Not really a gamer, but Playstation is still the only gaming platform I’ve ever used. Scary to see the PS2 being around for a quarter of a century
My endorsement of Croissant & Tapestry
I feel I need to provide my endorsement of apps Croissant and Tapestry for social media engagement. These apps are not new, but new to me.
If you’ve not come across either, then Croissant is a cross platform app for simultaneously sharing to Mastodon, Threads and Bluesky.
I have disabled cross-posting in Micro.Blog using Croissant for posting across the social media platforms. However I would really love to see Croissant grow to support posting to Micro.blog to avoid switching between the apps.
Tapestry is the inverse, pulling multiple feeds into one or more timelines of your choosing, including Micro.Blog. Unlike with RSS apps Tapestry supports personalisation on the different platforms, such as Micro.Blog bookmarks, Mastodon Boosts etc. The app syncs settings and timelines using iCloud, with options to read your entire timeline or custom timelines including content from today or the last hour. This single app has been a game changer to how follow people, using a single app rather than switching between them.
Found it impossibly difficult to make and share generic links to music on all services. It seems all good services want you to create an account, pay them money or both. Plus there’s plenty of bad ones that simply look like scams.
I won’t install macOS 26 or iOS 26 but somehow I will run the public beta of iPad OS on both iPads. No, I don’t understand my logic either. Must be the lure of multi-window on iPad OS 26.
Disabled cross-posting from Micro.blog in favour of using Croissant to cross post any relevant content. Other than my lack of posting any content at all, my challenge has been engagement across all social networks with inconsistent cross posts.
For example my Bluesky is just a stream of text without links or media. My expectation is that this will change.
From 512 Pixels, Boring Is What We Wanted. I don’t agree with the title but certainly agree with the need for incremental updates.
Updated Tapestry 1.4 from The Icon Factory has really changed the game, consolidating RSS, Mastodon and Micro.Blog and other social platforms in a single app with multiple timelines.
Interesting coincidental scheduling on BBC this evening
Testing the new slideover on iOS26 and does it really have to be limited to a single app? And what’s with enormous window border?
Some weeks just absolutely fly right past you. This has been one of them. Only thing guaranteed to quicker is the next 2 days.
In the design and manufacture of handheld physical objects the surface finish and radii are essential for comfort and usability. But there is no place for radii on digital UI. None. Window radii don’t enhance usability they degrade it.
Brilliant as The Monster Slash Video is, it’s heartbreaking to know this is very real.
Jamie Lee Curtis in The Bear is an absolute force of nature. What a performance.
Discovered the lightweight blogging platform Bear Blog. Love the speed and simplicity of the interface.
Created a new page on my list of annoyances. Somehow I think I will be adding to this for some considerable time.
Read the headline Google Photos Gets Conversational Editing and almost had the urge to check the article wasn’t dated April 1st.
I see iPadOS26 still hasn’t fixed the keyboard issues with an external keyboard.
I like the idea of both Now and Then pages on a blog. Makes sense.
Daring Fireball: Woz: ‘I Am the Happiest Person Ever’
Better to live rich than to die rich
Hard to disagree with that sentiment.
Spotted another example of comparisons made which show a future state / new product (left) and the current state / current product on the right. At what point this become the norm? It’s completely alien to me. I can’t see beyond before/after or now/later, today/tomorrow. The reverse is perverse.
New resolution for 2nd half of 2025 is to care, but not care quite so much about things which don’t matter.
Surprisingly, for the first time in years I have opted to install beta OS from Apple. In this case it’s the iPadOS public beta of iPadOS26. The lure of the windowing on iPad was just too much.
Whole bag airport scanners. What a breath of fresh air. Incredibley easy
Checked in for my flight and in selecting a seat was informed that these are preallocated. Seriously? What’s the point of airlines offering online check-in and seat selection if seats are determined without any consideration of customer preference
Apple’s classy new iPhone ringtone is available to try right now
Ok but who actually has a ring tone on their phone anymore