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I got access to Alexa+ today. Not sure what to do with it. Amazon has an advantage because so many people have these devices in a couple rooms of their house, but there’s not a lot of data to work with. Don’t want to give Alexa my email.

Until further notice dissent is an act of patriotism, support of and belief in our country.

Thursday session

Dave Winer blogs about Bill Atkinson and QuickDraw:

I spent many years building on his work, and many more years wishing I still was. He made a contribution, and that’s, imho, pretty much the best you can say for any person’s life.

Well said. Dents in the universe.

Bill Atkinson died last two weeks ago. I was explaining to a friend why he was so important. Most people who know of him know about MacPaint and Hypercard, both were fantastic contributions to the evolution of personal computers. But underneath all that he created a layer o...

Core Intuition episode number… 26.1?! The podcast is back for a special episode to talk about WWDC 2025.

How we might rebuild journalism from the ground up by rethinking what a newsroom is.

Everyone’s still subscribed to the Core Intuition RSS podcast feed, right? 🎙️

Dan Moren writing about Apple’s strengths at WWDC, including how adding some features like clipboard history can actually be good for third-party developers:

…the existence of Apple’s own approach actually clues users into the fact that such features exist. A user who had never before thought of having a clipboard history might find themselves wishing the feature went even further, and as a result seek out more capable alternatives.

Soon…

The other day while chatting with Kevin I was commenting on the fact that our experimental Junes are going in opposite directions. In his most recent Sunday update, he wrote that But I think the experiment won’t have as big an impact as I expected. While I wrote I’m overj...

Acquired in April 2025 from a bank in Idaho Falls. I spent way more on shipping than the pittance I spent on the machine itself. I had modest hopes that purchasing it as an ex-bank machine that it would have a non-standard typeface and my bet paid off. It was all bonus points that it … Continue reading

A short 1-minute video on YouTube showing today’s update to Micro.blog for iOS. Android update coming later this week to match. I just wanted to highlight the different parts of the UI for publishing a draft blog post.

When I was a teenager working at HEB, someone came through the line wearing a Joshua Tree shirt. Or maybe I was wearing it? Anyway, he said all U2 albums starting with Achtung Baby were no good. Zooropa had just come out, and I loved it.

You can’t please everyone. Even if you’re a famous rock band.

After travel and work and family things that have pulled me away, I’m back to the Micro.blog photo challenge! Day 18, texture. Dusting off the microphone.

Wednesday session

If there were a Joe Rogan of the left, he would tell you to stfu and vote for Cuomo for mayor of NYC.

NYC is a special place, like the Knicks are a special NBA team.

And btw, Cuomo, like Trump, is from Queens.

PS: If there were a Joe Rogan of the left he would be from Queens too. :-)

PPS: Queens doesn't have an Empire State Building, and they tore down Shea Stadium. So the Unisphere from the last World's Fair will have to do. But Queens is probably the most ethnically diverse place in the world. Think about that for a minute and how the fight for the soul of the US will be fought in Queens.

PPPS: I come from Flushing.

I’ve been testing the developer previews of all the new Apple 26 operating systems, which I don’t recommend this early in the cycle, but I like to live dangerously. I’ve quickly become accustomed to Liquid Glass. The iPad windowing enhancements do make it feel more like a real computer, but I usually run things in … Continue reading Alfred-like Shortcuts in Spotlight →