All I want is a notes app that is like OmniFocus, but for notes. Nothing I use (and trust me, I’ve tried them all) hits the spot.

My Australian Census is complete. A lot easier doing it online compared to when we used to fill in paper forms like animals.

I’ve never worked with another person who knows Markdown. Is it too much to ask? I despise having to put shit into a Word document.

It’s that time of my podcast app subscription cycle where I see if Apple Podcasts is good enough for me this year. The answer will likely be no.

Am I the only one who sees the new Siri icon and thinks it should be the badge of some random Chinese car manufacturer?

I’ve lived here a while now and this bank of light switches remains a guessing game every time.

I did not have high hopes for Cape Fear on Apple TV+. I was wrong. The cinematography is next level. Music is great. Dramatic tension feels old timey and yet modern. I’m a fan. 📺

I’ve been getting into The Brain again. I’m currently liking it more than Obsidian for my work notes. I like that relationships become more visible and tangible.

I thought my 2019 iMac was a dust gathering paperweight. Turns out, with the price of RAM, it’s 32 GB RAM upgrade might actually be my retirement nest egg.

I was mighty impressed with Your Friends & Neighbours committing fully to the set dressing. She wasn’t writing her book in Pages, as we so often see. She was writing it in Scrivener, and she even had a full sidebar. I had to stop and take a photo. 📺

The AI Hype Bubble

When the AI hype bubble bursts, a lot of people (myself included via my superannuation fund) are going to get burnt. I find using an LLM useful at the margins; I’m glad I’m not working in a company or industry that has a belief it is the great messiah - only to find out the costs are blowing out… I do love how Ed Zitron writes about this stuff in his latest piece, AI Doesn’t Have ROI.

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