@ismh86@HobbyCollector Yeah, I used to like it, but I’ve been finding lot of little bugs, specially regarding syncing. I always saw everyone praising the app, but I always get back to default client.
To be honest I’m not on email often on my Mac. When I need a client, I usually use Mail. However, most of the time I just use the GMail web client. It works well and does what I need!
I keep trying Spark, Airmail, and the like, but keep coming back to the stock Mail app. Outlook is my dedicated work mail client, so I keep that hidden and also separate from the personal email accounts.
Also, the way I have my screens setup (above), my main distractions (Mail, Twitter, etc.) are hidden in folders.
Here’s mine. The two folders are a bit of a tradition … they’ve been in those spots since we were first able to have folders on iOS, although the contents change over time. “iPlylists” is a shortcut that lets me pick between a handful of Apple Music playlists (use it mostly at work). OmniSelect is a shortcut that let me hop into specific places in OmniFocus (that I shamelessly and ruthelessly stole from @MacSparky ).
I spent about a month playing with Drafts, enjoying the coding side of it in particular. But, for me it didn’t actually fit my work.
I think I get it, and this is my take. It’s name is spot on: it appears to be an app for people who create new pieces of writing on a very regular basis, and who also like the mechanics of automation. That’s quite a niche market, but it looks great for that.
Very bare-bones use of the home screen, I know, but part of it is based on shared stuff with my wife. At least, that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.
It’s interesting to see cardhop is a popular app, I have been thinking of buying it. After seeing so many home screens I need to figure mine out and get it together.
I can’t remember where I got it from, but the notes inside it refer to Jim Sauer. It’s a clever idea that sorts all your shortcuts based on emoji, so running this shortcut lets you drill down to any other one.
I hardly use it though, as the only Shortcuts I use on a regular basis are those other three:
Today’s Music: picks a playlist based on am/pm for different days of the week.
Drive Time: gives a menu of my 4 most frequent destinations, then either runs Today’s Music or opens Overcast (plus messages my wife if I’m going to her workplace)
Camera: gives a menu of camera tasks (eg selfie, markup, scan document)
Capture: Quick add to my task manager, DayOne, and Keep It. Also can open Scanbot to scanning mode.
Consume: Opens apps I use for digesting media. Things like my task manager with articles to read and videos to watch. RSS. Books and my Bible app.
Music: I play music every week at my church so I have an action that will start the playlist with all the songs for the week. It can also shuffle all my music and start my recent podcasts.
: These are just shortcuts for jumping into each of the Planning Center apps I use for my main job.
I think you nailed it. I don’t do a lot of “new” writing - sure, I enter stuff into Things, and I answer lots of WhatsApp messages - but I don’t blog nor do I write journals and stuff. The whatever small scale of writing I do, I would have done it in Notes.
Sorry for detailing this thread. Onwards to more Homescreen porn please.