I bought a new keyboard from AliExpress and found a cool hack posted on Reddit where people use regular MagSafe iPhone stands as a cheap, DIY tenting solution. I bought some from Amazon the next day to try, and they work great!
Malcolm Bastien
I've been using the same keyboard layout since 2021, but there have been so many that have popped up in the last few years that it may be time for a change.
I'm seriously considering learning the Graphite layout: https://github.com/rdavison/graphite-layout
Content producers on LinkedIn aren't even trying to hide their AI slop. 🤦♂️
I watched Neon Genesis Evangelion for the first time last month. I didn't get it at all. It was weird, challenging to watch, frustrating, and I didn't like any of the characters.
I'm honestly confused about why it's so well-known and popular. That said, the opening was a banger!
Feature Request: A library/gallery of generic Wardley Maps I can use or remix.
I want to include some simplified Wardley Maps in a blog post, but unless I want to map nonsense, even simple ones take time to create!
New blog post: "Just Do Something Different"
In my latest post, I wrote about how, despite agile's focus on continuous improvement, we often overlook learning by simply trying new and different things.
https://malcolmbastien.com/2025/06/08/just-do-something-different/
Earlier this week, I was searching for AI tools that support high-quality voice transcription on both mobile and desktop devices.
Just today, I accidentally stumbled onto "Voice Typing" in Windows. I had no idea!
I'm curious if anybody's used this much?
I was delighted to find this one, an integration with the Tasks and QuickAdd plugins for #ObsidianMD that lets you call Tasks' entry modal window through QuickAdd.
Much like when I hear people say "From an [x] perspective..", one thing I cannot stand at work is people using the word "Opine".
@javalps Ya! I just set it up a little while ago. It's not bad, but I think it'll take some time to get used to it. I also had to increase the font size slightly.
I was browsing the #ObsidianMD subreddit and found a font recommended that I had never heard of before, Atkinson Hyperlegible from the Braille Institute.
It looks interesting!
https://www.brailleinstitute.org/freefont/
Spent a bunch of time today removing some online services from my life. I imported and copied over and stuff I had stored on Trello and Goodreads into #Obsidian.
I also set up some Quick Add commands to support interstitial journaling and adding blog posts ideas directly to a kanban board.
So, people are being forced back to the office, but are also being replaced by AI at the same time? 😂
I whipped up another prototype today using Google Firebase Studio, an app to build Mermaid.js Gantt charts interactively: https://studio--ganttify-6q9ac.us-central1.hosted.app/
I don’t follow the news much around OpenAI, but with that whole Jony Ive bit, I think it would be really cool if we went from nobody using smartphones, to everybody using smartphones all the time and then *back* to nobody using smartphones again.
Another fun little AI-built prototype of a project management application that takes the idea of Hill Charts from 37 Signals.
@rands I've been building a bunch of prototypes using Google Firebase Studio. This stuff is addictive.
In my latest blog post, I discussed how trying to force certainty onto software development projects leads to wasted effort. Instead, we should approach software development from the stance of "We don't know."
I shared some thoughts on how, in the pursuit of certainty, a lot of work goes into telling fantasies and stories about the future, but no matter what, "We don't know" is always ultimately the truth.
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