Just registered my 100th Postcrossing Postcard today. And I also only need one more of mine to arrive to have sent 100 cards :)

/postcards
Three empty glass bottles are placed side by side on a dark surface against a blue background. Each bottle features a vintage-style label with illustrations and text; one bottle on the left has a black band around its neck. The labels appear to depict historical figures and contain text with names like "AMALIE," "ANNI," and "ROSA."

Got introduced to this brand of apple juice at our work team event. Loved the middle one called “Anni” it is pure Apple juice but taste like it also contains some pear. Oh and the “Rosa” one had actually a red color oo.

 
Apple already built the pieces. Shortcuts travel person to person with no review at all, and enterprise distribution has put apps on employee phones outside the App Store for years. I think they need to aim that same machinery at individuals. Maybe call it a $20/year “Personal Developer Program.”

This would be wonderful. But I think it should be free, for my devices (and the ones of my family) and perhaps make the 20 a year so I can distribute to 20 other devices? Ok, no scratch that it should just five us free side loading.

⤑ The Case for a Personal Apple Developer Tier.

/link /apple /coding

@V_ Yeah, collectively we already pay for these devices several times over, making Apple one of the most profitable businesses ever. No way Apple gets me to pay for the “privilege” of writing my own custom software just because it’s their device it’s running on.

by fgtech on

Founders often reduce this lesson to “ship fast.” I agree with shipping fast, but after you ship, be honest about what you actually tested. Did the prototype test demand, the experience, or the business model? Or did it only prove that your team could build it? If you cannot answer that, you might mistake an incomplete test for a failed idea. You might also mistake a good demo for a working company.

⤑ Revising.

Something to keep in my mind.

/link

Yesterday was my second to last day of my summer holiday and I finally managed to do my 2025 taxes. They switched to a new tool and I was a bit hesitant at the beginning but the new tool is so much better than the old one used to be! And I’m glad I have them done now – and for once not on the last possible moment :-).

 

Finally redid the cabling of our TV and all its devices. I’m glad it’s done but I feel totally knocked out by it now.

 
Illustration of a pink flower with five petals, a central cluster of black dots representing the stamen, and two green leaves below.

I’ve drawn a flower for my wife yesterday, and we used it for a custom postcard. The flower is based on a Sakura tree.

 

@V_ Lovely!

by Miraz on

⤑ Start your community funding.

wemakeit Communities is the Swiss solution for ongoing community funding. Instead of raising money once for a clearly defined project, you build a community that supports you with monthly contributions.
Communities is the first genuine alternative to Patreon and the like. We’re independent of US Big Tech, community-owned and chart our own course. We only coll

It looks like an interesting product, not sure how usable it is for people outside of Switzerland (especially at the start). But I think it is good to get another option in this space.

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