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Matthew Lang

Family guy and web developer

Vivo getting one up on Apple?

Vivo also achieved another technological feat. Unlike Apple, it managed to incorporate a fingerprint scanner into the screen itself. The reader sits directly below the glass, and you can can just rest your finger on the front of the phone near the bottom to unlock it, with no need for a dedicated home button or fingerprint reader anywhere else on the device that would have reduced display size.

— A new smartphone found a novel way to make the entire front of the phone one giant screen

Sure, a slide-out camera is nice, but I’m pretty sure we’ll see both the camera and the fingerprint scanner sitting behind the display in the near future. Just a question of who’ll get there first.

Sometimes I struggle with the whole being online thing. The last few days has been one of those times. I skipped my usual weekly digest as a result.

Still wrestling with it.

Took a few attempts but just managed to get GitLab’s CI and automated deployment working for a Rails app. Now to apply it to my other projects. 🙌

The Micro.blog site is the only place where I can compose a reply and see what I’m replying too at the same time.

I wish more Micro.blog clients did this for replies.

I’ve been trialling Things on my iPhone and iPad for the last few weeks. This morning though, I deleted the app from both devices.

It is a great task manager and it does do lots of things (sorry 🤭) really well, I just can’t get on board with a dedicated task manager app anymore.

I’ve been bullet journalling now for well over a year and I find it a much more effective way of managing my day to day work.

Also I tend to write a lot of software, so I’ve been sticking with task management tools that tie in with my software development process. This means using issue tracking on GitLab or GitHub and using Trello for bigger client projects.

I think it’s fair to say that I’m well and truly done with task management apps.

WhenWorks

WhenWorks is a new appoinments app that allows you to define when people can book appointments with you.

Setup is a breeze. Just install the app on your iPhone to create your free WhenWorks account, and you’ll immediately have a web page where guests can book appointments with you online.

— WhenWorks

Love the fact that it simplifies what was a somewhat tricky process to begin with. Scheduling meetings an appointments can be a pain.

WhenWorks is available from the app store.

I’ve been using Lire for a couple of days now. A great RSS reader and one that really makes a difference if you have a large collection of RSS feeds. I particularly like the Discover section of the app that splits up low and high volume feeds.

I’ve started compiling lists of bookmarks that I use almost daily. By putting them in Bear, I’m hoping to have them more readily available than trying to find them in Pocket. Also, Bear allows me to add a bit of context to each bookmark.