iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

For the first time ever, I bought myself a 7-string guitar. It may prove useful on a few songs in my cover band’s next performance. Also, I hope to make a use of it in my own music later. And it’s a nice one, too. IYKYK.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The last week or so, I’ve been working on migrating my 4 Wordpress blogs (all related to Apparent Software) to Astro-based sites, hosted on CloudFlare. Two are now live (cashculator.app and eter.apparentsoft.com), ImageFramer’s is in progress and Apparent Software blog is next.

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Krystian Kozerawski @mackozer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Working on new features for Eter :)

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I wanted to try the new Sites feature in Codex, so I asked it to make a little info site about 🎸 Jeff Beck’s career. And it somehow came back looking like it had been designed by a music magazine. Very impressed: jeff-beck-sound-first.apparent.chat…

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I’ve found a TextExpander snippet that I used for support. It mentioned the previous name of our app, Trickster, “Blast”. When we released version 2.0, we renamed it to Trickster. This was in June 2012. So this snippet is about 14 years old now, at least. A Blast from the past, pun intended.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Stairway to Heaven solo? ✅ Check me rocking out to this classic. youtube.com/shorts/jg…

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Our apps Trickster and Eter Radio are 50% off today in the (Mac) App Store as part of Indie App Sales, along with many other great indie apps. Don’t miss.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Did Wordle 1000 times (not counting various quordles/octordles and such).

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Caught a few shots of this blue jay who’s been visiting our backyard the last few days

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Brett Terpstra gives away 3 copies of our Mac app Trickster on his website. Check out brettterpstra.com/2025/05/0… for details.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I mean how helpful was it? I never learned with Duolingo. My kids and some other family members did use it. A thing I heard about them is that the lessons are a bit random and not necessarily that good enough to master a language in a practical setting.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

And? How much did you learn that you use in real life?

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

If you experience any trouble with our app, please reach out to our support and we will promptly reply with a commiserate 🤷🏻‍♂️.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

At my first concert of the season. Leprous (with Wheel opening). In 2023, I performed on this stage.

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Leo Dion @leogdion.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I'm excited to share the release of Bushel 2.0 getbushel.app Lots of fixes but most importantly... Screen Recording and Screenshots! Now you can record your VM screen and add notes and of course share it with others.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

What? Why all the flip-flopping? Had a few customer support issues with this limitation. Interested to know why they brought the old behavior back. I’m glad they did because it’s just a strange limitation even if they worried about a potential security risk.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

If I posted a thread on X about X, did I go Meta?

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Any Mac devs use coupon offers with their apps? Some people reach the final confirmation step and then the Store says that it's being modified. Had it happen on 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦 stores to some customers although I did succeed to use the coupon code myself (Canada). Anybody had this? Ideas?

Purchase of this item is not currently available.
This item is being modified. Please try again later.
OK

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Does this make you younger or older than Jesus? I’m always confused about the year 0 or 1 in the calendar

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

👨‍🎤 Music Trivia: this is the inner sleeve for a vinyl record. Anybody knows which record this is?

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

So, will I be able to ask the new ChatGPT voice mode to speak with a spam/scam call on my phone and stall them as long as possible? Asking for a friend.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

Finally iOS 17 support Facebook!? You’re either a year too late or confused.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

Eter (our internet radio player app) now supports sharing radio stations. A surprise awaits those who come to the share page without Eter installed on their iPhone. Try it: eter.apparentsoft.com/stations/Abs...

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Absolute 90s on Eter: Streaming Internet Radio

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 08/08/2024

My 🐕 Sparky is addicted to snacks and would sometimes bark to request them. I now call him “addictator”.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 11/07/2024

🎵🚨Gonna have the premiere of my new song release (that I started writing in late 2020) in 5 mins at www.youtube.com/watch It’s a kind of a singer-songwriter rock.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 25/06/2024

I bought two Kansas vinyl records yesterday, though I don’t know them well. Is an opportunity to get better acquainted. Also, what beautiful sleeve in this one. The other one is their first album. If you buy physical media, do you usually buy albums you already know or new stuff to discover?

