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Threads in Slack are a great way to keep a conversation in a channel, yet not flood the main stream of conversation. But once you jump into a thread, you are immediately subscribed to notifications ...
Apple’s third attempt at a watchOS is currently in developer beta, so the usual disclaimers apply: stuff might change, features might be added or removed, nothing is finalized, blah blah blah. For ...
I’ve met some Mac users who want to be able to send iMessages without having the actual Messages app and all its tempting distractions open. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to do this from the Social ...
I wear my Apple Watch seven days a week, but recently realized that I do so for different reasons throughout the week. These days, it’s with me at least as much as, if not more than, my iPhone, so I ...
If you go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode and touch one of your registered fingers to the Home button, that page will highlight the finger’s entry there. This is useful if you’ve forgotten which ...
Mastodon 2.8 rolled out recently and it brought some great new features like polls, a follow/followers relationship manager, and featured profile hashtags. Featured profile hashtags allow you to ...
Citymapper for iPhone is a great transit app that supports bus, rail, ride share, biking, and even walking. Sometimes, at the bottom of all the transit options for directions you request, it also ...
One of my nebulous personal goals is to read more on my iPads besides tech blogs and doomscrolling. Yes, that includes books and I am currently in the middle of The Fall of Hyperion on Apple Books ...
Twitter just changed the Favorite button to a Heart, and it was as if millions of social media workflows suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. If ...
Mastodon is a relatively new social media service, but I’ve grown to like it quite a bit. Of course, any new service these days will need good apps if it’s going to get anywhere. Thankfully, the iOS ...
Over the last couple years, I’ve grown to enjoy using AnyList and my Apple Watch for grocery shopping and other errands. This setup offers a few nice conveniences like sharing lists with Jessi, a ...