Chris Chinchilla

Increasing focus with macOS Focus Modes and Raycast — Chris Chinchilla Increasing focus with macOS Focus Modes and Raycast

One of my favourite features in #macos is focus modes, but they don't go far enough, so I wrote a little something on how to combine them with the @raycast.com focus feature to get a configurable, full-featured setup for focus.

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Found it. Once per day 😞. Cheaper though

Huh, must be crazy early, couldn’t seem to find it. Ah well… thanks!

Day. So it’s not all the time?

@jonworth.eu do you know what happened to the Berlin to Paris direct train? Not seeing it on the schedule anymore :(

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This is definitely the week to wheel out this old chestnut.

I’ve heard of Harper but it didn’t show up when I searched, clearly time to update the post

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@ihnatko.bsky.social re grammar checkers, I also didn’t have much luck

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I also came across antidote, which was ok, but I didn’t end up sticking with it.

I do developers docs in cloud native spaces, and I'm looking for work. If you need better docs for your project, let's chat.

Leo’s gotta eat. But seriously, I thought it was great and kinda crazy that 140m is a bomb… also, what did they spend it all on? 🤣🫠

Controversial opinion… I'm kind of Ok with #liquidglass in #macos26 🤷‍♂️

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A general call out to all young things making websites and services from us old things, or just those with poor vision…

Please increase your default font sizes!

Or at the least just respect the system setting for the users default font size!

Thank you!

In this stream Tina and Frank look at some of the smaller press and games on offer at BIRCON. Perhaps they'll talk about your next favorite TTRPG darling! 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6224180546699264 YouTube

#bircon is next week and sold out! In the meantime watch our livestream covering some of the smaller RPGs you may have never heard of playing at the con.

@birconberlin.bsky.social

#rpg #berlin

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The amount of running related ads in Berlin at the moment timed for the marathon this weekend make it feel like running is some kind of global cult… which I think it’s fast becoming?

As a non American I hadn’t heard of him until this week, but seemingly I was supposed to have also according to Americans. Sorry was a bit busy with concern over Poland and France 🤷

PostHog is for product engineers We’re building every tool for product engineers to build successful products.

Bravo on the new website design posthog 🧑‍🍳💋

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Though I do worry anyone under 35 might not get it….

Any of my extended Melbourne network looking for a housesitter mid January for a few weeks? 😬😬

Is it me, or does #vantage look and feel a lot like #7thcontinent and #7thcitadel ? #boardgames

"UI" 🤦‍♂️

Agreed, everyone is focusing on the hi nonsense (and a lot of it is) but some of the 26 features are great!

Anyone in my network at the The Linux Foundation energy event next week? Or who lives in Aachen?

Say hello if you are and I'd love to say hello back in person!

I have flash fiction and poems in the latest books from @storytellingco.bsky.social. Head to DriveThruFiction to grab copies!

And while you do, my novel is $2!

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Who’s at #ifa this week to see some new cool stuff and room after room of “smart” nonsense?

Quick reminder to all the marketers and email spammers at the moment…

NOT ALL countries have a holiday weekend this weekend.

Thank you, that is all, yours, the rest of the world.

Notion finally works offline.

Oh I love cross platform “desktop” apps 😬

Where is it? I couldn't tell… if it's in Berlin say hi! I seem to almost never know about events in Berlin even though I live here. Marketing 😩

Oh wow the new InDesign import from PDF feature is 💯👏👏. I can finally import an Affinity file :)

Carrying back a cat tower and pack of chia seeds from the store must be the most middle class and middle aged thing I’ve done for a while

Latest beta 6 seems to have improved ledgibility a fair bit #macostahoe #tahoe #macos26

"Allen's law"

No matter how many allen (hex) keys you have, you never have the right one.