Fewer and fewer people like to write. This creates an opportunity for generative AI, for sure. We are becoming less and less thoughtful in our written content. Generative AI is accelerating this. 

1.  Am I the only one who thinks that SearchGPT could be a significant development if they get it right? Google, which has been undermining the open web, should start to worry. I'm on the waiting list to test SearchGPT and eagerly anticipate its integration into ChatGPT. There are 10K slots available, apparently. 🔎
2. As I wrote yesterday, I do consider closing my Reddit account. I'm a paid subscriber, mind you. The exclusive deal with Google for content indexing, the API shutdown episode, the CEO's attitude, the fact that I don't use Google Search anyway, all contribute to my change of mind. 🤔
3. I'm still not done processing my photos from my vacations in Croatia. It's always a challenge for me to do the last miles. 😅
4. Have a great "TGIF" day! 👋🏻

1. I've been testing macOS 15 Sequoia and a few things are broken, like the Shortcut to generate the weather conditions that usually goes in this post's title. I couldn't figure out what's the issue with the shortcut, which is usually the case with shortcuts editing. 🧪
2. Because of the issue with my weather shortcut, from now on, the /now post title will no longer include weather conditions until further notice. 🤷🏻
3. I no longer need Magnet utility, which I wasn't using much anyway, since a similar feature is now part of macOS Sequoia. 🧲
4. iPhone Mirroring is really cool and will come handy for sure. It works great. 🪩
5. Again, not much seems different in this new major release of Apple operating system, just like for iOS and iPadOS. The fun stuff is coming only next year (Apple Intelligence). 😒
6. Played with the new Sumo theme for Micro.blog. It's great, but I won't use it for now.
7. Have a great one! 👋🏻

1. I've been spending quite some time this morning to discover and read new blogs. I discovered this blog and this blog. I love the open web. I'm probably following more blogs than I can ever read, but that's fun because from time to time I go to Inoreader and more or less randomly I peek at a few feeds and read. 🔍
2. I have updated my personal dashboard page in Craft to add those two "Discover" feeds (one, two) so I can keep my new blogs coming healthy.
3. Incidentally, I spent quite some time in Inoreader to add them and do some clean up, too. I love this service. 📡
4. Two more things that I really love: working inside a text editor like this one, Scribbles, and working inside a spreadsheet. These are two micro spaces that enable creativity. Word processors and spreadsheets are old but so powerful creations. I always enjoy spending time in each of them. ✍🏻
5. Enjoy your day and say I if you happen to read this! 👋🏻

1. Today I'm going to the Apple Store for my personalized demo session of the Apple Vision Pro. Like I said, I'm not that excited for it. But I'm curious. I want to get a photo of me wearing this thing and see how I look. It's strange, isn't? 😛
2. Did you know that you can search my Twitter archive right here? It's fun to scroll back in time and rediscover some of my tweets. How am I going to get an archive of my toots on Mastodon? 🤔
3. I'm happy to get my iPhone running iOS 18 beta after all. Just like for iPadOS 18, changes aren't obvious on the surface. It gets interesting the more you use your phone. 📱
4. Have a great one! 👋🏻

Yes, I'm weak because I decided to succumb and install iOS 18 beta 3 on my iPhone 15 Pro Max. I don't know if I made the right decision. As I get older, I'm apparently getting nervous about these things.

1. I've been testing iPadOS 18 since yesterday on my M4 iPad Pro and I must say that I have mixed feelings. On one end, nothing seems different. On the other end, Photos redesign alone was worth the upgrade. Oh, and autocorrect with multilanguage keyboard is a real game changer for me because I write as much in French than in English. Apple Intelligence is MIA, but that was expected. 🙂
2. I feel that I'm beating myself with my decision to quit Adobe ecosystem for my photo-editing needs. I must admit that as much as I like Photomator, the lack of a real catalog feature is frustrating and makes my workflow slower and more cumbersome. I'll have to live with my decision. 😒
3. I'm feeling bad vibes about my creative hobby (writing, blogging, YouTube, mostly). This has been going on since before my vacations. At first, I thought it was because I was tired. But the vibe is still there since I came back from Europe. In summary, I see my work as being more or less worthless. It's not a good feeling. For example, I have a hard time finding a justification to do more YouTube videos about Craft. It seems that I've said everything that I have to say. I don't think I have more value to add to the community. That's really not a good vibe. 😞
4. I'm leaving this here so that I can return to editing my travel photos and maybe get a different mindset. Have a great day. 👋🏻

1. After a three-week vacation, I'm back with the jet lag in full effect: woke up at 4AM this morning, again. For someone who does like mornings, I shouldn't complain, I guess. 🌅
2. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to spend my hobby time this week. I'll resume the weekly creative summary newsletter for sure, but beyond that, I'm not so sure yet. 😶‍🌫️
3. I'm thinking of installing iPadOS 18 beta 3 on my M4 iPad Pro. Since this is not my main daily driver and now that I'm back from my trip to Croatia, I can take the risk of a more buggy and unstable experience. Some people tell me it's not worth it, but I'm really looking to try the redesigned Photos app. I might wait for beta 4 which should come out next week I guess. 🤔
4. I painfully started processing my travel photos with Photomator, first on the iPad but after instabilities, now on my MacBook Air. I'm working with Pixelmator support to find the root cause of my issues. I bought this M4 iPad Pro to use Photomator on it to edit my RAW images, and it is barely working, so I have to revert to using my Mac instead. What a bummer. 😒
5. Have a great day! 👋🏻

I'm back home after a three-week vacation, which means that I was awake at 4AM in the morning. 😑 It also means that I'm going to nag you with my posts! 😆

As a user of Ulysses, I’m surprised that Ulysses text editor didn’t receive any AI related stuff yet. iA Writer did in version 7.