Next week on AppStories, Federico and John conclude their music miniseries with an episode dedicated to alternative and companion streaming services. This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John discuss the upcoming Apple event, Spotify’s Car Thing, the expansion of Fitness+, and Quinn Nelson’s deep dive into his HomeKit setup, along with Unwind...
Interview: Shawn Hickman
Twitter: @poohbers. Creator of Sofa and Design Manager for Think Company. What inspired you to build Sofa? When it comes to managing our work, we have an over-abundance of incredible tools. Pick your favorite app for managing tasks, writing documents, keeping notes, communicating, and more. When it comes to managing our downtime time, we end...
Interesting Links
Writing at Tablet Habit, Jeff Perry argues that Apple should remove weekly subscriptions from the App Store since they’re mostly used by scammers and other shady companies. (Link) The RSS platform Inoreader has added support for syncing article annotations to Readwise, a relatively new service that’s increasingly becoming a centralized hub for all sorts of...
Previously, On MacStories
Apple Expands Fitness+ Offerings with New Classes Designed for Pregnancy and Older Adults, New Trainers, and Time to Walk with Jane Fonda Apple Announces Online Media Event for April 20, 2021 Spotify Announces Car Thing: Dedicated Audio Streaming Hardware for Drivers Quinn Nelson’s Approach to Home Automation...
MindNode: Ever Had a Geistesblitz? [Sponsor]
A Geistesblitz is a flash of inspiration that hits you when you least expect it. For instance, when you’re in the shower or walking the dog. It can often lead to a flood of new ideas.
Hi! I’m Markus, the founder of MindNode. If you’re like me, then a moment like this soon leads to a head spinning full of fresh ideas. This can be easily overwhelming and also frustrating. It’s precisely this feeling that motivated me to create MindNode.
MindNode started as a simple mind mapping app with the purpose of making it easy to capture new ideas. It’s now evolved into a brainstorming app that helps users from their first spark of inspiration to fleshing out their ideas and bringing them to life.
Recently, we added outlining, a great way to seamlessly move between capturing and organizing ideas as a mind map or an outline. Although the app has grown throughout the past 13 years, I still believe that it’s during the first moment of a new idea where MindNode shines. So, the next time you have a Geistesblitz, why not give MindNode a try?
Try MindNode for free on iOS and macOS: mindnode.com/download.
I’d love to hear if MindNode was able to help you and how it went: Email Markus
Our thanks to MindNode for sponsoring MacStories this week.
In This Issue
A collection of movie tracking apps for the iPhone and iPad,Federico shares his ‘smart append’ shortcut for plain text files, John explains how he’s using a shortcut and Downie to build a ‘Watch Later’ list in Infuse, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, arecap of MacStories articles and a preview of upcoming podcast episodes....
Previously, On MacStories
Apple Court Filing Details ‘Project Liberty,’ Epic’s Plan to Free Itself of App Store Commissions Apple Announces Find My Network and Three Initial Accessory Maker Partners Albums 4.0: A Must-Have App for Music Lovers HomePaper: A Handy Utility for Creating Beautiful Home App Wallpapers Kara Swisher Interviews Apple CEO Cook for Sway Why Today Feels...
Interesting Links
If you guessed that most controller links are written by John, you’d be right – he has a controller problem – but really, this new 8BitDo Pro 2 controller looks like a substantial improvement over its predecessor with programmable back buttons and the ability to play wired or wirelessly. (Link) Sebastiaan de With has spent...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John introduce part two of their Music miniseries, with a focus on third-party music discovery, playback, and utility apps. This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John cover the week at MacStories including John’s Albums 4.0 review, HomePaper from Aaron Pearce, Tim Cook’s interview with Kara Swisher,...