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Author: Evan Kline (page 9 of 164)

Hello, I'm Evan. I write about tech from my perspective – that of the average tech geek, sometimes with my lawyer glasses on. You can also find me on Twitter and at my real-life job as a lawyer.    MORE ABOUT ME.

So I may have just jumped out of the in-app Tweetbot web browser and into Safari to read an article, so it wouldn’t count against my self-imposed social media limit in Screentime. #willpower


7 Sources for Ready-Made iOS Shortcuts

With the release of iOS 12, the Shortcuts app was released into the wild. Unlike Siri Shortcuts, through which you can assign simple voice commands to frequently used actions on your device,1 the Shortcuts app empowers you to build simple and complex automated workflows with a building block interface.

If you are intrigued by the power of the Shortcuts app, or you just want some inspiration, you’re in luck. Like the communities around other automation tools, Shortcuts users are generous with their creations and have shared their shortcuts online in several locations. Here are the seven best places I’ve found so far for downloading shortcuts:

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  1. Yes, I know that’s a gross oversimplification.


So one flaw with the Presidential Alert system – no way to get back a dismissed alert. (Or if there is one, it’s not obvious). I dismissed it without looking at it during a meeting, as did my 3 clients, and it appears it is gone forever.


(The second thing you learn is that parents love sleep more than their kids, and requests for Band Aids are one of a million stall tactics used by the tiny masterminds)


One of the first things you learn as a parent is that Band Aids have magical pain-reducing abilities, regardless of where they are placed, or whether your child is even injured. #dadlife #whoneedslogic