{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Matt Fusfield","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/mattfusf","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1684532","username":"mattfusf","bio":"Enterprise technology & innovation leader, automation enthusiast, and generally into gadgets and gizmos.","pronouns":"he/him","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":1,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Matt Fusfield","url":"https://matt.fus.net/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2025/35/1684532.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"83182740","content_html":"It is always kind of interesting to me to see what tech manages to capture popular attention. A few weeks ago, I spent some time playing around with a little project called Clawdbot. Now renamed Moltbot (the prior name being a bit too close for comfort to “Claude”), this is an interesting, albeit dangerous... matt.fus.net","summary":"","url":"https://matt.fus.net/2026/01/29/it-is-always-kind-of.html","date_published":"2026-01-30T01:48:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Fusfield","url":"https://matt.fus.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F35%2F1684532.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mattfusf"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-30 01:48","date_timestamp":1769737722,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"73474585","content_html":"

Based on this morning’s edition of The Installer from David Pierce at the Verge mentioning Notion, Craft, and Obsidian, I think the next big AI productivity tool is an AI productivity tool to help you choose a productivity tool! 😂

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It’s cool that Microsoft is using a variety of models (I really like Anthropic’s models these days) but I’m a little surprised this deal doesn’t include hosting their models on Azure, too.

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arstechnica.com/ai/2025/0…

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New AI-powered summarize mobile app from Kagi available on iOS and Android.

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One thing I love about this is it works with YouTube videos - just share the YouTube page to the app and it pulls the transcript and gives you a nice summary so you can decide if you want to watch.

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Automating School News Updates with ActivePieces and AI: matt.fus.net

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Neat little app for sharing travel plans and such with “IRL” friends. I like the distinction here between social media and social networking

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ev.medium.com/making-so…

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I have wondered why Apple hasn’t done this yet, given how long it has taken individual states to sign on to using digital IDs. Adding your passport to get through TSA and other ID checks can be done once and works for everyone.

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www.theverge.com/2024/12/6…

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The cool ElevenReader app now has a feature to upload a PDF or submit a URL, and it will generate a podcast episode about it. I think Google NotebookLLM was the first to do this, but nice to have the feature in a standalone app.

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Back in the days of the PalmPilot, there were a few makers of little keyboards that folded up for easy use while traveling. This cool keyboard from ProtoArc is a modern equivalent and even has a trackpad. It supports 3 different Bluetooth devices and works great with my iPad mini and the Apple Vision Pro!

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Lot of cool AI apps out these days, but I’m enjoying Cleft Notes. The idea is you ramble on about whatever, it records you, transcribes the text, and then organizes it into well-written notes.

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