Last updated: August 16, 2022
One of my goals has always been to figure out a straight-forward way to connect Zapier and Shortcuts.
One of those ways is Pushcut, via a local automations server it runs constantly on a device. But until today I didn’t have a spare device…so now I’m testing the server.
I’ll report my findings, and likely do a tutorial video for the Creator Crew 🙂
Last updated: October 5, 2025In case you missed it, last week I talked about how in Curling, sweepers guide the stone by controlling the friction. We can apply this to our business by looking at tasks we perform, or processes, and trying to smooth that over. But what does that look like…practically speaking? Keyboard Shortcuts…
Last updated: February 4, 2025Since writing to you about me not using Notion, I’ve been using Notion. A lot. Something weird clicked for me a couple of weeks into using it, and I “get” how it works a little better (shout out to my friend Cat Mulvihill for her help there). So I’ve been using…
I’ve been thinking of doing something like this for a while, but haven’t pulled the trigger. I want to thank SaneBox for partnering with me to push me over the edge. This first edition of The Friday Toolkit is brought to you by them; I chose SaneBox as the partner because I’ve been using them all year and am a huge fan. I’m excited to share a little bit more about them.
Last updated: October 5, 2025When I was in college, I was pretty smug about certain things — like people getting degrees they’ll never actually use. Philosophy came to mind, a lot. Nearly 20 years on, two things are true about me: The fact that I’m not using my Master’s hasn’t always been true. I taught…
Over the past year or so, I’ve made a concerted effort to grow my mailing list. After lots of conventional wisdom from podcast guests, blog posts, and online courses, I felt it wasn’t really an option to ignore the advice! But one of the hurdles for me was actually putting together the newsletter. It was…
Last updated: December 7, 2025Thanks to a post by Brian Cassel on Bluesky, I realized that closing all tabs in Safari on iOS is several more steps that it used to be, so I built a shortcut that will do it: Close All Tabs in Safari. If you’re not a “download shortcuts” type, here’s how…
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