Every month I publish a newsletter-esque post covering what I've been up to this past month.

My April update is out, and covers my blog post on tidying up my #Markdown, a big piece on some #AI tools I’ve tried out for running a fully local digital assistant, insights from the big #London #learning and #HR tech conference at the ExCel last week, some more home networking changes, and some links to things I found useful this past month.

Read it in full, for for free at https://buymeacoffee.com/sylumer/april-2026-4740498

With Crowley (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crowleyaudio/lovecraft-investigations-crowley) released, #TheLovecraftInvestigations have a new story lined up. Volume 2 will be more of Matt Heawood and Kennedy Fisher, but going deeper into “The Call of Cthulu” - register your interest at BackerKit, I have -https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/f9f745bf-18c6-43f3-95f8-5410ad61e193/landing

#Cthulu

My monthly update for March 2026 is out now! This month there's some new networking gear, lots of stuff about #KeyboardMaestro (and some #Alfred), some behind the scenes insights for a labs video I did with @macsparky, and a few software bits and pieces.

Grab yourself a drink and read along at https://buymeacoffee.com/sylumer/march-2026-4644851, then share it on to a friend or colleague ☕️

Spring is in the air and I have been doing some #KeyboardMaestro spring cleaning recently.

https://www.thoughtasylum.com/2026/03/31/keyboard-maestro-macro-groups/

My monthly round up post for February is *finally* out. A new #Alfred workflow, a new #hamradio antenna, a #StreamDeck plugin update, and the usual forum stuff, recommendations and additional curiosities. And still 100% free, though a coffee is always a tasty bonus ☕🤩

https://buymeacoffee.com/sylumer/february-2026-4575201

Would you like to change #focus modes from the #Mac launcher app #Alfred?

I have just published a new Alfred workflow that might just help with that. It dynamically lists your available modes and lets you toggle them on or off with ease and without having to do things like create a switching shortcut every time you add or modify a focus mode.

There's an intro blog post and a documentation page too:
• https://www.thoughtasylum.com/2026/02/14/changing-focus/
• https://www.thoughtasylum.com/alfred/alfred_lens/

With January 2026 in the rear view mirror it is time for me to put out my usual round up. January had…

- A little scripting on the blog.
- I finally updated my Apple device OSes to 26.
- I’ve been fixing, creating, and enhancing things in #Alfred workflows.
- My #Mac #Automation #StreamDeck plugin has had several updates.
- I made an amateur/ham radio antenna.
- There are also some software recommendations too.

You can read my round up totallty free at: https://buymeacoffee.com/sylumer/january-2026-4470120

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We are a few days into 2026, so time for me to get my final 2025 monthly update out.
This time there’s #DEVONthink, the usual forums peek, some Elgato #StreamDeck related bits, #3DPrinting of a #HomeRacker setup, a MenuBox GitHub repo, some #HamRadio related bits, an #Obsidian Automators vault update, and some handy software links.

We're back to a long one with lots of updates!

https://buymeacoffee.com/sylumer/december-2025-4357337