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Hopped on a flight yesterday and walked by not 1, but 2 people in first class using MacBook Neos.
Everybody loves these lil cuties.
Recently I read a post by some jackhole techbro who wants a default automatic feed algorithm here just like Big Social™.
Opening the door for AI bullshit is not even the worst part of this idea.
Folks, all of us here ARE the algorithm. Personal curation is a feature, not a bug.
We make Mastodon awesome by following people and boosting what we find meaningful, significant or just cool. That's how it works.
Let's keep making friends. Let's keep sharing. Let's keep Mastodon alive. Together. 💖
RE: https://nileane.fr/@nileane/116399618830517226
I'm not here to shill my friend's app, I'm here to shill for an app I genuinely love.
If you want a launcher and don't need a million other features, consider this one!
I’m thrilled to launch Apple Frames 4 – a massive update to my shortcut that frames Apple device screenshots.
Now featuring:
💻 The latest Apple devices, including Studio Displays and MacBook Neo
⚡ A rebuilt (and faster) shortcut
🎨 Support for multiple frame/Watch band colors
📐 Proportional scaling
...and:
🛠️ I'm launching an Apple Frames CLI for developers! It can frame hundreds of screenshots in seconds, and it's designed for AI agents too.
All free and open source: https://www.macstories.net/stories/introducing-apple-frames-4-a-revamped-shortcut-support-for-frame-colors-proportional-scaling-and-the-apple-frames-cli-for-developers/
Me: MAGA is a cult
MAGA: no we're not!
Trump: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116394884725149647
RE: https://mastodon.social/@matt_birchler/116342002245903542
Saw The Format again this weekend in Denver, and this time had the iPhone Air with me. I still got a few good photos, but it really made me appreciate the difference in capabilities between this and the Pro.
No raw, longer exposures, generally softer/painterly images, and waaaaaay worse zoom (I was meaningfully closer this time).
App Review isn't helping.
Also I've learned what Google Chrome developer review is like, and it's…fine.
My 14th micro-app is actually a skill, which can help you clean up your podcast and video transcripts. it includes memory of host names and proper nouns common in your show.
Shout out to my "it's just fancy autocorrect" peeps…this is fancy auto-correct!
https://birchtree.me/blog/micro-app-14-podcast-transcript-fixer/
Today I'm sharing a pretty simple micro-app: a Claude skill that you can use in the desktop app or in Claude Code. It lets you pass in a podcast transcript and helps clean it up for you. The local models we have today for creating transcriptions are really great, but
Lisa Melton
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