Almost every time I start a new project in #FinalCutPro, I have to reference this Larry Jordan article on Optimize vs. Proxy Media. Something about the way they’re named doesn’t make sense in my brain.

Empathy for 2023.

It's hard to care about people.&10;Exhausting, in fact, because empathy is a complicated thing.&10;It requires us to accept that everyone else's lives are also going on the whole time.&10;We have no pause button for when everything gets too much for us to deal with, but then neither does anyone else.

New Year’s Eve plans in emoji form:

🛷☕️ 🐠 📹 🛍️ 🍕🎉🙏🏻 🍿🙀 ⏰💃🏽🕺

Station Eleven - the miniseries on HBO only came out a year ago. Somehow it feels way longer. Might be worth a rewatch as we confront the end of things we know and look towards the uncertain future.

If you’re having issues adding a HomePod mini to your Home app, or inviting someone new, make sure everyone in your Home is updated to iOS 16.2 / macOS Ventura first. A third iPhone user on our account that wasn’t involved or needed seemed to be the issue. 🤷‍♂️

I’ve reached peak “I need to get a snowblower” and it’s only December. 😪

Happy Old Fashioned to all who celebrate.

Top down view of a glass with ice and a alcoholic beverage in it.

Finished reading: Surrender by Bono 📚

Bad Sisters, Ted Lasso, and more free to watch right now until Jan 3. 9to5mac.com/2022/12/2…

Merry Christmas. 📱

Photo of a Finder screen on macOS that reads “iPhone DFU mode”