iOS – Page 3 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Getting Exported Annotations (Highlights, Underlines, Notes, etc) from PDF Expert in the right order

2021-08-08

A short process to sort notes by page number.
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Sharing an iPad or iPhone Screen when Using WebEx on the Mac

2021-08-03

Did not notice it before, but you can share an iPad/iPhone screen when you use WebEx on the Mac. Should be great for Usability testing.
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A quieter iPad Home Screen

2021-01-17

Unfortunately, iOS does not allow you to customize your device as you'd like. Fortunately, the Shortcuts app can be used to create custom icons for any application. Which in turn allows you to make the home screen less ... visually noisy.
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A Notability-based Digital Bullet Journal on a Tablet — Best of Both Worlds?

2021-01-06

If you like to use a bullet journal, but do not like the disadvantages of paper — why not use a tablet and keep a digital handwritten journal. Essentially the best of both worlds. (An idea in progress.)
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Selective iOS Calendar Widget

2021-01-06

You can configure which calendars you see in the iOS up next widget, for example, if you have duplicate calendars on different platforms to increase resilience and want to see each appointment only once.
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Storing an Apple Pencil

2020-11-23

I found it hard to story my Apple Pencil ... but Velcro solved this very well.
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iPad 5 mini — Ideal reading and note taking everywhere device

2020-11-20

I tried out an iPad 5 mini, and waow, that tablet has just the right size factor. Finding a case is hell, though.
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Notability iPad Battery Drainage

2020-08-24

It pays to keep an eye on battery usage — here regarding Notabilty.
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Reading Books with Notability and GoodReader

2020-07-25

Recently switched to Notability for Note-Taking on the iPad. It works very well for making notes when reading books as well.
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Remote Usability Testing on Mobiles with WebEx Meetings

2020-07-25

One of the nice results of all this video conferencing — you find out how to do remote usability testing on mobiles.
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This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.