Rich Stroffolino

I’ve been using Artifact as kind of a recreational news reader. I don’t like it for breaking stuff but it’s pretty good for lighter fare. But I’ve been completely spoiled by its clickbait headline rewriting feature. It’s changed the way I engage with that type of content.

I love Descript but it has no chill

Microsoft’s Copilot Studio announcement makes how it will differentiate itself from OpenAI more plain. I feel like the underlying LLM models will reach an even greater degree of parity, so then it becomes about the tools to operationalize the tech in an organization. Microsoft’s specialty.

It’s a bummer that my kid’s school PTA uses Facebook Groups for everything. Not even an anti-Meta thing, I just don’t think to go on the platform anymore. Would much prefer a WhatsApp chat or a Discord server. But I’m not volunteering to migrate it or convince everyone its worth it. The thing is, Facebook Groups is a good product.

The class system in Beauty and the Beast is messed up because my reaction to getting turned back into a human after a decade as a candle stick would be to quit that job.

Using Continuity Camera on macOS is a better option than a dedicated mirrorless camera. Where you lose out is not having any settings (it doesn’t always handle backlighting well), and it doesn’t play as well with some prompter hardware (camera is too wide). A settings panel would make it perfect.

I’m ripping a CD to my computer for the first time in at least 7 years. Middle Cyclone by Neko Case. Picked it up at a library sale, so let’s see if it’s not scratched beyond repair.

Just realized the Humane AI pin has strong iPhone 5 vibes.

My kid just won a Kindle Paperwhite from our library. Last time I had one was my 2nd gen kindle. The refresh rate and overall responsiveness is impressive. Although the physical controls on my old one were so much more intuitive. Had to search how to exit a book…

Well I’m done with Beeper for messaging. Seeing messages across services failing and not getting any error messages for undelivered messages. I’ll take it if one service occasionally bugs out but suddenly completely unreliable.

Always love a good Windows error screen on a ticketing kiosk

The Instagram share sheet is weirdly the last bird site holdout

Recently I’ve seen more engagement on Threads, even though I post there way less. There may be a lesson there for me :)

I’ve gotten my feeds on BlueSky, Mastodon, and Threads to each have a certain degree of utility, with a lot of crossover. None are a ghost towns anymore.

This edition of the Idaho Times News sounds amazing

Having a multi-platform messaging app like Beeper is wonderful. But it’s main failing is sharing. Randomly doesn’t appear in the share sheet on iOS, doesn’t show in quick contacts, and little things like sharing a Wordle score fails often. Enough to prevent me from recommending it.

I cannot begin to tell you how much “LiveJournal Reuters” delights me. All thanks to Arc’s Boost feature.

Do not name something you want to be successful Pebble.

• Pebble (watch)
• Pebble (social network)
• Pebble (ghost town)

I love the passive-aggressive move of referring to something as “laudable.” Like I could totally just praise this thing, but instead I’m just going to point it out. Just some lovely repression to the whole thing.