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41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a087e4-44fb-720b-9ae4-c61ff144cade", "title": "OpenAI’s Sora now sits at #71 in the US App Store and #108 on Play Store", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2026/01/14/openais-sora-sits-at-71-in-the-us-app-store-and-100-on-play-store-what-just-happened/", "published_at": "2026-01-14T17:19:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e4-44fb-720b-9ae4-c61ff1d18f4f", "title": "A Day in the Life", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2025/05/16/a-day-in-the-life/", "published_at": "2025-05-16T18:29:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e4-44fb-720b-9ae4-c61ff220e124", "title": "Finally tried the Apple Vision Pro. My impressions.", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2025/02/24/finally-tried-the-apple-vision-pro-my-impressions/", "published_at": "2025-02-24T19:18:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e4-44fb-720b-9ae4-c61ff3094499", "title": "A note about CurrentKey Stats’ return to the App Store after two years and offering an IAP subscription", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2024/10/08/a-note-about-currentkey-stats-return-to-the-app-store-after-two-years-and-offering-an-iap-subscription/", "published_at": "2024-10-08T04:45:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e4-44fb-720b-9ae4-c61ff38db509", "title": "Brainstorming cool ways to use CurrentKey via its AppleScript support", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2024/06/24/brainstorming-cool-ways-to-use-currentkey-via-its-applescript-support/", "published_at": "2024-06-24T05:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e4-44fb-720b-9ae4-c61ff3a85743", "title": "Presenting JOTJOLT! and Quorbo: quick-quote puzzles that give your noggin a boost.", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2023/07/22/presenting-jotsle-and-quorbo-quick-quote-puzzles-that-give-your-noggin-a-boost/", "published_at": "2023-07-22T05:02:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e4-44fb-720b-9ae4-c61ff48197c8", "title": "Set up banner notifications that will tell you the name of the Space you just moved into!", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2023/03/19/setup-banner-notifications-that-will-tell-you-the-name-of-the-space-you-just-moved-into/", "published_at": "2023-03-19T00:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e4-44fb-720b-9ae4-c61ff51a00cb", "title": "Because I do not have a Mac capable of running the upcoming MacOS Monterey, I am removing my app CurrentKey Stats from the Mac app store", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2021/08/10/because-i-do-not-have-a-mac-capable-of-running-the-upcoming-macos-monterey-i-am-removing-my-app-currentkey-stats-from-the-mac-app-store/", "published_at": "2021-08-10T21:18:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e4-44fb-720b-9ae4-c61ff51d27d8", "title": "New blog posts at Key Discussions", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2021/06/27/new-writings-at-key-discussions/", "published_at": "2021-06-27T22:42:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e4-44fb-720b-9ae4-c61ff5bcda7d", "title": "Google is now telling users that its iOS apps are out of date (despite no updates being available)", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2021/02/10/google-itself-is-now-telling-users-their-apps-are-out-of-date-despite-no-updates-being-available/", "published_at": "2021-02-10T23:18:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-cb4f-72b6-8b87-5e3f859be4c9", "title": "Jogging, brainstorming, and the Apple Watch", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2020/10/22/jogging-brainstorming-and-the-apple-watch/", "published_at": "2020-10-22T16:46:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-cb4f-72b6-8b87-5e3f860f511a", "title": "CurrentKey Stats counts the number of minutes an app is in the foreground 😄, unlike Mac’s Screen Time, which counts the total time an app is running even if it’s in the background", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2020/10/12/currentkey-stats-counts-the-number-of-minutes-an-app-is-in-the-foreground-unlike-macs-screen-time-which-counts-the-total-time-an-app-is-running/", "published_at": "2020-10-12T22:31:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-cb4f-72b6-8b87-5e3f86577784", "title": "Assign specific scripts to run when you visit certain Mac Spaces 🖥 🎯", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2020/10/06/how-to-assign-specific-scripts-to-run-when-you-visit-certain-mac-spaces-%f0%9f%96%a5-%f0%9f%8e%af/", "published_at": "2020-10-06T21:08:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-cb4f-72b6-8b87-5e3f86cc7888", "title": "PSA: you can rearrange your Mac’s menubar icons by pressing Command (⌘) and then clicking and dragging them", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2020/05/28/psa-you-can-rearrange-your-macs-menubar-icons-by-pressing-command-%e2%8c%98-and-then-clicking-and-dragging-them/", "published_at": "2020-05-28T18:31:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-cb4f-72b6-8b87-5e3f879259cc", "title": "Introducing CurrentKey Stats 3.5, graph color palette switcher, more powerful alerts, and more! 