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_notes/Bandcamp.md

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       link: https://bandcamp.com/

     

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       Platform for artists to sell music directly to fans. 

     

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       Sold to [Epic Games in March 2022](https://blog.bandcamp.com/2022/03/02/bandcamp-is-joining-epic/). Then [Epic Games sold it to Songtradr in September 2023](https://pitchfork.com/news/epic-games-sells-bandcamp-amid-layoffs/).

     

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       It hasn't gone downhill yet, but many people are worried that it will. [[Subvert]] is a co-op that I'm a founding member of whose goal it is to make a co-op owned version of Bandcamp that can't be bought and sold in this way.

     

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       My profile there is [borismusic](https://bandcamp.com/borismusic).

     

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       I guess [borismann](https://bandcamp.com/borismann) on there is the [this guy on Soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/boris-mn).

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_notes/Developer folder.md

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       If you make a `~/Developer` folder, it gets a hammer on it, and a hammer icon if you drag it to your sidebar in the Finder. So obviously that's where I keep my code now.

     

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       Apparently introduced in Big Sur, [via Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOSBeta/comments/o1u8vi/finder_sidebar_icon_for_folder_named_developer/), but still seems to be a TIL for a lot of people.

     

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_notes/Email Clients.md

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       I’m a long time [[Missive]] user for work, and I’m looking for a new email client and/or new email workflows to adopt.  

     

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       Paid plans are $7/user/month paid annually for personal inboxes (gmail.com or .edu), or $14/user/month paid annually for Google Workspace account support. 

     

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       Paid plans are $7/user/month paid annually for personal inboxes (gmail.com or .edu), or $14/user/month paid annually for Google Workspace account support. 

     

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_notes/Lenovo M900 Tiny.md

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       Initial setup was documented here [[Lenovo m900 Tiny Setup]].

     

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_notes/Lenovo m900 Tiny Setup.md

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_notes/MacOS Sequoia Setup.md

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       I keep [[My Stuff in the Cloud]] so don't really do traditional backups of my desktop.

     

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       For this new Sequoia install[^staleos], I bought a LaCie USB-C 1TB hard drive and did move some files off.

     

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       [^staleos]: I was on MacOS Monterey, 12.7.6, the [stalest OS install I've ever had](https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3lei3fdlpzc2q). I got this laptop at Fission in 2020 and I kept putting off taking the time to do an OS upgrade.

     

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       Setup [[Apple Intelligence]]. Hmmm. Not sure what if anything this does.

     

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       1Password, as it gates pretty much everything.

     

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       Grabbing [[LogSeq]] too. I use it for all my private notes, sync via iCloud. Which barely works to get stuff on mobile. Side quest of figuring out what I can lean into with LogSeq. [logseq-calendars-plugin](https://github.com/sawhney17/logseq-calendars-plugin) (grab meetings from your calendar and enter as notes), Journals calendar plugin, Todo List.

     

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       ## Things to Figure Out

     

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       I still need to figure out [[Email Clients]]. [[Spark Mail]] has been a total fail for me. Either back to a new, personal [[Missive]], or I try [[Superhuman]]. Or...I try the Apple Mail app for a while? With Spark Mail not working for me, I've just been using Gmail in browser on desktop.

     

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_notes/My Stuff in the Cloud.md

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