Today I'm thinking about the reasons why almost every website you visit wants your email address or phone number, but almost none will EVER ask for your social media accounts as contact info. 📇

I feel like that says something about how valuable social media is in terms of actual networking.

RE: @manton.org's comment on @sixcolors.com's review of the M6 Mac Mini:

Maybe there’s a missing product in Apple’s lineup: a Mac with the guts of the $699 MacBook Neo. Call it a Mac nano.

When the redesigned Mac Mini was announced I had hoped for it to be USB-C powered. But a Mac Nano (or Mac Neo) would be an even better fit for a USB-C powered Mac that could be used in all the ways you can use a Raspberry Pi. I bet they could beat the old Mac Mini pricing for a device like this, and ship it at $299-399.

TIL about OPFS, via a post on @duckdb.org about Persistent Databases in the Browser with DuckDB-Wasm and OPFS.

TIL about @podstandards.org, via @manton.org's post about video podcasting. Looks like a great resource, and extremely relevant to my interests! #RSS

Manton Reece (@manton.org) on fun ways we used to use email signatures: Remember in old emails and usenet posts how people would put quotes in their signatures? Kind of miss that. I wonder if there’s a modern IndieWeb replacement for that. I've been thinking about this...

I'm intrigued! The current state of the art for these apps is a hot mess, so this is a welcome change. I'm looking forward to trying this.

The Safari 27.0 release notes are live, it's a big one:

Our Safari release notes have never been as long as they are for this version. The number of features alone rose from 58 to 83 since the first beta in June.

Download open source emoji images in multiple formats, with 2D and 3D variants. 👌

I'm loving all activity around alternatives to GitHub for collaborative revision control. I've been curious about Cloudflare Artifacts, and now I'm gonna add @delta.dev to my list of these things to try.

Whoa. Two @hypertexting.com TestFlight releases in a row were approved in under 60 seconds. 🤯

Has there been any reporting on changes to the TestFlight review process? Is it automated now? Are any apps being reviewed before being approved for TestFlight distribution? 🤔

Whoa. I just submitted a new TestFlight build of @hypertexting.com, and it was approved in less than 60 seconds! 🤯

There's a new sheriff in town!! 🤠

Security and AI hacking concerns aside, I love this idea! Don't be a meat proxy.

My apologies if you just saw a bunch of posts from me show up in your feed reader. I migrated from https://calebhailey.com/atom.xml to https://calebhailey.com/feeds/main.xml a few weeks ago and didn't setup a redirect. 🙃

Just landed a "repost" button in @hypertexting.com. 🤯

I think this is going to have a significant impact on my link blogging cadence. 📈

I've been slowly replacing all of my cameras with HomeKit Secure Video cameras and generally much happier with them – including the sub-$40 Aqara G100 – than HomeKit compatible cameras like the Arlo Ultra 2, which were ~$100-150 each. Competition FTW!

I'm surprised by this Apple Intelligence in Home pricing though. If it was purely storage-based pricing, I would probably turn it on for all of my cameras and end up spending more in the long run. This per-camera pricing means I probably won't even try it.

I just noticed the trees in my front yard are starting to change colors. Bring on the hoodie weather!!! 🍂

Tempted to YOLO the MacOS 27 update just for the corner radii. 🙈

Just edited a page using the @hypertexting.com iOS app and it feels so good. 💅

Ternus could cement himself in internet meme history if he were ever to do a WWDC opening video skit where he deadpans “I’m John Burgundy”. 😂

Putting the finishing touches on the new @hypertexting.com TestFlight release this morning. I’m excited to ship this!

This is a perfect example of why I want Apple to sell me a computer for “my Siri AI”. I need an AI hub where I can give Siri AI free rein to handle complex tasks for me.

How long until the regular iPhones have the same shape as the Duo? I love the idea of a shorter & wider slab phone.

With Siri AI, Apple is revealing its insurmountable moat in the AI race. Siri AI puts the "personal" in personal computing. Now Apple only needs to sell me a personal computer for my personal assistant (Siri AI). I've been thinking a lot lately how the advent o...

I’m about to cut a new TestFlight release for @hypertexting.com after …checks calendar… 6+ weeks of work redesigning the SSG, profile manager, and composer. 🤯

There’s gonna be a lot to share over the next few weeks as I get this ready for App Store release. 🚀

I kept thinking the Apple Event was today, which I thought was an odd choice given that yesterday was a holiday.

It makes so much more sense to do it tomorrow. Someone has to think about the journalists!

Hmm, maybe now I’ll have time to get a blog post out about some wishlist items… and maybe even a prediction?! 🤔

As the summer season comes to an end I always start thinking about the end of the year, and the start of a new one. That naturally lends itself to thinking about goals. One of my goals for the next 1-2 quarters is to improve my posting cadence while I continue to make progress on @hypertexting.com

I admire people who have mastered “building in public”. Building mode and writing/posting mode have always been two separate mindsets for me. One naturally dovetails into the other, but I’ve never managed to maintain a steady stream of content when I’m in builder mode.

#startuplife

Me: why did you do ____, Claude?

Claude: you’re right, it’s worth being up front about that…

Me: I don’t think you know what “being up front about something” means! 🤦🏽‍♂️

Testing a new #HyperTexting "stories" format for posts that are only visible in a feed, and not from the website. 👻

You need to be bored. 🧠

What is a weekend? #startuplife