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Favourite Links Last Week W49.24

OpenAI’s 4o model cost me a whopping 62 cents last month If you’re paying $20/month for ChatGPT Plus just to use the API, you’re vastly overpaying. 461 - Rafael Conde - Workspaces Rafael Conde is a Product Designer living in Amsterdam. ChatGPT Has No Place in the Classroom • Buttondown On November 20, 2024, OpenAI and an outfit called "Common Sense Media" released a guide to using ChatGPT in K-12 education—a guide which shows a shocking lack of common sense. My 2024 Tech Stack It’s nearly the end of year, so it’s time we’ll look back at the tech (software...

December 9th, 2024

Favourite Links Last Week W48.24

Writing Against AI: Free Session Resources Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Victorian Association for the Teaching of English (VATE) conference and presenting on ‘Writing Against AI’. I have some notes on Sam Altman’s note-taking advice Nilay’s main love language is trolling, and so he sent me this video of Sam Altman talking about note-taking, because he knew it would annoy me. With its social media ban, parliament delivers a performance piece of legislative enshittification that rises to the cultural moment analysis With a monumental sense of occasion, Macquarie Dictionary's Word of the Year committee this week...

December 2nd, 2024

Favourite Links Last Week W47.24

It’s Uncomfortable on the Fence but at Least the View Is Nice I often get asked to explain, or more accurately, defend my position on AI in education. Strava closes the gates to sharing fitness data with other apps Strava recently informed its users and partners that new terms for its API restrict the data that third-party apps can show, refrain from replicating Strava’s look, and place a ban on using data “for any model training related to artificial intelligence, machine learning or similar applications.” Using Unread 4.3 to make a weekly link dump in iA Writer I have made...

November 25th, 2024

Using Unread 4.3 to make a weekly link dump in iA Writer

I have made a Shortcut that can be used in Unread 4.3 to add an article to a file in iA Writer named with the current week of the year and year (eg Link-Dump-Week47-2024). Each week a new file will be created automatically and every link from Unread will be appended for that week. A great way to quickly make a blog post for my favourite links of the week. Of course this could be modified for other apps like Drafts. I started the idea using Apple Notes. https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/79cefd815fef4a9e9b1636b4e0f5d557

November 20th, 2024

All the Screens

I thought I’d be different and post all the screens. #lockscreen #homescreen #widgets #controlcenter

November 5th, 2024

(Don’t) Wash Beats Fit Pro

I’ve had a pair of Beats Fit Pro for a couple of years now and they are great for running and general use but they don’t like washing machines. I know they are not fully water proof so if I’m running in the rain I will put them in a zip lock bag and keep them in my pocket. My last run I forgot to take them out after the run and the shorts went through the wash. Proving not to be water proof, they still charge and work fine except for a strange constant humming noise and they will...

October 23rd, 2024

Updated watchOS 11 Workout Screens

watchOS 11 introduced an updated and a new screen for custom workouts. The first screen now highlights more clearly the target field and whether you are in the range with either a green or red colour. They have also added a screen to show the current interval information and the next interval.This update and addition are really helpful during custom workouts. Thanks Apple Watch team.

October 13th, 2024

Can we focus on the algorithm as the problem?

Lately, I’ve been feeling puzzled by the growing movement to ban children below a certain age from accessing social media. It seems to be largely influenced by Jonathan Haidt’s book The Anxious Generation, which tries to link the rise of smartphones and social media to the decline in children’s mental health. While Haidt presents his argument in a way that sounds both legitimate and well-researched, his narrow focus on the release of the iPhone in 2007 overlooks a multitude of other societal changes that have also shaped today’s world. This article on TechDirt does a great job highlighting the key...

October 11th, 2024

Now I’m checking out how images work on Echo Feed

I’m sorry for doing this but I’m finally getting around to figuring this out.

October 9th, 2024

Now I’m testing again

This is from my blog and auto sharing from Echo Feed.

October 9th, 2024

Testing the new Mastodon author thing

I’m hoping something will work as intended. and here’s a monkey

October 9th, 2024

Loving what I already have

In the last 48 hours I have gone from excitement over finally buying an Apple Watch Ultra 3 to confusion about should I just get the Black Ultra 2 and finally settling on sticking with my Series 7. But guess what? I am still very happy and I have zero FOMO. The Series 7 has got me through one marathon and helped me through a long recovery from injury. I never have real issues with battery life, the screen is bright and clear and paired with my yellow Ocean Band is super comfortable whilst looking great. Someone even commented on...

September 11th, 2024

September Homescreen

A little late but here is my September #homescreen.

September 5th, 2024

August Homescreen

Starting August with this #homescreen.

August 1st, 2024

ASICS Novablast 4

I recently picked up a pair of ASICS Novablast 4’s in the Paris colourway and I am loving running in them. So far it’s been a couple of easy runs and some tempos in the 4”20’-4”30’ per km range and they are a delight to run in. I highly recommend as a daily trainer and tempo runs.

July 31st, 2024