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A blog of links and notes by Nicolas Magand

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391 from 10 Feb 2012 to 30 Oct 2026
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weekly (35 in the last year)
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personal blog
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2026 29

  1. October 2026 blend of links
  2. The kitchen is only the cool spot because you're in it
  3. Lazy websites
  4. September 2026 blend of links
  5. Love for tiny utility programs
  6. August 2026 blend of links
  7. Just a tool
  8. July 2026 blend of links
  9. Neo beginnings
  10. A peculiar bug in Safari
  11. Unfinished, part deux
  12. June 2026 blend of links
  13. Software will never feel the same
  14. May 2026 blend of links
  15. Another rant about web browsing
  16. We need something better than touchscreens in cars
  17. The whole joy of it all
  18. Sidelining Safari
  19. April 2026 blend of links
  20. The dumber, the better
  21. Browsing the web with JavaScript turned off
  22. March 2026 blend of links
  23. Questions about the future of MacOS in the age of the MacBook Neo
  24. February 2026 blend of links
  25. Is the Mac having a BMW’s Neue Klasse moment?
  26. Tempted to stick with my old Mac a bit longer
  27. January 2026 blend of links
  28. The frustration of a perfect setup
  29. New year, new me, new web browsing setup?

2025 30

  1. December 2025 blend of links
  2. The Club Racer Treatment
  3. Typefaces as clothes
  4. November 2025 blend of links
  5. Praise the Backup
  6. Who are they always texting?
  7. October 2025 blend of links
  8. Not my kind of web browser
  9. Uninstalling apps (part 2)
  10. September 2025 blend of links
  11. Reading my blog
  12. Why I love BBEdit
  13. August 2025 blend of links
  14. July 2025 blend of links
  15. Could I use the internet without a proper web browser?
  16. June 2025 blend of links
  17. Something terrible happened with CSS
  18. May 2025 blend of links
  19. On the Jony Ive and Sam Altman announcement
  20. The quest for the best writing tool, a spinoff
  21. April 2025 blend of links
  22. I think I’m done with Safari and Apple Mail
  23. March 2025 blend of links
  24. Spring update
  25. How great is the Send Later feature?
  26. February 2025 blend of links
  27. The nice feeling of trusting tools
  28. January 2025 blend of links
  29. The age of insecure billionaires
  30. Are we at peak shittiness?

2024 36

  1. November 2024 blend of links
  2. Some thoughts on RSS and newsletters
  3. Website updates
  4. The joy of accidentally weird-looking websites
  5. The hard truth: People don’t trust billionaires
  6. October 2024 blend of links
  7. Why are static site generators so complicated to use?
  8. September 2024 blend of links
  9. The wonderful rabbit hole of BBEdit
  10. Third-party apps and services I use on my devices, 2024 edition
  11. Is Safari now a bad web browser?
  12. Nine quick observations from the 2024 iPhone event
  13. One year of publishing “Blend of links” posts
  14. Maybe news websites can stop embedding tweets now
  15. August 2024 blend of links
  16. July 2024 blend of links
  17. What else can I remove?
  18. Users of the fourth kind
  19. June 2024 blend of links
  20. Should I remove this blog from Google Search?
  21. WWDC 2024 observations
  22. May 2024 blend of links
  23. Could I use the iPad as my only computer?
  24. April 2024 blend of links
  25. On reliable technology
  26. Unfinished
  27. March 2024 blend of links
  28. Changing my mind, all the time
  29. On quality software
  30. An ode to Things
  31. February 2024 blend of links
  32. Questions about DuckDuckGo’s future
  33. What bothers me about ChatGPT and A.I.
  34. January 2024 blend of links
  35. Collecting too many links
  36. Changing bad web browsing habits

2023 39

  1. December 2023 blend of links
  2. I f-word love the web
  3. The struggles of the web browser
  4. On the ideal length of a blog post
  5. How I managed to fit A.I. into my blogging habits
  6. Third-party apps I like and use — 2023 edition
  7. Hot takes on Humane’s AI Pin
  8. November 2023 blend of links
  9. The stress of using something brand new
  10. Finished software or abandoned product?
  11. I have found my favourite Markdown editor, again
  12. Why I like monospaced fonts
  13. October 2023 blend of links
  14. The journey to finding the perfect writing app
  15. One of the worst pieces of content I’ve read all year
  16. On a blog’s visual identity
  17. Is an A.I. better if it sounds more human?
  18. September 2023 blend of links
  19. The Apple event format needs its “iPhone X” moment
  20. I wish I could quit Twitter once more
  21. Reconsidering the Apple Watch
  22. Microsoft changes the default font for new Office documents
  23. A few random thoughts on the Apple Vision Pro
  24. Will Google A.I. search kill search traffic and discoverability?
  25. What to write
  26. NPR no longer active on Twitter
  27. Web fingerprinting or how surveillance advertising should be illegal
  28. My simple, minimalist blogging workflow
  29. The age of (me needing to learn more about) A.I. has begun
  30. The truth about read-later services
  31. Jason Kottke: 25 years of blogging
  32. Of course younger people don’t know how to use a printer
  33. The Mac and iOS apps I use — early 2023 edition
  34. Good reads and perspectives on generative A.I. and ChatGPT
  35. A very annoying little thing or bug on Safari
  36. On the state of Android apps
  37. A.I. is about to face its biggest challenge yet: trying to make Bing not suck
  38. On AI-generated content and the future of my job
  39. To a new year of blogging

