I Recently started up a little social sharing experiment using Apple's Freeform app in which Jacob pointed out an interesting use of Muse by Avancee Agency. I really like the idea of processing links of interest using Freeform in the same way. Maybe do a weekly screenshot blog post. https://www.avancee.agency

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nostr:npub10flrudk3q7pejwm5r2z6wkz5plrpk28rx03hkwx02ha47htdcxrswe2xc7 I would say this is for the wealthy 10% of the planet, the US and associated markets. $26,000 for what looks to be a single seater, way too expensive. What is needed are solutions for the entire planet. Affordable, simple, repairable, micro vehicles that can haul 1-4 people and groceries/goods 20-40 miles which covers many/most needs. E-bikes, public rail, small golf-cart sized vehicles that be charged from the grid/solar.


"The assessment, published in the journal Nature, Wednesday, looked at two decades worth of data from more than 1,000 scientists...

...found that the status of amphibians globally is "deteriorating rapidly," earning them the unenviable title of being the planet's most threatened class of vertebrates.

Forty-one percent of the assessed amphibians are threatened with extinction in the immediate and long-term.

#ClimateEmergency #Biodiversity #MassExtinction
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/04/1203120401/scientists-looked-at-nearly-every-known-amphibian-type-theyre-not-doing-great


nostr:npub10waclar2ccl2e7utufeg4v867kyuscwvnma2tvykdxnq62vdp9vs5s3fsk That's a pretty fantastic story.


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I left a comment on the blog but I'm not sure it went through.


"This summer, the United States roasted like never before. People got third-degree burns from simply falling onto hot pavement in Arizona, filling up all the beds in Maricopa County’s burn center....

Off the coast of Florida, the ocean warmed to hot tub temperatures, leading to mass death in the coral reefs..."

Of course that's just a tiny sample of the many ongoing climate catastrophes covered in the article.

 #ClimateEmergency

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/10/climate-fiction-reality


nostr:npub1dxvs2qzkxkjtvezxgdej7seq8ycwevnyy3j6htjpk5rwcg6n7wqqndznjf Ha! Well, it's an excellent app! Glad to hear you're getting some use from it!


I've created a board for anyone interested. Just send an email to the address at the bottom of the blog post.

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https://www.icloud.com/freeform/0b6enyxMGbZfM1U7K5d7IKxXg#Freeform_Collaborative_Experiment


Is it possible that Apple's Freeform app could be used as a micro, semi-private, collaborative social space for shared interests? I'm thinking of a social media that's spatial rather than time-line based. Imagine hanging out in a coffee shop rather than standing by the side of a road as information just flows by.

Are there any such online gathering spaces that are a spatial experience rather than a timeline/feed experience?

#Apple #iPad
https://beardystarstuff.net/2023/09/29/apples-freeform-as.html


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Apple’s Freeform as Social Media Collaboration Space
I woke up at 3am with thoughts about climate change and started composing a blog post in my head. Sometimes at this moment I just fall back to sleep and the post never sees the light of day. But in this moment my mind is awake enough that I reach for my iPad. But instead of opening iA Writer to start a post I’ve realized that this might actually be a case for using Freeform. ... https://beardystarstuff.net/2023/09/29/apples-freeform-as.html


nostr:npub17tqsjeujlu6xrlpwsu0g24z92svaygc7p3gs8kcr837prg2atnmsucnk3p I'm glad you liked it! And yes, agreed on the flexibility. And I'm sure there are many more interesting use cases out there!


Beardy Star Stuff

I’m  a web and graphic designer, amateur astronomer, cyclist, humanist, science, skepticism, permaculture, solarpunk. I share a tiny house in the woods with 3 other furballs. Beardy, sometimes bitey.

He/him
#fedi22

#permaculture #socialecology #solarpunk #cycling #fatbike
#gravelbike #astronomy #science #skepticism #climatecrisis #climate #degrowth #anarchism #mutualaid #macrophotography #apple  #ipad  #technology


"Scientists have said climate breakdown caused by the burning of fossil fuels is the cause of unusually hot summers and winters with very low snow volume, which have caused the accelerating melts. The volume lost during the hot summers of 2022 and 2023 is the same as that lost between 1960 and 1990.
...
Experts have stopped measuring the ice on some glaciers as there is essentially none left."

