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Screenflow + Screen Studio
Screen Studio enhances the YouTube video recording workflow with ease of use but has limitations that necessitate the continued use of ScreenFlow for final assembly, resulting in increased rendering time and disk space usage. Continue reading →
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Behind the Scenes of the “On Apple Failures" Writing Project
I’ve long wanted to write an article like this one. However, as Apple continued to add to its list of failures, poor Apple, I kept pushing back the deadline. This summer, however, the timing was right. Here’s what I did differently this time. A few months ago, I started gathering a list of Apple’s failures in a Craft document. I wanted to cover the period from when Tim Cook took over as Apple’s leader, following Steve Jobs’ passing, up until now. Continue reading →
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I have always been torn between creating text-only quotes and image-based quotes. Text-only quotes are easier to resurface and index, while image-based quotes are more visually appealing. You’re preference?
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I made a little update to my reading workflow, especially the part for newsletter. Look in the table on this page and sort by date to locate the most recent update.
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Eternal Debate for Online Creators
The decision to remove duplicates and outdated posts from a blog highlights the ongoing debate between preserving past content as a reflection of identity and eliminating irrelevant material to enhance focus. Continue reading →
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When I read about vibe coding to quickly create app mockups or even shipping an app to the App Store, I wonder if I could use genAI to vibe code a theme plugin for Micro.blog. That would allow me to use a unique visual theme inspired by my visual branding.
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Now on Chillidog Hosting
The website Who Is Numeric Citizen migrated from Cloudflare to Chillidog Hosting to support PHP for its CMS, simplifying the publishing workflow. Continue reading →
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Getting Ready for Elements CMS
I’m getting ready to use the upcoming Elements CMS feature when it becomes stable enough for production use. Today, I pushed out a big update to “Who Is Numeric Citizen?” website where I decided to split the Highlights section into four as I’m expecting them to grow over time. As for the CMS feature, it will require a change of my hosting solution. The website is currently hosted on Cloudflare as a worker-based app. Continue reading →
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Now on Ghost 6!
My main website, numericcitizen.me, is now officially using Ghost 6 which was released today. It was a short and painless process to upgrade. While Ghost.org will grandfather current plans, I discovered a price increase for my subscription tier (Creator), going from $25/month to $29/month. It seems that under my current plan, I can get all the juiced up analytics, which is nice. Yet, Ghost.org is a pricey service for a blogger like me. Continue reading →
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My Official Response To Those Sketchy Offers
Because I’m getting email inquiries many times a week for SEO improvement offers, link insertion, ads, etc. I decided to create my official response for these sketchy offers. I hope they understand the message, provided that they read it, of course, which I highly doubt. It’s probably a lost cause. Continue reading →
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Because Diagrams for Mac seems to fall in the category of abandonware, if the latest blog post date is any indication, I decided to drop if from my tool set. The app wasn’t updated since macOS Monterey in 2022. Too bad, it was a rather promising diagramming tool.
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Generative AI Applied to Website Analytics - Cool
I’m trying out the new generative AI-based analytics from Tinylytics, and I’m very impressed. Here’s an example for my main website. To my knowledge, that’s a first for website analytics and I hope that Plausible will take a look at this because it’s really useful. Plus, Tinylytics allows you to create your own prompt and see a different take than the one generated by default. Continue reading →
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An Update About My Journey with Realmac Software Elements
I’ve been quiet lately because I’ve been dedicating more time to learning Realmac Software Elements. I plan to create a few websites for fun. The first will be a new landing page to replace the current one shared with Craft Docs (look here). The second will be my professional website, which I’ll use when I transition to a freelance career. Ironically, the third will be a rework of my current employer’s corporate website, which I find quite unattractive. Continue reading →
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An Update On My Craft to Micro.blog Migration
I finally completed the replication of content from the Craft-hosted website to Micro.blog-hosted website. I initiated this migration to reduce my dependency on Craft to host such content. Numeric Citizen I/O still points to Craft-hosted website (https://world.numericcitizen.io/meta), but 95% of the content is now available on Micro.blog via meta.numericcitizen.me. Am I leaving Craft behind, not anytime soon, but I’m certainly continuing to consolidate my online presence under more open platforms. Continue reading →
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I’m an Open Blogger
Open blogging involves sharing personal insights and workflows, utilizing open-source tools, and creating a digital garden to reflect the blogger’s values and experiences. Continue reading →
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The Future of Writing? Testing ChatGPT Canvas for a Specific Use Case
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Canvas, launched in October 2024, offers a more interactive and user-friendly writing experience, which was tested in an article about Apple’s data protection and privacy features. Continue reading →
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A Mandatory Update to my Content Creation Ecosystem
Some cleanup: Readwise is gone. Supporting services are now grouped at the bottom. Corrected a few typos. I made some visual adjustments to make things a little bit cleaner and easier to visualize, especially for website miniatures. I renamed the diagram to reflect the notion of an ecosystem instead of a workflow. Many additions: each enhanced service with generative AI features is marked as such with a little brain icon. Continue reading →
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Blogging about Blogging — Eight Questions Answered
This blog post idea was triggered by a similar post on from HeyDingus blog. Consider this a complement to my written interview on People & Blogs. Why did you start blogging in the first place? It was back in 2009 when I decided to share my journey of learning to develop applications for the iPhone and the App Store. I wanted to write about this because it has been instrumental in aiding me in retaining information and organizing my thoughts in my mind. Continue reading →
