I read a lot. Like. A lot a lot.
And most of it is through an app called Readwise Reader. (Not an affiliate link. Possibly not even a recommendation. More on that maybe later?)
Without getting too deep down the rabbit hole, I think it’s the best currently available solution to the me-shaped set of problems, but I don’t find it delightful and I would abandon them the instant a better app came along.
Full disclosure for those who know me well. I’ll sometimes start with a provocative statement and all the reasons I know I shouldn’t do something only to arrive at: “but YOLO here we go anyway!”
This time, I think, that’s not the destination. This isn’t me secretly explaining why I’m going to start a MUD in the Year of our Holy Gashapon, 2026. Probably. Maybe. Almost certainly.
I like people. Here we must start before all else, because otherwise it might start to sound like I’m a misanthrope. I really truly do like people. I like chatting with my friends. I enjoy whiling away the hours in pleasant company.
My frustration around products that include AI isn’t the AI itself, it’s that I’m already paying for Claude and I’m not interested in paying for seven more copies of Branded Claude. Stop trying to sell me things I already have.
Is there a service that would let me input the details of a future trip (dates, location, cost,) and let my friends decide if they want to book concurrent trips, and then let me know their details so I can coordinate plans?
I might be the only person you know who doesn’t shop on Amazon.
I wish there were a way on micro.blog to write different kinds of posts. I forget the terminology but I’ve used hugo in the past to have a few distinct category of records. I want to do something like that for EG media reviews.
Since I can never seem to pronounce “arnold palmer” correctly when I go to order one, I’m going to start calling it a Ryan Reynolds instead.
Relative confusion about what I’m asking for remains constant, but I get to rep a better brand.