Back to basics. #homescreen
Monthly #homescreen update.
Monthly #homescreen update.
Monthly #homescreen update.
Monthly #homescreen update.
Monthly #homescreen update.
Monthly #homescreen update.
Monthly #homescreen update.
Monthly #homescreen update.
Monthly #homescreen update.
Monthly #homescreen update.
@coolcut what is friendzone?
@dominic Something I‘m working on and may or may not release in the future.
@coolcut would love to help test it :)
@dominic Thanks. It only runs on my iPhone right now. I’ll share updates when it will be to a stage of early closed testing.
@coolcut The Financial Times! Look at you! :D What made it become homescreen material?
@marcel Haha. Couple of reasons:
1. I want something on the homescreen I can check/read which is not Mastodon or something social.
2. Readwise or similar apps don't work for me on the iPhone homescreen. I only use them on the iPad.
3. I am exploring a bit to see if I prefer FT over my current subscription, ZEIT. I received a small FT subscription as a gift from a friend for a couple of months and am trying to fully test it out.
@coolcut I'm intrigued. My guess would be that their reporting is a lot less doom and gloom than ZEIT's?

@marcel Yes, I would agree with your guess after ~ 2 weeks in. For me, so far, it generally has better mapping in terms of the topics I'm currently most interested in, which are more economic and globally driven.

But I think you need some kind of a PhD to understand their plans and pricing structure. It's so confusing. 😅

@coolcut Can you sell me on Perplexity vs. ChatGPT?

@marcel Still in a testing phase for me. I use Perplexity more as a Google/ChatGPT crossover, as Perplexity is more up-to-date. I really like the citations and sources. Furthermore, I still use ChatGPT for coding stuff or simpler content design topics at work, as I feel it’s still something better at this on a detailed level.

In Perplexity’s words: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/bb4b2819-a6bf-46b2-9bb1-19cf21481644

@coolcut It's intriguing! Thank you!

@marcel The only thing I can’t get my muscle memory into changing currently is using Perplexity as the default search engine in Arc on my Mac.

I do a lot of random quick searches in Google where Google is enough or quicker, and I don’t want an LLM answer. I tried it for two weeks, and it was super frustrating for me, but it’s a very personal and subjective learning experience.

@coolcut Oh yes, I'm always switching between Arc's ChatGPT shortcut and classic Google searches. It's an interesting new problem to have. :D

@marcel @coolcut Uh, I like that there are URLs for Perplexity’s answers (looking at you, Arc Search).

I can recommend Kagi as a Google substitute. In 80% of my searches Kagi's results are better, for the lasting 20% there are DDG's !bang shortcuts.

@coolcut Living a life that‘s mostly managed by recurring tasks in Things club. 🤝