The iOS Journal app is starting to grow on me. I don’t use it every day but I like the way it suggests places, photos, and activities from the day as starting points. I think its strengths lie in recording memories rather than as a record of thoughts and feelings though. That’s how I’m using it.
Back to book shopping this week. It’s funny how Waterstones used to be the big bullies out to destroy all other bookshops back in the 90s. Now buying stuff there feels like rebellion. Anyway I’m looking forward to reading this.
Paid a visit to Braehead Shopping Centre in Glasgow today. I went into the Apple Store and came out ten minutes later with an unplanned brand new iPad Pro. It was inevitable, wasn’t it?
I’ll be up late for Thursday’s UK election results and I’m looking forward to lots of “Portillo moments”.
Recently Read: Golden Hill by Francis Spufford. I loved this one even more than Cahokia Jazz. It’s another historical novel but set in mid 18th century New York this time. A young man arrives from London with a large money order and sets off all sorts of suspicion and intrigue. Loved the ending. 📚
Big fire to the west of Glasgow a couple of nights ago. It was well over ten miles from here and I could see the smoke from my window.
Recently Read: Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford. Loved this one. The setting is an alternative 1920s USA where the state of Cahokia is run by a native American/Catholic monarchy. Mix in murder, jazz, politics, and hard boiled detectives and it makes a world I’d like to read more of. 📚
I Don't Really Like Social Media
Yet, off the back of Manton’s recent posts regarding OpenAI, I read a number of responses from people on Mastodon that were needlessly antagonistic and emotionally detached, with some cancelling their subscriptions. Pile on!! These were posted to Mastodon but could be seen in an otherwise tranquil Micro.blog app thanks to the platform’s support for ActivityPub.Source: Protocols, platforms and priorities · Paul Robert Lloyd
I like this response. It gets to why I’m disenchanted with social media in general. I think it’s obvious that @manton is a good person so some of the reactions to his comments were way over the top. Federated social media hasn’t fixed the self-righteous blowhard problem but micro.blog is going a long way to make things better.
My usual online notebook source had a sale and I couldn’t resist. I love the Hobonichi notebooks. They’re expensive but I actually use these and fill them up. It’s nice to have some different cover designs (the cat one is great).
Started to read: Three Rocks by Bill Griffith 📚
