With Bear (https://bear.app) supporting custom note metadata now, I can assign slugs to my notes.

This gives the (public) notes on my web site much nicer URLs!

Think I finally put words to something that’s bugged me about #influencer culture ever since it became a thing. Maybe this was obvious to others, but:

What has been lost in the realm of influencers is trust in their genuine interests. If these people need to be paid to talk about everything, how can we trust their opinions on anything?

For #Bear2, we experimented with a few influencers to help promote it. And at least for me, it was a crummy, demoralizing experience.

Yo #Bear2 folks: I know #Apple just released public betas of #iOS17 and #macOS14 Sonoma.

Sorry to say this, but if you need Bear 2 (or 1!) to get stuff done, we recommend staying away from the betas, at least on your must-work devices.

It's just too early in the process to play whack-a-mole with all the weird things that break and then maybe get fixed later or maybe we need to fix them or whoops they somehow broke again.

Be safe out there.

# 2 on #TheVerge let's goooooo #Bear2

#Obsidian is too complicated for me (i dont want to deal with zillions of plugins and updates). Really want to move back to #bear2, single icloud account sync is deal killer. My work computer doesnt allow personal icloud account and ickoud drive.

My timeline has been filled with excitement about the release of #Bear2 - the app. I’m gonna have to check it out aren’t I?

https://blog.bear.app/2023/07/bear-2-is-here/

#Bear2 is out with over 20 new features! https://blog.bear.app/2023/07/bear-2-is-here/

Oh, nach so langer Zeit ist #Bear2 endliche fertig https://blog.bear.app/2023/07/bear-2-is-here/

Bear ist eine "Notiz-App" für Mac/iOS/iPadOS. Sie hat mir immer gefallen, da sie mit Markdown arbeitet, einfach zu handhaben ist und dann noch stylish aussieht.

Bear2 holt jetzt gegenüber seinen Konkurrenten ordentlich auf - inklusive Backlinks.
Werde sie mal antesten - auch wenn sie für Linux leider nicht erhältlich ist.

Hey #Apple press folks and anyone else who wants to cover #Bear2, we have a press kit here for you: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/c0rdiklvgofmuqm/AABGp_rMPwdpbgLV80UVf4FUa?dl=0

Website: https://bear.app

Yes, I have a bucket of Pro codes for press.

Of course, you can @ or PM me here.

Email is my first name at shinyfrog.net

(David, not Dave btw)

With the release of #Bear2, here are a few of the most interesting things I got to work on while at Shiny Frog that are now released. I was tasked with upgrading the handwritten drawing support in Bear and started with a Core Graphics drawing engine, eventually transitioned to a Metal rendered drawing engine, and then abandoned all that when PencilKit was released. Here are a few cool features…

"Bear 2 is a terrific notes app”

Hooray!

"and it only took forever to build”

Ok 'forever' is a bit harsh it was like three years.

#Bear2 #TheVerge

https://www.theverge.com/23786996/bear-2-notes-app-iphone-ipad-mac

@richardazia I can't solve the WebFinger endpoint problem right now, but I need to shelve this and get back to work. Lots to finish for the #Bear2 launch!

Hey y'all, we're almost ready to launch #Bear2!

To get ready, we have a quick blog post with a few details you should definitely check out. There are also a couple ways to get notified once we launch, thanks to #ProductHunt and our new #AppStore Event card.

Clicky click at your earliest convenience:

https://blog.bear.app/2023/07/get-ready-for-bear-2/

Looking forward to #Bear2. I’ve been a subscriber since 2017! 5 years coming up. https://blog.bear.app/2023/04/bear-2-will-have-a-new-price-only-for-new-customers/

So hey, uh.

A private beta of #Bear2 is coming later this week.

https://beta.bear.app/t/something-fuzzy-this-way-comes/3072

Please don't ask me for an early copy, I can't give it to you. But you *can* keep an eye on our forum for when it's ready!