@macgreg Turns out a messed up the earlier mention, so I’ll try again. Do you know if there is a way to pass a variable into snippet? I have something rigged up that I want to write about, but wanted to at least follow through with my ask before posting.
A few years ago an insurance rep warned me and my colleagues about these types of emergency clinics. That was when I was still living in New York. Now that I am living in Austin, I see them are popping up everywhere. Now I know why.
https://apple.news/AtEbpcqBsQOax9fPNs1iOiQ
While I just wrote a piece suggesting Apple should adopt touch on Macs, I also 100% agree with @brentsimmons when he says “don’t expect Macs to turn into large iPads all of a sudden.” This may seem contradictory, but I think doing touch gestures does not require a touch UI.
@macgreg Feel free to ignore my blatant use of this smaller platform to see if you know if this snippet is even possible. Currently I use ;aUrl to get the frontmost Safari tab’s url. I would like be able to do something like ;aUrl.number to get a specified tab’s url. Any ideas?
Early Thoughts on the Logitech Create Keyboard
Finally purchased a keyboard for my 9.7″ iPad Pro, the Logitech Create1. Some early thoughts…
Pros
- iPad + keyboard is truly amazing.
- Keys feel alright given low travel.
- Smart Connector 👍.
- Good keyboard support in many apps.
Cons
- The keyboard is clearly still a second class interface.
- A little cramped on a 9.7″ though I hear this is better with the newer 10.5″ iPad Pro keyboards.
- Not sure if there is a good way to collapse the case so the iPad lays flat in while in portrait.
Jury’s Out
Switching planes (by that I mean going from typing on a horizontal plane to pointing with touch on a vertical plane) is entirely intuitive in some moments, but then incredibly awkward in others. For example, gestures such as swiping to scroll or tapping a button come naturally, but the gesture for adjusting the insertion point with the two fingers is cumbersome.
I just recently joked with a colleague that I wrote a ‘hello world’ webpage, and that my the 400 modules involved minified down to just 600 lines of JavaScript. Frank Chimero · Everything Easy is Hard Again
Another amazing and emotive video by Serenity Caldwell that literally illustrates the importance of the new iPad despite it’s shortcomings for educational institutions.
I made this chart to describe the effectiveness of search whenever I try to pick up a new skill. I wonder if anyone else shares this experience.
To promote microblogging amongst my Twitter loving friends, I will just say “you can edit after publishing”.
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Vocabulary-wise, is the following correct?
microblog – generic term for any microblog.
micro.blog – the specific term for the apps and website @manton started.
Anything else?