Brian Hough
@brianhough.com
Lifelong geek, avid walker, running the latest Bluesky app on TestFlight. Developer of @activas.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy.
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Also posting on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@brianhough
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Also posting on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@brianhough
Hugely honored that @activas.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy was named a runner-up in the “Best New App of the Year” category by MacStories - and a huge congratulations to the winner, Quick Reviews by @birchtree.me - a fantastic app!
The MacStories Selects 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award https://www.macstories.net/stories/the-macstories-selects-2025-lifetime-achievement-award/
The MacStories Selects 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award
Unread In the 16 years that I???ve been writing for MacStories, I???ve seen my fair share of new apps that have come and gone. Apps that promised to revolutionize a particular segment of the App Store were eventually acquired, discontinued, or simply abandoned. It???s been very unusual to witness an indie app survive in a...
www.macstories.net
December 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Hugely honored that @activas.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy was named a runner-up in the “Best New App of the Year” category by MacStories - and a huge congratulations to the winner, Quick Reviews by @birchtree.me - a fantastic app!
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Hilarious. The WH had all the Cabinet members simultaneously put out statements supporting Susie Wiles after the Vanity Fair article came out.
December 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hilarious. The WH had all the Cabinet members simultaneously put out statements supporting Susie Wiles after the Vanity Fair article came out.
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Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
Apologies to our EU users - it looks like Apple is requiring some verification from us to get Activas back up on your App Stores. We submitted the required documentation today and hope to have the app restored very soon!
Thank you all for the support and feedback with today's launch!
Thank you all for the support and feedback with today's launch!
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Apologies to our EU users - it looks like Apple is requiring some verification from us to get Activas back up on your App Stores. We submitted the required documentation today and hope to have the app restored very soon!
Thank you all for the support and feedback with today's launch!
Thank you all for the support and feedback with today's launch!
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I see great potential in the combination of HealthKit data + a private LLM, and the new Activas app by @brianhough.com is a fantastic example of Apple Intelligence applied to something useful.
Our review: www.macstories.net/reviews/acti...
Our review: www.macstories.net/reviews/acti...
Activas: Modern Design with a Sprinkling of AI
Activas is a new health and wellness tracker for the iPhone and iPad from developer Brian Hough, who built it from the ground up with Apple Intelligence and Liquid Glass in mind. The app serves as a d...
www.macstories.net
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I see great potential in the combination of HealthKit data + a private LLM, and the new Activas app by @brianhough.com is a fantastic example of Apple Intelligence applied to something useful.
Our review: www.macstories.net/reviews/acti...
Our review: www.macstories.net/reviews/acti...
A huge thank you to @johnvoorhees.macstories.net for covering Activas on @macstories.net today!
"The app serves as a dashboard that brings together information from the Health app in a colorful and easy-to-understand way…”
Activas is available now for iPhone and iPad!
"The app serves as a dashboard that brings together information from the Health app in a colorful and easy-to-understand way…”
Activas is available now for iPhone and iPad!
Activas: Modern Design with a Sprinkling of AI https://www.macstories.net/reviews/activas-modern-design-with-a-sprinkling-of-ai/
Activas: Modern Design with a Sprinkling of AI
Activas is a new health and wellness tracker for the iPhone and iPad from developer Brian Hough, who built it from the ground up with Apple Intelligence and Liquid Glass in mind. The app serves as a dashboard that brings together information from the Health app in a colorful and easy-to-understand way, using progressive disclosure...
www.macstories.net
December 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A huge thank you to @johnvoorhees.macstories.net for covering Activas on @macstories.net today!
"The app serves as a dashboard that brings together information from the Health app in a colorful and easy-to-understand way…”
Activas is available now for iPhone and iPad!
"The app serves as a dashboard that brings together information from the Health app in a colorful and easy-to-understand way…”
Activas is available now for iPhone and iPad!
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The White House deleted their shitpost on X in defeat after suffering the biggest ratio in social media history at the hands of Sabrina Carpenter.
December 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The White House deleted their shitpost on X in defeat after suffering the biggest ratio in social media history at the hands of Sabrina Carpenter.
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Congratulations, David Zaslav, on being the most destructive force in US entertainment in the entire history of show business
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Congratulations, David Zaslav, on being the most destructive force in US entertainment in the entire history of show business
Get ready for your Netflix subscription to get twice as expensive - for fewer movies in theaters, for fewer TV series getting second seasons, and even fewer shows ever making it to production in the first place. 🙃
BREAKING: Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, home to Harry Potter and Superman franchises, for $72 billion.
Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion
Netflix has struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to buy the legacy Hollywood giant’s studio and streaming business for $72 billion.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Get ready for your Netflix subscription to get twice as expensive - for fewer movies in theaters, for fewer TV series getting second seasons, and even fewer shows ever making it to production in the first place. 🙃
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Apple announces executive transition - Jennifer Newstead in as SVP, Kate Adams and Lisa Jackson out.