#ClimateEmergency #ClimateCollapse  #Glaciers

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/swiss-glaciers-lose-tenth-volume-in-two-years-climate-crisis


nostr:npub1e7ccpns7aetl5zj2u7hc6mn9q07m0mcdl04dq8y83yhe5z4cnv0qav8sdy Excellent post! I'm doing the same with the 13" and Mini 5. Sometimes find them useful together using the Mini as my second screen to refer to text sent by clients while I work on the larger screen iPad.


"After extreme fire seasons in 2020 and 2021, Congress  funded a temporary bonus  that boosted average U.S. Forest Service wildland firefighter pay by either 50% or US$20,000, whichever was lower. But that increase expires after Sept. 30, knocking many federal firefighters back to earning the minimum $15 per hour...

The National Federation of Federal Employees warns that a large number of firefighters could quit if their pay also drops."

$15/ hour to do that job?!

https://theconversation.com/wildland-firefighters-face-a-huge-pay-cut-without-action-by-congress-heres-how-physically-demanding-this-lifesaving-job-is-214336


Pages and Affinity Compared Part 1

I've been using Pages since the first version available on the Mac many years ago. And of course I used the first version that was available on the iPad from day one. In the years since the app has gone through many changes as Apple worked to bring compatibility between the iWork apps on the two platforms which began with the Pages 1.7 on iOS and on the Mac, version 4.3 in 2012. But the big ... https://beardystarstuff.net/2023/09/17/pages-and-affinity.html

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Working on a fun and hopefully helpful two-part article: https://beardystarstuff.net/2023/09/17/working-on-a.html


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nostr:npub17tqsjeujlu6xrlpwsu0g24z92svaygc7p3gs8kcr837prg2atnmsucnk3p nostr:npub1x7wcetw30zrh5khznek2eqscn8ax5gscqq5paummzqa2anmv3a3sm54g5s I am! Lol, I forgot it's a 17 feature. Funny how used to new stuff we get.


nostr:npub1x7wcetw30zrh5khznek2eqscn8ax5gscqq5paummzqa2anmv3a3sm54g5s Hmmm, it should work. It's working for me. CMD-K to add a link to another note or to a url.


nostr:npub1x7wcetw30zrh5khznek2eqscn8ax5gscqq5paummzqa2anmv3a3sm54g5s I've found shortcuts really handy for blogging. Select text on a web page, tap the sharrow, select the shortcut which then creates a new markdown file with the formatted  markdown from the selected text including any links as well as a link to the original article. Or, it could just be copied to the clipboard for use on WordPress. Can even set it to open a new post on your WordPress site in Safari. Shortcuts is amazing.


nostr:npub1x7wcetw30zrh5khznek2eqscn8ax5gscqq5paummzqa2anmv3a3sm54g5s They also sell a case and stand that connect via magnet. That's the option I went with as it allows for the case to stay on when I use it with the Magic Keyboard. I can connect the stand when I need it.

One thing to note about the stand is that when the iPad is raised up it can be a bit bouncy when you touch it. But it does have all sorts of useful angles.

When I want the iPad raised up a separate metal stand.

https://www.amazon.com/ALASHI-Multi-Angle-Adjustable-Ergonomic-Compatible/dp/B0BD4XTMNZ/

https://www.moft.us/products/snap-ipad-case-new?variant=39697403347031


iPad Stories Follow up

A few days ago I posted links to recent stories by fellow iPad enthusiasts. Since then a couple more have come through my Mastodon and RSS feeds. Both of these are really fun reads.

First, there’s Michael Sliwinski, founder of the Nozbe to-do app.  I’ve been reading Michael’s blog for awhile and this recent post about the versatility of the 13" iPad Pro is excellent. I think he perfectly sums up why so ... https://beardystarstuff.net/2023/09/16/ipad-stories-follow.html


nostr:npub1x7wcetw30zrh5khznek2eqscn8ax5gscqq5paummzqa2anmv3a3sm54g5s Yep. I spent time this past winter adding older photos from an archive on a small SSD to my Photos library and it worked flawlessly.  I've also got a Mac for a file server and that's just as easy to navigate via the sidebar in the Files app.


