Twitter: @pgruneich. Writes about iOS automation at One Tap Less. It took a long time to get my Home screen to my ideal ratio of work and fun. My iPhone is, today, my getaway from the stress at work, and a tool to quickly perform tasks and relieve my mind. I found my wallpaper at...
In This Issue
Drafts,OS X Productivity Boosters (Vol.1), Phillip Gruneich’s Home screen, plus the usualWorkflow Corner, Weekly Q&A, Tip, Links, and recap of MacStories articles....
Perks
Gemini 2 Exclusively for Club MacStories members, we have 20 coupon codes for Gemini 2 to giveaway. Gemini 2 is agreat Mac app that helps you find and remove duplicate files. You can read John’s review of Gemini 2 here. Simply enter your Club MacStories email address below and we will randomly select 20 winners....
Interesting Links
Here’s a good argument in favor of anonymous data collection in apps: the WeddingDJ developers were able to look at over a million data points and collect the most popular wedding songs in recent years. Emojify is a chat bot that can translate any text into emoji. It’s available on Slack, Telegram, and Twitter. And...
Previously, On MacStories
On the Limitations of iOS Custom Keyboards Google Introduces Spaces Putting Recent App Review Time Improvements in Visual Context SoundHound Adds “OK Hound” Hands-Free Assistant for Music Playback, Discovery Quip Spreadsheets Redesigned and Updated Allo and Duo Are Google’s 2016 Plan for Messaging and Video Calling The MacSparky Hazel Video Field Guide...
Home Screen: Bryan Irace
Twitter: @irace. Engineering at New Company. Ex-Tumblr. I leave the bottom row empty because I like being able to temporarily put apps there when traveling, or when beta testing something new. It also causes me to put real thought into which apps to prominently locate. I probably open Instagram more than Remote, for example, but...
John’s iOS Apps for Conferences (Vol. 1)
There are certain apps that I like to move to my Home screen or at least keep within easy reach on the second page of apps when I go to a conference. With WWDC coming up, I thought I’d share a few that I like to use at WWDC in particular. GoodNotes Unlike the...
Previously, On MacStories
Tweetbot 4.3 Introduces ‘Topics’ for Easier Tweetstorm Creation A Podcasting Divergence Linky 5.3 Adds ‘Markup’ Feature for Image Annotations INKS Review: Painting with Pinball Gemini 2 Trims More Fat from Your Mac Than Ever Before Instagram Says Goodbye to Skeuomorphism with New Icon, Redesign Apple Shortening App Review Times Google Releases Gboard, a Search Keyboard...
Straw Poll
Welcome to Straw Poll! We’ve been thinking of ways to get more community involvement, and so we’re going to start sharing a poll every week or so in the Telegram MacStories Lounge. They are pretty brief and informal, but we think they might also be really interesting. We posted the third Straw Poll earlier this...