2022 51

  1. A few thoughts on Elon Musk
  2. Four things you need to start a blog
  3. A great and completely unexpected Read Later app
  4. I bought a new camera: the Ricoh GRIIIx
  5. We already know the name of the World Cup 2022 winner: Qatar
  6. On the importance of the date
  7. Ten perks of taking a walk every day
  8. Finding a native and fast text editor for the Mac in 2022
  9. Leaving Twitter but reading tweets via RSS
  10. Twitter verified accounts for Blue subscribers are live. Sort of. Somewhere. Soon.
  11. What CSS is best: external or internal?
  12. Uncertainty is the main keyword of the Twitter takeover
  13. Something is rotten in the state of Bing search
  14. The Apple Watch could be much better for left-handed users
  15. Back at using a proper content blocker on Safari
  16. Blocking JavaScript on a per-site basis with Safari
  17. Mathematics, design, and convenience
  18. Another spotlight on RSS
  19. What is a website, according to Laurel Schwulst
  20. The real goal of the Apple Watch Ultra
  21. Regrets or humble brag?
  22. On turtlenecks, focus, and minimalism
  23. The new Instagram is not the old Instagram and it’s fine?
  24. Replacing your phone battery instead of buying a new one
  25. The whole thing might as well have been a joke
  26. A list of all the 3rd party apps currently installed on my devices
  27. Twitter to launch feature allowing users to post long-form content
  28. Apple signs a 10-year deal with the Major League Soccer
  29. The Lotus philosophy applied to blog design
  30. The most minimal blog you can find
  31. WWDC 2022: Things I want to be announced
  32. Thinking about what my next camera will be
  33. Twitter: The End
  34. If only comments on the internet were always like this
  35. Universal wonderment
  36. Justin Smith shares new, meaningless details on his future media venture
  37. The beauty of text files
  38. Google search isn’t very good and yet still the best around
  39. A short list of recommended Mac and iOS apps — 2022 edition
  40. Zuckerberg doesn’t want to quit, even if a new CEO may be what Meta needs
  41. Saying goodbye to DuckDuckGo
  42. Dropbox, once great now barely mentioned in cloud storage services reviews
  43. Tumblr: the future-minded social platform for nostalgic users
  44. Working on the website instead of the blog itself
  45. Having a blog is good, writing on it is better
  46. Tumblr, without ever really leaving, is back (apparently)
  47. Bear: an interesting, worth-knowing, and fast blogging platform
  48. YouTube keeps on letting misinformation spread and reach millions of people
  49. My first and last post on Web3
  50. Can Ben Smith’s new media venture be the one I’ve been looking for?
  51. A break was needed

2021 35

  1. The future of Microsoft in smartphones continues to unfold, and it still sucks
  2. Abandoning Lightning for USB-C on the iPhone would not be progress
  3. The European Commission wants to impose USB-C on most mobile devices
  4. Apple Watch release cycle: Fancy new features vs. incremental improvements
  5. Does the algorithm work for you, or do you work for the algorithm?
  6. Browsing the web in 2021 is a terrible experience
  7. My favourite thing about the Mac
  8. My CSS stylesheet is now less than 1kb and it makes me happy
  9. The Macalope on the Washington Post’s article about Pegasus & iPhone
  10. On the new Safari UI, again
  11. Jerry Saltz: “My only work is to write for the reader”
  12. On the new Safari (which I like very much)
  13. Finally a folding phone review worth watching
  14. Nine quick thoughts on WWDC 2021
  15. There is no place like home: Why I love to blog
  16. Another area where Clubhouse is failing: blocking
  17. The smartest new product coming from Twitter in a long time?
  18. Why the iPad Pro needs its own “iPadProOS”
  19. It’s that time of year again
  20. The drop-in audio feature looks like it can succeed with or without Clubhouse
  21. Medium joins the new publishing platform battle for independent voices
  22. The implicit and recent differences between the meanings of “follow” and “subscribe”
  23. The quest for the perfect writing tool
  24. A tool kit for the conspiracy-curious
  25. Platforms are now mimicking the way we share content on platforms
  26. How I use Drafts as my text editor
  27. More platforms, more money?
  28. A Clubhouse Story
  29. What’s on my Mac – 2021 edition
  30. Semicolon wisdom
  31. What is the biggest threat to Clubhouse: Twitter, Facebook, or Clubhouse itself?
  32. If you decide to join Clubhouse, avoid sharing your contact list
  33. The little problems of the big 432 Park Avenue building
  34. The best explainer of what Apple is doing with the new iOS privacy-related feature
  35. “Twitter’s ban of the president is proof of the company’s unprecedented and unaccountable power”

