Month: September 2020
GBDuro 2019 – Cool Loooong Cycling Race
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Yeah, this race looks super cool. Not sure I’d head across the pond for it, but with the new gravel bike coming in a week or two I’m looking at some big rides I could do.
William Gallagher – Writer’s Essential Tools: OmniFocus
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[William gives us a decent overview of how OmniFocus can help writers get their projects under control](https://youtu.be/-vlMCIvAlSU). I wish he showed his Shortcuts stuff in more detail, but he didn’t. Overall, I’ve been enjoying William’s videos.
Ben Brooks on the State of iPad Heading to iOS 14
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[Ben Brooks in his member post about iOS 14 and the iPad](https://brooksreview.net/2020/09/member-journal-972020/): > As we enter iOS 14, the true limiting factors are: our willingness to adapt to new tools… I’ve believed for a while that most of the complaints about iPadOS and an iPad as your main main computer can be mostly boiled down…
Task and Project Templates in TickTick
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One of the crucial features in a task manager is the ability to build out the same types of projects easily. I don’t want to try and remember all the steps in my writing and video projects. I want a system that let’s me run a Shortcut, or provides some way to have project templates.…
iPad Magic Keyboard – Byte Review
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I had all the same feelings about the Magic Keyboard when it came out. It’s expensive and…really will it be that awesome? Seems we both agree, it is that awesome. We’re also on the same page when it comes to feeling that the Magic Keyboard prompts you to use your iPad like a laptop while…
Improved Bear Wiki links
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While Bear has been able to link to specific notes with Wiki Links for a while, they’ve recently improved this feature by adding the ability to link to the headings you put inside a note. Check out the [latest release notes](https://blog.bear.app/2020/09/bear-1-7-15-is-out-with-new-features-for-wiki-links-html-export-and-more/) for the other features now available. I’ll have to do a Bear review/video in…
Entitled Ad “***kers” – Daring Fireball
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> The entitlement of these fuckers is just off the charts. They have zero right, none, to the tracking they’ve been getting away with. We, as a society, have implicitly accepted it because we never really noticed it. [Online Privacy Should Be Modeled on Real-World Privacy](https://daringfireball.net/2020/09/online_privacy_real_world_privacy) I love John’s description of what it would be…
4 Month iPad Magic Keyboard Review from A Better Computer
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Enjoyed this review of the iPad Magic Keyboard. Also, this is one of the channels I subscribe to and watch.
SetApp on iOS
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Recently SetApp updated their application to support iOS apps. Today I’m going to walk you through the initial set up of SetApp on my iPad, along with installing an application. SetApp is a library of applications for macOS. It’s the first place I stop when I’m looking for an app to do anything. Now it’s…
Favourite iPad Accessories
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I’ve tried lots of accessories for my iPad over the last three years I’ve been using it as my main computer. To save you some trouble, here are the things I’d purchase right away if I lost them. You’ll find links to the exact products below, or something that’s as close as I can currently…