John
This week, Federico and John share their wishes for macOS 14.
SafariThings: A Simple Web Clipper for Things to Turn Webpages into Tasks
I’m continuing my experiment with Things as my task manager on all Apple platforms (in case you missed it last week: John is to blame here, but in a good way since I’m really enjoying the app) and something I realized this week is that I was missing a nice web clipper to turn webpages...
Our watchOS 10 and tvOS 17 Wishes
Using Things’ Shortcuts Actions for Quick Entry and Task Selection on iPadOS
Something you should know about me is that there’s a dedicated area of my brain I refer to as the “John told me to try this” area. I think you know what I mean. John and I share very similar tastes in terms of hardware and apps, and he’s well known for keeping a large...
Our iPadOS 17 Wishes
Triggering Shortcuts with Drag and Drop Input on macOS via Dropover
As part of my rediscovery of macOS since I went all-in with a MacBook Air as my primary machine a month ago, friends and podcast listeners have been kindly helping me out getting back up to speed in terms of cool apps and utilities for Mac. Today, I want to highlight a specific indie app...
Our iOS 17 Wishes
Improving the Experience of Using iPad Apps on a Mac
As part of my recent switch to a MacBook Air as my main computer, I’ve been on the lookout for interesting third-party apps and utilities to improve my daily usage of macOS. It’s been a few years since I really used a Mac as my primary machine, so I’m a bit rusty on what the...
Fiery Feeds for iOS Added an In-App Split View Mode That I Wish More iPhone Apps Offered
A few weeks ago on Mastodon, I shared a simple feature request: a split-screen mode for iPhone RSS readers that would allow me to scroll headlines in the one half of the screen and preview actual articles in the other.
If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone: back in 2007, Steve Jobs demoed pretty much the same thing for the first version of the Mail app for iPhone OS 1.0. That layout mode never shipped, and probably rightfully so at the time given the limited screen real estate of the first iPhone.