Just posted Core Intuition 448. @danielpunkass and I talk about how we’re feeling after the inauguration, reflecting on the last 4 years, and then ignore our optimism for the future with some pessimistic speculation on the latest Apple VR rumors.
Just posted Core Intuition 448. @danielpunkass and I talk about how we’re feeling after the inauguration, reflecting on the last 4 years, and then ignore our optimism for the future with some pessimistic speculation on the latest Apple VR rumors.
The speech we needed, and a beautiful poem and prayer. It’s a new day. 🇺🇸
Finished reading: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson. Discovering the Mistborn series and reading the first 3 books mostly back to back reminded me of how I felt when I was younger, reading every book I could get my hands on. 📚
I’ve been doing a lot of reading and thinking the last couple months and probably not enough writing and coding. Feels a bit like I’ve been hibernating and now have a million new things to try to do.
Finished listening to the audiobook version of Eye of the World by Robert Jordan. I had always put off reading this series because there are so many books, but I’m finding the audiobook great to supplement podcasts and other books. 📚
Snowing in Austin. Don’t even know the last time it has snowed this much here. It just keeps falling. ❄️
Took the drone out for its first flight today and 15 minutes later it was stuck in this tree. A bit too windy out. Eventually got it down with the help of a neighbor’s ladder.
Don’t like that the rollercoaster that was 2020 has crept into 2021 already… Last night I was feeling great — Warnock won, Ossoff won, the Spurs won, and I caught up with an old friend — but today we’re back glued to cable news and doomscrolling. 🇺🇸
Red Bud Isle from over the holidays, with Ollie getting some time to splash around.
Finished reading The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson, 2nd book in the Mistborn trilogy. 📚
Just before the new year, I updated my iPhone home screen for the first time in a while. New apps: Calm and Audible.
Took a wrong turn that ended up in a nice scenic detour while on the road today. Sam Houston Library and Research Center.
The Mandalorian just keeps getting better… Loved the final episode of the season.
This week Helge Gudmundsen joins @macgenie on the Micro Monday podcast to talk about the Micro.blog community, photography, beer, hobbies, and much more. Enjoyed listening to this one on my walk this morning. Thanks @helgeg!
NBA preseason starts tonight! Because Hulu Live and YouTube TV have dropped the regional sports networks, we’ve cancelled Hulu and switched to Spectrum TV, where we get internet anyway. No cable box, since they have an app for our smart TV, iOS, etc. 🏀
Finished Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson. It’s fun to get back into reading fantasy. Looking forward to the rest of the Mistborn series and Sanderson’s other books. 📚
We posted a new Core Intuition today with a discussion of the recent App of the Year awards and Slack acquisition by Salesforce.
Before the cold weather this week we decided to pick all the oranges. The tree produced about 50 total counting the ones I picked early. Now looking for marmalade recipes.
Happy Thanksgiving! Lots to be thankful for despite a bizarre, difficult year. Trying to stay flexible and adjust plans as needed for the holidays. If you’ve got a break and need a podcast to queue up, @danielpunkass and I also posted a new Core Int. 🦃
We posted a new episode of Core Intuition over the weekend, talking about Apple’s new Small Business program, the App Store, and M1-based Macs.
The macOS version of Micro.blog has been updated to run natively on M1-based Macs. Also fixed a bug with selecting windows. Enjoy!
I’ve been taking more time away from the computer to reset and read lately. Finished reading Dune this week for the first time. An extraordinary book.
Daniel and I react to this week’s Apple event and new M1-based Macs on the latest Core Intuition, plus related speculation about iOS apps on macOS and what will happen with the Developer Transition Kits.
Three, two, one… Sunlit 3.2.1 was released today with a couple bug fixes for uploading videos (with Micro.blog Premium) and sharing photos from other apps.
Feel like I’ve been holding my breath since Tuesday. Even though we’ve known for a couple days this was going to happen, to actually see it… Incredible. 🇺🇸