I gave all my Apple wealth away because wealth and power are not what I live for. I have a lot of fun and happiness. I funded a lot of important museums and arts groups in San Jose, the city of my birth, and they named a street after me for being good. I now speak publicly and have risen to the top. I have no idea how much I have but after speaking for 20 years it might be $10M plus a couple of homes. I never look for any type of tax dodge. I earn money from my labor and pay something like 55% combined tax on it. I am the happiest person ever. Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about Happiness, which is Smiles minus Frowns. I developed these philosophies when I was 18-20 years old and I never sold out.
Steve Wozniak — Apple Co-Founder ↗
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Wozniak on Happiness
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I’ve never been happier
To my anxiety-driven mind, that feels like heresy.
To my still-grieving heart that still misses my dad every day, it feels like a paradox, a mismatch, an asymmetry.
But it’s true.
I married the love of my life last week, 4 days of celebrations, surrounded by family and friends. A different kind of wedding, our kind of wedding.
A tsunami of emotions, a stream of affection.
We are expecting a baby boy, due before the end of the year and I can’t wait to be a dad.
I’ve got way more than I think I deserve — a lovely family, whom we will be closer to in a year or so; a wonderful job that I enjoy every day; and a caring, supportive, and amazing set of friends. I’m surrounded by people who give me peace of mind, say good things about me that I don’t even think of myself, and the best person I could ask for by my side.
I feel complete.
On days like today, I wish I had asked my dad more questions. I knew him as “Dad,” but I did not know him as deeply as a person. I would have wanted to ask him about his worries, what kept him up at night, and his life philosophy. But I don’t think many people in their early 20s do that—you don’t usually do that until you’re mature enough to realize your parents will be gone one day, and the clock is ticking.
So as hard as it is for me to enjoy the moment and stay present, it was not hard this time. I felt 0% anxiety or nervousness, I was just so happy I could not even cry, I felt more alive than ever. True, sincere, joyous happiness. I can’t believe I’m writing this. I should tell my therapist.
About Ale
All that I once held as true,
Kathy’s Song — Simon & Garfunkel
I stand alone without beliefs,
The only truth I know is you.
Photoshop Expertise: ⭐︎ 
Jávea
After the celebrations, we were ready to take some time for ourselves— to rest and enjoy good food. We spent a week in Jávea, a beautiful coastal town known for its gastronomy.
My oldest brother and sister-in-law gifted us a Canon R100—my very first real camera— and we used the time to capture and create memories with it.
I’m a beginner in this world, slowly learning to compose, shoot, and edit photos. I have very little knowledge about lenses, and I’m a bit intimidated by shooting in manual mode.
I recently (and painfully) learned that the RAW file format does not include lens correction by default, and that photos can look “washed out” before editing them.
Lens Vignette! You need to apply Lens Correction in Lightroom, Pixelmator or other photo editing software to fix it. 
I’m looking at this as an opportunity to deeply understand a new medium and, in some way, connect with my Dad, who was a photographer on the side.
I want to be able to tell stories with photography the same way Craig Mod, Arun, Javi, or Erica do.
And so I’m back to work, feeling light, ready for all the challenges life throws at me, and grateful for every beautiful thing I have in my life.
Memories are forever
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Glass Effect Container Animation
The example above showcases animations using the new Glass Effect Container to morph multiple elements into a single shape.
What’s particularly interesting is that the Spacing property within the Glass Container can be dynamically changed using Component States.
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Look Up on macOS
Something I really like about Safari (and you can do this in other macOS apps, too) is just tapping a link with three fingers on the trackpad—you get this handy little pop-up preview of the website. You can scroll around in it and even save it straight to your reading list!
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Curious Alice
Today, I learned that in 1971 the US Department of Health created a short film about the use of drugs and other substances in the context of Alice in Wonderland.
The most interesting thing is that since the film used psychedelic visuals, it had to be removed because of concerns that it might have the opposite effect and make kids more prone to actually try drugs.
I also learned that Yoko Ono made an all-white chess game.
Yoko Ono • White Chess Set • 1966 This I learned from visiting the Alice in Wonderland exhibition at Madrid’s CaixaForum. I went knowing 0% of what I would find there, and I loved it. No expectations is a good strategy in life.
One thing that caught my attention is the fact that the Whole Earth Catalog, a counterculture publication deeply connected to early computing and tech-adjacent pioneers (Alan Kay, Kevin Kelly…), as well as LSD advocates such as Timothy Leary, was inspired by the Lewis Carroll book.
This reminds me that the state of tech right now is so far from its counterculture origins and human intellect augmentation goals. This makes me sad.
Everything is AI.
That said, I found the exhibition really inspiring — from movies and theatre posters to ads, as well as early creative directions inside Disney for the 1950 movie, with collaborations from artists such as Salvador Dalí, lots of things caught my eye.
Finally, and related to design, I loved some early sketches from Disney with annotations on the colors to use for each part of the character’s body.
I’ve been super interested lately in Disney/Pixar and how they bring ideas, drawings, and concepts to life with absolute perfection.
Recently, I watched The Pixar Story and loved it. Well, I loved it until I read John Lasseter’s Wikipedia page.
They say, “don’t meet your heroes” but I would now add “Don’t meet your heroes or read their Wikipedia page” You are up for great disappointment in human race.
Early hand-drawn animation examples blow my mind because I find them so beautiful and alive that I can’t begin to imagine the amount of work that went on behind the scenes.
Animation Acrylic Animation makes my curiosity levels skyrocket, and I would like to go deeper into it to incorporate some of its laws, best practices, and tricks into my interaction design work.
The last few weeks have been so busy that I didn’t have time to slow down and put my focus on something other than work and personal commitments, so I’m really happy to have a slow weekend to rest and re-energize. Even though it’s crazy hot in Madrid.
Clear Sky in Madrid ☀️
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On Photography, TV & Attention
The NYT should have chosen a different title for this great mini documentary because they talk about AI only at the end, the focus is more on photography, TV & Radio, and attention.
