Rich Bowlin

Hard to believe I hit this milestone. According to AI, only 0.2% to 0.4% of YouTubers reach 200k subscribers. But here I am. One lucky guy. Thanks to distant friends @mellisreviews @thisisetv and especially @Patrick_Rambles for advice along the way.

@stephenrobles So let it be written...so let it be done.

Went to update the smart home page on my Squarespace site and they've discontinued the Amazon product feature... This was a massive undertaking to build, so I guess it's now time to vibe code something with Claude🤷‍♂️

@stephenrobles Dang bro - that's a lot of edits.

Made something special for tomorrow, hope you enjoy. 9am ET

So in about 2 days, I've built an entire replacement for Monday app to manage my Youtube channel. It's actually cleaner and better suited for me. Wow! Thanks Claude.

@Patrick_Rambles Working on it now...

Hey, US, can you fix your dollar please? I get paid in USD and it's killing me over here in Euroland 😭😭

@Patrick_Rambles I'm older, but I'll show my guns. Captain and Tennille.

LOL

@stephenrobles Oh my gosh!!! I've bought so many MotionVFX plugins. Please Apple - bring them all to FCP!

Excuse me!? I use multiple MotionVFX packs, and it would be wild if some of these become a feature of Creator Studio...

@Patrick_Rambles So true. Nobody said the Air killed the iPad Pro. The Neo is just a very capable computer at an entry price point. I actually edited some video on it. Not my Mac Studio but not a turd either.

People need to stop saying the "MacBook Neo killed the iPad". It's such a nonsensical take, literally Apples and oranges.

@stephenrobles So my video on the Neo goes live on Saturday. And I must say I find it impressive at this price point. I'm sure a lot of YouTubers will pan it, but honestly, for a daily driver for nearly everyone, I'd say it's a fit.

My body is ready

@stephenrobles If it gets 100k likes, David should sing an aria.

This is true, I do in fact sing in the first 5 minutes of this episode. And if this tweet gets 100K likes I will sing an aria on a future episode of MPU

@SnazzyLabs My wife and I have the good fortune of caring for our grandson a few hours each day after daycare. My guess is he licks doorknobs when he's there. Of course he then coughs in my mouth. All of us stayed sick for two years. Now we're immune to everything.

It’s always so sad when your baby gets sick but then when she gets better you get sick cause then everybody is miserable for like a month which is 10% of your baby’s life.

@stephenrobles I've been using ForScore for years. Great app.

My wife has been using iPad with forScore app to not only practice, but *during* orchestra performances where she's the principal flute! Bluetooth foot pedal too, clip in my iPad Air review video:

@Patrick_Rambles For me, the 30" 6k display was the ticket. I nicer 27" display is not something I'm interested in - at least for now.

People, it's NOT a new Pro Display XDR... It's a STUDIO Display XDR Meaning 27", 5K resolution, and the same boring casing as the regular studio display. Yes it has 120hz (if you've got the right Mac!) and two TB5 ports, but let's call a spade a spade.

@stephenrobles And that's that.

Me getting ready for all the Apple announcements this week

@Patrick_Rambles @SamsungMobile @SamsungBelgie Safe travels friend.

Off to San Francisco for @SamsungMobile Unpacked 🙌

@SnazzyLabs The things Claude can do have now officially blown me away.

I used Claude to vibe code a Shopify plugin since all of the ones I looked at couldn’t do what I wanted and were really expensive. I wrote zero lines of code. If still think LLMs suck, watch this.

@SnazzyLabs I've decided to use my mind for all computing going forward. I estimate a paltry 256g of memory, but then I'm an old guy. I'm hoping by exercise and eating healthy I can increase it to 512g. We'll see...

You may be aware of the bad news concerning RAM shortages, but not everything is bad news! GPUs are also in short supply, SSDs are 4x their price this time last year, and hard drive manufacturers are already sold out for the rest of the year with shortages expected until 2028!

@Patrick_Rambles Mine said "Tim doesn't think about you at all"

I get it, I'm not invited. But was this email really necessary?

@stephenrobles Great start!

🔋 My first Mac Power Users is out! David welcomes me on the show, I share my origin story, dive into our setups + preferences, then I spin out over the question: "What is the most OVERRATED Apple product." Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wel… YT: youtube.com/watch?v=hsGNep…

@Patrick_Rambles Happy Sunday! Ne weights today. Just a long walk/run. Gotta get the heart rate up.

Happy Sunday 💪