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. 

With Sora, I think OpenAI has a potential game-changer on their hands. Why? People get easily bored, and with Sora, they find a new source of entertainment. It will last until the next big thing: a few weeks, a few months, maybe more.