There’s a new feature in iPadOS 15 called Quick Note. It gives you access to Notes in a special view, all over the interface, without actually leaving the app or screen you’re on. I gushed about this in Switch to iPad #52 (which is free to read, so pop over there if you like), and now, running the beta on two different iPads, I’ll confess to be in love with this new feature. However, I’m not using it the way I thought I would.
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The Dumbphone Experiment: Is size everything?
It’s been a couple of days, and I think I’ve got things pretty much under control in my iPad + dumbphone experiment. There are some things I’m still struggling with, but overall, this works, the trade-offs are reasonable thus far, I think. Yesterday, after driving to the summer home (that really is an all-year home), I did start to think about iPad sizes, though. I’d like to share those thoughts with you.
Continue reading →How to use Visual Studio Code on your iPad
One of the most popular code editors for web developers today, is Visual Studio Code, or VS Code for short. It’s made by Microsoft and is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Unfortunately, there isn’t an official iPad app just yet, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use VS Code on your iPad. At least not if you use GitHub to manage your codebase.
Continue reading →The Dumbphone Experiment: Enabling the Apple Watch
It’s been three days, and I’ve managed to survive without my iPhone. I did forget my camera on the first day, which was a bummer, but it’s been with me (and gotten use) since then. This was one of the goals, so I’m happy about that.
Continue reading →iPadOS 15 Beta Watch: Lovely widgets
I’ve been using the iPadOS 15 beta on my, err, beta iPad Pro since the first developer beta was released at WWDC. It’s really getting there, although I must stress that it’s still a beta, so some things will be wonky. I wouldn’t run the iPadOS 15 beta on my primary iPad Pro because there are too many things I rely on that just won’t work on the beta just yet. That will depend on what you’re using your iPad for, obviously, but be careful nonetheless.
Continue reading →The Dumbphone Experiment: Stumbling on iMessage
Well, that could’ve started better, couldn’t it? I ran in to a bunch of small little niggles on my first day, some silly, and some unexpected. This was expected, obviously, but I was still taken surprised.
Continue reading →The iPad + dumbphone experiment
One of my most-read posts on my now defunct English edition of TDH.se was about combining a tablet with a dumbphone, ditching the smartphone (the post is available on the legacy edition, if you’re curious). I wrote the post after seeing the setup in action, and not only as the hypothetical setup that no one would actually commit to.
That was early 2014. Now it’s 2021, and things have changed quite a bit. I’m revisiting this idea as Stockholm (Sweden, where I spend half my time) continues to open up as the pandemic restrictions lightens up.
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