I keep seeing articles digging into the iOS beta for signs of a new iPad. To me the fact the time was moved from top center of the screen to top left is all the sign I need there is a new one with Face ID coming. There is now this big empty space in the middle longing for purpose
Noticed a bit of a Shortcuts Easter 🥚: When you drop a Number action into a Shortcut the default answer is 42. A reference presumably to the the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’s “Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything”.
Yesterday I went through Apple’s Shortcuts user guide. Lots of good info in there. Paying things forward by answering a ton of questions on r/shortcuts this morning.
N.B. The guide is in the app as well. P.S. We need an automation emoji.
I have a pretty strong distaste for Starbucks coffee. But this location is really nice inside and their black tea is quite good. Oh, yeah, that chocolate croissant isn’t hurting any either.
Sadly for my diet, comfort food is a very real thing for me.
@Becky re: screen time for young ones, we experienced the same with both of ours. We’ve always been liberal with screen time. The result is our 9 year old is gifted in aptitude and achievement and the 14 year old is doing well and learned her passion for animation from screens.
I was just thinking I needed a Shortcut to set things up for a nap and while browsing Reddit found exactly that. Again, don’t judge me 🤓
There are some fantastic tidbits in this Twitter stream on useful iOS 12 features.
I’m the one guy who’s always excited when Numbers is enhanced. Happy to see the addition for support for Siri Shortcuts. However I have yet to track down exactly what is possible. Time to dig deeper.
Well this is a first: I’m sitting at a Starbucks this morning. With a hot croissant and a cup of hot tea. In a real mug. The tea is definitely a better choice here than their coffee.
Status: madly saving iOS 12 posts, reviews and tips to Things3 for later review.
Several automations I wanted are failures because (per the action notes) Safari web page items are only available when you manually invoke the Shortcut from the action menu. Invoking the same Shortcut using Siri fails 😩
iOS 12: Editing Shortcus is a hot mess for me. Crashing like crazy when editing Shortcut actions.
My morning playlist: Festival Bangers. Don’t judge. 😆 itunes.apple.com
My Micro Monday is @garciabuxton. I really enjoy her thoughtful posts and photo stream. She feels like a kindred soul.
Regarding replies, I often feel like I’ve become lazy when a short & simple response isn’t sufficient. I know I should write blog type reply but often can’t at that moment and am too lazy to come back to the subject later. //@macgenie
Ten years ago today
Most people take photos of pretty flowers. Me, I’m weird. And I didn’t see a dying flower. Instead I saw a blonde woman whose hair was being blown from behind by the wind. 🌸 📷
Donut run at 7am in suburbia.
For you @macgenie
If you enjoy real-life mysteries this is intriguing. So much room to make up possible explanations. Initially I thought this would be explained within a couple of days but it’s become long running.
A solar observatory in New Mexico is evacuated for a week. No one will say why.
Ten years ago today we feared we had lost our little bun, angst that was amplified by the fact the previous pregnancy had resulted in a miscarriage. So glad the little guy was OK and has grown to be a blessing in our life.
My wife and I got two of the most wonderful emails from our 9th grade daugther’s math teacher. We’re going to float on cloud 9 for awhile. Proud of our chiclet. ♥️ 🧠
September 13, 2008 📷 🍄
Ok (micro?) podcaster people I have a question. I’m considering doing a podcast with my 9 year old son. What is the simplest way to get started (record, post, maybe edit)? We have a Blue Yeti mic. Not sure I want to huddle around it but I imagine the iPhone/iPad mic is no good?
Old phone sold right quick
Friday brings a new order
Heart, Water, Fitness
After looking into it I think I’ll have to go with the 44mm sized Apple Watch. My current bands won’t fit the 40mm model and I’m really fond of my now-discontinued leather band. N.B. I’m very happy they got rid of the huge red “look at me” dot on the cellular models.