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Trying Out Ivory (and General Thoughts on Mastodon)

When I left Twitter last week, it wasn’t on a whim. I had been considering it for a long time…like middle of the pandemic long. As people jumped ship from Twitter, Mastodon seemed to be the clear front-runner for replacing Twitter. I’m hesitant at best, but Tapbots (from the makers of the incomparable Tweetbot), have put out a Mastodon client…

On Leaving Twitter

I mocked these posts. Made fun of people. Told them at Christmas that no one cares if you leave Twitter1. Now I’m writing the post. Banning 3rd party apps, and turning on the “Home” feed (with stuff you didn’t opt-in to seeing) was a bridge too far. It took my carefully curated experience and turned it into a mess of…

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The Belkin MagSafe Mount for Studio Display

I ordered the Belkin iPhone Mount with MagSafe for Mac desktops and displays in December, and it came in last week. My initial impression: it’s nice — way nicer than the laptop one. Here’s the shot from my iPhone on the mount, first with, then without, Center Stage: Here’s what I like about it: All-in-all I’m really happy with this…

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Doubling Down on Airtable

I’m a huge fan of Airtable; it’s the very basis of my podcast planners. But up until now, I haven’t been using it to its full potential. I do some cool things, especially when it’s paired with Zapier (soon to be Make), but there are a ton of features I’m not taking advantage of. This was made incredibly clear to…

Favorites of 2022

The end of the year is always a fun time for me to reflect on many things and look forward to what’s coming. 2022 is even more special because it’s the year I left web development to focus on podcasting full-time. As part of that, I like to review my favorite tech and media from the past year. I’ve been…

Simplifying my iPhone Home Screen

Since widgets came out with iOS 15, I’ve been obsessed with finding the right amount of information to fit on that screen…the perfect combo of accessibility and glanceability. I had multiple pages, customizable by focus modes, with widgets galore…until a few days ago. I came to a realization that I wasn’t using most of the widgets and the multiple pages…