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    Why Don’t You Just Do Your Thing

    Mike Chudley in his video on Why 85mm is RUINING your Street Photography I believe that 85 millimeter lens could be ruining your street photography and more precisely hindering your ability to improve as a street …

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    🔗 Good luck convincing average people to use Mastodon

    Manuel Moreale on internet silos: fundamentally people are, when it comes to the internet, lazy. And gathering where everyone else is definitely seems easier. It’s also easier to delegate the job of moderating and …

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    Folder Peek: Mac Folders In Your Menu Bar

    Another little app that I discovered to aid my Mac life recently is another free one. I discovered this one through a post by fellow micro.blogger Jarrod Blundy, and it has become a staple of my Mac usage ever since. Do …

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    Journaling for Journaling Sake

    This afternoon, I randomly decided I was going to go into town and buy a bullet journal. No idea why, just seeing all the new year posts around and numerous people setting theirs up made me want one. The only issue is …

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    Four F**king Months

    I’m on a bit of journey at the moment. One that I am determined not the be preachy about but one that I will share some thoughts and feeling about along the way. Since quitting Twitter, I’ve been assessing where and how …

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    Two New Mac Apps I Love

    For once, the YouTube algorithm came up trumps and I stumbled, across a new channel to subscribe to. Jeff Su makes productivity videos (doesn’t everyone on there) and I’ve found some of his content really helpful. First …

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    I Am Sorry, But My Heart Was In The Right Place

    A couple of days ago I wrote a link post, the same as I have done hundreds of times before. Found an article online somewhere, read it, picked out a few things that stuck out and threw them into Apple Notes. I typed out …

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    Focus Modes Still Suck

    It’s been a little over a year since I wrote about setting up iOS focus modes. At the time, it was a new feature in iOS15 and one that felt far from ready for release. The confusing UX and complicated options lead to my …

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    What is a blog

    Sounds simple, doesn’t it. Everyone who’s used the web knows what a blog is. They were the web for a very long time, before all this social media nonsense kicked off, and there’s a very real push for more people to start …

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    Can We Try To Remember How To Disagree Please?

    It would appear that the author of the linked post has some very wrong ideas of his own. I think my post still stands up as I took the linked article at face value. However given the informtion that I now know the post …