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And…back Paid Members Public
Back from both holiday and a blogging break. Here's what's been going on.
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iOS 11 fundamentally changes the iPad Paid Members Public
I’ve been playing with the iOS11 public beta on my iPad for the last couple of weeks – and it’s transformative in the way I can use it for getting work done. This video gives you a sense of some of the differences: I’m really excited for the
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Tabs: the vice of choice for the digital hoarder Paid Members Public
Are browser tabs the obsession of a new wave of hoarders? Pretty much [https://daily.jstor.org/browser-tab-clutter-is-the-new-hoarding/] > Sure, all those browser tabs don’t actually require physical storage space. But they intrude on my computer every bit as much as physical clutter intrudes on my home. Every window
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iPad: the almost device Paid Members Public
MG Siegler on almost being able to switch full-time to his iPad [https://500ish.com/back-at-my-machine-bebcb0ff7b4e#.bkhe3dm72] – but not quite: > This is especially frustrating to me because I see glimpses of the computing future I could have. Tonight, for example, I brought only my iPad to a cafe to
Can you monotask? Paid Members Public
The New York Times: [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/fashion/monotasking-drop-everything-and-read-this-story.html] > Not the same as mindfulness, which focuses on emotional awareness, monotasking is a 21st-century term for what your high school English teacher probably just called “paying attention.” This is one of the reasons I work
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Om Malik on daily journalism Paid Members Public
Some good advice for journalists from Om Malik [http://om.co/2016/05/10/lets-stop-chicken-mcnugget-reporting/], even if it swims against the “volume over all” tide: > At Gigaom we didn’t push our reporters to do 10 posts a day. I always advised folks to write on an average 1,
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Using an iPad to prepare photos for the web Paid Members Public
Using an iPad to prepare photos for the web [http://www.imore.com/why-i-prefer-ipad-pro-my-mac-importing-and-editing-photos] This article has me rethinking one of my core reasons for not using my iPad for more blogging: > I’ve pretty much stopped importing and editing images on my Mac. Though I didn’t expect
E-mail Ennui Paid Members Public
I hate e-mail. I really hate e-mail. Can everyone just move to messaging apps for the serious stuff right now, please? Thanks.