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Support for creatives: musicians, graphic designers, video editors, authors & more. Apple specialist.
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A lot of people say generative AI shouldn't infringe on copyright. These researchers actually tried to do it. The result: an 8 terabyte dataset of text that's openly licensed or in the public domain & 7 B parameter model that performs as well as Meta's Llama 7B www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I just updated my Music Software Installers Comparison post. Vendors added: d16, DDMF, Goodhertz, JST, Kiive, Else, Martinic, Moog and Tokyo Dawn Labs. See which ones are a breeze to get installed and which ones are a pain. #musicproducers #plugins #musicsoftware tny.app/pdgesbze

It’s so weird I did tech support for over two decades and never saw a single Windows user use or mention a multiple clipboard function, but suddenly when Android users denigrate iOS they mention the lack of one that ships with the OS.

New video! With all this talk about AI photo editing on iPhones I decided to test another feature: Live Recognition, where you can point the camera at text and it reads it out live. Sometimes it works, other times not so much— it just makes up words when it can’t read them. #iPhone #accessibility

Apple makes mistakes and leaves rough edges in their products sometimes. Users aren’t always apologists for this — we notice little things that could use improvement. See if I found the same things that bug you about them.

Three vendors have been added to my Music Software Installers Comparison post. See what you’re in for before you buy a plugin! #musicproducers might want to check this out.

Who makes the best installer, so you can get working quickly? Which ones could use improvement? Behold this comparison of various vendor’s installers and see if you agree with my assessment. For Mac #Musicians & #Audio workers.

What's up in the world of creative tools? Are you someone that makes #graphics, #videos, #music, makes and promotes their own website? How can I get all this stuff done better and faster? Discover a pile of new #apps and resources all in one handy place!

I cannot believe Australia & Aotearoa get a feature before the rest of the world. Is it to do with our time zone?

Hearing about using software to detect if a piece of text was made with AI software reminded me of Robot Wars.

@quarterplan.bsky.social hi, thanks for following. I hadn’t heard of you. I’ll endeavour to add you to the next edition of my blog.

On the subject of Sesame Street, how old were you when you realized that the letters and numbers were “sponsors” of a given episode and the animations about them were the “ads” for those letters and numbers. They even said so at the end and I didn’t get it as a kid.

Want that late 80s/early 90s Mac System 6 dithered look? Try PIXEL86 for your iPhone. apps.apple.com/au/app/pixel... #artapps #effects

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

How did they DO that? You want to do it too? Get the lowdown on a huge batch of creative tools for #graphics, #music, #video, #productivity, and #collaboration, and discover some cool #apps for your #Mac or iPhone. tny.app/tt5onxz2

Hey #art app lovers! Phantom Cam has just had an update that includes color and other controls. apps.apple.com/au/app/phant...

Using tech in 2025 is a simultaneous feeling of “wow, that’s amazing” and “I can’t believe this is still broken”.

If you're an “app junkie” like me that likes to find new things for your #Mac to make life easier, check out Bundlehunt for a selection of incredibly low-priced #apps and utilities. This selection includes calendar apps, video conversion, Youtube downloaders and more.