Question: Is the newsletter completely made in Markdown? Can you give some tips where to learn Markdown and how you format everything? I create a newsletter in Markdown but it’s really basic now. (Bart Vermeiren, @Bart2525) [[federico]] The best way to learn the basics of Markdown is through John Gruber’s original documentation and interactive dingus...

[[graham]] A few weeks ago I began a process of simplifying my workflow for The Daily App. A particular focus was to streamline the image creation, which was done with Photoshop and was quite fiddly, even though I had previously taken the time to create Photoshop Actions. After briefly dabbling with Pythonista, I realised that...

[[federico]] Hemingboard Hemingboard is a thesaurus app that puts synonyms, rhymes, and even puns in a custom keyboard. It’s very easy to select alternative words for what you’re typing, and this can come in handy when writing long posts and notes on iOS. Vitals Vitals is a new iPhone app to track and visualize blood...

Question: I recently revisited Twitter Clients in 2014 and after all its turmoil, it’s still a good read. I wonder your perspective on the official Twitter client changed since then. (Jung) [[federico]] I still think that the official Twitter app is better than most Apple bloggers think, either because of some likable design decisions (such...

Question: Hello Federico & staff, my question is about Evernote. I’ve used it – especially as digital archive – since its debut and I know that the company had some troubles during the past years. Do you still use it? In which way? What is your judgment on the Evernote ecosystem? (Luigi Mandraccio, @lmandraccio) [[federico]]...

Question: I switched to iOS from Android last September but I feel like I still just don’t understand the App Store’s refund policy. I don’t feel incentivized to try out new apps because it doesn’t seem like Apple has any kind of standard protection for if you simply don’t like an app you just purchased....

Question: Following up on last week’s Fantastical alert question: Apple’s stock iOS Calendar app allows the user to create a “Time to Leave” alert if a location is entered for the calendar event. Is it possible to create this type of alert in Fantastical iOS? (Jason Williams, @jet_pilot) [[federico]] The problem here, Jason, is that...

[[graham]] I resisted the urge to buy a Synology for a few months, but I finally caved and purchased a DS216play in mid-February. It has only been a few weeks, but I can safely say that I’m really happy with my purchase. Throughout March I’ve been playing with various apps and generally geeking out with...

Question: I want to track the exercise I’m doing each day and I would like to use Apple Health app to store the info. However, I’m interested to know if there are some apps that display the data from the health app in some “better” way. I’m also looking for a small step (the size...