pkondo
January 4, 2021, 4:21pm
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Wondering if this could be done with a widget.
I would like to display a random quote from a list of quotes that I have in a widget. Wondering if there is an app with corresponding widget that could do that or if something could be Gerry-rigged with something like Drafts or Apple Notes or similar.
Setting how often the quote changes is a bonus and was thinking changing daily but that’s less critical.
Not a full answer, but a start.
I made a Shortcut where it takes a random snippet from the Havamal and returns it back to me.
here is the shortcut in the video for the one that sends it to Drafts.
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/1db7ef67f69c4b2b8aa9af29082dc255
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Mau
January 6, 2021, 6:34am
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I had the same question sometime ago and there were some useful suggestions. Check it out here:
Hi all,
I’m trying to figure out how to get a daily motivational quote to show up every morning on my iPhone and after searching the forum for a similar topic I thought I’d ask.
I use Things as my task manager so I was thinking that maybe there’s a way to do it there. That way I would have the quote show up as a new task every morning as I review my tasks for the day. (I actually have my list of quotes stored in a project in Things).
Having the quote appear in Things is ideal because I can s…
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pkondo
January 6, 2021, 2:53pm
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I never heard of that app so I just downloaded it. I’m also a newbie at Shortcuts but worth giving this workflow a try. Thank you!