I recently discovered videos by William Gallagher, a professional British writer whose writing includes scripts for the BBC. I found two of what he calls Three Biscuit Guides helpful in learning the nuances of Pages and Scrivener for writing, both of which I use. What I particularly appreciate is his emphasis on the importance of TEXT while also dealing with app features.
I also noticed what I believe is a Stream Deck on his desk.
Perhaps you will find these helpful. I also appreciate his subtle sense of humor.
WARNING, these are long videos, hence the title âThree Biscuit Guides.â Iâm sure our British forum members will understand. Helpfully, he provides a âtable of contentsâ for the videos so one can skip to sections of particular interest without watching the entire video.
I just watched about 20 minutes of the Pages video. Great teaching style and I love his sense of humor. Plan to watch the entire video when I have time. Will also look for his others. Thanks for posting.
Regardless of how theyâre described, they arenât served with gravy, but cups of tea!
Also, not sure how itâs a three biscuit ride (might have to watch later when I have some time) but I can eat three biscuits in the space of a minute, so unless itâs three packs of biscuits!
EN-UK - like a cookie but there are infinite varieties, served with tea or coffee
EN-US - nasty scone type thing served with a meal
Now for the brits - what is your favourite biscuit. And for the brit expats, what biscuit do you miss or try to stock up on when you get back for a visit? I vote for hobnobs
Thankfully you canât get them here, so the pull of nostalgia wonât lead you into giving them âone last tryâ and saying âmmmmh an aquired tasteâ. Every ex pat is saved from themselves.
Totally different as you know from the Southern âbiscuitâ in the USA. They are cookies really but usually rock hard, bland and/or full of weird bad combinations of ingredients and impossible to eat with any pleasure. So very British and in line with cultural norms. In my last years in the UK I did find one I liked: Chocolate Chip, based on the America cookie but hard.
One kind I used to quite like, which was vaguely palatable if you dipped them in milky sweet tea first were called âMarie Biscuitsâ, very popular, like âcrispsâ which as you know are really chips. âChipsâ over there are French Fries.
William is a really nice guy and very generous with his time and advice. Heâs highly entertaining and would make a great guest on the MPU podcast.
In addition to the Three Biscuit Guides, he is is also a regular contributor to AppleInsider. Dr Who fans might be pleased to know that he wrote a number of audio plays from 2010 to 2014.