2020 56

  1. The Stories of social media
  2. When software speaks its mind (sort of)
  3. Uninstalling apps
  4. A ranking of all 118 sweaters seen on Twin Peaks
  5. Looking back at my short list of Apple wishes from April
  6. Nobody gives a crap about Google’s monopoly on search, not even Google
  7. Samsung commits to deliver three years of Android updates for its phones
  8. “The canary in the coal mine about the corrupting power of the App Store”
  9. Point of entry, browser & advertising: Google pretty much owns the web
  10. Microsoft Surface Duo first impressions: first-gen device, immature vision
  11. Back to busyness
  12. “You should not undermine how quickly people can change their ideas”
  13. Scary heatwave in Siberia is scary
  14. Missing the point reviewing the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip
  15. “I would love to ignore racism and focus all my attention on climate. But I can’t.”
  16. Beautiful illustrations and a peculiar Instagram description
  17. UK National Parks photography competition shortlist
  18. When your PR services appear to be like the devices you sell: refurbished
  19. On decision, perfection, and better translations
  20. List of 68 unsolicited tips to improve your life
  21. Beautifully written story about the closure of a famous New York restaurant
  22. MacBook Air 2020: Thoughts from an average user
  23. Logos, memory, accuracy: pick two
  24. The iPhone SE, the irregular iPhone
  25. iPhone SE: great for buyers, even better for Apple
  26. Another advantage of the iPhone SE to consider for Apple
  27. Why there are no software equivalents of Rolex
  28. “I’ve fallen in love with blogging again”
  29. Things I want Apple to adopt rather sooner than later
  30. The Onion on Zoom
  31. Why it makes sense for news orgs to remove their paywalls during the coronavirus crisis
  32. The challenges of translating a video game into 17 languages
  33. The iPad turns ten
  34. Zoom isn’t trust-worthy, but sadly their recent success may already protect them
  35. What’s on my Mac – 2020 edition
  36. If coronavirus was covered the same way American media covered Ebola
  37. Now that commuters are staying home, what does it means for podcasts?
  38. What is it like to be a copywriter in a company
  39. How to install an AppleScript and save a lot of time writing blog posts
  40. Be ready for what is coming on LinkedIn, or don’t
  41. Apple has underestimated what the iPad can do for too long
  42. On finding the perfect text editor: the one that’s right for you
  43. A new way to interact with the iPad
  44. Gorgeous photographs of empty, usually busy streets
  45. Laughter is the best medicine
  46. How a new keyboard made me buy the 2020 MacBook Air
  47. Moving a blog from Squarespace to Blot
  48. The right price to pay for your main computer camera and much more
  49. Samsung unveils its second modern-era folding device
  50. Where to eat good tapas in Madrid, and more
  51. Planting trees is great. For PR.
  52. Media coverage of Kobe Bryant’s death was a chaotic mess
  53. What it feels like to live abroad as a student
  54. We should not learn about key iPhone features in a news report
  55. If you want to boycott the New York Times, just subscribe to another publication instead
  56. Using insects to feed livestock: not so simple

2019 29

  1. Twitter may succeed in building a decentralised standard for social media but probably won’t
  2. Last December
  3. How to behave when you encounter a viral story
  4. Content Creation: A New Hope
  5. Listening to podcasts at higher speeds
  6. “I don’t want them to be independent”
  7. Tech & lifestyle novelties of the year 2019
  8. “Nobody recruited me”: Barbara Liskov on design, A.I., and being a woman in computer science
  9. The advantages of integration, the downsides of a monopoly
  10. “The Queen is the only person I’ve ever been nervous of photographing”
  11. Quick thoughts on the new Motorola Razr folding-phone
  12. The jolly teapot
  13. On the word “design”
  14. Tashkent metro photographs
  15. Subscription cannot be the only business model for journalism to survive
  16. If it looks good, it must sound good right?
  17. The Fitbit acquisition is the easy way for Google to appear relevant in wearables
  18. Xennials/Millennials? Gen-x/Gen-Y
  19. A great little game to enjoy
  20. If you ever booked a flat on Airbnb, you should read this
  21. Coldest decade on record may have been cause by volcanic eruptions
  22. Night mode is à la mode
  23. The best soundtrack for your work day
  24. Media execs and poor decisions
  25. Good bye iTunes, I owe you so much
  26. In the Mojave desert, the dream city that was never built
  27. When politicians try to sell you congestion and traffic as part of your identity
  28. Time, thoughts, tools: pick two
  29. Should you cover your PC’s webcam? No, unless you still use software from ten years ago

