Friday, November 12, 2021

Sync Obsidian using Working Copy and GitHub


This is a pretty cool good and geeky way to synchronise your notes in Obsidian on your iOS devices. It isn't too difficult to learn the few git commands to get the job done. On iOS you need to use the application Working Copy. It's also possible to use the terminal on your Mac or application like Gitkraken to pull the notes into Obsidian on your Mac or PC. It's cheaper than using the Obsidian synchronisation service although not as convenient. It didn't take me long to set this up and you only have to remember to synchronise at the beginning and end of a session using Obsidian.

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

How to Find Keyboard Shortcuts in iOS15 - Good and Geeky


A cool productivity hack in iOS15 to find all the system wide keyboard shortcut combinations with the Globe key and use the Cmd key to get them for applications

Saturday, December 18, 2010

The wickedly amazing iPad - What's it for?


The astounding iPad from Apple. is used in multiple divergent ways and that is what makes it so good to loads of different types of people. You can select from thousands of programs to do all sorts of things that make the iPad such flexible device.

Many people say about the iPad that it is so straightforward and intuitive to use that their granny could use it. This assertion is all about someone being so technologically challenged but in any event being able to pick up an iPad and use to do what ever they want to do. Quite often these sort of individuals are the ones that only do the elementary things with their computer, but that is not always the case. So we have people that just look at their email and do a bit of surfing, perhaps write a small document once in a while. The iPad is a perfect fix for this group of people.

Then there is the contrasting end of the scale of the iPad user that requires to use the iPad to do either expert work or play with it and will hunt down all the programs that will do what they like it to do. It could be for hooking a guitar or a keyboard and learning to play an instrument, or being able to increase what the instrument can do I terms of mixing the sounds with a mixer or adding a software wah wah or a reverb pedal. So that is the play end of the gamut but then there is the work that can be done, commencing with the presentation, database, spreadsheet and writing softwares that are a portion of the massive list of productivity applications.


One of the situations that is popular for iPad aficionados is to use while sitting on the sofa enjoying the TV. Very easy to go into the IMDB application and see information about the actor or actresses in the film you are viewing. Maybe there is a TV series on and you don't want to miss what is happening but you have to put the finishing touches to an feature, or the last few formulas in a spreadsheet. The iPad is perfect for this class of use.

The iPad also becomes a viewing tool for television, movies, video podcasts, it is really comfy to be sitting in bed following the latest film that is being streamed in from your desktop computer using an app like Zumocast or Airvideo. If you get bored with the film you can just quit that and switch to reading a magazine instead. It is wonderful to have something that takes in so many pursuits rather than a appliance that only lets you read a book for example.

Games, of course are really well-liked on the iPad and there are tons of degrees of difficulty in the different games. You can have something that is not so demanding that you might play with while in the queue in the supermarket. Conversely there are games that will have you entertained for hours at a time as you endeavour to complete all the levels. One game that is popular is the one with angry birds that you have to launch into structures, very easy, another little game you have to land the aircraft on assorted airports and air strips without crashing them. That one starts elementary but before long has you calling out for mommy.