Category: Links of Interest

  • 10 More iOS 14 widgets – A Better Computer

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    10 more widgets that may interest you from A Better Computer. If you’re interested in widgets, also check out my [task manager widget home screens](https://curtismchale.ca/2020/09/22/task-manager-ios-14-widget-home-screen). Todoist looks like the most interesting widget to me on this list of 10.

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  • iPadOS 14 Walkthrough from Christopher Lawley

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    As usual, Christopher has a great walkthrough of iPadOS 14. If you’ve wanted to learn what’s new, this is the video you want. My biggest gripe with iPadOS 14 is the lack of widgets in the rest of your screen like iOS. The more I put widgets on my iPhone, the more the lack of

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  • Rethinking iOS 14 Widget Home Screen – A Better Computer

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    Widgets do bring the first real change in what you can do with iOS. Here is what Matt is doing.

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  • The Social Dilemma – Netflix Documentary

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    This is an excellent documentary on Netflix that questions the power we give social networks, specifically the power that AI that recommends things to us has. A few interesting points. Forget AI overwhelming human strengths like Terminator, long before that it will overwhelm our weaknesses and lead us to polarization and confirmation bias in a

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  • 60% or 40% keyboards?

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    I have the Anne Pro 2 60% that he has and I’ve looked at the Plank which he’s showing off. I’m at least thinking about a 40% or the [Moonlander](https://www.zsa.io/moonlander/). Yup, very different keyboards an I could see getting both eventually but they’re expensive. I do love the “tap” arrow keys and rarely find they

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  • Shortcuts Catalog by Matthew Cassinelli

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    If you’ve been looking for a single spot with lots of Shortcuts from one of the masters of Shortcuts, you’ll be happy to know that Matthew prevailed through is WordPrees woes and got his [Shortcuts Catalog](https://www.matthewcassinelli.com/shortcuts-catalog-ios-14/) up and running. Take a trip over there and see all the cool stuff he’s built.

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  • Ben Vallack – Ortholinear vs Staggered Keyboards

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    If you’ve ever wondered about staggered vs ortholinear keyboards, this is a good video. The Moonlander I want is not staggered and I’m even more eager to try it now.

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  • Chris Lawley’s Tips for Using Drafts

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    Chris Lawley has a good short walkthrough to show you some of the power that Drafts has. I took some of his suggestions and an [action to help change workspaces faster](https://actions.getdrafts.com/g/1HZ) and I’ll be using Drafts for the next number of weeks to see if it’s better than iA Writer. I already have to drop

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  • I think this is my next keyboard – Moonlander

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    It’s expensive, but I’ve always loved ergonomic keyboards and this one looks excellent.

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  • Part 3 of Chris Lawley’s iPad Workflow

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    Every time I see Chris talk about Drafts I think I shoud use it, but then I use it and it feels like too much friction. Specifically the “folders” as workspaces pradigm doesn’t fit with my mindset on storing documents. Maybe I just need to commit to Drafts and dig in deep to grok it.

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