This Readwise update is incredible! Similar Highlights and Chat With Your Highlights features are like having a citation on steroids. After years of collecting thousands of quotes within the service, the payoff is finally here.
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RIFT Notes is one of the best recent discovery apps I’ve come across. It has the potential to replace Drafts (which is not file-based markdown) as my daily logging once it is released. You can join the beta right now.
⚒️ Default Apps for 2024
Saturday, December 21, 2024
I’ve been wanting to write about my most used apps for so long but didn’t have enough motivation to do so, until I came across this directory of apps people commonly use. Inspired by this, I’ve decided to compile a list of my default apps. Prioritize Native Apps, then Fantastic Updates for New OS Support in Apps For over ten years, I have enthusiastically tried thousands of apps. Throughout this time, I have learned that the best apps are the ones that withstand the test of time, receive frequent updates to support new operating system features, and, if necessary, offer excellent options for sharing and exporting.
I tried to back up my iPad so I could finally update it to iPadOS 18, only to discover that there wasn’t enough space for the backup—after waiting for the entire day! To make matters worse, I got told that I would have to wait six hours to cancel the backup process. What a big waste of my day. 😩
Seriously, should I just go for the update without backing up anything? 🤔
💻 Been busy with life. Finally found the time to post all my past daily lettering designs. I will catch up on emails and replies tomorrow. ✌️#lettering
💻 Is it a bad idea to buy a new iPad solely to get the new Apple Pencil Pro? Can anyone talk my way out of this? 😂
💻There’s nothing wrong with iPads; the issue lies in people being unaware of apps tailored for iPads and how to incorporate them into their workflows. To make things worse, Apple’s emphasis on highly specific use cases further widens the gap between general users and iPads. I hope the upcoming WWDC will shade some light on the iPad’s experience much better, but I highly doubt it.
💻 Adding Fallback Fonts on My Main Blog
Thursday, April 18, 2024
The issue with my fonts not loading properly on my main blog still persists, and I don't have the energy or effort to troubleshoot it. While I aim to fill my website with personality, I opted to select excellent fallback fonts instead. I just stumbled upon this fantastic resource for incorporating a system font stack organized by typeface classification into a CSS code. This approach allows me to at least control the typeface classifications, ensuring a relatively consistent style for all readers of the blog.
💻 Quick Notice: New Domain for Ning Narrative Notebook
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Just a quick heads-up—I've decided to switch up the domain for my media notes blog from notes.ningkantida.com to notebook.ningnarrative.com. Though, longer, I figured it's easier to remember and ties in with my blog name. I'm going with Notebook because it's all about me jotting down my thoughts on media, no frills. Not only that, but I prefer not to label myself as a reviewer. Plus, it rhymes well with my name!
💻 Restructuring My Blog—The Coexistence of Scribbles and Micro.blog for Blogging
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Attention: If anyone subscribes to Ning's Notebook via RSS (if there are any 😂), please be aware that your RSS feed might break after this. I am changing the domain name. Also, please note that I have new plans for this blog. Therefore, I recommend reading this post before deciding whether you want to stay subscribed to this blog or my other blogs.With the introduction of Categories on Scribbles, I now see Scribbles as a perfect place to be my blogging home and use my main blog solely for interactions with others.
💻 Multiple Blogs or Multiple Categories?
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
With the introduction of Categories on Scribbles, I find myself faced with a dilemma regarding my existing blogs. Currently, I have three main blogs (although I have more, their purposes are clear): Musings with Ning: where I share refined thoughts about life that have been on my mind. Ning’s Notebook: for notes on various topics in my life. Life of Ning: life updates not broadcast on RSS feeds.
💻Multiple Blogs or Multiple Categories?
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
With the introduction of Categories on Scribbles, I find myself faced with a dilemma regarding my existing blogs. Currently, I have three main blogs (although I have more, their purposes are clear): 1. Musing with Ning: where I share refined thoughts about life that have been on my mind. 2. Ning's Notebook: for notes on various topics in my life. 3. Life of Ning: life updates not broadcast on RSS feeds.
💻 New Personal Logos
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
I've been wanting to create a logo using my name "NING" for a long time. Finally, I've made five different variations! I'm not entirely sure which one should be the main logo, but I'm leaning toward the smiley or the chat bubble. If you have any feedback or comments, please let me know. (I'm also working on perfecting my personal color scheme, but it will be something similar to what I've shared.
