suggested reads for May 7, 2023

• Album Whale – I don’t remember where I found the mention of it anymore, however this site is beautiful and useful if you want to create web pages with links (and covers) of your favorite music albums;
• How to take better care of your aging brain – It’s never too late to change your habits and improve your brain function, researchers say—and it could be the key to a longer life.
• Web Accessibility: A Reference to Creating Inclusive Websites
• Cider – A Comprehensive Apple Music Client for Linux Windows and macOS – an alternative and open source Apple Music client.

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For the first time, as far as I can remember, I had to write this post in Chrom* … doing it in my Firefox browser made the page freeze, and in the last weeks with Safari I saw very slow loading of the blocks available when choosing them in the editor.

This is strange, really strange, and worth an investigation during the next days.

suggested reads for April 30, 2023

• Flush your Amazon credentials now
• Microsoft Edge submits nearly any visited page to Bing. Here is how you turn that off! – those two are the ‘good news’ of the week. Follow those tips if you care about your privacy or security;
• Inside the secret list of websites that make AI like ChatGPT sound smart
• This Popular Remote Work Advice Is Wrong (And You’re Probably Following It) – given my experience in the work-from-home world, it’s all true;
• How blogs shaped the web

suggested reads for April 24, 2023

• The revenge of the pop-up – Nobody wants them. Nobody likes them. Why is the worst UI element of all time ubiquitous again?
• Archive or make copies of the information you store in iCloud – Learn how to archive or make copies of the information that you use with iCloud.
• Discarded, not destroyed: Old routers reveal corporate secrets – When decommissioning their old hardware, many companies ‘throw the baby out with the bathwater’

I do also want to put in evidence those two Italian posts. You can use some translation tool to read what they say. Let me know if you want help and if you enjoyed them!

• Così non impari (So you don’t learn)
• La fine del traffico (End of traffic)

You Are Not Okay and Tomorrow Will Come

So that’s what I tell them.

You can feel sad and you can do five math problems.

You can be nervous and write the last paragraph of your essay.

You can be anxious and pick up trash in the hallway.

You can feel mad and eat a piece of fruit.

And nothing will really be fixed, but then, it wasn’t really going to get fixed anyway. But maybe they’ll be a little bit better at algebra or feel a little bit healthier.

It’s not magic advice, but sometimes the nudge is enough to put things in motion again.

Emily Kingsley

suggested reads for April 17, 2023

• Why Lego won – una bella segnalazione di Jason Kottke;
• Customize Your AirPods Pro for Even Better Sound
• China’s Dilemma In Race For AI Dominance: Speed v. Control
• How Much Does It Cost to Build a WordPress Website in 2023? – con buona pace delle tariffe di ‘mio cugino’;

Smart Folders tutorial for macOS

A nice tutorial on the possibilities given us by macOS Finder’s “Smart Folders” feature!

suggested reads for April 9, 2023

• A misleading open letter about sci-fi AI dangers ignores the real risks – Misinformation, labor impact, and safety are all risks. But not in the way the letter implies.
• Slow Learning – a manifesto;
• Make a To-Don’t List – When you’re feeling stuck, focusing on the things you hate can help;
• The Puzzling Gap Between How Old You Are And How Old You Think You Are – paywall, but easily avoidable;

suggested reads for April 3, 2023

• Why iA Presenter is a great tool for delivering slide presentations – a mini review of the latest product from the software house ia (already famous and admired for its iA Writer);
• Why You Should Have (at Least) Two Careers;
• Give up GitHub!
• Accessibility vs Emojis