I'm back from a short vacation. As I was surfing the web while on vacation, I stumbled upon a Mac utility that adds various items to the screen notch. I couldn't remember its name. I asked ChatGPT to list all notch-related utilities for the Mac, and sure enough, I found it, and it's called Alcove. Here's the link. I'm currently using the 72-hour trial, but I'll probably buy it, which is a 15$ spend. Let me know if you use a notch utility on your Mac!

It's been a long time since I posted a /now post. So, here it is.

• I'm slowly winding down my non-essential activities as I prepare for a once-a-week vacation in Mexico. 
• I'll take a break from my writing activities (the ephemeral scrapbook newsletter is taking a pause).
• I'm putting aside my Mac-related activities because I won't bring my Mac with me this time. I really want to use my M4 iPad Pro more. I have one book to read and some video content downloaded from YouTube/AppleTV for in-flight entertainment. 
• I'm leaving satisfied with my recent creative activities and the stabilization of most of my workflows.
• I know that on my way back, my brain will explode with creative ideas. One example is creating a Shortcut to publish directly from Craft to Micro.blog or Ghost. Thanks to APIs, I should be able to set up my dream pipeline where I can't skip Ulysses when posting on Ghost, directly using Craft content as the source.
• That's pretty much it guys. 

In vacation mode, I don’t do Mac. This time actually. 

It seems that Scribbles.page is about to get a taste of social networking? Private messaging? I configured my profile; if anyone wants to test it. ...this blip is a courtesy of Numeric Citizen (Who is he, again? I'm glad you asked.)

Last week at work, I wanted to install an RSS reader app on my Windows 11 computer so I could follow tech news sites more conveniently and effectively. I checked the company’s list of approved apps, but couldn't find anything. I asked a few colleagues about it, and none of them knew what RSS was. 😳 I work in IT. We're so conservative and ignorant sometimes.🤷🏻‍♂️

Come on, Adobe. Ten processes for Create Cloud, consuming half a GB of RAM? Because I wasn't really using it on my MacBook Air, it's gone now. 

While reading online articles, I have increasingly started to prefer using point-form summaries over the original content. It's generative AI's fault. Or my fault. Or both. I don't see this trend changing any time soon. 

I often read that the web is dead. However, I also read that the future of apps lies on the web. In fact, while the open web is shrinking, corporate-owned silos are rampant.

Today, Apple has launched the next-generation Apple Silicon geared toward AI: the M5. They didn't really launch new products.

No more Clips, according to Apple. From the start, Clips felt like an experiment. Like Ping. Apple isn't good at social.