One Man's Notes

Apple’s acquisition of Texture (a digital magazine subscription app) means we should probably be paying Apple News more attention than we are. But we should go in with our eyes open as to the downsides.

My major HomePod Siri annoyance: when my girls ask for “My Little Pony: the Movie”, Siri replies that it can’t handle video, unless they specify “album" or “by various artists”. It really should be smart enough to know that if a movie is being requested on a HomePod, the request is for the soundtrack album…

I’m old enough to remember when the discussion about “a Spotify for News” was about an “iTunes for News". And it’s still not working…

My irregular interesting reading newsletter is going out in an hour’s time.

Sign up, if you want an inbox full of interesting links, untouched by algorithms…

Oh, a lovely, tiny kickstarted type nerd joy has arrived:

Nice sight waiting for me in my local coffee shop.

Daff-a-down Dillies

80 Stone Coffee.

Bad instagrammer leaves it a bit late to photograph his coffee.

Rain does not interrupt play.

Still missing you Mum, even after all these years.

Rain interrupts play.

Oh, my.

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Oh, my.

Serious signs of #spring in #shorehambysea

Uninstalling all social media from my 12 inch iPad Pro - I want to make this my productivity and focus device. Only micro-blog survives - for now.

For all the creepy, invasive tracking ad companies do, they still can’t figure out that sending me a load of “treat your mother this Mother’s Day” offers is a painful waste of time.

She’s been dead for nearly 10 years.

I was early enough out of the house this morning that I had time to pause on the Adur Ferry Bridge and grab some images.

It’s nice to be doing that walk in the early dawn light, rather than in the dark. Spring will be here soon…

I have got the insane number of tabs i had open across five device down to under 20, and everything else either acted on, blogged about of filed away in Instapaper or Pocket. Good work, me.

I wonder how many sites are publishing RSS feeds but are blissfully unaware of it, just because they use WordPress.

I really like the ideas in this:

Take your time: the seven pillars of a Slow Thought manifesto

Presented without comment: The shop that buys your dead uncle’s porn collection (It’s a surprisingly interesting read)

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Understanding the meme - because there’s more to this than just funny captions.