adam w.k. @sabbatical@qoto.org

i’ve been an avid mac user since i got my first powerbook at age 14, but never felt i could justify paying for airpods, given that i was bound to lose them every other month. but between “find my” tech advances and this hearing augmentation stuff, i’m rethinking that.
https://nileane.fr/@nileane/113391212658781155

keeping cozy while working in the reclined position via keyboard/trackpad electric warming bag and furry pal on my chest

i'm not mr. AI doomer, and i don't actually dislike a lot of the generative features being added, but can we make it less AI! AI! AI! in-your-face all the time?

examples:
- sleep cycle has been analyzing my sleep patterns for over a decade. great app. gladly paid for it. but loaded it up yesterday after a long break and now they're calling it AI. subtext: "are we cool now that it's a buzzword?"
- today i opened notion and a big "notion AI" nav item's been added to my sidebar. on top of the many "please use AI" prompts popping up across their UI. big pick-me energy.

many such cases!
i feel like a curmudgeon, but it makes me like your products less.

“7 people liked or boosted your reply”
whoa, so this is what twotter felt like
https://qoto.org/@sabbatical/113313265422631701

bach and business in the basement

if there were a service that alerted me when (and only when) this kind of organ-based musical event was going to be happening near me, i'd pay for that
https://musician.social/@elsemusic/113257682811288080

i think it’s because instead of showing a block screen reminding me i’m a bad boy for muscle-memory-autotyping the twitter url, i end up on a pleasant portal page (that i’m proud of having made) and i get refocused on what i’m at the computer to try to get done.

i've been redirecting x.com to my notion dashboard with this lil browser extension: https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/

it's been more effective than any of the apps (focus, opal, etc) i've tried on my mac to break my twitter habit!

got this free sample pen in a sales mailer from pens.com yesterday with my web studio’s logo engraved on it. first off, i’m impressed with the quality. but secondly, how did they get ahold of this monochrome outlined version of my logo? i can’t remember posting it anywhere!

GA4 feels like just someone’s hobby project. (and that someone has just the wrong mixture of adhd and autism)

the phanpy.social web app is shockingly good, even on mobile. why didn’t y’all tell me about this mastodon client?

better yet, when i saved it to my home screen i named it “qoto”, so when i instinctually search for my instance’s name rather than a specific app name, it still pops up!

huh, i've never seen apple use this logo before! weird combo of older styles. rainbow gradient fruit body with an unusually leaf-like leaf, G3 era-ish shine, and a diecut border/shadow. from a marketing email today. anyone else seen it?

playlist to study like a medieval philosopher having the truth revealed by divine grace

https://youtu.be/AawLM81gIHo?si=yfFG6DmGZTkrVIy5

are the beer price-cuts related to doug ford's quarter-billion taxdollar giveaway for rushing the whole corner store booze rollout? surprised i'm not finding news articles about this. #onpoli