Ashraf Ali
“I wear a time only analog watch to actually feel a sense of time.”
I love this perspective by Om Malik, a small nugget in his analysis on the Apple Watch.
I haven’t thought of watches as a reminder of time’s passage. I always just pulled out my phone for the time. But, this consciousness, a slow down of time, an awareness of time, of time’s passage…hmm. Interesting.
Some weeks, it’s a miss, but most weeks, man, the Favorites Mix on Apple Music gets me in the right mood.
This video on the science of hearing helped me to appreciate my ears and my brain for what they do, turning all my sounds into signals in a moment’s notice.
Having issues with Facebook Videos or Ads not Autoplaying on Android? Try disabling your power saver mode.
I recently noticed that in the Facebook app, none of my videos were autoplaying.
So I went through the following processes:
- Restarted my phone
- Force quit the Facebook app using the App Switcher
- Force stop using the Settings app
- Clear the Cache Data using the Settingas app
- Uninstalled and reinstalled Facebook
- Installed an older version of Facebook via sideloading
- Checked my battery level
- Tried keeping a plugged in charger
- Checked my WiFi (and tried it on/off)
- Checked my Data connection
- Checked my Facebook app settings to make sure videos were autoplaying on WiFi/Data. I tried toggling the settings and trying in each condition.
None of these tactics were working.
One thing, curiously, that was working was Facebook.com in the Chrome browser. I saw that videos were auto-playing in the feed. But whenever I tried to preview an Ad from Creative Hub, the videos would not load in the browser. In addition, Canvas ads don’t load in the browser either.
When I snuck around the Facebook settings again (woof, there are so many), a line of copy struck me:
Earlier in the day, when I hopped on the train, I switched my S9+’s Power Saver settings to MID. I turned it off and now my Facebook videos autoplay again. Woohoo.
Don’t you wish all typography was thought out as well as reforma?
Still Drinking is one of those hidden gems on the web. And his latest foray into comics hits home as a closeted introvert. Note: you can still be an “outloud kind-of-guy” and an introvert.
Coffee was once outlawed. interesting read
Okay, apparently I’m the first to hear of this feature but Photoshop includes an AI-driven Select Subject tool. PetaPixel details it here.
It’s a one-click trick to auto select your subject, even through complex backgrounds. I was shocked with how well it works! Adobe, bring on the AI.
Issues with "Can't Load Video Stream" error in After Effects? Revert back to 15.0
Hat Tip: If you are trying to open a JPEG2000 encoded .mov file in After Effects 15.1 or 15.1.1, you might get a “Can’t Load Video Stream” error.
That’s because Adobe is deprecating support for Quicktime frameworks in its effort to transition to 64-bit. Apple deprecated 64-bit support for Quicktime frameworks, leaving developers in a bind.
To solve the problem, you can either convert the files or revert your After Effects to 15.0 which still has support for these (and other eclectic) formats.
By the way, reverting is pretty easy in Creative Cloud. Open the Cloud Menu. Scroll down to After Effects. In the Bubble Button labeled Open, click the little down arrow next to it. Select Other Versions and choose the version you want to install. Woohoo!
Mockup of Facebook Ads Play Button
For those of you who are working on Facebook Ads and want a play icon, here is a close approximation I mocked up in AI.
TBH, The play button could use 1 or 2 pixels of more rounding. Close enough for mockups.