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 24/06/2024

🎵 Did you know I write a newsletter related to my musical journey? I just posted some “behind the scenes” for an upcoming songs that’s been (too) long in the making. music.gorban.org/posts/spa…

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 10/06/2024

Apple stock is down 2%. Coming back up “later this year”.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 30/04/2024

I have to say that in my various, limited testing of llama-3 AI model vs ChatGPT 4 Plus, I often find llama-3 following instructions better and giving more precise results. Quite surprising. These two images are ChatGPT4 and llama-3-7B run locally, which actually gave a better result.

$Result of llama-3-7b. Here is a poem about programming for iOS in Swift:&10;&10;`let codeFlow = "where logic meets art"&10;print("Creating an app from the heart")&10;var uiView: UIView = UIView()&10;uiView.backgroundColor = .systemBlue&10;print("Designing UI, making it new")&10;func handleTap(_ sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {&10; print("User tapped!")&10;}&10;print("Adding functionality, step by step")&10;swift.print("iOS dev's delight is in sight")`&10;&10;This poem contains valid Swift code, using the `let`, `var`, and `func` keywords to define a variable, an instance of a class (`UIView`), and a function. The code also uses string interpolation to print out a message.$

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 26/04/2024

So happy about the new music from David Gilmour, one of my main influences on guitar. The first single’s video is just out, and it’s a better song than I was expecting, given his previous output lately. Good energy. www.youtube.com/watch

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

I remember this place. Good times.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

I came up with this funky part Tuesday evening. It’s really fun to solo over when looped. Could be a basis for a full composition, I think. youtube.com/shorts/nk50f... #music #guitar #funk

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

I’ve recently connected with a local singer and recorded his vocals for a song that has been waiting for better vocals for a couple of years 🤦🏻‍♂️. I’ve been trying to sing it myself but my vocals are not good enough. It’s a lesson I learned with my last song. Now I’m in the mixing stage.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 15/03/2024

Yesterday, while driving, I heard two songs on the PRM online radio that I liked. With the new history feature in Eter, I later added these albums to my Apple Music library. That’s exactly the use-case that I envisioned this feature for.

The new my added album cover art in Apple Music

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 02/03/2024

🚀 Eter 2.0 is now on Product Hunt. If you’re part of the community, check out the launch: www.producthunt.com/posts/ete…

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 01/03/2024

We launch Eter 2.0 (an online radio streaming app for Apple devices) on Product Hunt tomorrow. We’ll appreciate it if you follow the launch. You can get notified at www.producthunt.com/products/… Requires Product Hunt account. IYKYK.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 28/02/2024

The now-shut-down Apple car project was actually a cover operation. They were never going to compete with Tesla. Instead, Apple is going to compete with Space X. Also, introducing SpaceshipPlay.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

In elections a few years from now, I’m afraid we’re going to vote for a person (or a party) that can write the “desired” prompts to the AI, asking it to suggest policies to achieve specific outcomes (fiscal, international policy, security, education etc). “Vote for me to ask AI this question!”

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

This Valentine’s Day, show your love to your musical instrument 🎷 🎸 🥁, by playing them this song: You Make Me Smile: open.spotify.com/playlist/…

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

We all know the proverb, “Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are”. I think it needs a 21st century update of “Tell me who you follow on social media and I will tell you who you are”.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 24/01/2024

🎵🚨 Just another reminder that last week I’ve released a new rock song of which I’m very proud. Take a listen and use the opportunity to follow my account, too, where you listen. Spread the word, too. Thank you. distrokid.com/hyperfoll…

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 24/01/2024

Wut!? Apple brought easy category browsing back to the App Store app? Hurray.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 24/01/2024

🎶 When listening to music. Do you listen to: Songs you select one by one Albums Personal playlists Curated or someone else’s playlists Radio (online) Radio (like in a car)

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 24/01/2024

If you read books, do: 1. 📖 read one book start to finish then move to the next one 2. 📚 read a few books in parallel? It happens to me that I read a few in parallel. But only one of these would be a fiction. Granted, I don’t read much fiction in general.

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Jacob Gorban @gorban.bsky.social · 21/01/2024

Jack Stratton (Vulf), an innovative musician, talks about the business of music streaming. And wants Apple to win it back from Spotify through innovation in a business model. Good arguments and great presentation with data and humour. www.youtube.com/watch

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