Excursions

Nice, this post from @vasta got a mention from @leo on this week’s episode of MacBreak Weekly — especially “the automation offered in Shortcuts, Drafts, Things, and Launch Center Pro”. Your empty screen inspired many people, Sameer 👍🏽

“Manyverse is a social network mobile app (…) not running in the cloud owned by a company (…) all your social data live entirely in your phone”. Mark me curious on how it works and what’s Secure Scuttlebutt. If nothing else, FB/Twitter debacle has opened up the social space.

This sucks, Google’s screwing with it’s most indispensable services i.e maps — “if you want to save a home or work address in Google Maps, you now have to allow activity tracking throughout Google services.” Another episode in Google’s constant quest for more data.

I wonder if anyone successfully follows the Pomodoro Technique - I have attempted the approach so many times and I keep failing at it. I guess it requires extreme focus and control over one’s thoughts which I wished I had. I tend to work in bursts.

Played a game with a shared AR experience and, oh boy, did we enjoy it! It was a great family timeout — of course ignoring how funny we looked jumping and scampering around an empty table. In a way, the others enjoyed the scene too. This would be so much more fun without the need to hold any devices in your hand. And I think we will reach the state soon.

This was the first time I actually found AR alluring. Shared experiences has the potential to change the space significantly.

Frustration dwells in the void between planning and implementing - unfortunately, “just do it” is underrated.

There are times when I wish I can mute a thread on m.b - make all the discussions around a topic to not appear on my timeline. Arguments tend to get repetitive, fog your perspective when stretched for too long. Better to just hold back and let the time crystalize your thoughts.

A brutal takedown of Facebook from John Oliver, and he still didn’t touch so many of the nasty problems from across the world that Facebook has caused. The platform is indeed shit. Or as John puts it, even worse.

Calling Facebook a toilet is a little unfair to toilets. Because they make shit go away whereas Facebook retains shit, disseminate it amongst your acquaintances and remind you of shit from 7 years ago, allowing corporations to put more shit in front of you. There is a purity and integrity to toilets that Facebook seriously lacks.

Smartphones have enabled capturing the fascinating games the light plays.

I’m done with Chrome — doesn’t matter if the default signed-in mode is actually that bad or just an indication of a valid session. Intent’s clear from Google, their thirst for data won’t be quenched. They can convince themselves its for greater good, but I won’t be part a part.