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.…
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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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Some Notable Fantastical Updates: AI Event Creation and Multiple Windows
Fantastical’s initial selling point was the frictionless creation of new events. Although they’ve added many new features since then, Fantastical hasn’t lost touch with its roots. You can now forward an email containing an event to Fantastical (email@fantastical.app) from your Flexibits account email and…
Continue reading →The Original Workflow Team is Back with Sky
Two years ago, the original Workflow team left Apple to announce they were working on a secret project to use AI to control your Mac. Today, they revealed that product: Sky, an AI assistant you can invoke anywhere on your Mac to pull off some…
Continue reading →You Need a Manifesto
On the recommendation of Mike Schmitz, I started reading You Need a Manifesto from the Stanford Design School…
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Mac Power Users 798: The Email Overwhelm Problem
I have been on a journey with my email setup, and as Stephen offers me a shoulder to cry on, I drop a bombshell on this episode of Mac Power Users. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: 1Password: Never forget a…
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