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I just discovered that I can no longer use my Apple ID on my 2013 Mac Pro running macOS 12.4, thanks to Advanced Data Protection enabled on my other devices. So, I cannot update or install apps from the Mac App Store. Not cool at all. One less use case for this aging Mac. π
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-18T21:12:11-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/18/i-just-discovered.html", "tags": ["Apps \u0026 Services"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/18/i-should-visit.html", "content_html": "I should visit Techmeme website much more often than I do. I usually end up on this site by coming from a linkpost1. I should be more intentional and go directly on the site myself. I like this newspaper style.
\nIt’s probably the case for the vast majority of visitors. ↩︎
\nIt’s Sunday, It’s time for the weekly creative summary, edition 2024-10! Enjoy! Please, consider supporting my creative work and visit my Ko-fi page! ππ» Thanks. The email version is coming out later today for my subscribers! Hold on!
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-17T08:33:45-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/17/its-sunday-its.html", "tags": ["Blogging","Newsletter"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/16/on-craft-for.html", "title": "On Craft for iPhone", "content_html": "Craft on iPhone is so much different than on the iPad. It feels like a totally different app. If I were an iPhone-only user I wouldnβt buy a Craft subscription because the iPhone version is so bad. Thankfully the iPad version is much more workable and the Mac version is probably the best Catalyst-based app out there. It wasnβt always like that btw. Was much better before version 2.7. I donβt know when that situation will change.
\n\n", "date_published": "2024-03-16T11:51:51-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/16/on-craft-for.html", "tags": ["Photography","Longer posts","Apps \u0026 Services"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/16/if-i-were.html", "content_html": "If I were in my thirties, I would run my own instance of Pixelfed. If I were in my twenties, I would build a Pixelfed alternative.
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-16T11:19:30-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/16/if-i-were.html", "tags": ["Apps \u0026 Services","Newsletter"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/15/im-deeply-reflecting.html", "title": "Must Have Public Mental Health Disclaimer", "content_html": "I’ve been reflecting on blogrolls deeply in recent days and started writing an article on that subject. While doing so, an idea came up and I decided to write something that I think anyone who builds and shares a blogroll should add on it as an introduction. I’m reproducing it here.
\n\n\n", "date_published": "2024-03-15T18:13:51-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/15/im-deeply-reflecting.html", "tags": ["Blogging","Food for thought","Newsletter"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/15/gearing-up-for.html", "content_html": "This is my blogroll. This is a list of blogs that I visit often for different reasons. If you are a blogger and you don’t see your blog in this list, don’t be sad or offended. But I want to say that I’m sorry if you feel that way. Now, why not get in touch with me and share about your blog. I love to discover new things. hello@numericcitizen.me
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Gearing up for our next trip to the United States of America[^1] on October, 2024: going to New York for a long weekend. Right before the elections. And you know what? It will take a long time before I back in the US if this dangerous clown ever gets elected[^2].
\n[^1] I prefer the long version.\n[^2] That will happen my friends. Mark my words.
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-15T13:57:50-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/15/gearing-up-for.html", "tags": ["Travels","Newsletter"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/15/is-a-corporate.html", "content_html": "Is a corporate “blog”, still a blog? Take for example: Information Architects news site. Some posts like this one are really about musing on specific subjects, not directly related to the company’s products. I understand the marketing value proposition is maintaining a blog for a company, and yet…
\nAsking for a friend. π«£π΅π»
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-15T11:44:29-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/15/is-a-corporate.html", "tags": ["Blogging","Newsletter"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/14/in-my-daytoday.html", "content_html": "In my day-to-day work, I’m benefiting so much from many mentors that I had a chance to meet during my career. They don’t know it, but they helped me so much to become what I am today and how I work with my other colleagues. Someone said: we are the sum of people we met in our life. I like this a lot.
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-14T11:40:36-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/14/in-my-daytoday.html", "tags": ["Work"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/14/like-a-few.html", "content_html": "Like a few others, I’m proud to join the One a Month Club put together by @jarrod [^1]! You can show your support here on Ko-fi! I might post exclusive content on Ko-fi like a photo or a small personal text on a monthly basis. I’ll see where it goes!
\n[^1] I’m not sure how to get my page registered on Jarrod’s page, though. π€
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-14T07:31:29-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/14/like-a-few.html", "tags": ["Blogging","Newsletter"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/13/dear-manton-the.html", "content_html": "Dear @Manton, the lack of editing a blogroll entry or moving an entry between blogrolls are really killing me. Putting everything on hold for now until we have a better way of updating this stuff! π©
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-13T12:05:58-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/13/dear-manton-the.html", "tags": ["Apps \u0026 Services"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/13/never-tamper-someones.html", "title": "Never Tamper Someone's Desire for Creative Tools", "content_html": "My wife gave me a surprisingly mildly negative reaction this morning when I shared with her my intention of getting a Nikon Zf mirrorless camera before going to Croatia this summer. Not because it’s not the best camera for this situation, no, because I already own an iPhone 15 Pro Max and a Nikon D750. π© But, I could get rid of my D750 or keep it but bring the Zf with me instead. I find it a bit sad that someone can put a break on someone else’s desire for creative tools. I’ll talk to her tonight after work.
