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jonathanreed

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๐Ÿ’ป Community Manager and Contributor at https://MacStories.net
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jonathanreed, to random
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In this weeksโ€™s @club MacStories Weekly column for members I wrote about an intriguing new kind of Mastodon client from @bardi and how itโ€™s encouraged me to post more blog-style Mastodon posts.

https://club.macstories.net/posts/tusks-is-a-new-mastodon-client-with-an-interesting-twist

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matt, to random
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Quick ranking of the new iPad Pro set in terms of โ€œooh, this is notably better than the thing that came beforeโ€

  1. Magic Keyboard - markedly betterโ€ฆlike really better

  2. iPad Pro - OLED is slick

  3. Pencil Pro - squeeze to bring up markup tools is cool, but basically the same otherwise so far

jonathanreed,
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@matt This is not helping me resist buying one.
Did you sell your Vision Pro? Or are you doing both?

viticci, to random
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Sold my old 11" iPad Pro to a friend and LITERALLY the first issue she had was with the Files app. ๐Ÿซ 

But no, it's just nerds who want macOS on iPad.

jonathanreed,
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@viticci I just want to know whatโ€™s in that aladdin folderโ€ฆ

jonathanreed, to random
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This honestly feels like a crazy thing to say but the new โ€˜webโ€™ filter on Google search is great! If youโ€™re researching something or looking for a bunch of review on a project (rather than say, a fact) it works really well.

Again, I canโ€™t believe Iโ€™m saying this in the year of our lord, 2024.

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โ€œNO ONE WROTE THIS! GOOGLE WROTE THIS!โ€
I think whoever picked this screaming doofus to open Google I/O should probably do some soul searching after this presentation is over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEzRZ35urlk

jonathanreed,
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@joesteel I love Marc. Sometimes use this as my alarm.

https://youtu.be/enYdAxVcNZA?si=ogQ_HrAz7eAGrLjM

jonathanreed, to random
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That Open AI demo yesterday really upped the game for virtual assistants. Even more interested to see what WWDC brings now. Chat GPT is now leagues ahead of Siri

jonathanreed,
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That said, the new Chat GPT assistant was a little too keeno for my liking. Not sure I could put up with that endless optimism on a daily basis. I am British after all.

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In this weeksโ€™s @club MacStories Weekly column for members I worked through some thoughts Iโ€™ve been having about how Apple might pitch all their new AI features at WWDC. Bearing in mind how impassioned the reaction to their โ€˜Crush!โ€™ ad was, might it be a taste of things to come?

https://club.macstories.net/posts/is-the-response-to-crush-a-taste-of-things-to-come-for-apple

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aaron_pearce, to random
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Given an existing app with a decent amount of unsubscribed users, what would be the best way to gate more features without annoying those existing ones? Although the existing users are the ones I want to payโ€ฆ

jonathanreed,
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@aaron_pearce @agiletortoise Itโ€™s probably good to offer a buffer or a trial for those free users so they can see what the new app is like and try the other premium features so they โ€˜get a tasteโ€™ and hopefully want more?

robb, to random
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Canโ€™t believe they called the feedback in the new Apple pencil โ€œhaptic" instead of "hand throbโ€

jonathanreed,
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@robb Let it go Robb!

jonathanreed, to random
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Thatโ€™s the new name!

jonathanreed, to random
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In this weeksโ€™s @club MacStories Weekly column for members I wrote about how my disappointing 2 weeks with the new Nothing Ear earphones helped me discover something new in my iPhoneโ€™s audio settings. By finding installable audiograms I essentially gave myself proper EQ for my AirPods Pro.

https://club.macstories.net/posts/two-weeks-with-the-nothing-ears-sent-me-down-a-sound-profile-rabbit-hole

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robb, to random
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โœ… Voted

jonathanreed,
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@robb Tories?

matt, to random
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All I want to do is expand the canvas for an image I'm working on in Photoshop and for the life of me I can't figure out how to do it without triggering their generative fill feature :dumpster:

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jonathanreed,
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@matt I also hate how the mini task bar just keeps popping up next to selected items in Illustrator. I literally keep turning it off in the menu and it keeps coming back. Honestly, I love Adobeโ€™s apps for what they can do but their UIs are frequently absolute trash.

matt, to random
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How I fell in love with LEGO (members post) https://birchtree.me/blog/how-i-fell-in-love-with-lego-members-post/

jonathanreed,
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@matt Love this. One of my biggest regrets of the last year was a pitch we had to do some work for Lego. We didnโ€™t get it and Iโ€™m still sad.

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In this weeksโ€™s @club MacStories Weekly column for members I wrote about Appleโ€™s evolving plans for CarPlay, how it aligns with current concerns about driving distractions, and what Apple could do to improve current problems.

https://club.macstories.net/posts/apples-carplay-needs-to-go-in-for-a-safety-check

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matt, to random
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I love how so many people are like โ€œthese reviewers are paid offโ€ and this guyโ€™s like, โ€œnah, itโ€™s malpractice for a reviewer to actually give a bad review.โ€

A historically bad tech take that should be put in a museum.

https://x.com/dvassallo/status/1779753281960722706

jonathanreed,
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@matt I mean, if Marques, probably the fairest reviewer out there, is giving your product this bad a review, maybe itโ€™s you thatโ€™s the problem, not him.

jonathanreed, to random
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This is so dumb. Can you imagine if you left Photoshop running on a Mac and it started its own screensaver from compressed images saved on Behance? https://duck.haus/@joesteel/112260405236680475

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In this weeksโ€™s @club MacStories Weekly column for members I share the various shortcuts Iโ€™m using with Federicoโ€™s CAPS plugin for launching contextual app shortcuts. Itโ€™s been a ton of fun creating them all!

https://club.macstories.net/posts/some-caps-inspiration

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jonathanreed, to random
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Building your smart home with HomeKit is a project thatโ€™s always ongoing. @viticci, @johnvoorhees, @nileane, and I got together to round up all of our must-have accessories.

If youโ€™re looking for some inspiration or wondering what the best brand of a certain accessory is, take a look at our recommendations:
https://www.macstories.net/stories/homekit-gadgets-the-macstories-team-collection/

matthewcassinelli, to random
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Itโ€™s fairly remarkable how much better Season 2 of the Halo show is than the first.

jonathanreed,
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@matthewcassinelli I keep hearing this. I might have to give it another go. The first two episodes of season 1 were so bad that I turned them off, which is rare for me.

jonathanreed,
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@matthewcassinelli Good to hear. Also seems like they know how to film action better. The action in the first 2 episodes was so badly shot but I recently saw a big scene from episode 1 of season 2 and it looked very good (though not perfect).

matt, to random
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X-Men 97 is good every week, but this weekโ€™s was incredible

jonathanreed,
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@matt A real shocker. Interested to see where they go from there.

matt, to random
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These Humane reviews really make the product look rough. This is David Pierce having a hilarious for us, horrifying for him, moment. Given how poorly it works for him, this was a refreshing โ€œalmost correctโ€ interaction.

https://youtu.be/_w1vv7_dU2Y?si=PoeV6xMwezJseJde

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jonathanreed,
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@matt Canโ€™t stop watching the frantic expression change! @imdavidpierce

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jonathanreed,
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@matt @imdavidpierce I got this close to sending a loving message for my wife to my ex a couple of years back. Oh boy, did I panic!! (Thanks Siri)

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