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Home Screen: Gabe Weatherhead

Twitter: @macdrifter. Writer of Macdrifter.com and maker of TapCellar. My Home screen doesn’t change a lot. That’s partly because I’ve found my groove with many of these applications on iOS. It’s also because Spotlight and Today widgets on iOS 9 make my Home screen a lot less important to my daily work. These are my...


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Screens,Better on the Big Screen (Vol. 2), Francisco Cantu’s Home screen, the first instalment of the Workflow Corner, a media pick from Graham, plus the usualApp Debuts, Links, and recap of MacStories articles....


Home Screen: Francisco Cantu

Twitter: @frankcantu. Developer of Sidefari and TaskAgent. My iPad follows me between my desk and bed, which may explain the odd mixture of productivity and entertainment apps. Since iOS 7, I’ve always made an effort to keep my apps living together in a single page — so my home screen is essentially my only screen....


Interesting Links

Phillip Gruneich has worked his magic to make a 1Writer action that posts directly to Medium. Ben Brooks on Content Blockers for OS X and why Ghostery is still the best option after all. BuzzFeed on the rise of the Acapella app for iPhone and how it evolved from a simpler idea. You can now...


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Home Screen: Greg Pierce

Twitter: @agiletortoise. Developer of Drafts, Terminology & Tally. For the past couple of years, my iPhone Springboard has settled into a three screen strategy. The Home screen is focused on communication and content, the second screen is a sea of folders for the various apps I like to have around, but do not use often...


Interesting Links

The story of SketchParty TV and how it launched on Apple TV. We love this game. David Lanham has made an adorable Live Photo wallpaper for the iPhone 6s. Microsoft has open submissions to participate in a beta of Cortana for iOS in the United States. Ethisham Rabbani, CEO of SteelSeries, on designing the new...