This morning I reinstalled Reeder on my iPad so I can catch up on what I’ve missed lately on Daring Fireball, John Gruber’s blog covering Apple and all manner of other things that catch his eye. With the absolute crush of AI into my world this year, Gruber’s Web 1.0 online presence is refreshing. His blog feels more akin to reading a print newspaper than the typical content I consume.
Just like John, my family shares an affinity for Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups. Although peanut allergies have us preferring the almond butter ones.
Just the other day, my wife and I were remarking how we missed Dark Sky, the hyperlocal weather app acquired by Apple. Thanks to John, now I know about Acme Weather, a new offering by the same creators. I quickly downloaded it before penning this post. There’s a two week free trial before $25/yr, and I’m already thinking it will be worth it.
I’ve yet to upgrade (<cough>I mean downgrade</cough>) to macOS Tahoe. All I hear is it’s an absolute regression in terms of user interface. John provided further credence to this by linking to Norbert Heger’s experiences trying to resize windows on Tahoe. If you click through, be sure you don’t miss his IRL animation illustrating how insane the click target is for Tahoe windows.
All-in-all, pursuing John’s stuff was an absolutely delightful experience. It’s an up-to-the-moment take on current news and trends via a distinctly early 2000’s medium. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve gone all in with AI this year, but taking the time to enjoy John’s craft returns me to a realm of thoughtful web browsing that the algorithm’s are engineered to avoid.