How much of your day is spent on your actual work? Not the email triage. Not the task shuffling. Not the calendar juggling, the filing, the follow-ups, the status tracking, the scheduling, the data entry. The real work. The creative stuff. The thinking. The…
Continue reading →Apple Should Buy Anthropic (But Likely Won’t)
MG Siegler recently wrote a piece arguing that Apple should acquire Anthropic (paywall). It’s a fun thought experiment, and I can’t stop thinking about it. The more time I spend working with AI tools like Claude, the more I’m convinced the future isn’t about…
Continue reading →The Lab Report for March 13, 2026
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Setapp Single App Subscriptions
Setapp just launched something I’ve been hoping they’d do for a while: single app subscriptions. Instead of committing to the full Setapp bundle, you can now subscribe to individual apps directly through the Setapp ecosystem. This makes a lot of sense. Not everyone wants…
Continue reading →Going Deeper with SuperWhisper
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Widgetsmith Wallpaper Shine Through
Widgetsmith 8.2 just shipped, and it brings a feature I’ve been wanting. Your widgets can now go clear or frosted, letting your wallpaper show through. Old-school Widgetsmith users will remember the trick. You’d screenshot your wallpaper, feed it into the app, and Widgetsmith would…
Continue reading →Focused 251: Joe Casabona
On this episode of Focused, David and Mike sit down with Joe Casabona, a podcast and automation coach who helps solopreneurs build systems so they can actually take time off without worrying about it. Joe shares his journey from agency developer to independent creator,…
Listen & read notes →Apple Drops 512GB RAM Option on M3 Ultra Mac Studio
Zac Hall at 9to5Mac spotted that Apple quietly removed the 512GB unified memory option from the M3 Ultra Mac Studio. When the machine launched a year ago, Apple made a big deal about that configuration. It could run large language models with over 600…
Continue reading →Testing Acme Weather
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MindNode: Mind Mapping Meets Apple Watch (Sponsor)
This week’s sponsor is MindNode, the mind mapping tool I’ve been using for 15 years. Some projects don’t fit in linear lists. They need space to branch, to connect in ways that only make sense when you can see the whole picture at once.…
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