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The Shapes-and-Sizes Edition Sunday, April 6, 2025

iPad Is The Best Secondary Screen I’ve Used With A MacBook, by Nadeem Sarwar, Digital Trends

Over the past couple of years, I have carried iPads in all shapes and sizes. From the tiny iPad mini and the entry-level iPad to the 13-inch iPad Pro. I have used them extensively for video editing, photo touch-ups, gaming, and reading comics. But the best utility that I’ve got from Apple’s tablet is pushing it as an external monitor.

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'Sofa' Keeps You Organized During Your Downtime, by Michael Burkhardt, 9to5Mac

Sofa is an easy-to-use app that helps keep you organized when you don’t have something to do. Everyone has some level of downtime, but often don’t plan things out. Social media doomscrolling is often an option, but Sofa helps you plan out other leisure activities. In its new update, it also added a built-in podcast player.

The 7 Writing Apps I Used To Start And Finish My Book, by Kevin Nguyen, The Verge

Just as being in different locations can inspire or challenge new ideas, moving work through different writing environments can be that shift for your text. What I’m about to detail is less about the specific pieces of software, and more how one might change their approach depending on what the work needs.

At least, that’s how it is for me. Maybe it might be for you, too.

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Three good things on a fine Sunday:

Listening to an audiobook while having banmian for breakfast…

Listening to an audiobook while having a nice cup of kopi

Listening to an audiobook while sitting on a bench in a bus interchange while waiting for my wife…

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Currently listening: The Husbands, by Holly Gramazio. Which, I later found out after I am halfway through the novel, is going to be on Apple TV+ soon. I'll definitely recommend the book, and we shall see about the TV show.

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Thanks for reading.