Automation to turn orientation lock on/off

Linked artifact: https://bryanmanio.com/blog/one-ios-automation-that-everyone-should-be-using/

Original post: gurupanguji.com

Mozilla announces shutdown of Pocket…

We’ve made the difficult decision to shut down Pocket on July 8, 2025. Thank you for being part of our journey over the years—we’re proud of the impact Pocket has had for our users and communities.

Original post: gurupanguji.com

Approach everything… with curosity

I am dissatisfied when I ask ChatGPT or Claude.ai to write something for me. The writing has no life, no flair. It’s repeating patterns it’s been trained on, and the result is a pretty good imitation, but the voice is tinny and robotic. Anyone exploring AI has a similar experience; they test the robots on topics where they are the expert and quickly find it’s not creative, but impressively derivative. No art, no flair.

The point: there is a whole class of tasks where, job loss aside1, I am fine with robots doing the job with absolutely no flair. I need the job done safely, efficiently, and reliably. Every time. I require no flair for a car taking me from Point A to Point B. I want no pomp and circumstance. The perfect ride is one I forget immediately because nothing interesting happens.

When faced with change or an aggressive unknown, I take a deep breath, count to four, place my feet firmly on the ground, and ask, “Do I really understand what is going on here? Really?” I start with curiousity because curiousity informs action. Action creates consequence, and when consequence shows up, you start learning.

Here’s the thing. We are equally screwed and blessed. These contradictory states exist at the same time. It’s a paradox, a confusing, in-progress, contradictory mess. It’s a state I understand because I am a human who continues to learn and I’m curious how it’s going to turn out.

Original post: gurupanguji.com