With the new M2 processors introduced by Apple and their amazing performance, I’ve decided to switch around my hardware setup to be best suited to my lifestyle. Here’s what I have selected after doing my research.

Macbook Pro 16″

This will be my main machine and will be used at home and at my coworking space/gym.

Studio Display

This will be my fixed display in my home office. It’s a great display that is a joy to work on. The Macbook Pro will be connected to it at home.

The main alternatives to the Studio Display are the LG

iPad Pro 12.9″

This will be my out-and-about machine, and will also be used for some reading and drawing activities. I’ll use it while traveling, going to cafes, and on other occasions where I might or might not have the opportunity to work. In such cases, if I get the chance to work I will typically be writing or drawing, two tasks that the iPad excels with when paired with the Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil respectively.

Macbook Pro Stand

I will be using either the Satechi stand for holding the Macbook in closed mode (Twelve South Bookarc is a good alternative), or the Twelve South Curve.

For a while now I’ve been thinking about sending out a weekly newsletter to create a better connection with my readers.

Basically, I want to tell you things, by email, once a week or so. I don’t always have the time to create a full-blown post about what I’m thinking about, but I’d still like to share those thoughts with you and start more conversations. It’s also a way for me to reward loyal readers who take the extra step of subscribing to my site.

Before I start this new thing, I’d like to get some feedback from you on what you’d love to see in such a newsletter.

My current idea is to start off the newsletter by picking a weekly topic that I’m thinking about and providing some commentary on it as well as links to some articles that I’d have already written in the past on my site.

Then the next section would be commentary and links to interesting pieces I’ve read during that week.

I’d finish the newsletter off with some closing thoughts about the week ahead.

Please let me know what you think I should talk about in such a weekly newsletter. You can drop your thoughts in the comments section below or via email.

Which Newsletter Software to Use?

One of the reasons I haven’t done this earlier is that I hadn’t ever managed to carve out the time to determine which newsletter software would suit me best.

Here are the ones I’m considering:

• MailPoet – I currently have this installed, but haven’t heard great things about it, and I doubt the recent acquisition by Automattic will help things. On the plus side, it integrates perfectly with WordPress.
• Sendfox – Used by some newsletters I read. Looks like there is some basic integration with WordPress. Good deal available on AppSumo.
• ConvertKit – Some friends are using it. Looks like it has way more features than I actually need.
• SubStack – Great for those using SubStack as a publishing platform, but out of the question for me since I’m on WordPress.
• MailChimp – Seems expensive and not great.
• MailerLite
• Revue

Favorite Newsletters

These are some of the newsletters I love and will likely take some inspiration from.

I’m looking forward to your feedback!

If you are launching a business in Spain and don’t intend to expand beyond this country, it would be a very good idea to get the .es domain suffix as Google and other search engines give preference to such domains in geolocated searches.

That means that with all other things being equal, if a user searches from Spain, Google will give more prominence to mydomain.es than to mydomain.com.

Registering a .es domain is quite straightforward.

You can go to the government’s own website that handles registrations, however, I would not recommend it as it’s a hassle to register there and it’s not that user-friendly.

I would instead recommend any of the following registrars:

• Namecheap
• Siteground

The Registrant, Technical and Billing Contacts of an .ES domain name may either be a natural person/individual or a company. The Admin Contact must be a natural person/individual only.

While registering a .ES domain, you need to provide an identification number (DNI/NIE/passport), and if registering as a business, the VAT number.

The cost of .es domains is usually between 10 and 15 Euro depending on the registrar, and it is renewed every year.

Buy a .es domain

For activation, I like to use this set of resistance band glute exercises at home and at the gym.

For building muscle I like this great set of exercises for glutes that can be found on Bret Contreras’ (The Glute Guy) website.

You should also be aware of how many times to train glutes per week. You should be doing more exercises than just squatting to built great glute muscles.