Category: Apps
Is Pocket ready for iPad Power Users?
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Last week I took a look at Unread on iOS. One of the comments I made was that after using Unread, all other reading applications suddenly had a very high bar to jump. Where I once thought that Instapaper and Pocket had decent reading experiences, I realized that they were far behind Unread in this…
Unread the RSS client for iOS has things to love and still things that are missing for power users
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Quite a while ago I found Unread, based on the recommendation of The Sweet Setup. It quickly became the reading experience by which I judged all other reading experiences. Where Instapaper and Pocket had once looked beautiful, they now feel like they lack in their typography and design. Unread is not all daisies and roses…
iOS and Citations
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While I love being iOS first, there are often some silly workarounds still. I’ve got one for my YouTube workflow that you’ll see in a week or so. Here is a bit of a silly workaround if you’re trying to reference sources properly for academic writing. I say silly, because you have to do the…
Grammarly and iOS is a Big Bag of Suck
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I’ve written about my writing workflow a number of times and it keeps changing a bit here and there. One of the key components in the past was Grammarly. I freely admit, that my grammar and punctuation is pretty bad. I try to keep improving it but some days are better than others and this…
Quickly Add Append Ideas to a Bear Note in iOS
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My friend asked if there was a way to quickly append a thought to a Bear note from iOS. While Bear has a great Share Sheet integration which does allow you to append the “thing”1 to a note, just adding text is a bit harder. In steps Shortcuts to save the day with a widget…
Taking Full WebPage Screenshots in iOS
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Some of the writing I do requires full page screenshots of webpages. It was reasonably easy to get these on macOS in any number of ways, but it took me a while to figure it out in iOS. It’s funny it took so long because the solution was really simple. Like many iOS solutions, taking…
The Features I’m Excited about in iOS 12
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This is not a full breakdown of iOS 12. If you want that go read MacStories, I’ll see you in a few hours. Screen Time With the addition of Screen Time we’re going to see how many times we really touch our phones in the day. One day while I was trying to move some…
More Goodness in Ferrite for iOS
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I read this and yes I’ll be purchasing the update to Ferrite. The only reason I haven’t is that I run my business on Profit First and it’s not pay day so I don’t have expenses in my expense account. That means on Sept 25th I’ll make the purchase. Unfortunately, I still don’t see the…
Alternatives to Evernote
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This post on DEVONthink and Notebooks as an alternative to Evernote got me thinking again about what I do. Here is a quick rundown of what I tried. DEVONthink for iOS and macOS I tried this and there is so much to love about it. The “trial” mode felt really weird at first, but in…
Missing Keyboard Shortcuts in Ferrite for iOS
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I love being iOS first in my workflows. Where macOS applications were big behemoths that were hard to use, most iPad apps are trimmed down and amazing. Unfortunately, sometimes, this trimming means you miss out on a few things though. Part of my work is editing podcasts and while I love Ferrite, there are a…