Among the highlights on the Club MacStories+ Discord: Member jwhitley showed off the “elevated” way his cats take their place at work. (Link) Evan shared a great example of how he has been using Claude to develop applications that streamline work on his computer. (Link) FlohGro opened up a TestFlight for a new photo review...
Nostalgic Features Apple Should Bring Back
Back in 2015, with the release of the 12” MacBook, Apple began removing the ever-popular MagSafe power connector from its laptop lineup. The design change was almost universally hated. People loved MagSafe mainly because it would disconnect easily if someone tripped over the power cable; so many MacBooks were saved from certain death. Thankfully, starting...
MacStories Feedback, Tag Automation in Readwise Reader, and More
Among the highlights on the Club MacStories+ Discord: Member Bram posted some thoughtful feedback on the direction of MacStories regarding AI coverage. This started an engaging conversation on the subject that, more than anything, emphasized how great this community is at having respectful, considered discussions. (Link) Dennis shared a way to automatically apply tags to...
AI Projects, Stream Deck Fans, and More
Among the highlights on the Club MacStories+ Discord: The new #ai-talk channel was very busy, with members sharing numerous projects, both personal and otherwise. T.G. Cid created a wild MCP setup at home. It’s too detailed to describe here; you have to see it for yourself! (Link) John shared an example of how he’s using...
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Integrating and Organizing Granola Meeting Notes in Notion
I’ve been using Notion for years to store information and organize projects and tasks. Apart from adding project tasks to Reminders using automation, most of this was done in a manual, read-only fashion, allowing other team members to view and track project progress. This activity took place in the design studio I left last October,...
Using Dictation Apps to Speed Up Conversations on the Mac
Dictation apps for the Mac have been around for a while, and with the advent of LLMs, they’ve become even more powerful. Many people use these AI-based apps to dictate long notes or even essays, but I use them to speed up short conversations with others, including chatbots. The current crop of apps lets you...
Brendon Bigley - Creator, Podcaster, and Blogger
This episode’s guest, Brendon Bigley, is, in his words, extremely online. He helped build the podcasting platform Anchor, which was acquired by Spotify in 2019, and he worked for Marvel, overseeing its presence on YouTube and other platforms. But what most people know him for is his opinions and passion for gaming and tech in general. He co-hosts the gaming podcasts Into the Aether and NPC, and he blogs and publishes videos under the Wavelengths banner.
Hermitcraft, Foldable Keyboards, and More
Among the highlights on the Club MacStories+ Discord: John offered up a suggestion for an AI-based transcription app. (Link) Sofia shared a great-looking foldable travel keyboard that goes well with the iPad mini. (Link) I will confess, this sentence doesn’t make sense to me, but I know it will to many: Niléane linked to a...