iPhone – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

A quieter iPad Home Screen

2021-01-17 | Reading time: 3 minutes

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 | Reading time: 13 minutes

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 | Reading time: 1 minute

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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Notability iPad Battery Drainage

2020-08-24 | Reading time: 1 minute

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 | Reading time: 1 minute

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 | Reading time: 1 minute

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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OmniFocus and iCal for Realistic Tasks-for-Today Planning

2020-07-03 | Reading time: 6 minutes

OmniFocus is pretty useful, but it lacks in support for a realistic planning of what you can accomplish during one day. However, iCal can help here.
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Apple’s Quality Program E1 — Exchange and Repair Extension Program

2020-02-23 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Even if your warranty is expired, for some problems Apple offers an extended program that covers your — otherwise expensive — Apple product repair.
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DEVONthink and iOS Disk Space

2019-09-13 | Reading time: 2 minutes

The iOS version of DEVONthink (2.7.2) changed how it handles preview images — resulting in massive amounts of space being used for ... preview images.
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A shout-out to a great App: Post-it(R) Plus

2019-02-05 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Companies who are famous for their paper products can go digital. A very good example is this app, which allows you to use the best of both worlds: Start with paper (Post-it(R)s) and continue digitally. Cool.
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