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Checked in at Grace-Trinity Community Church. Here for a joint board meeting … and some great food. :)
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Not sure what changed, but when I navigate pull-down menus with VoiceOver, it seems to now launch things whether I want it to or not. For example, context menu on a link launches the link before I can even get to the option to copy it. In Safari, if I open up my history list, the history table page thing automatically pops up before I can navigate the menu. This also means I can use almost nothing in my status menu bar as the first option seems to automatically activate. Anyone know of a setting i might have changed, or is VoiceOver just on a mission to make my life miserable?
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Checked in at The Home Depot. Cousin’s Maine Lobster is here today, wonderful to have a little taste of Maine.
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Apparently we’ve been under a tornado watch, but because I get so many notifications, I totally missed it. That’s the problem with notifications: with every app notifying about everything, none of the notifications are really important any more.
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Just made a cup of coffee, but forgot to put the cup under the spout. You’d think I’d learn from this and move on, but no, after cleaning up the mess, I did the exact same thing again. The day can only get better, right?
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I’ve been playing with something called MyMind, a service that supposedly auto-categorizes anything you throw at it, be it an image, a link to bookmark, product page, Reddit post, note, or anything else. The idea is that you send whatever it is to MyMind without worrying about how it should be categorized and let the AI do its categorization magic, knowing that later, you can retrieve it without trying to remember where you might have saved it in the first place. I find the concept rather intriguing, as I have a bunch of bookmarks that have become disorganized mess, and additional content I’ve saved somewhere knowing I’d need it again, but I have no idea where I might have saved it, likely somewhere that made sense at the time. Unfortunately, there seem to be some accessibility issues with the service and so I definitely need to explore this a bit more. If you’re using MyMind though, I’d love to talk to you about how you’re using it. If you’re using a similar service, I’d love to learn more about that too.
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Oh boy, I have a new student loan servicer. How exciting is that? According to this Email that I only half understand because I don’t possess a doctorate in accounting, they are pleased to be my new servicer. I’m willing to bet they are more pleased than I am about this.
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Checked in at Nicollet Island Pavilion. Here for YNAB Fest, so excited to be here.
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Checked in at Panda Express. They have the very best teriyaki chicken.
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Checked in at SportClips. Attending YNAB Fest tomorrow so certainly have to look my best. :)
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Checked in at HealthPartners Corporate
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Oh my gosh, can it really be? Is WhatsApp finally really available on the iPad? Looks like it is. From the latest “What’s new” section from the app store:
• WhatsApp is now officially available on iPad. Supports features such as Stage Manager, Split View and Slide Over. To get started, go to the App Store on your iPad. • You can now start voice chats in all groups to connect live over audio without ringing. Swipe up and hold in a group to get started. • You can now select and copy parts of a message. To get started, long press any message and select to highlight text.These features will roll out over the coming weeks. Thanks for using WhatsApp!
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Checked in at Park Nicollet Clinic Bloomington
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Checked in at OfficeMax. Finally, a desk found. And on sale even. How I’ll get it into the house I do not know, one problem at a time.
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Checked in at IKEA. Oh my gosh I survived! I always feel so accomplished every time I manage to escape this place. Sadly, I still have no desk.
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Checked in at Costco Food Court
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Checked in at Sonic Drive-In. If you haven’t had their Garlic Butter Bacon Cheese Burger, you haven’t truly lived life. It’s going to take me forever to work this off.
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Well I can rule one Mac launcher out: RayCast has lots of unlabeled buttons and other accessibility issues. Very unfortunate as that’s one I’ve seen mentioned a lot recently. If anyone knows a developer at RayCast, I’d love to be in contact as these are issues that might not be hard to fix.
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Alfred, LaunchBar, Raycast, how is it I’ve never looked into Mac launchers before? Anyone have a favorite they’d recommend, why?
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Checked in at Regions Hospital
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I encounter so many inaccessible apps developed with Electron and I wonder why: Are developers limited in what they can do compared to the web? Is there automated testing that could be done, but generally isn’t? Does Electron just suck? I thought maybe it’s my choice of apps, but I’m talking about numerous apps from numerous developers, so I don’t think it’s just me, not unless I’m just really good at picking apps with poor accessibility. Ultimately, I’d like to know what advice – helpful advice – I can give to a developer if I’m told their app is built with Electron because basic web remediation advice, like labeling controls, seems to be a struggle and a half for them to implement and I’m just getting so so tired of it.
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Checked in at Jamba Juice
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Checked in at Presbyterian Church of the Apostles
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Checked in at Trader Joe’s
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