Good and Geeky Books

Using Github and Working Copy to Synchronise Obsidian

It was mostly a case of following some simple instructions on a website or on a YouTube video. I did struggle a little bit to get it to work and continue to work though I wanted it to. After a bit of time practising and getting it right I feel quite happy about the way it is set up. I would say it probably works better than using iCloud to synchronise between your Apple devices. The podcast is not just about setting this up it's also about other stuff as well. Listen to the end.

Privacy and Security for Activism

I recommend Tails the amnesiac operating system if you are a whistle blower, activist or ordinary person in need of the most secure ways to share information. If you have to use a computer which is not your own then Tails is the business and recommended by EFF, Snowden and the Tor Project as well as by the Good and Geeky [https://goodandgeeky.com/privacy-and-security-for-activists-tails-os/] me.

Shortcut Automation to Merge PDFs on iOS

I made a tutorial video showing how to make a shortcut in the shortcuts app to merge PDFs. It works fine on iOS but doesn’t quite manage to do the job on the Mac yet. Even so, still very useful!

The best dictation application for iOS

Siri dictation is isn’t bad. But I’ve found an application called Dictation by BlueShift which is really quite good. It’s more of a transcription app than dictation when you compare with something like Dragon, but it’s still worth the €8 to buy it.

Shortcuts Tutorial – How To Create A Shortcut

When you’re making the perfect blog post there are a lot of moving parts. It would be easy to forget one or two pieces of the process as you go about putting it all together. I think it’s a good idea to have a list of all that needs to be done and to use …