notes in iPadOS 18: > …while I can academically understand why they’re so impressive and that some people will get massive use out of them, they aren’t valuable to me, so they don’t move the needle at all in terms of me

Producing Slop

For the past few weeks, I’ve been producing slop. Not because I want to. Merely because everyone tells me I must in order to succeed on the internet. Content slop is a strange term, but it describes the mass-produced, often AI-generated, surface-level content that constitutes a large portion of

Why The RCS Hate?

John Gruber joining two unconnected things together and predictably developing from it a pro apple stance (via Birchtree): > But the argument against RCS is strong and simple: it doesn’t support end-to-end encryption. The only new messaging platforms that should gain any traction are those that not only support

Pay per scroll

Manuel Moreale ponders what he would pay for if you had to pay per scroll: > think about what the web would look like if it was some sort of pay-per-scroll platform. Not a place where virtually everything is free but a place where everything has to be purchased in

Reach For The Blog

After my post the other day about struggling with what’s going on in my life, I’ve been thinking a lot more about blogging. My mind is still a long way from framing the world in blog posts again, but I’ve realised how important my blog is to

The Current Struggle

I don’t mind admitting it, but at the moment I am really struggling. My life is not easy at the best of times, coping with a child that needs extra care, but now my wife has been taken down by gastroenteritis, and I don’t know how single parents

Do it how you want to do it

Jason Kratz <a href="https://notebook.jasonkratz.me/photos-should-be-whatever-you-want/" class="u-in-reply-to">replying to</a> my earlier post on <a href="https://gregmorris.co.uk/2024/07/01/instagram-ruined-all.html">Instagram and photography</a>: > The implication

Instagram ruined all your photos

An interesting post in the Totally Recommend newsletter on the degradation of their camera roll: > Ten years ago, my photos weren't as crisp as they are now, but they did the job of capturing personal stories and connections….these photos are filled with the faces of my

Weekly Check In

In an effort to motivate myself to write more regularly, I’ve decided to consolidate my small updates into one post each week. This may last only a week or it may stick—I've started and abandoned so many creative projects that it's hard to say.