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iOS and iPadOS Utilities We Love 
This week, Federico and John explore some of their favorite iOS and iPadOS utility apps.
Quickly Saving Links in Raindrop.io with Shortcuts and Zapier [[federico]] Earlier this week, I saw on Twitter that Raindrop, the bookmaking service I’ve been using to archive all sorts of links, launched a beta integration with Zapier, the popular web automation service. After accepting the invitation (which you can do here) and adding Raindrop to my list of Zapier apps, I realized I could...
Playing with a Nintendo GameCube in 2020 via a Portable External Monitor [[federico]] I’m working on a story about using the iPad in a variety of contexts and with different setups (more on this in a few weeks…), and as part of the process, I’ve been testing portable monitors that accept either USB-C or HDMI input. Last year, I purchased a cheap Wimaxit portable monitor from Amazon,...
App Subscriptions Revisited
This week, Federico and John revisit the topic of app subscriptions and what they’ve learned in the nearly three years since they covered subscriptions in episode 5.
App Debuts [[federico]] The Unreader The Unreader is a new minimalistic RSS client for Feedbin. Unlike other RSS apps, The Unreader focuses on the essentials: the app supports background refresh and notifications to stay on top of new articles, comes with Feedbin-powered full-text search, and implements native iOS 13 features such as dark mode, Home screen quick...
Opening Documents in Third-Party Apps from Files [[federico]] Earlier this week, a tweet by Steve Troughton-Smith about opening documents in third-party apps from Files reminded me of a few hidden tricks and gestures that have been available since iOS and iPadOS 13 launched last year, and which I only mentioned in passing in my review and other podcasts. First, it’s important to...
Apple’s Blending of Apps and Services
This week, Federico and John explore how Apple is increasingly blending services with its apps, where the mix has worked, where it hasn’t, and where they expect the trend will lead next.
Experimenting with New Tools and Workflows
This week, Federico and John explore how they approach testing unfamiliar apps and workflows.
Plain Text Apps Over the past few weeks, I’ve been researching plain text apps for iPhone and iPad. Here’s where it all started: I often find myself wanting to store random bits of plain text in a document, which I don’t want to save in Apple Notes or iA Writer where my more important notes and documents live....
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