Productivity - The Digital Renaissance

Apple

It’s Time To Rethink the Computer

With MacBook Neo joining the lineup, there’s no better time to stop thinking about the computer as just the chip inside. It's time to start thinking of the whole package.

A young child with MacBook Neo in pink and AirPods Max (which cost almost as much as the laptop) in purple on a pretty fuzzy blanket in their bed

Apple

If You’re Reading This, MacBook Neo is Not For You

Just because it’s not for you doesn’t mean it’s not a good product

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Apps

The Browser Company Keeps Proving Me Wrong — And I Love It

I’ve been an avid follower of The Browser Company for years and I haven’t always been their biggest supporter, but time and time again they keep proving me wrong and I’m honestly here for it!

A MacBook Air on a glass desk with a window and trees in the background

Apple

The AI Revolution Is Happening…on the Mac?

For the longest time, if you wanted to develop on a platform with reach, you’d build on Windows. Though recently we’ve been seeing a whole host of AI apps that are coming to the Mac first.

A screenshot of the main search tab of ChatGPT Atlas, which is an empty ChatGPT window

Apps

Yup. It’s a Browser. It Browses.

You can almost just forget about the AI part of most AI browsers

A screenshot of the Dia browser on a blurred gradient background. The screenshot shows multiple tab groups in assorted colors. The webpage is a listing for a pair of socks.

Apps

Is It Dia’s Time?

As an Arc power user, can I finally switch over to Dia?

A screenshot of Dia with the sidebar open in a Google Doc with a yellow and blue gradient in the background

Technology

Alright, Dia. You Got Me.

Dia’s finally starting to come into its own as the successor of Arc and the future of The Browser Company

A screenshot of ChatGPT Atlas on a blue background

Artificial Intelligence

I Am Still Not Quite Sure What an AI Browser is For

All of these AI browsers are supposed to be the next big thing…but I don’t actually know what to do with them at this point

The Atlassian and The Browser Company of New York's logos on a blue background

Apps

The Startups’ Death Knell: My Thoughts on The Browser Company’s Acquisition

We all know that getting acquired by an enterprise software company isn’t exactly good news

Ugmonk's Analog card system on a sunlit table with a plant in the background

Technology

A Digital Native On: Ugmonk's Analog

I’m a digital-first Gen-Z-er and I am basically swimming in technology, but here’s a few thoughts on some of the low tech gear in my life

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Apple

iPadOS 26 is Really Great—And It’s Confusing as Hell

iPadOS feels more like a laptop replacement with the latest updates to multitasking—but as iPad blurs the line between it and a Mac, how I use the two has become more confusing

Technology

Arc, Dia, and the Web

Dia is starting to get into more people’s hands and, honestly I’m really not that impressed right now

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