I would love to see account types on Twitter and then better controls that are derived from them.
I always block businesses that follow me on Twitter, especially when there is no clear reason as to why they are following me.
Always interested to see what’s on Kurt Harden’s reading list.
Michale Wade has the perfect way to focus.
Chair. Notebook. Coffee. Drafts. Index cards. Pens. Silence.
Tower 3 beta installed.
A familiar front-end but a little bit more fresh than Tower 2. Not had a chance to use much of new features yet, but first impressions are good.
Good views while I wait.
I’d love a place like this.
I’ve been wrestling with VS Code for the last few weeks but I just can’t get that efficiency hit that I get when using Sublime Text.
I'm ditching Day One
For the last few years, I’ve been using Day One as a digital journal. However, over the previous few months, I’ve been using it less and less. To the point really where I want to stop using it altogether.
Too much meta
The thing about Day One is that while it is a great journaling app, I’ve noticed that I am becoming more and more distracted with the meta-data for each post. Weather, tags, location, starred. It’s all just a little bit too much.
All I want to do write an entry, attach a picture or two and then move on. Day One does let you do this but it’s the meta-data that I find to be too distracting.
The alternatives
Bear is a great note-taking app. I love it.
I use it for many different things, but the one thing that I would like to do is use it more as a digital journal.
I’ve tried to do this before however, I ended up importing all of Day One’s tags when I did this, so I ended up with more tags than I needed. This time I hope to opt out of importing the tags (or try and remove them before the import) and then start from there.
Sunlit is also on the cards as a digital journal, but I would use this for day trips, weekends away and holidays. I’ll be honest and say that I haven’t tried this yet with Sunlit so it might not meet my expectations.
We’ll see over the next few weeks as I gradually move my journal entries out from Day One.
Great to see @dave’s feeds database is up and running. Not many surprises among the top ranked feeds, but great to see such a site exists now.
A few observations on the Apple education announcement
I missed the Apple education themed announcement yesterday. The time difference means that I’m always in the middle of something else when these things are announced.
A few observations.
A cheaper iPad?
Judging from the reviews on various tech sites though, it seems people were expecting a much cheaper iPad to be released. Something that competes with Google and Chrome OS.
Well they released a cheaper iPad, at least here in the UK they did, however I’m sure it’s not what the tech sites and consumers were hoping for.
It’s not the first time that Apple haven’t met expectations. In fact, they rarely meet perceived expectations, especially when it comes to price.
I’m always amazed at how well Apple does with a range of products that are always priced much higher than their competitors.
I think the day that Apple drops their prices to that of their competitors is the day that Apple is in real trouble.
Schoolwork app
The biggest benefit I seen from yesterday was Apple’s Schoolwork app. A step in the right direction when it comes to digitising education.
However, given the time it takes for school’s to adapt to new digital practices, I don’t see my oldest son, who starts high school this year, being able to take advantage of this for at least a couple of years.
Space gray accessories
One thing that caught my eye was the new space gray accessories that are now available. Sure it doesn’t go with the silver MacBookPro but the black and gray accessories do look nice. I’m not saying I’ll be buying them anytime soon, but if I’m in the market for a replacement keyboard or mouse then I may give them a look.
I wonder if a space gray iMac is on the cards?