Justin Pot
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  • An adorable looking public domain mastodon with a red circled "no" symbol around it.

    Why I left Mastodon

    August 7, 2026 · 12

    It’s technically not click bait (but it’s kind of clickbait).

  • Tech is better when it kinda sucks

    July 30, 2026 · 5

    On the joy of tinkering and figuring things out.

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    My newsletter, Connectivity, offers regular tips and thoughts that help you get more out of technology (and get used less by it). Sign up—it's free.

  • Mira, the cutest cat in the world, is wrapped in a blanket.

    Rest is the most underappreciated productivity tool

    July 10, 2026 · 2

    Science shows rest makes you more productive (but that’s not why you should rest).

  • A photo of the Twin Creeks gold mine in Nevada, a visually striking strip mine. There's blast seen near the top of several layers cut into the earth

    Google is strip mining the web. Publishers might leave.

    July 10, 2026 ·

    USA Today may pull their articles from search results to avoid feeding the AI machine. Other publications could follow.

  • A screenshot of the opening screen of Return to Zork. A vulture sits on a sign welcoming you to the Valley of the Vultures. The cursor hovers over a rock.

    Zork and the social impact of design choices

    July 2, 2026 · 5

    A bad game from 1993 taught me that humanity isn’t necessarily doomed.

  • A screenshot of Apple Shortcuts. There are three steps in the window: dictate text, proofread that text, and copy the text to the clipboard.

    I built a WisprFlow alternative in five minutes

    June 19, 2026 ·

    I call it WisprFree and you can download it if you want (you shouldn’t)

  • A screenshot from my website offering to share an article to either Bluesky or the Fediverse.

    I turned my website into a personal social network that connects to Bluesky and the Fediverse—here’s how.

    June 10, 2026 · 7

    I’m tired of posting on so many different social networks, so I built my own. All it took was a WordPress website, two plugins, and a lot of fiddling. 

  • A Ford Model T, courtesy of the Smithsonian

    How to use AI without stagnating

    June 3, 2026 · 1

    Are you metaphorically driving a car while pretending to run a marathon?

  • Our devices are exhausting us

    April 10, 2026 ·

    I’m no longer working with Lifehacker, which is disappointing. But I’m grateful I got to spend two years doing one of my favorite things: finding great indie and open source tools and sharing them with readers.  I couldn’t be happier that Current, a different sort of RSS reader, is the last app I wrote about over […]

  • Pips and the art of feeling good about being wrong

    April 8, 2026 · 1

    In the short term, being confidently wrong about something feels just as good as actually being correct. 

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