I'm betting the Tim Cook retirement is real and coming early 2026.
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/12/apple-announces-executive-transitions/
I'm betting the Tim Cook retirement is real and coming early 2026.
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/12/apple-announces-executive-transitions/
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Apple announces executive transition - Jennifer Newstead in as SVP, Kate Adams and Lisa Jackson out.
I'm betting the Tim Cook retirement is real and coming early 2026.
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/12/apple-announces-executive-transitions/
I'm betting the Tim Cook retirement is real and coming early 2026.
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/12/apple-announces-executive-transitions/
Friendly reminder that I *want* to see your Apple Music Replay / Spotify Unwrapped shares! Music is universal, don’t let the curmudgeons steal you of your joy. 🧡
December 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Friendly reminder that I *want* to see your Apple Music Replay / Spotify Unwrapped shares! Music is universal, don’t let the curmudgeons steal you of your joy. 🧡
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Some mixed reviews out there but for me it’s a 5/5 and my second favorite Prime game. Absolutely loved everything about it - well, almost everything. Also the best HDR I’ve seen in a long time.
Metroid Prime 4 on Nintendo Switch 2 - the Digital Foundry video review. Simply superb: youtu.be/uhVJ_P6dzFg
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Some mixed reviews out there but for me it’s a 5/5 and my second favorite Prime game. Absolutely loved everything about it - well, almost everything. Also the best HDR I’ve seen in a long time.
A few years ago, I took a cross country drive across the country. I brought a film camera to document, but was nervous to get them developed.
I finally took the plunge - I think I'm going to have to shoot film more often! (Superia X-TRA 400) #FilmPhotography #fotomontag #sunset #landscape #fujifilm
I finally took the plunge - I think I'm going to have to shoot film more often! (Superia X-TRA 400) #FilmPhotography #fotomontag #sunset #landscape #fujifilm
December 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
A few years ago, I took a cross country drive across the country. I brought a film camera to document, but was nervous to get them developed.
I finally took the plunge - I think I'm going to have to shoot film more often! (Superia X-TRA 400) #FilmPhotography #fotomontag #sunset #landscape #fujifilm
I finally took the plunge - I think I'm going to have to shoot film more often! (Superia X-TRA 400) #FilmPhotography #fotomontag #sunset #landscape #fujifilm
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Done my #StrangerThings rewatch; I am now prepared to announce the definitive rankings of all the seasons so far.
1) Season 1 - no notes. 10/10 story telling. A perfect season.
2) Season 2 - an excellent extension of the first that expands the lore in smart ways. Halloween vibes are peak.
1) Season 1 - no notes. 10/10 story telling. A perfect season.
2) Season 2 - an excellent extension of the first that expands the lore in smart ways. Halloween vibes are peak.
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Done my #StrangerThings rewatch; I am now prepared to announce the definitive rankings of all the seasons so far.
1) Season 1 - no notes. 10/10 story telling. A perfect season.
2) Season 2 - an excellent extension of the first that expands the lore in smart ways. Halloween vibes are peak.
1) Season 1 - no notes. 10/10 story telling. A perfect season.
2) Season 2 - an excellent extension of the first that expands the lore in smart ways. Halloween vibes are peak.
Happy Stranger Things 5 day! I won't get to start watching until probably tomorrow night. I have a feeling that avoiding spoilers is going to be quite the task 🙃
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Happy Stranger Things 5 day! I won't get to start watching until probably tomorrow night. I have a feeling that avoiding spoilers is going to be quite the task 🙃
Despicable levels of evil.
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Despicable levels of evil.
I’ll believe it when I see it, but….
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I’ll believe it when I see it, but….
I may not have an iPhone Pocket, but I do still have the ever fashionable AirPod Socks
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I may not have an iPhone Pocket, but I do still have the ever fashionable AirPod Socks
Every day I’m more and more glad I left the Google ecosystem. iCloud Mail is far from perfect, but this is some BS.
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Every day I’m more and more glad I left the Google ecosystem. iCloud Mail is far from perfect, but this is some BS.
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Zohran cucked Trump in less than an hour, adjust what you think political strength looks like if you don’t think it looks like him
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Zohran cucked Trump in less than an hour, adjust what you think political strength looks like if you don’t think it looks like him
Is there a truly great Bluesky client for macOS yet? Right now I’m using the @skeetsapp.com iPad app in compatibility mode, but it has all of the big downsides of running iPad apps on macOS.
Looking for something that feels more native, like Mona or Ivory over on Mastodon.
Looking for something that feels more native, like Mona or Ivory over on Mastodon.
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Is there a truly great Bluesky client for macOS yet? Right now I’m using the @skeetsapp.com iPad app in compatibility mode, but it has all of the big downsides of running iPad apps on macOS.
Looking for something that feels more native, like Mona or Ivory over on Mastodon.
Looking for something that feels more native, like Mona or Ivory over on Mastodon.