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What caught my attention in week twenty-eight, 2024

Sunday, July 14, 2024

In continuation of week 27, here are a few thoughts and things that caught my attention in the twenty-eighth week of 2024:

• 🆓 DEVONtechnologies released their free Neo Network Utility app for macOS.

• 🛠️ Another new app from Sindre: Menu Bar Spacing - Customize the gap between menu bar items.

• 📄 ‎BeyondPDF - BeyondPDF is your intelligent document companion, here to change the way you search for content in your PDF files. It works locally, without sending data to any AI startup, but so far, only for English texts. I am still waiting for a real use case and therefore cannot comment on its quality yet.

• 🎥 Telestream - Use Continuity Camera from your menu bar!

• 💸 There was another series of discounts for software from indie developers as part of the IndieAppSales. This time I didn’t go overboard like at the beginning of the year, but there were still a few very nice new apps to discover.

• 💰 Speaking of discounts, Skoro 3.0 is still available at a reduced price.

• 🍎 Apple has approved UTM SE for iOS on the App Store.

• 📱 Many people in my Apple bubble are impressed by this really cheap and very stylish Android mobile phone. Instead of a used iPhone, I might also buy a CMF Phone 1 for one of my sons if the need suddenly arose. A few years ago, this would have been unthinkable for me. BTW, since the end of last week, the Vision Pro is now available in Germany, and I haven’t even thought about checking out the device in person. That would have been unthinkable a few years ago, too. Due to what I believe to be very poor software quality lately, their behavior towards developers, and childish actions against the EU’s demands, Apple has actually managed to kill any interest I had in new devices from Cupertino. What a shame 😢.

• 🏳️‍🌈 Niléane from MacStories published an article about her impression that LGBT and Marginalized Voices Are Not Welcome on Threads. She and Federico received the unfortunately expected feedback directly. I don’t understand why people have such a problem with others just being different from them. What are they afraid of? It’s great to see that Niléane received a lot of support from within the Mastodon community and many people took this as an opportunity to donate to various organizations.

• 🤧 My cold is getting better. I hope that I can finally get back on my bike in the course of next week.

• 🎮 Analogue announced an Aluminum Edition of the Pocket. Unfortunately, it’s unaffordable for me. Additionally, the Odin 2 Mini looks extremely tempting, and the Ayaneo Pocket EVO with an OLED screen has also been announced 🤷‍♂️.

• 🎮 Instead, I’ve added the SCUF Nomad Mobile Gaming Controller to my wishlist. (BTW there’s a review at Retro Game Corps if you’re interested.)

• 🕹️ I finally played through Firewatch and started The Legend of Zelda - Link’s Awakening on my Nintendo Switch.

Have a nice week! 🌞