12/27/2023 0 Comments Devonthink pro nmac ked![]() ![]() The RSS client landscape on the Mac has seen better days. It’s also the source of many of the links in the MacStories Weekly newsletter that we create each week for Club members and ideas for AppStories episodes and other writing. RSS is where many of the news stories on MacStories originate. A lot of that occurs in Safari, but that’s not the only source I use, nor is it how I manage the research I collect. Throughout 2018, much of my writing workflow has remained the same, but it’s been expanded with the addition of new apps that have made my writing life better overall.Įvery story involves some degree of research. Research and editing are part of the process and involve their own specialized apps. However, writing involves much more than typing. I spend more time typing into a text editor than any other task on my Mac or iPad. I’ll mention where Apple’s apps fit into my workflow as I go because without them there would be a few big holes in the landscape of apps I use, but the focus of this roundup is on third-party apps, not Apple’s. Instead, I’ve fine-tuned existing workflows and added new apps for specific tasks.īelow, I’ve broken down the 49 apps I use roughly by activity and function. I used a current-generation 9.7-inch iPad some, but it couldn’t compete with my LG display.Īs 2018 comes to a close, the changes I’ve made haven’t been dramatic despite the extra time I’ve spent in front of my Mac. 1 I decided to hold out for the new iPad Pros, but that meant writing for four of the busiest months at MacStories without a good iOS work solution. Third, just after WWDC, I destroyed the screen of my iPad Pro thanks to the trunk hinges that invade the interior of the 2016 Honda Accord. For it, we produced seven extra episodes of AppStories that were released in the span of one week, which kept me in front of my Mac recording and editing for long periods of late May through June. The second factor was our MacStories coverage of the App Store’s tenth anniversary. It was a big step up from the 23-inch 1080p one I had before and, combined with a VESA arm, improved working at my Mac substantially. The first was the 27-inch LG 4K display I bought in January. Three events led me to work on my Mac more in 2018. ![]() Instead, I concluded that 2018 would be the year to improve the way I already work by refining existing workflows and reevaluating how I get things done, including on the Mac. There’s a natural tendency to take on everything that crosses your path when you go out on your own, but I’ve seen too many people fall into that trap in the past. With the number of new things I took on in 2017 and the transition to indie life, I made the conscious decision to step back and settle into my new life. As the year came to a close, I was exploring what that meant for the way I work on the Mac. It's a mixed blessing because it's made it easier than ever to get safe foods in stores and restaurants, but it has also led to a backlash from restaurants and non-sufferers which causes cross-contamination risk to be increased.Last year when I wrote about my must-have Mac apps, I was coming off a tumultuous year that started with a daily commute into Chicago for my old job and ended with me working from home. Add to that the mixed blessing that is the GF fad diet, where people who don't need a gluten-free diet adhere to one anyway, and it all creates a dangerous situation for these sufferers. Knowing what to eat, and how to avoid cross-contamination or accidental exposure is very difficult. For a sufferer of Celiac Disease, exposure to gluten can tear up the esophagus and cause scarring, (eosinophilic esophagitis can be related) and it takes as much as a month to heal. Unsurprisingly, people with these conditions need to eat. There are also people who have real, legitimate allergies to wheat (not the gluten, but the wheat), as diagnosed by allergists with labwork. This is somewhat controversial, but shouldn't be: There are a large number of people who suffer from Celiac Disease, which is the inability to process Gluten. ![]()
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