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JohannJan 9, 2023
Show threadMona appJan 9, 2023
Push notifications will be supported in the next Mona Beta update.
JohannJan 9, 2023
Jonathan MosenJan 9, 2023

Bursting with pride to be able to write that on 8 January at 8:24 PM, my beautiful granddaughter, Florence Eden Kathleen Mosen came into the world and into the lives of her proud family. She weighed 3.08 KG, that’s 6 pounds 8 ounces.

The time I have spent today with Florence in my arms is some of the most indescribably precious of my life. She is gorgeous! Mum, Dad and baby are all doing well, and Florence has the proudest granddad ever.

JohannJan 8, 2023
Brandon TysonJan 7, 2023
I know this might be an unpopular opinion but it's extremely hard for me to use Face ID on an iPhone because I have trouble keeping the phone positioned correctly. I really, really hope Apple is able to come up with a way to do Touch ID on iPhones once the iPhone SE third generation is no longer an option. I believe I checked all the accessibility options and it's still very hard for me to use. I'm definitely open to suggestions or thoughts on this. This is the only reason I've stuck with the iPhone SE because I've tried this numerous times and have never been able to keep it positioned correctly long enough to complete the setup process, other than it happening once out of pure luck.
JohannJan 7, 2023
Shelly BrisbinJan 7, 2023
Here’s a thread about the Mastodon client @ivory, and accessibility aka. #a11y. The app is in beta, so this is not a review so much as a followup to concerns I raised previously about the developers’ approach to this topic. (thread linked below.) Since I made that post two weeks ago, I’ve joined the TestFlight for the iOS version of the app, and can now write intelligently about the state of the app’s accessibility.
https://journa.host/@ShellyBrisbin/109565648260766092
Shelly Brisbin (@[email protected])

@[email protected] A question: will Ivory be accessible to screen readers? Have you included blind and visually impaired Mastodon users in the beta? OK, that’s two questions!  #a11y

Mastodon
JohannJan 6, 2023
David WoodbridgeJan 6, 2023
Might be time to really closedown my Twitter account. Given this yet again, another hack of Twitter https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64153381?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Twitter: Millions of users' email addresses 'stolen' in data hack

Reports suggest more than 200 million sets of data were taken and are being given away on an online forum.

BBC News
JohannJan 5, 2023
Andre LouisJan 4, 2023
The usefulness of a 7z SFX archive cannot be overstated. Assuming you forget your USB stick with portable screen-reader on it, dumping an archive of said screen-reader on your webserver and having it easily accessible when you visit someone is beyond sensible. #NVDASR is one of the world's greatest inventions.
JohannJan 5, 2023
QuinJan 4, 2023
I needed to encode and decode a lot of Base64 strings, so I made a tiny Hammerspoon that does it. It assigns two keys, control+cmd+b to encode a string and control+cmd+shift+b to decode one. The result is then shown to you in an alert box ,with an option to copy it to the clipboard. https://github.com/thequinbox/basespoon
GitHub - TheQuinbox/Basespoon: Hammerspoon module to encode and decode base64 strings.

Hammerspoon module to encode and decode base64 strings. - GitHub - TheQuinbox/Basespoon: Hammerspoon module to encode and decode base64 strings.

GitHub
JohannJan 5, 2023
Pratik PatelJan 5, 2023

I have mixed feelings about this.

Apple quietly launches a catalog of #books narrated by #AI on its Books app, in a move that publishers, authors, and agents warn may upend the #audiobook market.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/04/apple-artificial-intelligence-ai-audiobooks

#Bookstodon

Death of the narrator? Apple unveils suite of AI-voiced audiobooks

Exclusive: tech firm quietly launches new audiobook catalogue narrated by AI – but move expected to spark backlash

The Guardian
JohannJan 4, 2023
Show threadAppleVisJan 4, 2023
It's likely still sooner than anticipated, but the launch of our Mastodon instance is now official 🎉 Announcement is here: https://www.applevis.com/blog/applevis-now-mastodon ^DG
AppleVis is Now on Mastodon | AppleVis

As of today, AppleVis and some of our team members are officially on Mastodon with our own AppleVis instance.

JohannJan 4, 2023
Accidental Tech PodcastJan 3, 2023

516: One of My Fits of Rage
https://atp.fm/516

@siracusa's birthday cake, Samsung's new monitor, and why Overcast isn't moving to CloudKit after all.

Accidental Tech Podcast: 516: One of My Fits of Rage

Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.