I got together with Labs member and friend Bud James recently to focus on photography, and ask him about his journey using film cameras, the move to digital, and iPhone. He shares lots of good tips and fun stories throughout our conversation.
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Focused 231: Overwhelm, AI, and Life’s Balancing Acts
In this Focused feedback episode, Mike and I tackle listener questions about their use of AI, reset rituals, quitting books, and a variety of other focus-related topics. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain…
Listen & read notes →Which ChatGPT Model?
Here’s my guide to which ChatGPT model you should use and why…
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Easy and Powerful Audio Recording, with Piezo and Audio Hijack from Rogue Amoeba (Sponsor)
This week, my friends at Rogue Amoeba are back to sponsor MacSparky, and I want to spotlight two of their most popular apps: Piezo and Audio Hijack. Piezo is the simplest way to record audio on your Mac. With its one-click interface, you can capture audio from any app or…
Continue reading →Using ChatGPT for a Decision Assistance Tool
I continue to waffle between analog and digital journaling tools. So I decided to use the o3 ChatGPT model to help me build a decision machine. Here’s a simple example of how to use the new ChatGPT reasoning engine.… This is a post for the MacSparky Labs Early Access and Backstage Access members. Care to join? If you’re already a member, you can log in here.
Mac Power Users 799: The State of Apple, with Jason Snell
Jason Snell has been covering Apple since all the Macs it shipped were beige boxes. On this episode of Mac Power Users, he joins Stephen and me to discuss the company’s range of legal and technological issues that seem to be adding up rapidly.…
Listen & read notes →Now Page Update
I’m still enjoying making my Now Page. It eases my guilt at completely ignoring social media. I just updated it this morning.
Continue reading →Why the iPhone Air Might Actually Make Sense
It’s easy, as someone who writes about this stuff, to project our own preferences onto new products. And I’ll admit, I feel that pull strongly with the rumored iPhone Air. As rumors continue to circulate about iPhone Air, a much thinner version of the…
Continue reading →Bambu Makes a Combination 3D Printer, Laser Cutter, Pen Plotter, and Circuit Competitor
If I had money to burn…
Continue reading →The Lab Report for May 30, 2025
In this week’s episode of The Lab Report: Apple releases its anti-fraud report, Anthropic’s Claude 4 is out, and I share my thoughts on the Jony Ive + ChatGPT collaboration.
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