Mike Orren

𝐓𝐋;𝐃𝐑: 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬. Last night, we watched a recent bit from our second-favorite comedian, Josh Johnson, in which he talked about the downfall of 23 & Me. He made a point about the mistake of making an endless subscription out of something you only really need once, or at most annually. Then, this morning I had occasion to want to...

LOVING this. It's the Mac control app I've been waiting for. Some of the interaction with apps is a little fiddly, but that's a beta thing.

First AI tool I've encountered that I'll use daily. Indistinguishable from magic. I can't wait to see how it evolves.

Been using for a few weeks now and it is far and away the best search tool. The secret weapon is the app integrations, which I hope they continue to add to over time.

Interesting concept, but limited by the available sources. Also confusing to me as a user that there's no real configuration to jumpstart the interests.

I'm a newsie and a huge fan of Ground News — use it frequently to defuse arguments with friends.

?makers Love the concept. I, um, have reason to use it planned for Saturday, so I would love to get access. 😄

I've been using Akiflow for about a month, and it is hands-down the best cloud-stitcher / productivity hack I've seen. It's in the same neighborhood as Command-E, but much more extensible and has a crazy-robust new feature rollout schedule. And they clearly care about the product. Nunzio saw me using and reached out for a call, quickly implementing some of my suggestions. This crew will be...

Reclaim tasks have completely improved my GTD flow. Seamlessly, quietly runs my week behind the scenes.

I've tried every calendar, GTD scheme and schedule AI out there and Habits / Reclaim AI is the first one that's actually lived up 100% to its promise. I can finally seamlessly merge my personal and biz calendar and defend time for habits that are important — without a lot of fiddling with individual time blocks. The Slack integration is icing on the cake — I replaced my Google integration with...

Been using for a couple months. Works like a charm and wows people I meet at conferences.

Amazed at the depth of the report. Most of these sort of things companies put out are canned and very surface – This is deep enough to give you a starting roadmap, and maybe even terrify you a bit if you think you're already in good shape.

Love the concept - a couple thoughts... While I'm one of those people with a subscriptions to both Apple and Spotify, I mostly use Apple Music. Would be nice to choose either to drive playlists. Needs a way to name a session and easier to surface from like-minded listeners... Overall, really nicely done. Look forward to the evolutiion.

Very nice at first brush and the voices are better than most. Will be more useful once there's a mobile sharesheet item. In meantime, made a quick IFTT script that sends new Pocket saves via email. Excited to see how this space develops.

Already replaced GCal and Apple Calendar on my iPhone, iPad, etc. Pros: Feature-rich, better-designed than GCal. Doesn't choke on my calendar like GCal iOS app Implements lost "Sunshine Calendar" meeting finder Cons: Unclear at first how some features work

Absolutely essential. Note-taking and to-dos need different apps, but the ability to synch is also essential.

One answer I don't see: If I subscribe to this bundle and drop cable, will it enable me to use the standalone network apps on my AppleTV?

Not to pile on w/ the Nebo folks, as I need a flowchart app, but not a note-taking app, BUT: Kinda bad that Mark appears to be using Nebo's screenshot in its App Store listing :-/

I can hear the elevator pitch now: "It's Uber for people who want to start Uber." We have now achieved maximum disruption.