Pierce also includes a section called "Crowdsourced", where readers share their recommendations, and ends the newsletter with a humorous anecdote about his recent foray into lip-syncing TikTok. The newsletter is a mix of tech news, app recommendations, entertainment suggestions, and personal anecdotes, designed to keep readers informed and entertained.
Key takeaways:
- The author has been testing Supernotes as a daily diary app, reading about iPhone manufacturing in India, and exploring gamified theater. He also mentions using a new Backbone controller and watching Mike Birbiglia’s special "The Old Man and the Pool".
- The author shares his experiences with the Tesla Cybertruck, iA Writer 7, Godzilla Minus One, Spotify Wrapped, Apple’s and Google’s apps of the year, Teenage Engineering’s EP-133 KO II, Dot Social, Obliterated, Slow Horses season 3, and Proton Mail.
- The author discusses his strategies for improving the YouTube experience, including using The Play app, Piped, Unhook, Enhancer for YouTube, and Bookmark It.
- Amir Salihefendic, founder of Todoist and Twist, shares his minimalist iPhone homescreen and discusses his current interests, including the OpenAI drama, Blue Eye Samurai, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, and Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk.