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Changes App
How to Guide: Setting Random Reminders
We’ve discovered that randomly timed reminders throughout the day are a great way to help keep you journaling consistently, and this is especially true for busy people.
How to Guide: Word Cloud Visualisation
We look at visualising the data you’ve collected though making your journal entries. Visualising data in different ways can help uncover patterns and make insights.
How to Guide: Making Journal Entries
It's back to basics, as we look at journalling, which is an effective way to track your mood. Read on to learn how to use the Changes app to make journal entries.
Introducing the New Changes Screen
With the new “Changes” screen, Changes makes it easier than ever before to keep a daily journal, track your mood, and find clarity and reassurance around big decisions and changes in your life.
I have made a video introducing the new screen, or you can read on if that’s what you prefer.
Happiness vs Exercise. In Spreadsheets.
Regardless of its other myriad benefits, the simple knowledge that you have worked out today is great for your mental health. I analysed my happiness data (tracked with Changes) against my workouts (tracked with Myzone and Runkeeper) to prove this theory.
Reading Other People's Journals; Mood Tracking And Privacy
I don’t see how anybody could ever trust a mood tracking app - a diary of one’s most intimate feelings, hopes and fears - without a robust and transparent approach to protecting your privacy.
My Happiness vs The Pandemic. In Spreadsheets.
Has the pandemic made my life better or worse? It might seem obvious but you may be surprised.
Happiness vs Sleep: A Spreadsheet Tutorial
Today I’ll show you how to find out whether sleep makes you happy. With data.
Happiness vs Money: A Spreadsheet Tutorial
Today I’ll show you how to find out whether money makes you happy. With data.
Shoot App
How To Use Your iPhone as Wireless Camera for OBS via AirPlay
How to use Shoot and AirServer to use your iPhone as a wireless camera for OBS
How To Use Your iPhone or iPad as a Webcam with Zoom
Show the camera with Shoot and use Zoom's "Share Screen" feature to share your phone screen.
How To Use Your iPhone as a Camera for OBS
Here’s how to connect your iPhone as a camera to OBS on a Mac.
Habits
Tracking Happiness
Don't wait for a disaster
We avoid making big changes in our lives, staying in abusive relationships or jobs we hate because we’re terrified of uncertainty.
How To Remain Grateful
It can be difficult to stop and count the reasons everything’s brilliant when you’re late for work and rushing to get dressed and out of the door.
What Is Belief Hacking?
Instead of letting beliefs control our lives, we can experiment with alternatives and measure the outcome.
Michael
My Weird 2020 as an Indie Developer. With Charts.
I quit contracting back in 2019 and although nothing I've put my energy into has paid off yet, something I made five years ago did.
Why Would You Listen to Me?
In case I look like an over-privileged white man who has never dealt with real adversity, I wanted to explain what I went through to reach this place of relative happiness and self-assurance.
Design & Code
Handle Paste Images in Phoenix Live View Form Uploads
Adding a few lines of JavaScript lets you do this easily.
Using SwiftUI @FocusState
Implementing progressively exposed controls in a task list like the Apple Reminders app
Connecting to Twitch Chat in Swift
It's pretty easy to get Twitch IRC inside your Swift app, even if there doesn't seem to be a good IRC library available.
Practical UX Design for Augmented Reality Data Visualisation
What I learned about AR building an iOS app, by Michael Forrest