Technistry

Technistry

By Scott SchulmanTechnology
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Technistry episodes

  • 2.8: That Sweet, Sweet Endorphin Rush

    Scott: Tags in Things

    • Action words for tags: email, execute, call, plan
    • Tags allow you to group similar actions (e.g., making all your phone calls at one time)

      • Chris: iOS Shortcuts

      • Generate Wifi QRcode (by Matthew Cassinelli)
      • Copy web text to Markdown (by Federico of MacStories)
      • Speed up videos in Safari (by Federico of MacStories)
      • Send Gifs with Shortcuts (selects a random Nacho gif, copies it to the clipboard, and opens messages)

        • Learn Shortcuts: 

        • MacStories Shortcuts (best collection of shortcuts)
        • Matthew Cassinelli
        • Shortcut subreddit

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          13 min
        • 2.7: I Have Like Eight Friends
          Chris: Doodle 
          Create polls (time or text) to help you schedule meetings
          Many options: title, optional dates for meeting, notes, location
          Additional settings: yes/no/maybe, hide participant names, how many votes/person
          You can text or email polls
          Others can respond with the dates that work for them and leave you a personal comment
          Scott: Apple Watch health competitions
          You can compete with contacts
          Each competition is 7 days
          You can earn a maximum of 600 points/day
          You earn badges for beating others
          Scott's wish list: food component (My Fitness Pal is an app that helps track food)
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          12 min
        • 2.6: Piggyback Rant

          Scott: 1Password

          • Don't use the same password for everything
          • 1Password generates passwords for you
          • On a Mac, command + \ opens auto fills your username and password
          • iOS integrates really well with 1Password (Settings > Passwords & Accounts > Autofill Passwords)


            • Chris: Prayer Mate

            • You can create lists, shared public prayer lists, and groups of prayers
            • Schedule your prayers
            • Pray through biblical prayers
            • Mark prayers answered


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              12 min
            • 2.5: A, B, X, Whatever

              Chris: Verses App

              • Learn more at Versesapp.com
              • Helps you memorize the Bible, catechisms, or creeds
              • Memorize with 5–6 different games


                • Scott: YouVersion Bible

                • Learn more at youversion.com
                • You can highlight passages with a variety of colors
                • Share community notes with friends
                • Create wallpapers with verses
                • Use shorter plans or year-long plans


                  • Distraction-free Bible reading:

                  • Turn on do not disturb
                  • Turn on guided access to lock your phone down to a single app (Settings > General > Accessibility > Guided Access)
                  • Give your screen time password to someone else for maximum self-protection 



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                    12 min
                  • 2.4: My Estimation for You Just Went Way Up
                    Scott: Bear Writing App
                    Chris: Stock photos
                    unsplash.com
                    thestocks.im: photos, colors, icons, videos, mockups, fonts
                    Worship backgrounds: www.cmgcreate.com
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                    12 min
                  • 2.3: Inbox Like 10,000+
                    Chris: Delay Send Emails 
                    Options for delay send email clients/services: 
                    Boomerang for Gmail 
                    Microsoft Outlook  
                    Spark 
                    Airmail 
                    Apple Mail client plugin options for Mac: Mailbutler , Mail Act On (I believe requires Mail to be running to send) 
                    Scott: Apple Mail tags 
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                    12 min
                  • 2.2: Something I'm Very Passionate About

                    Scott's PowerPoint Tips:

                    1. Use the same sized fonts
                    2. Center you text horizontally and vertically
                    3. Keep a master slide file for songs
                    4. Transition song slides a second early
                    5. Use spellcheck several times

                      6. Chris's Keyboard Shortcut Suggestions:

                      Take a few moments to learn keyboard shortcuts of your most used apps. Here's a few to get you going. 

                      Web browser shortcuts starter shortcuts

                      • ctrl/cmd + l (selects url)
                      • ctrl/cmd + t (new tab)
                      • ctrl/cmd + shift + t (opens recently closed tab)

                        • Working with text starter shortcuts (at least on Macs)

                        • cmd + k (hyperlink)
                        • cmd + left or right arrow (go to the beginning or end of the line)
                        • cmd + up or down arrow (go to the top or bottom of the page)
                        • option + left or right arrow (move cursor one word at a time)
                        • shift + left or right arrow (begin text selection on the left or right of the cursor, one character at a time)
                        • option + shift + left or right arrow (select previous or next word)
                        • shift + cmd + left or right arrow (select the entire line, left or right of the cursor
                        • option + shift + up or down arrow (select all text above or below the cursor, one line at a time)
                        • shift + cmd + up or down (select all text above or below the cursor, one line at a time)

                          • Other starter shortcuts (at least on Macs)

                          • cmd + option + v (moves copied file to current location)
                          • ctrl + up arrow (see all open windows)
                          • ctrl + down arrow (see all windows for current application


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                            12 min
                          • 2.1: Of Games and Google

                            Scott's Games

                            • Jackbox Party Pack

                              • Chris's Google Tips

                              • fontpair.co (some great typeface pairings)
                              • Set your default styling in Google docs (photo): Format > Paragraph Styles > Options > Save as my default styles

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                                11 min
                              • Season One Complete
                                We've decided to take a brief break for the summer and come back with season 2 in the fall. Have ideas for the coming season? Send us a message! We'd love to hear from you!
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