🌈📊", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2020/05/21/introducing-currentkey-stats-3-5-graph-color-palette-switcher-more-powerful-alerts-and-more-%f0%9f%8c%88%f0%9f%93%8a/", "published_at": "2020-05-21T23:09:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-cb4f-72b6-8b87-5e3f87b49ec5", "title": "How to give each of your Mac’s Spaces a custom sound 👂🏻", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2020/05/07/how-to-give-each-of-your-macs-spaces-a-custom-sound/", "published_at": "2020-05-07T15:18:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-cb4f-72b6-8b87-5e3f87d34f71", "title": "CurrentKey Stats 3.0", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2020/04/30/currentkey-stats-3-0/", "published_at": "2020-04-30T23:27:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-cb4f-72b6-8b87-5e3f88a7d619", "title": "CurrentKey Stats 2.7 brings a couple big stats features and a nice option for custom icons", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2020/04/06/currentkey-stats-2-7-brings-a-couple-big-stats-features-and-a-nice-option-for-custom-icons/", "published_at": "2020-04-06T03:32:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-cb4f-72b6-8b87-5e3f88edc890", "title": "How Apple could navigate its touchy Touch Bar dilemma", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2020/02/28/how-apple-can-navigate-its-touchy-touch-bar-dilemma/", "published_at": "2020-02-28T20:10:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-cb4f-72b6-8b87-5e3f8925955f", "title": "[Updated: it’s been approved] Why is CurrentKey Stats not in the App Store? Because it’s been stuck in app review purgatory for weeks.", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2020/01/22/why-is-currentkey-stats-not-in-the-app-store-my-app-is-stuck-in-app-review-purgatory/", "published_at": "2020-01-22T23:51:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4aa3-73d6-93b6-559b43f14ff7", "title": "Key takeaway from developing for the Mac App Store: it’s unreliable", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2020/01/16/the-key-takeaway-from-developing-for-the-mac-app-store-its-unreliable/", "published_at": "2020-01-16T22:44:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4aa3-73d6-93b6-559b44b9bdf7", "title": "In 2020, Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls are killing us", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2019/12/31/in-2020-apple-needs-to-change-iphones-call-ui-because-robocalls-are-killing-us/", "published_at": "2019-12-31T21:46:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4aa3-73d6-93b6-559b44e3755e", "title": "More quickly switch workspaces with Room Explorer in CurrentKey Stats 2.5", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2019/12/12/more-quickly-switch-workspaces-with-room-explorer-in-currentkey-stats-2-5/", "published_at": "2019-12-12T19:38:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4aa3-73d6-93b6-559b456790b1", "title": "Slack’s Drafts (“Where did that channel go?”) feature, misses the mark", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2019/11/21/slacks-drafts-where-did-that-channel-go-feature-misses-the-mark-for-some/", "published_at": "2019-11-21T03:49:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4aa3-73d6-93b6-559b45cebf8b", "title": "CurrentKey Stats 2.1 lets you add emoji to your Mac’s menubar, custom per Space❣️ 👾 😄", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2019/10/31/currentkey-stats-2-1-lets-you-add-emoji-to-your-macs-menubar-custom-per-space%e2%9d%a3%ef%b8%8f-%f0%9f%91%be-%f0%9f%98%84/", "published_at": "2019-10-31T17:47:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4aa3-73d6-93b6-559b46a5c789", "title": "CurrentKey 2.0 launches with Dark Mode support, the ability to quickly view and share previous days’ stats, and much more", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2019/10/18/currentkey-2-0-launches-with-better-dark-mode-support/", "published_at": "2019-10-18T21:19:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4aa3-73d6-93b6-559b46cb3aa9", "title": "About CurrentKey 2.0 and What’s