I’ve been writing every day since July on an iPad Pro using iPadOS 17 Stage Manager. Here’s how to get the best out of it — Some people view the iPad as a massive iPhone, supremely impractical for most jacket pockets! It has, however, come a long way since Steve Jobs proudly revealed it to a simpler, saner world in 2010. Yes, an iPad with iPadOS 17 Stage Manager and a monitor is a solid solution…

I quote from Ozymandias 7 times and take notes on the Double Slit experiment 3 times to find out — There are just so many, many iPad note-taking apps in the App Store, many claiming to offer the honest-to-whatever-deity-you-worship-or-dont best writing experience ever. But how close do they get? All of them have tough, inexpensive competition in the shape of a plain old notebook and pen. Why are they so…

ChatGPT has enhanced, not destroyed, my writing and improved my productivity. I show you how on iPad. — Much has been written about ChatGPT and other Large Language Model AIs (LLM). Some say they will destroy livelihoods. Journalists. ChatGPT may be coming for our jobs. Here are the 10 roles that AI is most likely to replace. It's getting clearer that AI like ChatGPT could displace white-collar workers the most. Here are the positions that…www.businessinsider.com

If you’re working on a long essay, a project, or even writing a book, Reminders can monitor progress and spot bottlenecks — Contents: Intro — a simple new feature delivers real benefits What is Kanban, and why would I care? Why Kanban is useful for individuals Creating one-off Kanbans, Kanban templates, and Schedules Deep-linking and the Kanban workflow Every year, Apple enhances its stock apps, and in 2023, it is the turn…

Could neglecting broken products and missing out on generative AI cost Apple its star status? — Contents: Intro — changing the world once every 5 years. Vision Pro is amazing, but so is a Lamborghini Countach People would rather have a laser fired into their eyes There’s no place for HomeKit Siri, the village idiot of digital assistants Where’s SiriGPT? So what? It’s almost a given that…

I turn to TikTok to market my fiction, which forces a rethink about what’s important — The greatest challenge with my writing is nothing to do with spelling, grammar, flow, or imagination — although those are all challenges. What I really find hard is marketing, and by that, I mean reaching my target readership. At a very deep level, I think that I’m done when I’ve…

Apple has dramatically improved its note-taking app, which takes me closer than ever to having a second brain. Close enough? — You might have noticed the many, many note-taking apps available for the iPad. Despite that, in May 2020, I wrote about how I had decided to build my Zettelkasten second brain using Apple Notes — yes, that Apple Notes: a stock iOS/iPadOS/Mac app. How I Analysed Over 1,400 Articles in 6 Months Using Apple Notes Edit descriptionmedium.com

The Sony app simplifies image transfer and enables remote control. I try it out with macro work. Nikon and Canon apps are probably good too — The last thing that any geek ever looks at when they unbox a new gadget is the manual or any other documentation. They can’t help themselves. They just want to start playing with their new expensive toy. There’s something else they don’t bother with, and I certainly have never bothered…

It’s my first day on Medium all over again, but I want to try my hand at writing fiction. — Do you remember what it was like when you started writing on Medium? No followers. No boosts. No views. Returning to that lonely place would seem like madness, but here I am doing just that. I’ve started a new Medium account, focussed on writing fantasy fiction. …