2018 58

  1. Moving a whole city a few kilometres away in order to keep it alive
  2. The imminent climate change catastrophe, if not already started
  3. Social media is not all that bad if you listen to teenagers
  4. When you think of a pencil you probably picture it yellow: This is why
  5. Michel Gondry: “I don’t believe in superheroes, I think it’s a worse way of being a nerd”
  6. The definitive minimalist ressource on minimalism
  7. An attempt at defining content
  8. What happens to web traffic patterns when Facebook goes down
  9. Climate change realities
  10. Reporters covering environmental issues are becoming more and more vulnerable
  11. “I’m a nomad who goes nowhere” – Portrait of a young shepherd in France
  12. European nations and their wish of not becoming digital colonies
  13. The year 2000, imagined by an illustrator in the year 1899
  14. What if viral content is not the best content?
  15. Spain is switching to 100 percent renewable electricity by 2050
  16. What will come first? USB-C iPhone or no-port iPhone? Either way, Lightning seems here to stay
  17. What a typical afternoon spent working in a café looks like
  18. One of the best Instagram accounts
  19. MacBook or Mac Pro: Which will be the first Mac to fully run on Apple processors?
  20. My phone’s homescreen, November 2018 edition
  21. On being a boss, by Kara Swisher
  22. On the lack of diversity in newsrooms
  23. How good is the new iPad Pro for photographers
  24. On blogging every single day
  25. The effective use of satire for convincing an audience
  26. Evolution, climate change, and long-snouted dolphins
  27. The new iPad Pro
  28. Video of outer Shanghai shows an infinity of buildings
  29. Cigarette filters: useless for your health, harmful to the environment
  30. Global smartphone shipments down 60 percent
  31. Live the internet at your own pace
  32. DNA test or fancy horoscope?
  33. Essential no more
  34. The climate change catastrophe that is coming
  35. My least favourite quote from my favourite writer
  36. What dedicated cameras are missing to compete with phones in the future
  37. The worst possible way to get caught forging documents
  38. Have it in French: “je supporte la France mais la France m’insupporte”
  39. Twitter as a tool to manipulate trolls
  40. Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR
  41. Finding old photographs in the attic, USSR edition
  42. Incredible depiction of the asteroid that wiped off more than 75% of Earth species
  43. Onion social
  44. Chilling facts about air conditioning
  45. Musk gets closer and closer to becoming a typical Bond villain
  46. The hottest fashion trend
  47. Fascinating trivia from John Carpenter’s The Thing
  48. Elon Musk gets a pass for simply being ignorant
  49. By the end of this year Bitcoin could be using 05% of the world’s total consumption of electricity
  50. Wasting time on the internet and digital boredom
  51. The cost of free platforms
  52. Improving traffic in New York City
  53. OnePlus reveals the OnePlus 6
  54. US intelligence mentions risks of buying Chinese phones, provides no evidence
  55. Prince detailed discography as a website
  56. Come for the rant about emails, stay for the gif
  57. Don’t read this if you don’t want to get mad
  58. A depressing picture of the Instagram situation

2017 4

  1. No publishing technology is eternal
  2. Is Twitter at risk of becoming irrelevant?
  3. How Twitter might change without the 140 characters limit
  4. Five social media trends for brands in 2016

2016 2

  1. Focus, avoid social clutter, get your time back
  2. Apps and services I like and use

2015 12

  1. Living in the desert
  2. 2015 was the year of the email newsletters comeback
  3. Twitter for power users and the other Twitter
  4. On the latest Microsoft surface devices
  5. iOS 9 content blocking will transform the mobile web
  6. Using an iPod Touch as an iPhone replacement
  7. Windows Phone is dead, this time it seems to be for real
  8. Facebook’s Instant Articles are looking great
  9. A good article about notifications with a poor title
  10. The Twitter withdrawal
  11. Twitter is facing its end as we know it
  12. Technology resolutions for 2015

2014 3

  1. Do not get lost following anybody on Twitter
  2. The new Windows is probably a safe bet for Microsoft
  3. On the daily routine and multitasking

2013 3

  1. Kowloon walled city, 1989
  2. David Kelley on design-thinking, Steve Jobs, and life
  3. Not caviar, but better tasting crackers

2012 4

  1. How Steve Sinofsky changed Microsoft
  2. Nokia Maps are coming to the iPhone
  3. BlackBerry 10 event on January 30th
  4. Don’t believe the hype