Next", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2019/10/18/about-currentkey-2-0-and-whats-next/", "published_at": "2019-10-18T21:18:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4aa3-73d6-93b6-559b471b79ec", "title": "Get weekly summary reports of app stats with CurrentKey Stats v1.8", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2019/09/15/get-weekly-summary-reports-of-app-stats-with-currentkey-stats-v1-8/", "published_at": "2019-09-15T20:21:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4aa3-73d6-93b6-559b475dbde6", "title": "With CurrentKey Stats version 1.7, back up more of your stats!", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2019/09/08/with-currentkey-stats-version-1-7-back-up-more-of-your-stats/", "published_at": "2019-09-08T20:38:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4aa3-73d6-93b6-559b478427ba", "title": "With CurrentKey Stats v1.6, new power-user features get added, like jumping directly to Rooms with custom hotkeys ⬅️ 🖥 ⌥ ⌨️ ➡️", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2019/08/29/with-currentkey-stats-v1-6-new-power-user-features-get-added-like-jumping-directly-to-rooms-with-custom-hotkeys/", "published_at": "2019-08-29T19:15:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-a792-7174-8afd-abb29f7cf033", "title": "YouTube should make an “auto-play videos” setting that’s global and persistent, because I keep having to toggle it off", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2019/07/30/youtube-should-make-its-auto-play-videos-setting-global-and-persistent-because-i-keep-having-to-toggle-it-off/", "published_at": "2019-07-30T23:38:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-a792-7174-8afd-abb29fb68d8a", "title": "YouTube has given creators the ability to alter posted videos, so it should also give users a way of knowing if a video has been edited.", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2019/06/24/youtube-should-give-users-a-way-of-knowing-if-a-video-has-been-altered-after-its-been-posted-a-no-brainer-consideration-in-2019/", "published_at": "2019-06-24T23:43:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-a792-7174-8afd-abb29fd7007a", "title": "With CurrentKey Stats v1.5 Mac Spaces customization is now free (plus easy app-stats sharing) 💥", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2019/06/07/with-currentkey-stats-v1-5-mac-spaces-customization-is-now-free-plus-easy-app-stats-sharing/", "published_at": "2019-06-07T19:32:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-a792-7174-8afd-abb2a0134677", "title": "Apple and Google Maps should let you lock their app’s UI in portrait or landscape mode, apart from the system-wide iOS setting", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2019/06/07/google-maps-app-should-let-you-lock-the-ui-in-portrait-mode/", "published_at": "2019-06-07T03:02:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-a792-7174-8afd-abb2a0569db2", "title": "Building my first Swift app, from a background of web app hacking", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2019/05/22/building-my-first-swift-app-from-a-background-of-web-app-hacking-part-1/", "published_at": "2019-05-22T20:27:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-a792-7174-8afd-abb2a0e40caa", "title": "Apple, Google, Twitter: your products are broken. Here are 3 simple ways to improve them to handle scams, threats, and disinformation", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2019/04/23/apple-google-twitter-your-products-are-broken-here-are-3-ways-to-improve-them-for-an-era-of-scams-threats-and-disinformation/", "published_at": "2019-04-23T22:56:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-a792-7174-8afd-abb2a136a628", "title": "Robocalls and spam texts deliver fake news silently, at scale, but won’t stop anytime soon", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2019/01/03/robocalls-and-spam-texts-deliver-fake-news-silently-at-scale-but-are-impossible-to-study/", "published_at": "2019-01-03T00:47:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-a792-7174-8afd-abb2a2327bff", "title": "In 2019, Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls are killing us", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2018/12/26/in-2019-apple-needs-to-change-iphones-call-ui-because-robocalls-are-killing-us/", "published_at": "2018-12-26T20:48:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-a792-7174-8afd-abb2a24ef6cd", "title": "“Could you disable your [Mac’s] admin password?” asked by an Apple store employee before a multi-day off-site device repair", "url": "https://spencerdailey.com/2018/06/27/could-you-disable-your-admin-password-a-stressful-opsec-story-from-an-apple-store/", "published_at": "2018-06-27T00:24:11+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

