I migrated to Reader from Instapaper, which was crashing all the time, so I had little to lose. Before that, my company used Diigo, which felt clunky and unloved. Reader is incredibly polished. I absolutely love it, and I’m delighted when they add new features. I’ve been on the beta for 11 months, and am genuinely excited to read the updates. They launched YouTube support a few days ago, and already it’s great (on desktop). I also love being able to add tweet threads (effectively turning them into articles I can highlight). Reader has a feature that automatically subscribes to RSS feeds you like (based on your reading and highlighting history) and, for me, it was at least as surprisingly effective as the recommendation engines in Spotify and Amazon.
Even though I imagine it’s hard to create software like this, I don’t believe it’s beyond one company to make a do-everything app. Already, it’s do-enough-for-my-needs, and their velocity is impressive. (I want them to add podcasts next, with highlightable transcripts. That sounds easy to me, but every podcast-workflow app I’ve tried has been buggy/crashy/awful.)
Since you apparently use the RSS feature could you explain how it works / what it does?
My primary use case is tracking serials update and shoving the rss target (not the feed itself as that’s rarely complete) into an offline reader. Is this able to load tte feed into its own timeline on its own without user intervention?
I found it particularly useful to start with games that are good for two players. That way, you need to find only one other person who can be bothered to learn the rules.
If you don't download apps from random shady sources, you don't really need AV. Recent versions of macOS default to only allowing apps from the App Store.
> Recent versions of macOS default to only allowing apps from the App Store.
That's incorrect, with the introduction of Gatekeeper the default setting for it was to allow only signed apps — all app store apps are signed, but developer can sign apps outside of app store. The default setting didn't change since then.
In answer to your question, “Handbook of Technical Writing” by Alred et al is good, but I'd start with the first half of “Keys to Great Writing” by Stephen Wilbers, which deserves its Amazon rating of 4.8/5.0.
I'd also recommend Mark Johnston's work on the topic. Human Beings (https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/purchase?openform&fp=jph... - behind a paywall, unfortunately) is a wonderful essay. And his book Surviving Death is a good example of creative contemporary philosophy that's actually fun to read.
So am I right in understanding that…
(i) When my new MacBook Pro arrives, I need to learn which is the Thunderbolt port.
(ii) I can simplify matters by always buying the top-spec leads. If so, how do I know which to buy?
