RistrettoMike

I'm in the exact same boat. I already gave Apple a bunch of money for something with a hinge this summer, and it's a Mac that can actually run a terminal, a proper desktop browser, or even something wacky like x86 games through a compatibility layer, etc.

No way I prioritize that kind of cash on something that only runs mobile-tier software.

... was the Xbox One a "huge success" ?

Throwing another answer in for Instapaper. It’s not as new and flashy as something like Readwise or Matter, but also doesn’t try to do too much.

Killer features of Instapaper for me include the kindle digest and IFTTT integration (which I use to mirror my archived articles to Raindrop.io)

YOOOOO! Still a threat!

I read the book. It’s something that comes up & happens multiple times, and the potential meetings being described are with various global heads of state.

While her boss continues to sexually harass her? Doesn’t sound like a mistake to me. There’s more to life than money, as the author makes quite clear throughout the book, IMO.

Amen.

Always glad to see someone reference Steve & his computing escapades!

Bazqux Reader for the actual service, “Reeder” on both macOS and iOS for the client I use.

I tried WriteFreely (and some of their other stuff) a year or so ago, but found it to be a little too limited for what I was trying to achieve with my personal sites (as a layman/non-web-dev). Ended up using https://Blot.im/ very happily, with my photosite being the personal example I've put the most time into: https://ristrettoshots.com/

Edit pages mostly in regular markdown (+ a few simple Blot-specific tags), drop some images into a Dropbox folder, done. Site built. :)

Looks great!

I have a Boox tablet from a few years ago that I'm still using sporadically, and can't quite justify replacing yet, but if I was in the market this would be very, very appealing. Congrats to the team on the launch! :)

You can specify URLs for specific posts/pages via tags in the post/page file & then link to those URLs directly on other pages.

I recently migrated my own static Hugo blog onto Blot, and I just about couldn’t be happier with it.

I’m not versed in web development, but Blot’s developer (David) seems to have a great goal in mind & similar enough priorities to what I wanted that it was a great fit. I finally got to set up the photography site I’d been planning, too.

It’s http://ristrettoshots.com/ if anyone was curious what one take on a Blot photo site would look like.

I guess my point is that I think even Apple likely has different policies or talking points around this now as opposed to a decade ago. Probably some more and some less troublesome than what's shown here.

Title could probably use a “2013”

Craig mod!

Always glad to see Craig Mod come up here.

I've seen a few folks here doubting that Google would actually follow through with this (which I think is a valid concern with their track record), but I'm more curious about if the hardware would hold up to 10 years of updates.

Granted, not all current Chromebooks are as low-specced as they used to be, but with the way the modern web has been gobbling up system resources the last few years I can't imagine a Chromebook actually being usable through an entire decade of bloat (whether it's technically supported via updates or not).

Seems cool! I saved a link that looked interesting to me and bookmarked the top-level "About" page so I can spend some more time browsing around sometime soon.

Thanks for making something focused on reading & the small web. :)

Title needs a "May, 2023"

I was somehow hoping this would be an AI-powered version of the “Worms:” video games. Bummer.

It just feels nicer to use. Not more functional to use, but it does feel different to your fingertip.

Like the author mentions, it's not a dealbreaker, but is a calling-card of this particular machine's build/materials/specs not living up to its pricetag.

(But they mention that they work in marketing.)

I’d love to see how OpenAI’s overbuilt autocorrect would serve as a moderator in practice. Delightful chaos.

And I’m sure you’ll be able to pay for games & apps using a totally anonymous payment method, right?

Probably not at the process sizes or quantities Apple's buying up anytime soon, though.

"Steve was a champion of usable technology – even sexy technology. Intuitive on the outside and extensible and cool engineering on the inside. "

There's still some examples of this in Apple current products and OSes, but I wonder how many more "intuitive" and "extensible and cool engineering" choices we'd see in their products today if he was still alive.

Apple's trajectory over the last decade has been simultaneously impressive and depressing to watch through. I miss Steve.

An excellent YouTube channel, and some excellent cursors —- I’ve used them on all my Windows machines after having found this video last year.

Thanks, Posy!

Freaking love his story. Happy to see it here today :)

On the flip-side to what’s described in this article (companies posting listings for jobs that don’t exist), our company doesn’t hire often and has incessant issues with bots picking up & re-hosting our old job listings from years prior.

We must get 15-20 mails a week in regards to a re-posted listing for a position that hasn’t been open since last spring.