The gist: My iOS apps [https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/rcreativ/id356609408] are currently free and will disappear from the App Store in a few months. Read more to understand why. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have been working on iOS apps since 2009, starting by a collaboration with Wil [https://twitter.

Originally presented at Tools for Thought Rocks [https://lu.ma/tftrocks-oct] on October 29, 2021 (with slides and timestamps [https://cafe.rosano.ca/t/presenting-wetware-of-writing-and-doing-at-tools-for-thought-rocks/148/2] ). Below the video is an expanded text version of my presentation for anyone who prefers reading. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I talk often about my apps

Reflecting on why events are work [https://cafe.rosano.ca/t/140#events-are-work-1], I realize that the exhaustion comes from doing too much on my own. And in thinking about how to be more collaborative in what I do, I'm starting to notice an issue in my way of thinking:

I have thirty-three years today and feel inspired by Matt Mullenweg's "birthday posts" [https://ma.tt/category/birthday] to start an annual reflection. As an alternative to end-of-year recaps where tons of people write and publish simultaneously, I think it would be interesting to collectively spread out these musings over

This year has marked the beginning of a shift in my approach: from doing virtually everything solo towards more collectivity and collaboration; the transition has barely begun and is still quite slow as I rewire myself to avoid what has become natural and automatic after over a decade's practice. I

In today's web, we are accustomed to gratuitously sharing articles, videos, podcasts, and other content. By default, most of it is available for free and posted to privately-owned spaces like social media platforms. Most of it is public, for anyone to consume, and some of it is even public domain,

A while ago, after years of being "analytics-free", I decided to try Plausible Analytics and I want to share what led me to start thinking differently. The original provocation was learning that Photopea, despite financial success as a one-person operation, earns most of its revenue from advertising and only four

In preparing Tiny concert for a friend [https://rosano.hmm.garden/01fawxskgm53cqvk1afw6hgmay], I audio recorded myself playing guitar while singing and listened back to it immediately after. I tried to do this at least once per day and ended up with four or five sessions repeating this process with the

I used to help my father learn French via informal conversations. We would talk and pick words or phrases that might be useful to learn, then make flashcards in Kommit [https://kommit.rosano.ca] to review over time (one side French, the other in English). He learned a lot just

Below is a translated revision of my Facebook post in Portuguese [https://www.facebook.com/rosano/posts/10223093731685751], originally for friends but eventually public, followed by some reflections that I wasn't able to articulate at the time. After that, there is a recording I forgot I had, featuring some of