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HomeScreen January 2021
I find it interesting looking at others Homescreens. It shows me a lot about how they use their phone, even more so now Apple allows an extra layer of customisation thanks to widgets. It’s also a great way to learn about …
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How You Use Your Tools
It’s said a bad workman always blames his tools. An old saying yes, but it’s always clear when people feel responsible they look to shift the blame to other things. A faulty saw causing a wonky cut is one thing, but how …
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The Substance Of Things
Rebecca wrote All my life I have had the habit of liking the idea of things and not the thing itself. How many of us want to be someone that does x but don’t want to actually do x. It could be writing, running or just …
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Shortcut: Publishing to Wordpress
This is one of my most used Shortcuts now I have removed posting friction and settled a little. Shortcuts is a really robust way to publish to WordPress and not have to use the WordPress app or third party app.
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I Didn’t Want To Move
There are many things in life I am never happy with but my content production is the biggest one. I’m never quite happy with anything I design, build or publish and my blog is always top of this list! After a year on …
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MX Master 3 Freezing On Mac? Here is The Fix!
After denying it for quite a while, I succumbed to getting myself a third-party mouse, and you can’t buy anything other than the MX Master 3. It’s more comfortable, more accurate and is packed full of power user features …
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Why Membership Matters
Almost a year ago, I wrote: Memberships are not about a money grab at all, they are about people being rewarded for their efforts, but also to know that people enjoy what they are putting out. Bloggers don’t always get …
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Shortcut: Find Apple News Original URL
This issue has been driving me insane for a while. Apple seem determined to keep everything locked into news yet there isn’t the out cry like there was for Google’s AMP hiding we’d addresses. Still Apple news is …
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Dealing With Email | Chris Hannah
Chris wrote: All of this is very much making me think about giving Hey a try. Except for the fact that I don’t want an @hey.com email address. This was a big sticking point for me at the start. However I forward all my …
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Forget the Gym: Walking Is the Superior Form of Exercise
Will Self wrote You don’t have to be a communist to appreciate the force of Marx’s observation: “The worker does not make use of the working conditions. The working conditions make use of the worker; but it takes …
