A digital repository for my thoughts, perspectives, and interests on a variety of topics I find informative, inspiring, or intriguing.
O2 unveils Daisy, the AI granny wasting scammers’ time : Created using a range of cutting-edge AI technology and trained with the help of one of YouTube’s best known scambaiters, Jim Browning, Daisy is a lifelike AI Granny completely indistinguishable from a real person. Able to interact
The Enhanced Visual Search feature in iOS 18, activated by default, has been overlooked amidst the furore surrounding the app’s aesthetic redesign. I explore settings in new software updates and during the developer beta period I noticed the EVS setting was enabled by default without a prompt for
From WILLOW and co-writer Jess Hendel comes a powerful and groundbreaking historical epic about an African warrior in the world of the Vikings.
The celebratory, revealing, inspiring, and entertaining autobiography of the greatest manager in the history of British soccer.
Flame wars erupt when a social networking platform sees a resurgence in new users and activity. Why the anxiety, anger, and aggression towards other networks? Why the detestation, hostility, and querulous attitude? A lot of wasted energy! I cannot see any immediate cessation of hostilities, sadly. The internet will continue
Walter Isaacson's worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years.
There is an abundance of excellent Markdown text editors on the Apple platform.
Despite my blogging endeavours , I have fallen into a writing and publishing hiatus over the past four months. Given the amount of blog posts I consume daily — one of the sources of inspiration and thought triggers, I didn't feel compelled to write. Nevertheless, I decided not to
Michal Zelazny, writing on his Untitled Blog : I trust myself and nothing more, there’s no company that can convince me they’re trustworthy. Not anymore. I started to seriously evaluate my use of services from tech companies in the early 2010s. In particular, how they handled data
With the continued resurgence of blogging, I love and appreciate the enthusiasm many bloggers have put into helping newcomers adopt this medium; from writing guides on choosing the right blogging platform, to blog posts with unfeigned encouragement reminding writers to forego perfectionism and write from the heart. Write like a
Rach Smith, on Post Brain : Post Brain is when you go about your day constantly scanning for anything you can turn in to content, or what would make a great “post”. Post Brain . What a great name. I like it. I don’t have any factual evidence,
Take heed of this advice if you wish to develop, improve and establish a consistent writing habit.
April 29, 2024, marked one year since I published the first post on Chamline.
EchoFeed is an excellent choice for those who require granular control over the automatic distribution of their post content link.
I took a bit of a mental break from engaging online a few weeks ago. It gave me time to rethink my social presence online.