A few weeks back I switched from Raindrop to Readwise for my reading, highlights, and related notes. The main reason for switching was the Kindle integration, but part of my criteria is an API integration where I can automatically collect + archive the data into my personal cloud. It ended up
One of the annoying things about running the personal cloud is managing secrets. I have two processes running on my laptop: a "client" that uploads local data like contacts + browsing history, and a "server" (meant to live in AWS... eventually) that talks to cloud APIs like
I've got mixed feelings about the word "community," at least in the context of technology and startups. On the one hand, I more or less grew up on the internet. If it weren't for the niche websites, forums, and IRC channels + the friends I
As part of building my personal cloud, I wanted to back up my browser history. This is useful for info mining and search purposes, but also because Brave (or Chromium?) starts dropping data after 90 days. Who knew. The 90 day limit is hard-coded, so data loss is unavoidable without
I started reading Focusing a few weeks back after stumbling into self-help (or do we call it "lifestyle design" now?) twitter. The book offers the idea of a "felt sense" of problems where the body knows something is off, separate from and unaffected by any mental
I've been trying to spend more time at the Met, being that I live within (long-ish) walking distance and it is one of the eminent museums of the world and whatnot. Last week I visited the PixCell deer, which usually gets a fair amount of ooh's
Over the years I've noticed people seem to have two fundamental orientations towards goals: aspiration-first and reality-first. Aspiration-first thinking starts with an external or motivational stance. For example: "I need to lose 20 lb before summer to fit into my beach clothes / reach a certain BMI / etc&
Yesterday I was editing a photo on my phone when I got hit with a prompt: $3.99/mo for premium features! It really feels like every software company and their mother wants to move to a subscription model these days. From a business standpoint, I get it: recurring revenue
I spent a bit of time recently hacking on the mapbox api for the aerial amenities map idea. The good news: I was able to generate an image of a map with a couple of arbitrarily placed images (see appendix at the bottom). The less good news: it's
Here's a cute bit of interactive tech from Japan last week: 0:00 /0:20 1× This was in the Shinjuku Gyoen museum and meant to promote national parks and nature sites in Japan. There were a good handful of these bottles, each with clips several minutes long.
As part of building my personal cloud, I want to back up my contacts data. Over the years this has been spread over a couple places: Google Contacts, various Apple / phone contacts, text files... But I figured Apple Contacts would be a good start. This one gets into the technical
On last my trip to Japan we saw these funny little statues: We ran into a small handful of them while traipsing through Shibu and once seen they could not be unseen. As we continued through to Kyoto and beyond, I saw them everywhere: on the streets, in temples, inside