Flow
Friday, April 11, 2025
Trump's Ego Drives Him to "Win"
Friday, April 11, 2025
This NYTimes article by Jamelle Bouie, The Tariff Saga Is About One Thing does a great job of surmising who Trump is: a mad President who has a compulsion to “win”, at least as far as he understands winning to mean. This is a gift link, so you will be able to read the whole thing, but some excellent quotes include: For as much as the president’s apologists would like us to believe otherwise, Trump’s tariffs are not a policy as we traditionally understand it.
Toying with Tariffs
Thursday, April 10, 2025
In a normal world I’d say there would be no way the US president would manipulate global markets for their own gain. But this is no normal world. This is greed and self-interest above all else.
Tapestry or Reeder? I can’t decide!
I’ve been trialling the new Reeder app gain, and this time I like it. I think after trying Tapestry, I’m more on board with what it is trying to achieve. Traditional RSS is a hard habit to break though; I’ve been on board since Bloglines days (pre Google Reader).
All these people suddenly showing interest in that boring “Stocks” app on iOS. It’s never had so much exposure.
Dog Man
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Bought my DEVONthink 4 upgrade!
ROSS GITTINS: Are you better off now? That’s Dutton’s trick question
since it’s become such a central issue in this election, let’s dissect Dutton’s magic question. For a start, it’s completely self-centred. Focus on what’s happened to you and your family and forget about what’s happened to anyone else.
I enjoy Gittins’ writing on Australian economics and politics. He breaks things down using straight-forward language.
His point here sums up right-wing politics. It’s selfish. Forget about everything else. Just make sure you get yours now at any cost.
Guest Appearance: The Omni Show episode 155
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
My great thanks to host Andrew J. Mason and the folks at The Omni Group for having me as a guest on The Omni Show, episode 155. I’ve listened to this podcast forever, so to be on it myself with the opportunity to talk about my favourite and most used software of all time—OmniFocus—was so much fun. All details of the episode are available on the episode page. The show is also available in your podcast player of choice, or watch on YouTube.
My night cat. 😻
Q: What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever had to do?
A: Parenting a kid with autism.
~fin~
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I’ve subscribed to Kagi as my default search engine. Been trialling it for a few months. I like it, and I want to get away from big tech wherever I can. Nice to avoid Google’s crappy results and ads.