Also the Google Pixel 9 Pro is a better cameras than the IPhone Pro Max. I will not be convinced otherwise.


Used a Google Pixel 9 Pro XL for the last month. I ended up sending it back because Apple made it hard to leave the garden. But I really now miss the Pixel and especially its camera. Wish it was easier to switch platforms, competition is good.


App Defaults

First post on my new blog!

Inspired by the Hemispheric Views pod-radio-show, episode 097 Duel of the Defaults!

And a revisit to this post from last year which I did over on my Hey World Blog.

Here we go,

📮 Mail Server Gmail (leaving Hey this year)

📨 Mail Client Gmail iOS App

📝 Notes Apple Notes

✅ To-Do Apple Reminders

📷 iPhone Photo Shooting iPhone Camera App

🟦 Photos Management Photos App

📆 Calendar Google Calendar iOS

📅 Calendar Backend Google Calendar

📁 Cloud File Storage iCloud Drive

📖 RSS Reeder on iPad & iPhone. Backend is Inoreader

🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts Management Apple Contacts

🔎 Browser Safari, and Chrome (Work)

💬 Chat iMessage, WhatsApp (major preference for WhatsApp, wish more Americans used it)

🔖 Bookmarks Safari

📑 Read-it-Later Instapaper

🛒 Shopping List Shared Reminder List with the wife

🍴 Meal Planning ( as Recipe Management) Mela

💰 Budgeting and finance YNAB

📰 News RSS & Apple News

🎵 Music Apple Music & Spotify (yes, I have both)

🎤 Podcast Currently settled on PocketCasts but this could change

🔐 Password Management 1Password


First post! Now to find a domain