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Written by Josh Ginter.

September 2021

→ Drafts 28 Introduces Document Scanning Feature ●

Live Text is going to be the catalyst for normalizing OCR across our digital lives. There is going to be a before-and-after Live Text epoch. Live Text will become so prevalent, we’ll consider the before-Live Text era like black and white television.

September 2021

→ NHL Salary Numbers Aren’t as Big as You Think They Are ●

There will be some know-it-all who says “Yeah, but $X,XXX amount of money per day is still a lot of money.” And sure, I guess it is. But that’s not the point here. The point is that the $5 million contract you see in the news gets eaten up very, very quickly. Tax, agents, coaches, team functions, and team staff all chisel away at those large contracts. Rightfully so! But let’s not pretend athletes don’t pay their fair share.

September 2021

→ If You Love Table Tennis, This Volley Will Get You Going ●

Incredible, incredible back-and-forth action. Also, today I learned this type of sequence is known as a “volley” in table tennis.

September 2021

→ How Disney+ Notched Over 100 Million Subscribers in Under 2 Years ●

Yes, Disney+ is actually a baseball product. How I love these kinds of stories.

September 2021

→ Amazing Drone Photography Work Following a Herd of Sheep ●

I find this video oddly entrancing.

September 2021

→ Tatis Jr.’s $340 Million Will Be Shared with Fund That Owns a Cut of His MLB Earnings ●

Legal or not, this was a big bet on a sure-fire superstar that has paid off for Big League Advance.

August 2021

→ Mela, A New Recipe App ●

Beautiful app. I love the use of Apple’s New York font. Though likely not really for me (unless you count barbecue recipes and cooking plans), I expect this app to be heavily used by my dietetic wife.

August 2021

→ Building Monocle, A Universal Personal Search Engine for Life ●

In many ways, this reminds me of what so many of my colleagues are trying to do with Obsidian, Roam Research, Notion, and other PKM apps. It takes some serious patience to pull this off (hence why it’s probably not for me anymore), but your own personal search engine indeed seems so “21st Century-ish”.

August 2021

→ Your Lawn Isn’t Just a Patch of Grass. It’s a Window Into Your Soul. ●

If it weren’t for the drought this year, my grass would be immaculate. It’s always immaculate. And it tears at me that I can’t make it perfect.

July 2021

→ Ryan Serhant’s Brooklyn Townhouse ●

On quite short notice, our small family is moving to a new home in a few weeks. And so all these amazing home tours sit at the top of my Youtube list. Serhant is of former Million Dollar Listing glory and his years of success have culminated in a home far beyond my wildest dreams. Also of note: vein matching. Learn something new every day.