Ephemeral Scrapbook
The Ephemeral Scrapbook — 2026.08.30
The header image is a teaser of a new experiment with a new photo-sharing service. And a bit of Apple and AI ranting.
JF Martin
I'm a compulsive creator and contributor, a digital nomad, a light painter, a YouTuber, a podcaster and a numeric citizen who's enjoying the digital era.
review
On Integrating Quick Reads Into My Digital Ecosystem
Quick Reads is a read-it-later service built by one person who made the app he wished existed. What makes it worth writing about isn't what it does; it's how it connects openly to the rest of my digital life, and what that reveals about building tools that actually fit the way I work.
Ephemeral Scrapbook
The Ephemeral Scrapbook — 2026.08.02
I read and write about AI way too much, but AI is everywhere now, so hard to escape! I’m so sorry.
Ephemeral Scrapbook
The Ephemeral Scrapbook — 2026.07.12
Bye bye Om Malik. Hello Apple price hikes. Yikes.
Ephemeral Scrapbook
The Ephemeral Scrapbook — 2026.06.07
Pre-WWDC26 edition. Will Apple finally deliver Apple Intelligence to their devices and users? Let’s pray, shall we? Enjoy your WWDC pre-recorded (!) show.
Things
Building My Own Task Manager Instead of Waiting for Things 4
Before Things 3 turns 4 and falls into the subscription-only abyss, I built my own task manager using the vibe coding technique. Here's why and how.
Ephemeral Scrapbook
The Ephemeral Scrapbook — 2026.05.24
Bye bye Tim Cook. Hello John Ternus. The beginning of a new era at Apple?
AI
Facing The Rising Costs of AI
People's excitement about AI might end sooner than originally thought. Here's why.
Apple Silicon
Apple Has Always Been at War with Physics — and It's Happening Again
There is a pattern to how Apple makes its most interesting bets. It finds a hard physical constraint, something that looks like an immovable wall, and decides that software is the answer. It happened with the camera. It is happening right now with artificial intelligence.
Tim Cook
Tim Cook’s Apple: Operational Mastery, Strategic Restraint—and the Cost of Playing It Safe
Bye Tim, thank you. Time for a change. Many changes. More than ever, I’m hopeful for the future.
Ephemeral Scrapbook
The Ephemeral Scrapbook — 2026.04.19
Artemis II mission brings back great visual memories. AI does the rest. 🤔
AI
Vibe Coding: Programming for the Rest of Us?
Vibe coding might prove to be programming for the rest of us.