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The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

The 10 tools I install on every new Mac I get

I am currently on a company trip with my brand new MacBook and here are the things I always install first to get started: Homebrew – makes installing of low level stuff a breeze (free) Node/NPM – many things rely on it (free) Dropbox – still be best way to store and share content amongst […]

Podcast: AI solutions need good UX with Chris Heilmann

Logrocket recorded a podcast with me talking about the need for good UX of AI solutions . It is amazing how much opportunities we miss out on by simply trying to copy ChatGPT, not understanding that a faux human chat interaction often only is a flash in the pan success. I will also cover the […]

Adding sound wave overlays to videos and pictures using FFMPEG

In order to fix a broken video where the camera stopped recording, I wanted to replace the part with a video with a sound wave overlay. There are many services for that, and it is also a feature of video editing software. But I am stingy and a geek, so I wanted to use FFMPEG […]

New feature in VideoTap: Clips โ€“ create short excerpt videos from bigger ones by highlighting text in the transcript

VideoTap keeps getting better and better. The latest version now has a new feature called Clips which allows you to create short excerpt videos from larger ones by selecting a part of the text in the transcript. When you upload a video, VideoTap automatically creates a transcript, which is used to create the AI powered […]

Hemingway is now Hemingw-AI! My favourite writing tool just got an AI upgrade and itโ€™s great.

Disclaimer: I got no affiliation with Hemingway other than paying for it. I am just genuinely excited about this. Hemingway is an app I use almost daily. It is a text editor that shows you when your language gets too hard to read. It advises you to keep shorter sentences and avoid complex language. It […]