Supercomputer

This week, Matthew interviews Alex about how she gets work done at Cards Against Humanity. Plus Alex has a… great magic trick at the end.

There’s checklists, task managers, and email talk – plus an announcement about Season 2!

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Links from the episode:

• Cards Against Humanity
• OmniFocus
• Things
• Drafts
•  Newton
• Superhuman
• Open from Overcast into YouTube shortcut

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• @_supercomputer
• @alexcox
• @mattcassinelli
• Matthew’s YouTube
• Type, a newsletter by Matthew Cassinelli

Alex and Matthew debut their first test episode as a video show on YouTube, after 18 previous audio-only episodes.

But it’s still a podcast! You can just watch us talk if you want: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJSvmibqXPAp9iqCIIHBMuw

Topics include the Google Home Hub, yearly themes, and our pitch to the world.
 
Support our new Patreon too: https://www.patreon.com/supercomputer

Matthew and Alex talk about going from beginner shortcuts to the next level with the “If” scripting action, plus how this all could be a bit easier.

Matthew enjoys his LEGO, Alex really wants to know about OAuth, and we tease next week’s opposing views on iPads.

Links from the show

• Matthew’s “When Will The Rain Stop?” shortcut
• “Just realized the KonMari method is a Mark and Sweep garbage collection algorithm” – @dimasguardado
• Merlin Mann calling Shortcuts “cute” on The Talk Show with John Gruber
• Matthew’s newest YouTube video on the iPad Pros

Matthew and Alex are here for the New Apple.

Show Notes

• Best Note Taking App | Organize Your Notes with Evernote
• Apple is putting iTunes on Samsung TVs - The Verge
• How to set up Apple Music on Echo speakers, set deault service
• Planet of the Apps — Watch on Apple Music.
• Black Mirror: Bandersnatch | Netflix Official Site
• HomePod: A practical review – The Sweet Setup
• Apple promotes John Giannandrea to SVP of ML and AI Strategy after hiring ex-Google search chief in April  - 9to5Mac
• ATP: Island of Shortcuts 
• Matthew Cassinelli - YouTube
• Matthew Cassinelli – Shortcuts, technology, and tips
• Roboism - Relay FM
• Alex Cox (@AlexCox) | Twitter

This week, Matthew and Alex explore some of their holiday experiments, as well as how to value your time as much as you value your computer. 

Show Notes

• TickTick: Todo list, checklist and task manager app for Android, iPhone and Web
• Getting Things Done® - David Allen’s GTD® Methodology
• Instapaper
• Be Focused
• KonMari – Founded by Marie Kondo.
• It’s All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff - Kindle edition by Peter Walsh. Crafts, Hobbies & Home Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

This week, Matthew talks about getting his work done entirely on iOS, and Alex talks about her love of tomatos.

Links from the show

• Homescreen tweet
• Dr Drang piece on Airtable
• Alex's Earhole shortcut
• TickTick
• Carrot Weather
• TickTick URL Scheme
• Jeff Perry question on time tracking

Where You Can Get Angry at Us

• Matthew Cassinelli - YouTube
• Matthew Cassinelli (@mattcassinelli) | Twitter
• Alex Coxmas 🎄 (@AlexCox) | Twitter
• supercomputer (@_supercomputer) • Instagram photos and videos

This week, Matthew ponders why you can’t get real work done on iOS, and Alex works herself into a tizzy about Pokémon and old men.

Links from the Show

• Steve Jobs: “Who wants a stylus?” - Apple - Steve Jobs at Macworld 2007 in San Francisco - YouTube
• TickTick: Todo list, checklist and task manager app for Android, iPhone and Web
• Tyler Stalman - YouTube
• Homepage | Pokémon Go
• Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! | Official Pokémon Site
• Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp | Nintendo
• Zach Gage on Twitter: “so I’ve basically replaced my twitter habit with pokemon go and my life is a lot better”
• iOS 11: iPad Wishes and Concept Video – MacStories
• Moving to iPad Pro? SIX gestures you should know! - YouTube
• Drafts. Where Text Starts. | Drafts
• Password Manager for Families, Businesses, Teams | 1Password
• ‎Adobe Lightroom CC on the App Store
• Lightroom presets | Etsy
• Mac Power Users #434: PDF Workflows - Relay FM
• Instapaper
• Pocket
• I tried to edit an ENTIRE video on iPad Pro… - YouTube
• Federico Viticci on Twitter: “The beauty of computers is that they won’t judge you.Use whatever computer you prefer. Use a terminal, a Mac, a PC, a phone, an iPad, a Chromebook. It doesn’t matter. The work you do matters.Never let anyone tell you that the way you create something is wrong. Just do it.❤”
• Nebo | MyScript

