Latest posts from @iamgregb
I remember how it all started. Adding friends as connections on a new social network felt great in a disconnected world. Getting life updates and photos and posting your thoughts in a feed where you knew everyone felt fresh, and it felt real. However, the more content I see on Meta’s platforms now, Instagram and Threads, the more uncomfortable I feel. Something broke, snapped, when the gates of…
When you vibe-code an app, you constantly ask yourself (or at least I do) - if all the code is written by machines, what exactly do I bring to the table? What makes your app unique, if everyone can do the same now? My answer to this question is vision and opinion. Opinionated software is the best kind of software , so that's what Daymark is. “I know better” isn’t usually the best approach, but…
Building plugins and extensions for your application is a slippery slope that can easily lead to feature creep (looking at you, Notion). So instead of trying to stuff everything into one app, lately I’ve found myself preferring specific apps for specific needs. For example, I’m trying to get into the habit of keeping daily notes, but the way they’re implemented always feels a little off - whether…
Earlier this year, I also took part in a flash fiction challenge. Just like with the 100-word challenge , I didn’t make it to the second round. But this time, I received honorable mention , so I’m getting closer: Honorable Mention! The challenge was to write a 1,000-word story in just 48 hours, hence the “flash.” The story had to take place in an assigned location and include a specific object:…
Dear Apple, Apple Watch is a great fitness device. Sure, the battery could be better, and music management still needs work, but I use it for every run. Right now, though, my sense of accomplishment is getting undermined by your design decisions. When I finish a 6K, 7K, 8K, or 9K run, getting a 5K Apple Watch medal feels like a slap in the face. I understand that real-world races do this. There…
For all the hype and controversy around AI, I keep coming back to a simple thought: AI is still software. A machine. Not as deterministic as I’d like it to be, but still a machine. So I try to think about it in very unromantic terms and use it for the kind of work machines are good at: cleaning up structure, keeping formats and metadata consistent, turning loose instructions into organized…
Me watching The Devil Wears Prada 2 with my wife after reading Om Malik’s interview with Brunello Cucinelli . RIP, Om.
We live in a world where it’s very easy — and getting increasingly easier — to find information. You don’t understand something in a TV show? Go online, someone has already explained it. You’re stuck in a video game? YouTube has a 30-second video showing the exact moment you’re struggling with. You have a question? The internet and AI are at your service. You want to start a new hobby? All the…
I remember when every software service needed a mobile app. Syncing between your computer and your phone was one of the most important things to get right, because that was the promise: everything you needed, always in the palm of your hand. Always online. Always available. Always productive . Now I don’t even check if there is one. A mobile app can be a nice companion, but that’s all it is. For…
Pita Pan took his first flight after just over a week. It was supposed to be fociccia 😅 First try with a sourdough starter
Remember the times when you couldn’t see the content behind the interface? Those times are gone. Now it’s all about putting content first, or so they say. With the arrival of Liquid Glass — and I’m pretty sure everyone will copy it in one way or another — a new trend is in town. Now you can’t see the interface behind the content. And that’s just as stupid.
Every night I bathe In the light of a billion stars so far away That some of them are already no more, And their light only reached me tonight. It also means that someone out there Still basks in the light of our Sun That was sent to them while you were still around. And that is so unfair.
The year is 2007. Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone in January. I spend the summer working at a camp in Pennsylvania. And before heading back home to the other side of the world, we decide to spend some of our hard-earned money on a trip to the Big Apple. We visited the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue, and I vividly remember how remarkable the iPhone felt sitting on that stand — especially compared…
Jacaranda View
A lot has already been said about project management, and plenty more will be said about it in the future. Still, let me add my two cents. Wikipedia defines a project as “a type of assignment, typically involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a specific objective.” Project Management Institute describes it as “a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product,…