Quick Thoughts...

I might have figured out (and built) a simple and cost-effective way for posts from Micro Blog to show up on Twitter again. It works if you see this and are under your Twitter allocation for the day. 😄

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Harden will not be missed in Philly. It was hard to imagine him getting a big payday from Philly after the choke job against the Celtics (minus two amazing games).

I hope they ship him to the Clippers and give them another often-injured player for the end of the season.

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AI is Killing the Old Web

I suspect things will get even worse once the AI-generated garbage content is what consistently gets submitted to sites like Reddit. This is going to be a vicious cycle. God help the gullible and those unwilling to think for themselves.

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I finally gave up on using my Apple Watch for zone 5+ training and picked up (via Father’s Day) and Polaris H10.

It is much more awkward to use (and yet another device), but I am impressed with the simplicity of syncing to machines like the Peloton.

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Can we just agree there is no longer a need to report on Macs with limited ports or upgradability? Right or wrong, this is just how it will always be.

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Instagram's Twitter Competitor

The cost of switching for many is very high, especially for those on Twitter just to follow their favorite celebs. Getting some celebs on board is an interesting strategy, but a second app handicaps them.

If you could start writing and replying on Instagram today, I could see this being a much more viable alternative.

I have only dabbled in ActivityPub, but a handful of celebs with millions of followers feels like it could be criplling for many Mastodon instances.

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While reading John Gruber's initial experience with Vision Pro, the following stood out to me regarding our AI gold rush:

...you don’t make compelling products — let alone entire platforms — starting from advanced technology and working backward. You start with a vision for the product and platform experience and then create new technology to make it real.

There is a rush of apps. Some useful (co-pilot) and interesting. But most are obstructed API calls to data that is far from complete.

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Other interesting things from the 2023 announcements

  1. Displaying your real-time workout details back on your phone is great. I do a lot of zone training these days, and not having to look at my watch will be great.
  2. The custom stickers via photos are going to be another item that makes those on Android feel left out
  3. See #2 for contact cards (NameDrop....great name!)
  4. iPhone horizontal mode is excellent but feels many years behind.
  5. Smart to see things like crash detection be repurposed for your gold swing.
  6. Smarter AirPod noise canceling (Adaptive Audio) - true noise canceling and being outside can be dangerous.
  7. Family Password Protection - A good step forward. See Apple Passwords Deserve an App
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Apple's app marketplace is such a massive competitive advantage for Vision Pro. The day it is released, having access to everything iOS (and iPadOS) is an enormous barrier to entry. I am trying to understand how anyone else remotely competes.

Coupled with access to the apps on your Mac and it feels like it is already game over. The price to start is steep, and there is that dangling cord in the back, but I am betting in the short run, this leads to even more Macs being sold as well.

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