It’s time to start thinking about the first quarter of 2023. Join me for a joint quarterly planning session on December 28, 2022 at 9:00 A.M. Pacific for Early Access members only. You can sign up here…
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It seems that time for early adopters concerning their AirTag batteries. I’ve been slowly replacing them as I get the battery alerts. Ben Lovejoy suggests biting the bullet and replacing them all when the first warning appears. I wish I’d done that. Changing the batteries is…
Continue reading →I was surprised to see the latest update from Craft added an AI writing assistant. The idea behind its inclusion (they are using the GPT-3 engine) is not so much to write for you (although it can do that rather poorly), but instead to help you…
Continue reading →Do you want to make an impression on every colleague you meet? You can do that with a thoughtful calling card. I’m not talking about the junk that gets “printed” at the office supply store or the things that come off your printer. I’m…
Continue reading →I was watching one of my favorite YouTube woodworkers, Paul Sellers, recently and he explained how his son wanted a cello, so the two of them built one together. Later, after he had finished it, he was told it was one of the hardest…
Continue reading →It’s release week for macOS Ventura, iPad OS 16.1, and iOS 16.1. So it’s a big week. I’ve been running the betas in one form or another since June, and I’ve got a few thoughts for you…
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There’s a lot of talk lately about AI-generated art. If you want to explore it, I’d recommend checking out DiffusionBee, which has a free Mac App. That said, I took a few shots at getting it to draw a picture of a bonsai tree…
Continue reading →Once a month, I backup my data to an archive disk (or two!). Here’s the process…
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Obsidian, the personal management and idea connector that we have all been losing our collective minds over, is now officially out of beta with their release of version 1.0. Congratulations to the small Obsidian development team that made a very big app. While I…
Continue reading →I’ve made no secret of my dissatisfaction with the Apple Watch faces. As someone who wears an Apple Watch every day, I can tell you things I don’t like about every available watch face. I’m not alone in the sentiment. Zac Hall wrote an article…
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