Brent Deverman

The Mac supports dictation.

I’ve learned how to adjust meeting invite time zones by trial and error, but never really documented the options and differences in platforms.

1970 Afloat on Hong Kong harbour From Gwulo.com

Played around with the Apple Vision Pro app called TouchDesk which allows you to use your desk as a writing surface.

Can this app Mozi Solve my problem of keeping in touch with friends and acquaintances when I travel?

Tidbits highlighted the free open source app Keycastr to display the keystrokes and mouse clicks you are typing while you are streaming or recording video.

Cools Tools Interview with Brent Deverman A long time ago, I appeared on Kevin Kelly’s Cool Tools Podcast 🎙️.

After studying Chinese and now Japanese it is fascinating to watch someone type on this.

Deep Research is the new feature that has been added to all the AI company LLM models.

The key company that builds most of the processors used in your phones and devices is TSMC.

Ciena figures out ways to increase throughput of fiber channels.

When new Rust applications come out I pay attention because the language attempts to make code more secure.

Checking out Genmo to create AI-Generated Videos.

I preordered the new Mac App called Pieoneer when I saw the cool design of the app.

During my decade in Shenzhen, Drop-shipping became a big business.

I wanted to watch the “LA FireAid Concert” from Singapore, however, seems the concert was restricted internationally.

Tried the Sonos Alarm and woke up late

Near Crew Coffee shop in Wanchai

I was trying to see if I could enable my iPad as a second screen on my work MacBook.

When a company does a software rewrite I’m always interested in the reasons behind it and what they hit and missed.

I heard of this video on Tim Ferris’s Aisha Tyler podcast and I knew I had to watch it because I knew it would be an example of someone trying to do the work and being persistent: In the clip Bill Burr is bombing and fighting back against the audience.

This thoughtful post explores how Mid Market might appear to be a large market, but it might not be the most suitable target. For a B2B SaaS startup, the sales cycle is likely as long as a larger corporation, but their budgets are lower.

My quick list of restaurants in Hong Kong friends have recommended to take a date: Jean may – French Giando – Italian Grissini – Italian Fireside – BBQ Kozy – Japanese Okonomiyaki Birdie – Japanese Yakitori Uoharu魚治 – Japanese Izakaya Mutekiya’s– Japanese…

The Change Log podcast mentioned the ability to query CSV files with SQL as if they are tables.

So happy that Michael Tsai documented how to remove the Google login overlay on websites that I’m browsing.

Trying to find how the Apple Watch Ultra has a better GPS than the other Apple Watches and found an article from The Verge that’s a good read.

Benedict Evans yearly presentation is a good checkpoint to look at what trends were happening this year and what might be coming in the future.

Join us for an exceptional journey through the landscapes of AI at the “Hong Kong Spartans’ Spotlight Series” on November 15th.

I just hung up on my mom because the button in the right is green.

My girlfriend and I planned an Easter vacation trip excursion from Singapore to the Island of Bintan in Indonesia.

Trying to get an API key from an environment variable placed in “.zshrc” when running the Python script in BBEdit.

In macOS Ventura on my M2 Mac, I found an option in the “Options…” panel of battery settings called “Optimize video streaming while on battery.”

Kyoto Visiting Kyoto is one of my top trips.

Was searching for flower delivery in Singapore and found Floristique.

Seagull in motion in Malibu

Seagull in motion in Malibu

In the past I have used the migration assistant tool to copy my files from Mac to Mac whenever I would get a new one.

Interactive timeline showing the battle of Hong Kong in 1941.

Really grateful to the woman in my Michigan State University dorm that gave me her ticket to see an R.E.M concert and cool that I can find a record of the 1995 concert online.

Was trying to research how to create a bootable backup on a USB-C external drive under macOS Monterey.

Recently was searching for a wireless charging pad that would support an Apple Watch, AirPods Pro and iPhone.

I like that the author of the 1000 True Fans article is testing his hypothesis with a his Kickstarter for funding his Vanishing Asia photography book set.

Thanks to Nathan Hammond you can monitor COVID-19 Vaccine locations open up in Hong Kong.

I started accumulating Substack newsletters in my email box, some going unread.

In researching the DeFi landscape for a project, I have found the following Podcasts that I have been listening too regularly now.

Steve Jobs Stories

Use Touch ID for sudo on Mac There are pluses and minuses of using Touch ID on the command line.

When I take a screenshot I thought it might be good to be able to search the textual content in the screenshots.

Internal NeXT video (1991) Steve Jobs is great at analyzing the market, explaining the pain points of the customer and key competitive strengths of NeXT.

Was trying to figure out how to import a Word file into Ulysses and found an article that you can just drag and drop the file into the library.