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iA Writer 4 Adds Markdown Content Blocks - MacStories
https://vimeo.com/191969564 A major update to iA Writer, the popular Markdown text editor for iOS and macOS, has been released earlier today. I didn’t have enough time to test the beta of version 4.0, but I’m intrigued by the idea of file transclusion – effectively, a way to structure documents with content blocks based on local
iA Writer for iPhone Review - MacStories
A few months ago, I decided that it was time for me to start a personal blog. I have been writing for MacStories for almost three years now, but I’ve never had “a place” to share my personal thoughts that wouldn’t fit in 140 characters or less. So as I was pondering the decision of
Shortcuts is falling into “the automation gap”
John Voorhees, writing on Club MacStories (subscription required): Nearly three years ago, I wrote AppleScript: Shortcuts Bridge or Crutch?, questioning whether accessing AppleScript via Shortcuts …
AppleScript: Shortcuts Bridge or Crutch?
The SQL Standard – ISO/IEC 9075:2023 (ANSI X3.135)
SQL (Structured Query Language) standard for relational database management systems is ISO/IEC 9075:2023, with origins in ANSI X3.135.
Fantastical for iOS Help | Forward Emails to Fantastical
Fantastical for iOS help.
W3Schools.com
W3Schools offers free online tutorials, references and exercises in all the major languages of the web. Covering popular subjects like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Java, and many, many more.
My favourite websites from my bookmark collection
Websites that change randomly, that mirror the real world, or even follow the moon and the sun, plus my all-time favourite website design.
Structured Query Language/Print version - Wikibooks, open books for an open world
The iA Writer Template for Screenwriters
Writing your screenplay, 100% focused
Know How
Jony Ive’s Philosophy of Design
9to5Mac Reports Apple Notes Will Gain Markdown Export at WWDC, and, You’ll Be Unsurprised to Know, I Have Thoughts
Link to: https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/03/exclusive-ios-26-messages-carplay-more/
2 Quick tour
Dive Into Markdown
Why Markdown?
Creating a static website for all my bookmarks
To help me keep track of interesting links, I created a static website that keeps all my data locally. Why do I care about bookmarks, and how does my new site work?
Building a personal archive of the web, the slow way
How I built a web archive by hand, the tradeoffs between manual and automated archiving, and what I learnt about preserving the web.
What I learnt about making websites by reading two thousand web pages
How to write thoughtful HTML, new-to-me features of CSS, and some quirks and relics I found while building my personal web archive.
Exploring an unknown SQL server
You're handed a SQL server which has some data, but you don't know anything about the schema. What do you do?
Introduction
To even the most indifferent of observers, this can hardly seem the appropriate time to launch a literary review. College libraries struggle to make room for…
Use tags to organize files on Mac
In the Finder on your Mac, tag files and folders with color or text to make them easier to find, group, and sort.
Exclusive: iOS 26 to bring new features for Messages, CarPlay, and more - 9to5Mac
Based on information shared with 9to5Mac, here are five features that have flown under the radar and that might be announced on Monday.
The Best Blerps for Viewer Engagement
Want more active viewers? Discover the best Blerps to boost stream engagement, create memorable moments, and build a stronger community!
Letter to Arc members 2025
On Arc, its future, and the arrival of AI browsers — a moment to answer the largest questions you've asked us this past year.
COMPAQ DeskPro 386
PCjs offers a variety of online machine emulators written in JavaScript. Run DOS, Windows, OS/2 and other vintage PC applications in a web browser on your desktop computer, iPhone, or iPad. An assortment of microcomputers, minicomputers, terminals, programmable calculators, and arcade machines are also available, along with an archive of historical software and documentation.
Resilient Web Design
Introduction
RatBas (1982)
PCjs offers a variety of online machine emulators written in JavaScript. Run DOS, Windows, OS/2 and other vintage PC applications in a web browser on your desktop computer, iPhone, or iPad. An assortment of microcomputers, minicomputers, terminals, programmable calculators, and arcade machines are also available, along with an archive of historical software and documentation.
Resilient Web Design—Chapter 4
Chapter Four: Languages
Resilient Web Design—Chapter 6
Chapter Six: Steps
Resilient Web Design—Chapter 5
Chapter Five: Layers