New blog post: First Year in Chronicling Commits

February 27, 2024

It’s been just over a year since the first commit to the repository that would eventually become Chronicling, initially codenamed "Timber" — a playful, yet...

Sunday Shortcut: COVID Tracking

August 28, 2022

After avoiding it for the last few years, COVID finally found it’s way into our household last week. I wanted to keep track of how it was progressing, so...

Sunday Shortcut: Meet in the Middle

August 14, 2022

Finding somewhere interesting to stop, eat or explore while on a long journey can be difficult. Inspired by Make My Drive Fun, this week I made a shortcut to...

Sunday Shortcut: One Click Settings

August 7, 2022

There are a few settings I find myself accessing frequently on my iPhone, and it sometimes takes a frustrating amount of time to find them. While the search...

Sunday Shortcut: Apple Music Collage

July 31, 2022

Apple Music provides great Shortcut actions, including ways to filter and sort your music. I enjoy seeing a visual summary of music I’ve listened to recently...

Sunday Shortcut: Turn your Photos into Rich Reminders

July 17, 2022

I often take screenshots and photos over the course of the day to remind me to do something. Recently this has included things like looking up a book I read...

Sunday Shortcut: Interstitial Journalling

July 10, 2022

I started using Daily Notes in Roam Research a few years ago. The immediately available blank page lowered the friction of writing things down, and the...

Sunday Shortcut: Exporting Data from the Health App

July 3, 2022

The Apple Health app is a fantastic way to securely store and visualise your health data, but it doesn’t offer a simple way to share that information with...

Sunday Shortcut: Check Food Hygiene Rating

June 26, 2022

After seeing one too many news stories about rodents hiding in the back of busy kitchens, I like to take a quick look at the hygiene rating of a restaurant...

Sunday Shortcut: Air Quality Check

June 19, 2022

The quality of the air we breathe is fundamental to our health, but information about air pollution isn’t easy to access. According to the World Health...

Sunday Shortcut: 🍿 Plan Movie Night

June 12, 2022

Recently I’ve been trying watch more more movies. Fitting in a sci-fi epic like Dune can be tough, but is well worth the effort! With this week’s Sunday...

Sunday Shortcut: Log Caffeine

June 5, 2022

I love coffee and I love to get a good night’s sleep - as Mum to a 10 month old, I get to indulge in the former much more frequently than the latter! The...

Sunday Shortcut: Twitter Advanced Search

May 29, 2022

I was unaware of some of the very powerful search parameters on Twitter until I saw this popular thread: Tessa Davis @TessaRDavisThe most powerful feature...

New blog post: Using Discord as a Communication Hub for Friends and Family

May 5, 2022

Creating your own Discord server is fast, free, and not just for gamers. For the last couple of months, my husband and I have been using a Discord server...