"In the Atlanta suburb of Peachtree City, teens and older people alike rely on little electric vehicles to get around. Is this a potential model for a more sustainable suburbia?

With about 9,300 golf carts registered among its 13,000 households, this town 31 miles southwest of Atlanta might be the most golf-cart-friendly municipality in America."

E-Bikes and golf carts would seem to be perfect for slower, safer, more climate friendly local travel.

#ClimateEmergency

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2023-golf-cart-kingdom/


“ "Clearly, saving the planet is the most important issue facing humanity,” the Democratic senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, said. “But here’s the ugly and brutal truth: right now, humanity is failing.."

The rally was one of some 200 global climate actions taking place this week in countries including Bolivia, Pakistan, Ethiopia and Austria."

#ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/14/climate-activists-protests-fossil-fuels-united-nations


nostr:npub1e7ccpns7aetl5zj2u7hc6mn9q07m0mcdl04dq8y83yhe5z4cnv0qav8sdy Fantastic! I really appreciate all the details of your observations as well as how the #ipad is used in your industry. I think it would be helpful to have more stories about real-world use cases.


"International aid is slowly starting to reach the devastated port city of Derna as an inquest starts into how as many as 20,000 people might have perished when Storm Daniel hit the northern coast of Libya on Saturday night.

Corpses still litter the street, and drinkable water is in short supply. Whole families have been wiped out by the storm and with the remoteness of some villages and the rudimentary nature of municipal government, it ... https://beardystarstuff.net/2023/09/13/074210.html

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nostr:npub1g297caz72d84vz90e8ygzssu6yurrqyuf6rycmcsqg45h3r9d0zqj9uxvh @pratik Yeah, constant snark. The tech press/pundits have created this constant expectation of snarky cleverness. It seems to set the tone for almost everything they do. Most notable with event commentary but almost always a part of their performance. Gross.

And as for the commentary on the environment, sadly, I'm not suprised. While many of the tech press seem to lean liberal, the latest tech toys seem to be prioritized over all else, including climate concerns.


nostr:npub1x7wcetw30zrh5khznek2eqscn8ax5gscqq5paummzqa2anmv3a3sm54g5s Agreed. It looked great at the WWDC demo but in practice, yuck. I keep way too many tabs open. And it makes the url field more difficult to use too. That said, I've heard good things about the side tabs in the ARC browser. Years ago I enjoyed using OmniWeb in the early days of OS X as it had an interesting sidebar implementation of thumbnails. A sidebar tabs option for tabs seems more interesting!


nostr:npub1x7wcetw30zrh5khznek2eqscn8ax5gscqq5paummzqa2anmv3a3sm54g5s I'm biased towards the 13" Pro as it fits my use case. 11" too small, 15" would be too large/expensive.

By cutting one of the 11" models (currently 3 at that size, they'd still have 2 at that size) they'd be removing current size duplication and expanding  to a new size. Would service more people's needs with that broader yet more efficient size range.


nostr:npub1x7wcetw30zrh5khznek2eqscn8ax5gscqq5paummzqa2anmv3a3sm54g5s My ideal line-up:
- iPad  for Education A series chip 128 GB
- Combine Air/iPad 10.9" (don't care if they keep or drop the Air branding) M2 next version 128, 256GB
- iPad Mini with M1 next version 128, 256GB
- iPad Pro 11" M3 next versions, same storage
- iPad Pro 13" M3 next versions, same storage
- iPad Pro 15" Added option for even more memory

New Magic Keyboard, backwards compatible for current Pro models. Built in battery to extend battery life of iPad.


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nostr:npub1x7wcetw30zrh5khznek2eqscn8ax5gscqq5paummzqa2anmv3a3sm54g5s Well, lol, it was an actual and real comment with thoughts. I'll try again as I have it saved as a note!


nostr:npub1x7wcetw30zrh5khznek2eqscn8ax5gscqq5paummzqa2anmv3a3sm54g5s Excellent post. I attempted to leave a comment on your blog Jason but having issues with WordPress so it may or may not have gone through. Or it may have gone through multiple times. 😂