I’m spending my Sunday morning wiring Claude up as the front door to my (admittedly massive) body of work in Obsidian.

A few months ago, that kind of setup would’ve sat on my “someday” list forever.

AI hasn’t made me lazier; it’s made me freer. Fewer chores between me and my ideas.

I've gone mad with power

I use AI responsibly.

And by that I use it to make bad remakes of furry copypasta.

Working on for work: a “puppet ray” feature for a marketing app.

I love this job.

My cat loves music so much that I had to get him a bench of his own.

Balcony garden is giving off its first strawberries

Look, after 18 years of transition you take the wins where you get em. I’m still cute! :D

Some days you just wanna post a bangin selfie.

I keep forgetting I own this dress, but every time I wear it I love it even more!

I was today years old when I realized I looked blind in every selfie.

Look at those eyes

Those unfocused eyes… :D

“Can’t change sex”?

Hold my beer

(I've got mine set to modifier keys + escape; it isn't used very often and the shortcut feels natural as soon as you start using it.)

BUT BACK TO THE FIRST PICTURE

You can set _each of these to their own shortcut._

Spotlight search for "Keyboard Shortcuts"...

and voila! custom shortcuts for mac actions.

Cool protips for "Speak announcements":

1. you should activate them! They speak the popups that appear in the corner.
2. You should use a different voice for them! I like using an old, robot-like bass voice so I can note it's happening while still paying attention to Samantha, my main VO.

There's another feature for "Read Selection" in "Speak item Under the Pointer." You can bind a keyboard shortcut for this; I use control+R.

Great for things like spreadsheets, which can be hard to navigate with macular degeneration:

I'm a #lowvision / #blind person who has only started using screen readers in their late 30s.

I want to share a thread of the cool things i've learned about VoiceOver, as well as why it rules: