Faraway, So Micro

With today’s updates to Final Cut Pro + Logic Pro, it feels like Apple is trying to show their commitment to both audio and video platforms.

I’m sure they’ve done the math, but I honestly feel like Costco would sell a lot more jumbo muffins (to me) if I didn’t have to buy 24 at a time. 12 is probably enough jumbo muffins for a family of 5 to have in the freezer.

I think it speaks to the chaos within Apple that they have the Apple Music app (macOS + iOS) AND they own the hardware (iPhone) AND they make a “story” style portrait version of your Music Replay… but AFAIK there’s no way to export that to share it?

Just a reminder before you sign up for Substack alongside a bunch of Nazis to write your newsletter, there are a bunch of other options.

Now you can’t say you didn’t know.

I’m at a hockey rink and I resisted getting rink fries. Please clap for me.

I managed to score the 2x multiplier in life this morning with a) youngest forgetting their instrument so I had to scrape off the truck to run it over, and b) walked into the school just as announcements + Oh Canada is starting so have to stand awkwardly in the hallway and wait for it to finish.

I meet all 3 of those criteria. I guess I should respond. 😂

We tried going to see The Marvels today and the projector wasn’t working. They tried for an hour to fix, and eventually sent us away with 2 free tickets each. On the plus side, we got to watch the Planet of the Apes trailer twice?

Successfully operated a hockey scoreboard reward

A question for HomePod mini owners: If you went from 1 HomePod mini to 2 in a single room, was it a “oh wow!” or a “oh that’s ok” or a “shoot I wasted $100” kind of upgrade?

📝New blog post: I followed an internet rabbit trail and ended up writing my own list of app defaults.

Me every year during the American Thanksgiving long weekend: Why am I getting so much done, feeling caught up, and nobody is responding to my Discord messages or emails?

Honest LinkedIn notifications is almost too perfect.

What phrases should turn on the Christmas tree lights this year?

I can’t stress enough how good Drafts is for helping kick a Twitter habit. Need to throw a thought out at the world? Open Drafts, type it, and then go back to whatever you were doing. You just sent the thought. You can sort out later if it’s worth sending into the world.

Restaurants: Nobody likes your digital display menu that changes. If your menu can’t fit on your wall of TVs, then shorten your menu. 😪

Everyone: NFTs are a money grab by the rich that creates scarcity out of digital things that aren’t scarce. It’s so 2021 and gross.

The NHL: Hey! To kick off 2024, we’re doing NFT collectables!

This is the Eero 6+ 3 pack I ordered that’s on special again. Worth it if you’ve got corners of your home that have weak or no signals.