Developers of services that integrate with Slack can now create custom buttons that turn messages into actions. Integrations aren’t new to Slack, but transforming slash commands into buttons once again confirms that GUIs are more user-friendly and approachable than plain text instructions. (Link) Álvaro Pabesio has published a fascinating Apple Music concept that reimagines the...
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Agenda, Ryan looks back at iOS 11 iPad features with the benefit of hindsight, an interview with Obscura developer Ben McCarthy,Parker Ortolani’s Home screen, plus the usualWeekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s AppStories episode....
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Home Screen: Parker Ortolani
Twitter: @parkermortolani; Website: parkerortolani.com. Licensing Intern at BuzzFeed & a Junior at Fordham University. As a power user, I tend to rearrange my Home screen quite often, especially as I try out new apps. These layouts are the ones that I consistently return to though. I run my life off my iPhone, iPad, and Apple...
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Interesting Links
In advance of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, CNET featured the work that Apple and Google are doing to make their products more accessible, which includes an interview with US Paralympian Austin Pruitt about how he uses the Apple Watch to train for wheelchair races. (Link) Twitter has begun hiding certain replies that it identifies as...
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Just Watch,iOS Apps with Document Browser Support, Adam Stein in iPads Around the World, John takes his office outdoors, plus the usualWeekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episode of AppStories....
Interview: Manton Reece
Twitter: @manton2. Founder of Micro.blog. What are some of the interesting ways you’ve seen Micro.blog used or ones that you think most users wouldn’t have considered? I love seeing Micro.blog users either dust off an old blog or create a new one at their own domain and host it in Micro.blog. Once someone gets in...