Jason Aten

Contributing Editor/Tech Columnist @Inc | Get my newsletter: | Co-Host | Email me: [email protected]

[Jason Aten @JasonAten]

Very excited that Primary Technology, a show about how tech affects all of our lives, launched today. I'm especially excited to co-host with @stephenrobles, who is really one of the best there is.

Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/CS8WlYVB2p
Spotify: https://t.co/qammPkt9EF…

[Jason Aten @JasonAten]

I was in Monaco for @LEGO_Group and @McLarenF1 roll out of a pair of helmets co-designed with Norris and Piastri. Story here: https://t.co/a7z8P5iinO

[Jason Aten @JasonAten]

“Everyone as a kid has built something in Lego," @LandoNorris said at the announcement. "It's nice, especially when it's your own project, and you get to know that people are going to be building this at home. That's pretty amazing."

[Jason Aten @JasonAten]

@andrewjclare @YouTubeCreators Congrats!

[Stephen Robles @stephenrobles]

⚡️ New Top Five Tech is out!

My 5min show every Friday, this week featuring @cleoabram’s amazing Antarctica video, Contextly from @JasonAten, and more:

Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/POTqbrp1FY

Spotify: https://t.co/XvbxHpTz9W

[Fran Besora #WWDC26 @ifrnb]

He estado probando la beta de esta nueva app de notas llamada Contextly y, sinceramente, merece la pena echarle un ojo.

Esta app tiene algo especial: le da contexto a tus notas integrándose con el calendario.

Audio, IA, temas… y mucho más.

[Fran Besora #WWDC26 @ifrnb]

Además, @JasonAten ha hecho la app el solo, con la ayuda de Claude code. Es el claro ejemplo de cuando se tiene una idea y se lleva a cabo. El enlace está aquí:

[Jason Aten @JasonAten]

If you want to check out, I’d love to hear what you think!

https://t.co/Q411xbIgTe

[Jason Aten @JasonAten]

The iPhone version of Contextly has been out for 4 days and I've pushed out 3 updates already. The latest adds a ToDo tab to aggregate those in one place, and make it easy to either send them all to your favorite task manager, or send them individually.

[Jason Aten @JasonAten]

On the iPhone, it has to be easy to very quickly capture a note and then review what you need to do.

Each is meant to feel intuitive and useful in its own environment, and I think these updates help accomplish that.

[Jason Aten @JasonAten]

I built Contextly for me because it works the way I do. It turns out, a lot of other people wish they had something that worked this way as well. So yeah — another notes app.
But this time, it's one that works the way you do.

https://t.co/Q411xbIgTe

[Jason Aten @JasonAten]

Yes, I made a Notes App. No, the world probably doesn't need another one.

The thing is, every notes app I've ever used is very good at letting you take notes, but they aren't great at all of the context around your notes.

That's why I made Contextly.

[Jason Aten @JasonAten]

It's built natively for Mac--as well as iPhone and iPad-- and includes on-device Apple Intelligence. Nothing leaves your device for a server unless you turn on iCloud sync. There is an optional OpenAI integration if you want to summarize larger notes, but--it's optional.

[Jason Aten @JasonAten]

And, of course, here's a link to the app in the Mac App Store. It's free forever, with a subscription for additional features. There's also an iPhone version coming shortly!

https://t.co/OUcj9mtYgu

[Jason Aten @JasonAten]

This might be the coolest email I've gotten in a long time.

[Jason Aten @JasonAten]

I also wrote about the process of using Claude Code to turn my idea for the perfect notes app into a real thing that anyone can now use. tl:dr, it's really hard, but for different reasons than you think.

https://t.co/MSxrlCGbOG

[Jason Aten @JasonAten]

@stephenrobles @melodyof1974 He knows what I think