Talking about what The Browser Company did wrong with Arc, they say,

“Second, I would’ve embraced AI fully, sooner and unapologetically.”*

Yeaaaaah, no. 👋🏽

*It’s on substack. I’m not sharing the link.

I turned my face to the heavens in gratitude for the cool breeze on this scorcher of a day.

And promptly collided with a tiny flying being with no regard for personal space.

#JustNikThings #CosplayingMonday

For reading notifications and especially for composing, I think I prefer Ivory to Toot!. I tend to find something I like and stick with it, and I’ve been using Mona for a while; I forgot what a polished and beautiful app Ivory is, with really nice subtle touches that make it a pleasure to use. For example, I love that when I tap the # to add a hashtag, a list of the tags I’ve used most recently slides in, and then disappears as soon as the # is no longer the focus, like if I delete it or add a space after it. The sliding animation is really nice, too: it has a little spring in its step.

This makes me want to check in with other clients I’ve used and liked, to see how they’re coming along. Like Ice Cubes and Mammoth. #metadon

Started watching a playthrough of Assassin’s Creed II a couple of nights ago and I have thoooooughts.

- There’s so much Italian in the game. Wish they’d hired voice actors who could speak it better.
- Wish I’d enjoyed playing more, cos the design is amazing.
- Cutscenes are a good length and well placed. They don’t feel like a waste of time.
- The pacing is great: the way the story progresses, mysteries unfold, skills are unlocked, layers are added to the game, everything.
- I love how optionally deep it gets, like how you can put money into restoring and improving the town.
- It’s beautiful! I mean, 2009, human models were still pretty rough, but the environments are lovely.
- Also wow we’ve come a long way in 16 years.

Side note: the person whose playthrough I’m watching is really skilled at parkour, but can’t seem to walk normally, without crashing into every pedestrian; this is hilarious to watch. Also they ignore viewpoints, which are one of my favourite things in AC games. 😂

#VideoGames