Fog is making the Adur impressionistic today.

A foggy waterfront scene shows small boats floating near a dock with buildings partially obscured by mist in the background.

I have a Brydge keyboard for my trusty old 9.7 inch iPad Pro and I suddenly have my perfect on-the-go device.

A person wearing jeans and sneakers is sitting with a laptop on their lap in a room with wooden floors where two children in martial arts uniforms are practicing in the background.

I have a suspicion that there would be a decent market for adult Hula Hoops, that fit on adult-sized fingers…


Some useful thoughts on the appeal of newsletters — and the appropriate tone for writing them.


With Assistant update, Google says Nest has secret microphone

🤦🏼‍♂️ 🤦🏼‍♂️ 🤦🏼‍♂️

I still can’t believe that people are voluntarily filling their houses with corporate listening devices. But sneaking one in? Oh, Google.


Fascinating:

A week of podcasting with only an iPad Pro.

More and more of the things “you can’t use an iPad for” are falling…


Today in poor ratios: I will spend between five and six hours travelling to do one two hour lecture. 🚂


Why blogs still matter even in the resurgent newsletter age.

(h/t @cdevroe for the original link)


Lessons from 1000 editions of a links newsletter.

It’s all about the basics.


The rest of the “information wants to be free” quote (because I’m annoyed at how often people quote it in a way that makes it clear that they don’t know there’s more to it…)