Justin Pot
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Use This App on Mac, iPhone, and iPad for Free AI Transcription
Transcribing isn’t fun at all. Good thing it’s something AI is actually good at. Aiko is an app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone that users Whisper—open-source technology created by OpenAI—to transcribe audio files. Aiko does not upload the file to the cloud to make the transcription; everything happens on your device. And it works fairly…
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This App Will Sync a Pomodoro Timer Across All Your Apple Devices
We’ve talked more than once about the pomodoro technique, which is built around intensely focusing on a task for 25 minutes and taking a five minute break. There’s a lot of software out there for the job, but most of them live on only one of your devices. Not Focus Timer, an indie app that’s…
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The Best Services, or Mini-apps, to Add to Your Mac
One of the most under-appreciated Mac features is the services menu, which you can find by right-clicking just about anything—highlighted text, say, or any image. Hover over the “Services” section and you’ll see a bunch of quick actions. You can find this same collection in the menu bar: just click the name of the application…
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The Best Obsidian Plugins to Organise Your Notes (and Your Life)
Obsidian is a note-taking app that stores everything in plain text documents on your computer—but that’s just the beginning. There are extremely fast search and keyboard shortcuts, plus you can link to any of your notes from any other note. Not everyone gets into it, granted, but if you do, it changes the way you…