OpenAI’s Sora now sits at #71 in the US App Store and #108 on Play Storeoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2026

2025

A Day in the Lifeoriginal ↗
16 May 2025
Finally tried the Apple Vision Pro. My impressions.original ↗
24 Feb 2025

2024

A note about CurrentKey Stats’ return to the App Store after two years and offering an IAP subscriptionoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2024
Brainstorming cool ways to use CurrentKey via its AppleScript supportoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2024

2023

Presenting JOTJOLT! and Quorbo: quick-quote puzzles that give your noggin a boost.original ↗
22 Jul 2023
Set up banner notifications that will tell you the name of the Space you just moved into!original ↗
19 Mar 2023

2021

Because I do not have a Mac capable of running the upcoming MacOS Monterey, I am removing my app CurrentKey Stats from the Mac app storeoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2021
New blog posts at Key Discussionsoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2021
Google is now telling users that its iOS apps are out of date (despite no updates being available)original ↗
10 Feb 2021

2020

Jogging, brainstorming, and the Apple Watchoriginal ↗
22 Oct 2020
CurrentKey Stats counts the number of minutes an app is in the foreground 😄, unlike Mac’s Screen Time, which counts the total time an app is running even if it’s in the backgroundoriginal ↗
12 Oct 2020
Assign specific scripts to run when you visit certain Mac Spaces 🖥 🎯original ↗
6 Oct 2020
PSA: you can rearrange your Mac’s menubar icons by pressing Command (⌘) and then clicking and dragging themoriginal ↗
28 May 2020
Introducing CurrentKey Stats 3.5, graph color palette switcher, more powerful alerts, and more! 🌈📊original ↗
21 May 2020
How to give each of your Mac’s Spaces a custom sound 👂🏻original ↗
7 May 2020
CurrentKey Stats 3.0original ↗
30 Apr 2020
CurrentKey Stats 2.7 brings a couple big stats features and a nice option for custom iconsoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2020
How Apple could navigate its touchy Touch Bar dilemmaoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2020
[Updated: it’s been approved] Why is CurrentKey Stats not in the App Store? Because it’s been stuck in app review purgatory for weeks.original ↗
22 Jan 2020
Key takeaway from developing for the Mac App Store: it’s unreliableoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2020

2019

In 2020, Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls are killing usoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2019
More quickly switch workspaces with Room Explorer in CurrentKey Stats 2.5original ↗
12 Dec 2019
Slack’s Drafts (“Where did that channel go?”) feature, misses the markoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2019
CurrentKey Stats 2.1 lets you add emoji to your Mac’s menubar, custom per Space❣️ 👾 😄original ↗
31 Oct 2019
CurrentKey 2.0 launches with Dark Mode support, the ability to quickly view and share previous days’ stats, and much moreoriginal ↗
18 Oct 2019
About CurrentKey 2.0 and What’s Nextoriginal ↗
18 Oct 2019
Get weekly summary reports of app stats with CurrentKey Stats v1.8original ↗
15 Sept 2019
With CurrentKey Stats version 1.7, back up more of your stats!original ↗
8 Sept 2019
With CurrentKey Stats v1.6, new power-user features get added, like jumping directly to Rooms with custom hotkeys ⬅️ 🖥 ⌥ ⌨️ ➡️original ↗
29 Aug 2019
YouTube should make an “auto-play videos” setting that’s global and persistent, because I keep having to toggle it offoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2019
YouTube has given creators the ability to alter posted videos, so it should also give users a way of knowing if a video has been edited.original ↗
24 Jun 2019
With CurrentKey Stats v1.5 Mac Spaces customization is now free (plus easy app-stats sharing) 💥original ↗
7 Jun 2019
Apple and Google Maps should let you lock their app’s UI in portrait or landscape mode, apart from the system-wide iOS settingoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2019
Building my first Swift app, from a background of web app hackingoriginal ↗
22 May 2019
Apple, Google, Twitter: your products are broken. Here are 3 simple ways to improve them to handle scams, threats, and disinformationoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2019
Robocalls and spam texts deliver fake news silently, at scale, but won’t stop anytime soonoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2019

2018

In 2019, Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls are killing usoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2018
“Could you disable your [Mac’s] admin password?” asked by an Apple store employee before a multi-day off-site device repairoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2018