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What's the most complex "app" you've replaced with a text document?

My Canadian heart feels strongly about this, my latest piece for PopSci: https://www.popsci.com/health/how-gross-is-wearing-your-shoes-inside-poop-germs-lead-poisons-allergies/

How to actually see posts from your friends and family on Instagram

Instagram is a hostage situation. It has photos and videos from the people in your life, but it will only show them to you occasionally—most of the time you get algorithmically-chosen slop. This means you can scroll for hours on this so-called social network and learn very little about the people you care about. Maybe...

One thing I do not miss about Twitter is the brands. I hope they never find us here.

The one thing no CEO will ever understand

What I learned from the most depressing conversation of my life.

Worried about toilet germs on your toothbrush? You can relax (mostly). https://www.popsci.com/health/how-gross-is-it-to-leave-a-toothbrush-exposed-bathroom-toilet/

Free graph paper, an online drum machine, and a few other Actually Good Websites™

Stop doom scrolling and start creeping on the location of every boat on earth.

Lately I've been drifting in the morning instead of finding joy in my writing. What helps you find yourself at the beginning of the day?

I'm never dragging an icon to /Applications again. Ever. https://www.wired.com/story/easydmg-finally-fixed-installing-apps-on-a-mac/

Transcription, the best tool the AI age has brought us, doesn't need to cost anything. https://www.wired.com/story/meetily-lets-you-transcribe-and-summarize-meetings-without-a-subscription-heres-how/

Google doesn't make it easy to ditch Gemini in Googel Docs, but you can do it. I outlined how for WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-disable-the-gemini-ai-features-in-gmail-and-google-docs/

My latest newsletter is out! Subscribe to get all my posts here delivered to your inbox, if you like that sort of thing. https://buttondown.com/justinpot