Author: Josiah Cole

RoboPianist – Not sure why I saved this, and it absolutely crushes my ancient Chromebook.

Loopmasters – Because I dream of being an EDM artist but won’t dedicate the time.

Reflect – A “noteworked note-taking app.” I sure hope that’s a typo.

Milo – An AI assistant for parents. I’m excited about “AI” powered personal assistants and there will surely be many more.

Chat AI – Speaking of… “Used by 200+ users during the Beta period with minimal issues” LOL

Rewind – “Ask Rewind about anything you’ve seen, said, or heard” Creepy.

Benson AI – Another personal assistant AI in stealth mode. Good luck bros!

Smarty – Tasks, calendar and notes. With AI!

simpler – Dear god, it’s like Web 2.0 all over again, make it staahp.

TodoBud – Okay I promise to stop posting these project managment borefests.

Mycroft – Voice assistant that doesn’t spy. It ain’t cheap though.

You.com – An AI powered search engine, that’s not Bing.

Dadagrams – Scrabble game, that I thought was playable with my dad, but instead you play against HIS dad.

Not By AI – A badge to place on your creative work, to signify it’s not created by AI.

Reddit’s Favorite Products – Not always the best, but popular!

AmIUnique – Spoiler: You are but not in a good way.

An aperiodic monotile – The first true aperiodic monotile (if you know what that is +1 for you)

Replika – An AI companion that’s “always on your side”. Sounds fun… and creepy.

Tax Heaven 3000 – An AI powered dating sim that… does your taxes? The future is weird.

DrawThisTweet – AI powered imagery from Tweets. Sounds awful.

PrivateAuto – Can you tell I’m looking for a new car?

TheoTown – A city sim that’s not Sim City

Pocket City – Another mobile take on a city sim.

Cities: Skylines – Another city sim! I actually don’t play these but wish I did.

Advesarial Fashion – Clothing designed to trigger automated cameras (think license plate readers).

briefsky – Yes another weather dashboard, inspired by Dark Sky.

The Camera Shy Hoodie – A sweatshirt designed to prevent photography of the wearer’s face.

BirdsiteLIVE – Another website to clone Twitter feeds into Mastodon. Use with caution, I got burned with the last one.

Free The Game Boy – Battery free Game Boy. It ain’t pretty, but it’s cool.

writeout.ai – Great name, perfect tagline: Transcribe and translate any audio file.

This to That – This tells you what kind of glue to use based on what you’re gluing.

Openverse – An extensive library of free digital stuff.

Pixelfed – I believe this is an Instagram clone (photo sharing) using the ActivityPub protocol.

wpfront.page – WordPress news for WordPress pros.

Pocket – Some sort of Gameboy clone that isn’t cheap and isn’t shipping yet, so I don’t get it but boy it looks cool.

Indy Pass – Skiing is expensive so buying 1 pass for 120+ resorts and getting 2 days at each for under $300 is a steal – reserve early!

Chris Pratt is Super Mario – It’s weird and annoying after 60 seconds but good for a laugh or two. (source: https://www.stevenjnass.com)

Sim Nimby – This would be perfect for my home region of Cape Cod. (source: https://www.stevenjnass.com)

The Least Expensive Cars to Maintain – While you’d expect Toyota to lead this list, Mitsubishi in 2nd was a surprise. On the luxury Tesla beats out Lexus.

18th Century Portrait – Upload your selfie to see your 18th century self using “AI”