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-13T10:12:17-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/13/never-tamper-someones.html", "tags": ["Photography","Food for thought","Longer posts","Personal"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/13/i-find-this.html", "content_html": "I find this fascinating that yesterday, I was in such bad mood about a lot of things (work life, personal life) and now, today, after a good night, I’m feeling much more upbeat! I can’t tell why because I don’t know. Human mind is a complete mystery. π
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-13T10:04:19-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/13/i-find-this.html", "tags": ["Personal","Newsletter"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/13/the-future-doesnt.html", "content_html": "\r\nThe future doesn't belong to optimists or pessimists. It does what it wants. Here's what's plausible to me: Apple has a lot of brains, brand loading and market power... So AVP will find its place. To me, this didn't change everything. The iPhone had that effect. On top of that, the device doesn't have the usual Apple fetish character. It doesn't say \"You want this, don't you?\" **It doesn't make you look good and part of a cool tribe. From outside makes you look confused, foolish and sad.**
Oliver Reichenstein writing about his experience with the Apple Vision Pro. Emphasis is mine.
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-13T06:41:36-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/13/the-future-doesnt.html", "tags": ["Apple \u0026 Tech","Food for thought","Newsletter"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/12/what-is-the.html", "content_html": "What is the best way to fix the FOMO syndrome when it comes to RSS feeds? Simply hit “mark all as read”. You are welcome.
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-12T21:18:07-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/12/what-is-the.html", "tags": ["Food for thought","Newsletter"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/12/when-i-dont.html", "content_html": "When I don’t know what to write, I edit and share photos. π¨π»βπ»π
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-12T20:32:24-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/12/when-i-dont.html", "tags": ["Photography","Blogging"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/12/why-is-dave.html", "content_html": "Why is Dave Winer still caring about Twitter and Facebook? Mr. Winer is such a proponent of the open web… and interoperability… Twitter and Facebook are the antithesis of those principles.
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-12T20:19:34-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/12/why-is-dave.html", "tags": ["Food for thought","Newsletter"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/12/im-not-sure.html", "content_html": "I’m not sure I’ll be able to publish this week’s edition of my creative summary newsletter simply because I don’t feel creative at all this week. π
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-12T18:08:11-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/12/im-not-sure.html", "tags": ["Blogging"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/12/been-testing-feedland.html", "content_html": "Been testing FeedLand this morning. I’m still trying to figure out what it is really about. As a subscriber to Inoreader, I wonder if I really need FeedLand in my digital life. Anyone using FeedLand here? π
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-12T07:40:56-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/12/been-testing-feedland.html", "tags": ["Apps \u0026 Services","Newsletter"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/11/i-updated-my.html", "content_html": "I updated my blogroll page to take advantage of Micro.blog’s new blogroll feature.
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-11T21:40:51-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/11/i-updated-my.html", "tags": ["Blogging"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/10/the-fascinating-game.html", "title": "The Fascinating Game of Moving Between Hosting Platforms", "content_html": "I find those stories always fascinating when I read about a blogger moving from one platform to another. It is as if every hosting solution cannot have it all. There is always too much friction, or something is simply lacking, which prompts us, content creators, to drop one service and search for something else. One service can have a great visual design1yet lacking from the analytics side. One platform can be well-designed but very hard to keep up and running2. Another solution that can be dead simple to publish lacks visual design flexibility3. Can we have it all? I sense a business opportunity here.
\nI’m permanently questioning my current options. Right now, Iβm fine with my hosting solutions, but one never knows when something no longer fits my needs.
\nNote: this article is a modified version of the original text published elsewhere on 2021-03-05 under my other metablog website using Craft.
\nI wish Apple made special editions of their current and past products. A special edition of the iPod would be a killer and I would buy one. Something running a stripped down iOS version, with a fix set of apps (music, podcast, video) a in unique device that takes cue from the past but also try different new things. It could be a way for Apple to experiment in public and get feedback. Apple could try MacBook with different casing materials, colors and finish. Those special edition products would be available for a while.
\nI wish Apple would try to reinvent itself more often.
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-10T11:37:12-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/10/i-wish-apple.html", "tags": ["Apple \u0026 Tech","Newsletter"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/10/just-finish-experimenting.html", "content_html": "Just finish experimenting with Obsidian1. I’m always fascinated by Obsidian but also unpleased by its user interface’s uninspired and unfinished feel. Passing for now.
\nI do this occasionally, as if I was trying to convince myself that it is something should use. ↩︎
\nI’m done with this week’s creative summary, edition 2024-09. I hope you enjoy as much as I do putting them together, each week. π¨π»βπ»
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-10T10:55:01-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/10/im-done-with.html", "tags": ["Blogging","Newsletter"] }, { "id": "http://numericcitizen.micro.blog/2024/03/09/still-not-clear.html", "content_html": "Still not clear if it will only rain or if we will get heavy and abundant snow. Weather forecast is predicting only rain. I’m ok with this. This winter has been so warm so far, that’s incredible. We will probably be in a drought this summer because of the lack of snow this winter. And you know what it means? Forest fires.
\n\n", "date_published": "2024-03-09T17:01:36-04:00", "url": "https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2024/03/09/still-not-clear.html", "tags": ["Photography","Climate"] } ] }