1. I revisited my /nope page with more up-to-date things that I don't like.
2. I updated my About Me page hosted on Craft while working on preparing the migration off Craft to a stand-alone website built using Realmac Software Elements. Here's what it will look like.
3. Last week, I shared an updated diagram of my content creator ecosystem.
4. I got my first referral commission from the Fastmail referral program. The first of this kind. I never got one for Craft after being on their referral program for since its inception. You might like Fastmail too, btw, just like I do.
5. I like to spend some time nurturing these. It's fun. 

   

• I was trying to find a word that reflect my mood these days about the news and "resentful" came out from a prompt to ChatGPT. 
• I feel that way about what is happening in the US. I feel that way about what is happening in Ukraine. I feel that way about leaders who are getting away from their responsibilities. Speaking of which...
• I'm not happy with Apple these days, I'm not happy with Tim Cook. He seems more focused on printing money than building game-changer products. I don't buy their empty slogan anymore. Apple Intelligence could have been such product, but instead it is vaporware. It is unprecedented. When you pile this up with the general attitude of Apple toward their developers, we can see a trend that will tarnish the brand for many years to come. Apple should be looking for a new leader.
• Resentful is the perfect word. 
• Oh, I almost forgot, I feel resentful for the way Trump and his bunch of clowns are treating Canada, my home country. 

Some people own a town house and a country house and maybe a third house elsewhere in the world. Good for them. I'm one of those guys, except that my houses are built in the digital space, and I call those homes my blogs. 😌

Thinking that JD Vance speech in Munich was remarkable, is a lack of perspective and judgment. If he is not capable to read between the lines, that is sad for him, and I don't need this type of content in my daily flow. Bye bye. 

• Wow, that was fast. Where is my weekend??? 😩
• I'm quite happy with my creative work this weekend. I completed and published the latest edition of my newsletter and mostly completed my new personal and French blog. Official launch soon🚀, but not here, see next👇🏻. 
• A quick explanation about the chosen hosting service for my new blog: I wanted to be able to use a native Mac client for writing and posting, something that is not possible with Scribbles.page (yet? -- Vincent? I know you are watching this! 👨🏻‍💻). Micro.one is my hosting service of choice. Again. 
• This winter is particularly a cloudy one☁️; I'm lacking sunshine☀️. And this week it wild be really cold, like fuckin cold 🥶.
• Speaking of cold, I'm frozen and can't decide which Craft video should I do next. I had the whole weekend to find an idea and make it happen! But no... anyway. 
• Hey, I wish you a great weekend remaining! 

• Just started a Raycast Focus session to write this little /now blog post. This new feature from Raycast seems effective at blocking distractions.
• It's Friday, the weekend is coming, I'm not sure what I'm going to do from a creative hobby perspective beyond finishing my ephemeral scrapbook newsletter edition. 
• I should spend some time on Pixelfed, provided the instance can keep up, to post some new photos.
• Oh, I see, I must write my first personal blog post for my newly created French blog on Micro.one. I have many reasons for owning a little corner of the Internet, away from the silos (not to be confused with the Apple TV+ series mind you). I must educate my friends, not justify my decision.
• I used to write a series called Friday Notes, inspired by a series called Monday Note from Jean-Louis Gassée. He seems to have stopped publishing in his series, so did I in mine. Does he still publish? I can't find any recent articles. 
• I'm still liking Scribbles, but I tend to forget to post here. Sorry, Vincent. 😔
• I wish you a great weekend to you all!

We should know that we fail at using Gen AI when the prompt is much longer and take a long time to get right than the actual response we get.

One of my goals for 2025 is to focus even more. It started in 2024, and it's the idea of saying no more often. With the release of micro.one yesterday, an entry-level-yet-features-rich blogging service, while it is tempting to try it, it's not enough different from micro.blog while I'm not being the target demographic. I wish Manton Reece all the best with this new-entry-level service and hope that it will bring more awareness to Micro.blog.

1️⃣ It's the time of the year when I feel being in front of a blank slate, not with this bad feeling of not knowing how to start, but where everything seems possible. 2️⃣ It will be a slow day as I continue preparing to move out of my house for the next three to four months to allow for a home improvements project to start. My back is hurting, sadly.  3️⃣ Check your Apple Watch for a cool firework animation. 4️⃣ A new year is the time to start experimenting something different, like writing this blog post as a big chuck of text with number separator for each thought. 5️⃣ That wasn't really the first post, Micro.blog was the one who got my very first post of the year. ∗ Have a great day, and a great year! 

• I completed all the things that I wanted to share for 2024. 
• Only two days left to 2024, and I'm already turning my attention to 2025 in search of stimulating and creative projects. Things are getting clearer and clearer.
• Provided unforeseen circumstances, I'll focus on learning to use two apps: Realmac Software Elements and Apple Final Cut Pro X. The former to design a few websites and the latter to get ready to upgrade my YouTube video recording workflow.
• I'm also closer and closer to buying the RODECaster Video. That will trigger the most profound change in my video recording workflow with some ripple effects on the software I use to create my YouTube videos and the workflow behind all of it. I'm still unsure if this is the right thing to do. Why? Because it's only a hobby, not a full-time job and this is a lot of money just for a hobby!
• Focusing on learning might also mean spending less time on writing.
• This post on Scribbles is probably my last one... for 2024.