YouTube could make AI really useful for creators by letting them use it to schedule out Shorts and videos - i.e. “update release dates for these 10 videos to be staggered over the next 10 days”, instead they’re making weird Will Smith AI video adjustments without consent. #YouTube

Trying to write out some thoughts but the coffee hasn’t hit yet. Something around the theme of the privilege of not remembering or not having to remember.

Related to traumatic or life changing moments that happen and how some people can’t help but remember, and others live in blissful ignorance.

I had to prop his head up so he’d be in the picture with me. And then promptly got up and walked away to go lay on the floor, very annoyed with me.

I’m doing a #Selfie a day for a year, day 15, Sep 1, 2025 edition.

A person with glasses is lying on a rug in front of a large, fluffy dog.A fluffy dog is lying on a wooden floor near a dark, spherical toy and a textured rug.

Yet another reason to not use (or move away from) #Substack: Substack just killed their creator economy. Written by the CEO of Beehiv, a Substack competitor, but he raises valid points about customer lock in and predatory behaviour by Substack.

I’m on a boat. (Or I was.)

.#Selfie a day for a year, day 14, Aug 31, 2025 edition.

A man wearing glasses and a cap is sitting on a boat with a vast body of water and a cloudy sky in the background.

Ice cream shop is bumping, but so are the mosquitos so I’ll wait in the truck with the dog #selfie.

Selfie a day for a year, day 13, Aug 30, 2025 edition.

A man wearing glasses and a cap takes a selfie in front of a building with a group of people gathered near it.

This #selfie a day thing isgetting as stressful as remembering to do the Wordle on time each day.

Selfie a day for a year, day 12, Aug 29, 2025 edition.

A man wearing glasses and a hat is in the front seat of a car, with a dog sitting in the back next to a child whose face is covered by an emoji.

Hmmm tempting… 60% off membership to myself? 🤔😆

Screenshot of an email from Patreon saying I can get 60% off membership to my patreon campaign by Sept5

You can tell the podcast or video editor used AI when the description starts with “Hosts engage in a lively discussion covering a range of topics…”

Almost forgot to get one in today. #Selfie while leaving The Shire.

Selfie a day for a year, day 11, Aug 28, 2025 edition.

Not a whole lot new in iOS 26’s podcast app, just some small quality of life improvements.

New video (finally!) on my YouTube channel: How I set up the Elgato Stream Deck+ Wavelink software so I could monitor myself in my headphones. I really was ready to return the Stream Deck+ XLR until I figured this out.

This iOS 26 feature for remotely controlling your iPhone camera with AirPods is one of those simple quality of life improvements that often goes missed in iOS updates.

Headed outside for family pics and mosquito bites for today’s #selfie a day for a year, day 10, Aug 27, 2025 edition.

Two people are posing for a selfie on a sunny park path, while a woman in the background is taking pictures.

I did a quick test of TikTok Live from my Mac Studio and it’s hilarious to think that my stream with “140 viewers” (only 2 or 3 of which actually stayed longer than 5 seconds) put me into the top 17% of LIVE creators on TikTok. 😆

Screenshot of TikTok Live analytics post-stream reading: “Your LIVE has ended. Aug 27 15:24 | Duration: 14m 4s You got more views than 83% of LIVE creators with a similar following”

I just published a new episode of my mini #podcast called “5 Quick Things: Braces, Selfie a Day, Summer Denial, Wednesday Binge, and Podcast Experiments”. 🎧

After you’ve had a listen, feel free to reply and add your thoughts to future episodes of the show.

For today’s #selfie, a reminder to drink water before, during, and after you attempt to record a podcast. Don’t want to get dry, raspy throat sounds. Unless you’re doing a dry, raspy throaty podcast I guess.

Selfie a day for a year, day 9, Aug 26, 2025 edition.

A man with glasses is drinking from a glass in a cozy room with a microphone nearby.

Someone’s using a very AI’d version of Prime Minster Mark Carney in their ad on YouTube.

A fairly obvious AI version of Prime Minister Mark Carney in an advert on YouTube for cafdaf.typeform.com

Now that event invites for the iPhone announcement have gone out, I updated to the iOS26 public beta. There’s going to be a whole lot of wtf from folks when the update hits their devices this fall.

This looks like a handy tool for moving from Spotify to Apple Music.