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Workflow

Anybox – My Experience with a Bookmarks Manager

I’m ditching Raindrop.io for Anybox – Here’s why and how.

Miscellanious

The Craft Story Continues — The Year 2022 in Review And Looking Ahead

The year 2022 was a rich one for Craft releases. Yet, is Craft heading in the right direction? Or in too many directions?

photography

My Experience With Exposure — a Visual Storytelling Service

In this article, I share my experience of creating visual stories on Exposure, a visual storytelling service for photography enthusiasts.

Technology

My Experience With the Opal C1 Webcam

Behind a tremendous physical design lies a mediocre user experience, thanks to still-in-beta-after-months software.

Apple

My Experience With the Apple Studio Display

If you are searching for your first 5K external display, or coming from an LG 4K UltraFine and would like to upgrade, coupled with a MacBook or a M1 Mac mini, the Apple Studio display is an excellent but a bit expansive option.

photography

A Few Notes on my Experience with Photomyne

If you have a bunch of old photos on paper, consider #Photomyne to digitize them quickly and efficiently. #photography #tools #review

climate

My Experience With Carrot Weather

I’m late to the party but I’m finally giving a serious try to Carrot Weather. Great but not perfect. #weather #applications #review

Miscellanious

Cleanshot X — My Love Letter to the Best macOS Utility

Cleanshot X is one of the most useful and delightful utility in my blogger toolset.

photography

Thoughts and observations from my experience with Glass

If you are tired of Instagram’s bloated features or are looking for a photography-focused service for sharing your photos, with no ads, you might want to consider Glass. Here are a few thoughts and observations on the recently launched service.

Technology

Substack vs Buttondown — Who’s Better? — My Observations

On the surface, Buttondown looks promising and a great competitor to Substack, but after spending some time testing the service, a few things about it made me pause.

Workflow

Diagrams 2.0 is out

Diagrams recently got updated to version 2. Since my original review of this little diagramming tool, a year ago, this update brings a few additions. Version 2 keeps its original look and feel which I’m liking quite a lot. Apple Silicon is fully supported as well as macOS Big Sur. “In the new palett

photography

GuruShots Tips and Tricks Guide — The 2021 Edition — Part 2

In the first part of the 2021 edition of the GuruShots Tips and tricks guide (read here), I talked about the newly introduced or updated GuruShots features. GuruShots is still based on challenges. Moreover, I explained what GuruShots is really about: a game. GuruShots is a time-consuming game, but h

photography

GuruShots Tips and Tricks Guide — The 2021 Edition — Part I

This guide is based on my gaming experience1 after returning to the well-known photography game, GuruShots, after a very long pause away from it2,3,4. Here is what I found out5,6. This article is for everyone interested in GuruShots, who played the game or would like to start playing. Let me be clea

Apple

I’m not an audiophile, but here are my thoughts on Apple’s AirPods Max

AirPods Max: the perfect case (pun intended) of « the whole is greater than the sum of its parts » provided you are heavily into Apple’s ecosystem.

Apple

2020 Year in Review — Apple’s Best Year Ever?

How Apple managed to have its best year in history amid a pandemic is beyond comprehension. Here is my top 10 things that shaped Apple’s history in 2020.

Blog

My Experience with Substack – Good Enough?

Newsletters are making a comeback. Read my experience in using Substack to built my own.

Apple

Upgrading from an Apple Watch Series 4 to Series 6

On October 1st, I got my new 44 mm Apple Watch Series 6. Ordered just a few minutes after the end of the Time Flies event, using the latest release of Deliveries, I patiently waited for the package to arrive at my door. Here are my experience and my impressions about this “convenient” addition and “

Apple

Airport: The TestFlight App Store Apple Didn’t Create

Airport is a new service that came to life in recent weeks for helping people discover applications available for testing under the TestFlight service from Apple. Think of Airport as the TestFlight App Store but everything is free. I had a chance to enter the beta of Airport, here are my impressions

Technology

My Thoughts on HEY and Why I’m Paying for Emails

We rarely get to see initiatives trying to reinvent basic services like email. The recently introduced HEY email service from Basecamp is trying to do just that. Here are my thoughts and why I’m going to pay for emails in 2020.

Technology

A Simple Review of Townscraper

I’m not into games. I’m not a gamer. I rarely play computer games. I don’t play games at all actually. It doesn’t mean I don’t value this type of art, I do. I’m impressed by how games are evolving and taking all the juice of computer power to draw pixels on the screen. But, that’s… Continue Reading

Apple

WWDC2020 — My Observations and a Survey of Comments

This year’s WWDC conference was doomed to be special. Apple had a lot on its plate: deliver a successful digital-only experience, move all software platforms forward and keep the developers community happy. Did they deliver? Read more to find out.

Technology

Replacing an Aging AirPort Extreme with the Unifi Dream Machine

I’ve been looking at a replacement for my aging AirPort Extreme for over a year. Here is my experience of replacing it with an Ubiquiti’s Unifi Dream Machine.

Blog

My Ghost Experiment – Simple but…

I’m always on the lookout to improve the way I use technology to help me publish my work. Recently I concluded an experiment with a well known publishing platform called Ghost. Here is summary of my experience.

Apple

My Review of the iPad Pro Magic Keyboard – A Transformative Accessory

With iPadOS 13.4, Apple injected much-needed delight to the iPad with the introduction of pointer support. Using the iPad with a mouse is undoubtedly delightful, but Apple’s vision of the future of personal computing is fully experienced with the Magic Keyboard. Here is my review of this highly rega

Blog

My review of Notion from a blogger’s perspective

In the past few months, I’ve been using Notion, a popular collaboration platform. What I discovered is a surprisingly powerful tool that helps me be better at blogging. Here is my review of Notion from a blogger perspective. (If you want a freebie, head to the end of this review for details at the e