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Brief hiatus
Taking a brief hiatus. Will be back to writing next week so no weekly post today.
Joshua Wold
Perplexity trying to pick the scraps from Siri
Perplexity has updated its iOS app with a new Voice Assistant feature, bringing conversational AI capabilities to Apple devices, including older iPhones and iPads that don't support Apple Intelligence. The update allows iPhone users to interact with Perplexity's AI assistant through voice commands even when navigating
Adobe attempts to protect your copyrighted works
Building on that work, today the company announced the public beta of the Adobe Content Authenticity app at Adobe MAX in London. Adobe Content Authenticity is a free app designed to help curb the misattribution, misuse, and unauthorized use and sharing of original digital content. This free app enables anyone,
Netflix debuting subtitle only captions
Netflix today announced that it is introducing a new subtitle option that only shows subtitles for spoken dialogue, aimed at those who don't need captions, but prefer to watch movies and TV shows with the subtitles turned on. Whether because of poor mixing in audio, my cheapo tv
The new Slate truck
I’ve been a fan of smaller vehicles for years. Not least of which because they often come at a lower price point. The Slate looks like my kind of truck (or SUV). If it truly becomes available at the promised price point, it may be worth considering.
Managing a todo list
Todo lists are a second brain for me. And Things 3 + Apple Notes in combination are the gold standard. I’ve tried different types of todo list apps and methods over the years, including analog and digital—I was even a fan of the Palm Pilot as a todo list
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Squishing in all the puzzle pieces
You can’t fit it all in. And that's completely fine. Trying to make all the pieces of your life fit—along with every new thing that comes along—ends with dropping the parts that you didn’t expect. Sometimes saying no, even to a really good thing,
How design works
Design is a tricky thing. It’s like an artist fighting with the muse. We feel it in our bones, sense it in our minds, but when we try to bring concrete reality to vague concepts the perfect becomes imperfect, the sublime banal. And yet, sometimes, through the misty unknown
Designing the slot machine levers of ChatGPT
Yesterday I used ChatGPT to help me design a feature for a dashboard I’m building. My process was similar to the dozens of other times I’ve chucked thoughts toward the LLM. But, like the rat pulling on the levers for a treat, I keep coming back for those
Your phone doesn't need to listen to you
It’s a universal modern-life experience to talk about something and immediately see an ad that seems like it must be a result of that conversation. Maybe you tell someone you’re planning a vacation and then start seeing advertisements for flights and hotels. Maybe you talk about how
Friend of the Show
TL;DR - New podcast and new discussions. I’ve been podcasting on (and mostly off) since 2017, when my buddy Rheinard Korf and I started a fun dive into what it meant to work remote and work in our perspective fields. I caught the bug and realized how much I
Apple Pencil confusion
The iPad is an essential part of my life. Along with that goes the Apple Pencil. But today I ran into a problem, not knowing which one to buy. During the work day I use the iPad as much as my MacBook Pro, and some times more. When I need