💻 The More Relaxed Blog
Monday, March 25, 2024
While I enjoy writing on Musing with Ning, I also crave a more laid-back approach to explore a variety of topics. Ning’s Notebook will delve into my thoughts on wellness, movies, books, tech, and occasionally my personal life. I’m still considering writing a weekly note or even a one-line-a-day note here. We’ll see how it goes.
💻I have been paying for #Obsidian Sync for 3 months and haven’t used it! I wanted to switch from iCloud, but then I saw the warning and forgot about it until now. LOL
Can anyone tell me what’s the best practice here? Is it possible to sync the #ObsidianSync vault to iCloud? Hazel app, maybe?
💻 After a year of having an omg.lol account, I finally took the plunge and created my bio and the Now page LOL. Thanks to this script, I was also able to embed my Now page into my main site.
What I see from my own browser and from others is too vastly different. I have no idea how to make the embedded fonts work again 😩
From this…
…to this!
💻 Who would have thought that it would be this hard to add an Archive page in a Ghost blog!! Eventually, I decided to drop it and used an Author page instead. 😂
Embracing Collaboration: Craft's New Direction
Monday, February 5, 2024
Gotta love the new direction of Craft. They’ve made it crystal clear that they are all about collaboration and teamwork with their recent move. While current users get to keep their Pro plan, it’s pretty obvious that Craft wants new users to embrace the collaborative spirit. Makes sense, right? Who wants to upgrade to a pricey paid plan if you’re not utilizing all the bells and whistles? Now I have no doubts about where Craft is headed, and also no doubts that my wallet can’t handle a plan change.
💻 Just discovered the Fraunces font for my new blog and I’m in love! 😍 This variable font has limitless flexibility to choose from weight, softness, and even wonkiness! Choosing and coding the blog’s padding, margin, and text decoration was a challenge though, as I’m a css noob. 😂 #typography
💻 I think I just found my new favorite fonts! Fraunces and Nunito, they pair so well together. It really makes my new in-progress website looking so great, even though it took me a whole day trying dozens of pairings lol. However, I somehow couldn’t make the blockquote using Fraunces without embed <blockquote> in a post. That was one of the reasons why I’d love to use this font 😩
Today, you can get Muse, a fantastic app for visual thinkers, at half price for a year of the unlimited plan with this code BIRTHDAY.
Today, you can get the pro subscription for One Sec app for free. Don’t miss this chance! This app is a great tool for overcoming your phone addiction.
I just took advantage of the 20% discount for Letterboxd. The annual price of $15 is quite reasonable. You can get the deal before November 20th.
Micro.publish plugin for Obsidian app as a way to post on micro.blog
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
This is my first time using the micro.publish plugin for Obsidian. This could be a great way for me to post on micro.blog. I’ll write drafts in iA Writer and then publish them on my MacBook when I get home. I could even skip iA Writer and just use Drafts for writing drafts. When I’m ready to publish, I could export them to Obsidian. I used to do all this in Drafts, but I think it would be better to have a separate place dedicated to writing since Drafts is currently my catch-all inbox.
I’d like to write in both Thai and English, but I’m afraid that some people in the micro.blog community might not like seeing other languages in their timeline.
Is there a way to keep a certain tag from being added to a timeline? Or maybe some better ways for a bilingual person to blog?
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 →
I’m always impressed by the Audible Customer Service Team, they always help me get deals, return books, and other requests with such a prompt response.
Tot Pocket Mini Review
Thursday, September 8, 2022
I Just Bought Tot Pocket!! Tot Pocket is a digital scratchpad app that only allows for 7 active notes, which may seem restrictive but is actually quite liberating. The Reason? I want a place to scribble notes, but only for active projects and Tot is lightning fast! With Drafts, I’m constantly filtering, searching, and switching between workspaces. The colors for each dot are gorgeous! The Share Sheet is fantastic! Use Cases Project overview board URLs of relevant information Deeplinks from other apps.
Should I buy Tot Pocket, which is currently on sale for iOS until the end of August? I’m currently using Drafts and experimenting with Notes SE. Can someone provide me with feedback and use cases for the app?
I don't like the new direction of Craft.do
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
After seeing the latest updates and how they’ve been communicated within the Slack community, I’m not sure whether I’ll continue to use Craft in the long run. In my opinion, this indicates a lack of market understanding of their customers. They continued to prioritize major updates to the Business Plan and were puzzled as to why their current users felt ignored. I’m not sure what was going on inside, but it felt as if someone had abruptly decided to change course.