9to5Mac reports that Instapaper has dropped Apple Watch support: Just two weeks after announcing it was going independent, popular read-it-later service Instapaper has updated its iOS application to remove support for Apple Watch. Instapaper was one of the first applications to ever support Apple Watch, launching its client on Apple Watch release day in 2015… … Continue reading Apple Watch Apps Are Dead, Long Live Apple Watch Apps
Apple Removes Apps From Their Affiliate Program
Members of the iTunes Affiliate Program (myself included) received an email from Apple earlier today that announced iOS and Mac apps would no longer be included: Thank you for participating in the affiliate program for apps. With the launch of the new App Store on both iOS and macOS and their increased methods of app … Continue reading Apple Removes Apps From Their Affiliate Program
Adding Webmentions to Jekyll
I've added some basic support for webmentions to my Jekyll-powered site using webmention.io and this Jekyll plugin. If any of my posts are mentioned elsewhere and my site receives a webmention, it's displayed below the post content.Since Jekyll is a static site generator, the plugin can only check for new webmentions when the site is … Continue reading Adding Webmentions to Jekyll
Some Initial Observations About Shortcuts
Apple started accepting requests to download the new Shortcuts app earlier today. I received an invite this afternoon and have spent about an hour using the app. Here are some of my initial thoughts. The app may have some new functionality and a fresh coat of paint, but it's still very much the Workflow we … Continue reading Some Initial Observations About Shortcuts
My iPhone Photography Kit
Photography has long been a hobby of mine, and for the past few years I've pursued this using my iPhone. I've owned digital SLRs and mirrorless cameras in the past, but the iPhone eventually made a separate camera redundant. Nowadays, I shoot with an iPhone X, and it's the best camera I've ever owned. iPhone … Continue reading My iPhone Photography Kit
A Workflow for Microblogging
The recent changes I made to my blog to add microblogging support included setting up a Micropub to GitHub web service. This allows me to use the Micro.blog app (or any other Micropub-compatible app) to compose and publish new microposts. However, the web service doesn't currently support a Micropub media endpoint, so I can't attach … Continue reading A Workflow for Microblogging
Microblogging
I've made some changes to my blog so that I can also use it for microblogging. Microposts—short posts without a title—are displayed on my home page and published to Micro.blog (I'm @jordanmerrick).There are separate pages for viewing just blog posts or the microblog, and some additional RSS and JSON feeds: All posts (RSS and JSON) … Continue reading Microblogging
