Jordan Merrick

Shortcuts no longer supports shortcut file imports. Any links to shortcuts in this post have been updated to use iCloud links. I often post photos to Instagram or Unsplash. Now that I'm using my website for microblogging, I've started publishing my photos here as well. I'll have more ownership over the content and, should either … Continue reading Importing Instagram Photos Into Jekyll

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

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

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

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

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