Apple Magic Mouse Gets USB-C

October 31, 2024
1 min read

My other hunch is that the Magic Mouse’s designers actually see the inability to use it while plugged in as a feature, not a bug.

Let me start by saying I get it—Apple’s Magic Mouse is incredibly popular. People buy Apple products partly because they trust the brand, and Apple’s design has a certain allure.

I agree that it is a feature. It is meant to gather the attention of the critics, and nobody talks how actually bad this mouse is as a mouse. It’s heavy and one of the least ergonomic options out there, making it uncomfortable for prolonged use. It’s just a plainly bad mouse. But everyone is focused on the charging port. Feature.

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Omnivore

October 30, 2024
2 min read

We’re excited to share that Omnivore is joining forces with ElevenLabs, the leading AI audio research and technology company. Our team is joining ElevenLabs to help drive the future of accessible reading and listening with their new ElevenReader app.

Next, all Omnivore users will be able to export their information from the service through November 15 2024, after which all information will be deleted. 

Sometimes things just work out. While getting all my productivity tools in order, I’ve been exploring different read later apps in place of Readwise Reader. At one point, I actually chose the Omnivore app. It looked okay, it was fast, and free. I know everyone loved it because of the text-to-speech engine, but I don’t consume my articles like that. It still felt like a good fit for me. Until it wasn’t. I opened the app on the plane without an internet connection, and none of my saved articles were available. I was just happy that I didn’t migrate the whole list of articles. That was the end of my story with Omnivore. I picked Matter at the end and couldn’t have been happier. Especially now, after receiving this nice email. Sometimes free is not the best option; more often than not, you have to think about the sustainability of the service and company.

Mac Perfect

October 29, 2024
1 min read

Instant buy.

Just look at this computer! I’ve been a fan of laptops powered by Apple silicon, my M1 MacBook Air is still a perfectly fine computer. I now have M2 MacBook Air and M3 Pro MacBook Pro for work. Since day one that chip changed my experience with mac. It is fast, it has an amazing battery life. And now the M series chips can offer incredible performance in such a small package. I’ve been waiting for an update to the Mac mini; I want to set one up as a home server that will last at least 10 years, and I feel like this is the one. It will probably be overkill, but fun as hell.

I’ve had a lot of questions for Apple recently, but sometimes they just deliver a perfect product.