I’ve spoken before about my love of vinyl and how I enjoy the process of putting on an album as an intrinsic part of the music listening experience. In fact, my very first piece for MacStories Weekly was about how I’d used an iPad app called Quanta to take the audio from my record player...
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...
My Shortcuts for Distraction-Free App Search
Joe Rosensteel, VFX Artist, Podcaster and writer
On this episode, we’re joined by Joe Rosensteel. Joe is a VFX artist who’s worked on big-name Hollywood productions as well as smaller commercial projects. He’s a writer on his own blog and for the Six Colors website, and he also has a podcast with Dan Sturm called Defocused.
SSH and Moshing, Ollama-Style Apps, and More
Among the highlights on the Club MacStories+ Discord: It’s a three-way face-off between members’ favorite fitness apps! (Link) If you need an SSH/Mosh client for iOS, members had several good suggestions. (Link) Members recommended a couple of Ollama-style apps for iPadOS if that’s your jam. (Link) Want to join the Club MacStories+ Discord?Upgrade toClub MacStories+...