Where You Can Get Angry at Us

• Matthew Cassinelli - YouTube
• Matthew Cassinelli (@mattcassinelli) | Twitter
• Alex Coxmas 🎄 (@AlexCox) | Twitter
• supercomputer (@_supercomputer) • Instagram photos and videos

In a caffeine-fueled rage, Alex & Matthew pleasantly discuss the viability of iPad Pros as computers.

Both enjoy their self-made armchairs as Matthew runs out of breath and Alex ponders the effect of reviews.

Links from the Show

• Matthew’s empty Shortcuts library
• The Talk Show #234: ‘Welcome to Dongletropolis’, With Special Guest Merlin Mann
• Jason Snell convo
• iPad User Guide
• Shortcuts User Guide
• Gboard - the Google Keyboard
• Apple Support on Twitter
• Apple Support on YouTube
• This is Phil Schiller’s Grand Unified Theory of Apple
• Tip about Continue In App in reply to Dr. Drang
• Tweet Deets for Gruber
• Convo with some guy named Matthew Panzarino
• Outlaw Kingon Netflix
• Kick Ass kid

Find us elsewhere

• @_supercomputer on Twitter
• @_supercomputer on Instagram
• @alexcox on Twitter
• @mattcassinelli on Twitter
• matthewcassinelli.com
• Matthew Cassinelli on YouTube
• Submission form for Shortcuts questions on Airtable (answers coming soon!)

Your hosts’ iPads have arrived! Matthew wants to change the way we think about the philosophy of Apple, and Alex is very concerned about folios big and small.

Links from the show

• Review: The iPad Pro and the power of the Pen(cil) а TechCrunch
• Buy iPad Pro Smart Keyboard Folio - Apple
• Crappy iPad Cover
• Logitech Crayon Digital iPad Pencil for Students
• Apple Pencil Case - Saddle Brown - Apple
• iPhone XS Leather Folio - Forest Green - Apple
• LumaFusion | LumaTouch

Find us elsewhere

• @_supercomputer on Twitter
• @_supercomputer on Instagram
• @alexcox on Twitter
• @mattcassinelli on Twitter
• matthewcassinelli.com
• Matthew Cassinelli on YouTube
• Submission form for Shortcuts questions on Airtable (answers coming soon!)

After Apple's October event, Alex and Matthew convince themselves into and out of, then back into buying iPad Pros.

Alex has feelings, Matthew tries to help, and there's some butchered analogies along the way. Plus, they talk about the new update to Shortcuts.

Links from the show

• Matthew switching to Automator
• Ferrite Recording Studio for iOS
• Stephen Hackett on Twitter: “Google Docs is going to make the new iPad a mess “
• The Good Place on NBC 
• Steve Troughton-Smith on Twitter (not Steve Streza)
• Casey Neistat on Twitter
• Mark Bramhill 💓 on Twitter
• LumaFusion  for iOS
• Build your own Siri Shortcuts: “What’s My Day Like?” - YouTube)
• Shortcuts 2.1 Update! NEW actions + HomePod changes - YouTube
• Getting Started with Workflow –  MacStories
• Workflow Alarms - Shortcut
• iPad Pro: hands-on with Apple’s new all-screen tablet - The Verge
• Photo Import - Shortcut

Find us online

• @_supercomputer on Twitter
• @_supercomputer on Instagram
• @alexcox on Twitter
• @mattcassinelli on Twitter
• matthewcassinelli.com
• Matthew Cassinelli on YouTube
• Submission form for Shortcuts questions on Airtable