Can’t blame you - self hyped rather sad application that simply kinda sucks - I think I’ve got a lifetime lot of upgrades or something, every time I try it though I feel it’s the same mess of an application.
Hmm, actually, my aging Mac always asks me to install something whenever I connect my newer iPhone - I don’t like that at all, it’s not at all what I’d expect from an apple device, but I always am coming to realise that apple devices really aren’t what they used to be - quite sad
Looking at the negative opinions on mastodon , my take is that it’s only bad for writers (some may say spammers) who seem to want to subject the world to their writing (perhaps spam) and not leave a choice to the user. I prefer to keep things somewhat as they are, if I want to find some spam, I can go looking for it, if I want to find a blogger, same, it’s just a matter of looking at the local and global fields and maybe public figures should simply publish their id’s in their web page for people to find. Not having a stream filled with spam or stuff I’m simply not interested in (I can look at the local and global streams elsewhere) is what I would call efficiency in this type of app.
My largest current holding is Exxon, because, globally, oil is the source of most things like it or not. I was holding Tesla too, I skipped out mid crash, sadly, I wish he’d focus on his core business (I only bought Tesla because of spaceX too!!) I would think own a Tesla car - hard to say why, there’s just something not quite right with them for me. I have a few smaller oil companies and some banks, I keep tasting Amazon, but always leaves a bad taste !! Really Amazon, Christmas should be you biggest opportunity
And apple of course
Oh dear, I feel it would be better to work on why the ocean is becoming more acidic rather than mixing in chemicals to stop it!! I hope they’re doing the former with as much enthusiasm as the latter
Quite disappointed to see it only runs on newer macs, especially so as it’s about the same as an app I was using maybe 20 years back ! (Axon idea processor - the only thing I missed about windows!)
When I moved to apple many years ago, I was a big fan of an app that did something very very similar to what Freeform is now doing - now I love the fact that someone’s finally made something that supports this layout of all manner of things in this manner, but sadly I’m not sure that I can drop my use of note style outliner thingies now - FSNotes is now my main note taker, but work and project ideas, they may get sketched out in FreeForm, I’m certainly very happy to see it in my phone, and am hoping my aging MacBook will also support it.
I have an extremely useful (for a very specific need) vba module collection for excel spreadsheets - I have often considered rewriting in an app, but the graphing outputs always kill my interest. I use it whenever I’m working after 20 + yrs , there are now a few proprietary packages that do the same, but are very easily misused, so even I use them for clients I still work from my own rather archaic vba assisted spreadsheet. I used vba because the calculations I was doing simply exceeded the abilities of spreadsheets - too many lines, it’s was an unusual discovery when I realised that my spreadsheet wasn’t fully evaluating the data set - handling just numbers and a vba module has never presented a problem.
Use a notebook and a pen, make it a nice pen, and it can become a meditative / reflective moment , no concerns on who’s tracking your thoughts , security is all yours , and short of tearing out pages or something similar , it’s fixed, if you’re writing is bad enough, nobody can read it anyway !!
If the subject and content are very good or inspirational, or funny, basically if I appreciate the article, I will upvote. I don’t upvote all mind, I believe I comment and don’t upvote, not sure what drives the rank, in the list, comments and or upvote / timing. Am not actually concerned with the ranking, same with articles, I’m far more often interested in the comments than the actual article
I love f droid and wish there was some way that all those apps could get links for iOS too (an iOS index?) - given an option I go for f droid and any iOS equivalent available always
I used to be an Financial Times fanboy, but sad to say, it’s been going downhill for some time now , for news stories I should add. I used to get the economist, but found with my work rotation (4-6 week remote areas) - I was simply not reading it, then I was intrigued by a colleague reading the spectator- never really my politics, but I gave it a read and have been reading it since, I would read private eye if I could get it (not seen it in Vietnam). I also now read the telegraph- that and spectator and FT all online, again, I take a contrary bevies on any political bias, but the writing is good and enjoyable. Maybe I should take another look at the economist- in the past it was superb, it excelled in all fields, often better than supposedly specialised magazines (yeah - I ditched new scientist soon after graduating)!
Moniker.com have a handy online notepad kinda thingy, beware as it auto wiped after a year of inactivity, but that’s fine for most users. I used it lots in the past, mostly when mobile, less so when home or office based.
Just don’t use Siri ! I have never found any value in it and it’s fairly obvious it all heads to some big central server off your phone - that’s something I really don’t want to be paying for.
I have one somewhere, lived the idea and possibilities, sadly the watch (steel version) had scarily sharp edges i felt it was dangerous!!! But I still watched them closely hoping they could improve in the model
Have been using this for years, it has its quirks but it works and it costs me next to nothing - I keep looking at possible alternatives but so far haven’t shifted.
For me, that’s always either been bars I drank in (years back now) or more recently, coffee shops and restaurants I eat in, friendly staff and chit chat with fellow customers has lead to good friends. Also - neighbours - but that can be a limited number!
Oh yes, an old colleague made many good friends at various online arranged meet-ups - namely a whisky appreciation group - he found himself a large social circle beyond his professional circle that was most stimulating- so explore your interests, maybe chess club or gaming groups - something with social potential
Paper and pencil / pen
I industry (energy) my reports are written in text of various forms and emailed, but almost always printed and read from what I see, you can scribble on a printout - yes you can on many electronic media, but it’s just not as easy!
Hmm - reading this on iOS using Orion - which is possibly the best browser out there right now (I use Orion and safari of course - but maybe 90% Orion !)
Hmm, I’m reading this on my apple iPhone using Orion - not really had any interest in using Mozilla for years ! I use mostly safari in my MacBook, but also use Firefox and chrome at times, safari is weapon of choice there