File this one under āironyā from the YNAB change log. November 5th, 2021 - You Need A Budget:
We released a fix to ensure all users are seeing the correct price in their account settings.
A new episode of NBL Pocket Podcast has been recorded and released. Iāve been into Australian basketball since 1987. This passion is entirely different to my other more nerdy pursuits. š
Nostalgic November
This month Hemispheric Views podcast is celebrating Nostalgic November. We are inviting listeners to share something from their history that makes them happy, be it a memory, a thing, an experienceā¦ whatever they like!
As hosts, we each contributed our own piece of nostalgia. This is how mine starts out:
I was in Year 5 at a new school. I didnāt know anybody. My previous school didnāt have a formal uniform and Iād worn velcro shoes everyday. Now at this new school I had to wear leather lace-ups, and I didnāt know how to tie laces.
Fair to say, I was nervous and apprehensive.
Until I discoveredā¦
You can read the rest of my memory, or check out Martinās and Jasonās too.
At the end of the month we will be sharing all the pieces of memory our listeners have shared with us.
If you would like to play along, have a listen to Episode 041 where we introduce the idea, then share with us. Simply send us a quick text, photo or video in one of the following ways: @HemisphericPod on Twitter with #NostalgicNovember; @HemisphericViews on Micro.blog; in our general Discord chat; or by email to hello@hemisphericviews.com.
What’s that noise? Oh, it’s a new episode of @HemisphericViews podcast hitting the Internet. OMG! @neatnik @maique
Solid workflow, Andrew. Solid. Can somebody please send help?
Keyboard Maestro making it even easier to meet my needs as a Textexpander replacement. Now with menubar icons for specific groups!
YNAB Jumping the Shark
On YNAB, and the pricing outrage that I and other users are feeling: I can afford the increase. Itās ridiculous that itās more expensive than Microsoft 365 or Adobe, but okay. But really itās the poor communication, the tin ear they are showing (a budgeting app that promotes forward planning pushing a 100% price increase on people with a monthās notice), that theyāve dumped the news about this (via pop up which I didnāt see because I use NextDNS - thatās right, no official email), and then gone into hiding that bothers me.
I smell an Average Recurring Revenue/Average Revenue per User metric being gamed for an external equity play of some kind.
What theyāve ultimately done, though, is burned their hard won customer loyalty and goodwill. Theyāve given a free kick to their competitors. It will be interesting to watch the space and see if anybody steps up to fill the void.
Undertaking an edit of @HemisphericViews is no mean feat. But like any hobby, it’s a labour of love in which the time invested is not about generating a return, but instead about trying to make something as good as it can be.
Crocodile Dundee, 1986 - ā Ā½
If you ever think society hasn't progressed in 35 years, watch this movie. You will realise that many social norms have improved.
Trick or Treat! Our family comprises a witch, The Grim Reaper, Joker, and American Psycho, Patrick Bateman. š
This memoji login avatar is the fun and whimsy I love to see from Apple.
If you’re an Australian YNAB user, beware their new loans feature. It’s a blunt instrument and can’t cope with a typical Australian mortgage situation, such as fortnightly payments, offset accounts, interest-only loans, and daily interest calculations.
Iāve got an itch to setup my iMac from scratch. Itās been migrated a few times, and itās deeply customised. Trying to do the cost:benefit calculus.
A question for @amit, @jack @twelvety @AndySylvester or any other micro blogger trialing Drummer: can you simply explain the difference between a node that starts with a page icon, and one that has a disclosure triangle? Should the page icon type be reserved for headlines?
The logo for Meta (nee Facebook) looks like a pair of kidneys. Are they coming for my kidneys now in some sort of mafia hit job? I wouldnāt put it past them. Do not trust this company.
Micro.blog isn’t in danger of losing my business but I am enjoying Drummer. It feels like I’m writing, not blogging, with no pressure about creating “a blog post”. I also love that its in the form of an outline which is the purest form of thinking and writing in one.
