Jan 3Member-onlyText Replacements Is a Game Changer — & Why Every Writer Should Use ThemMore Efficiency, Productivity, Style, and Correctness. Text Replacements is a feature on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS devices (and others) that replaces a shortcut with a replacement. For instance, “omw” can be replaced with “on my way.” They are very useful for making a writing workflow way more efficient. Also, they…Writing5 min readWriting5 min read
Dec 29, 2022Member-onlyDefining the Apple Interior StyleApple has alway been renowned for its product and software design. And, it has a unique style of interior design, present across Apple Stores, Apple Park, Apple Park Visitor Center, and more. It combines homely and eco-friendly design traits with Apple’s design philosophies. This article analyses and defines the interior…Apple8 min readApple8 min read
Dec 9, 2022Member-onlyOntinyent City IdentityExploring the creative and unique city identity design of a small Spanish municipality. Ontinyent — in Spanish Onteniente — is a municipality in the Valencian Community with a population of about 35,000. It has a beautifully crafted, creative visual identity. The logomark consists of four rectangles, aligned to form a…Design3 min readDesign3 min read
Dec 9, 2022Member-onlyTom Organic’s Brilliant Packaging DesignHow an Australian feminine hygiene products manufacturer revolutionizes female-targeted packaging. Tom Organic is an Australian feminine hygiene products manufacturer with the focus on organic and sustainable products. They only use organic cotton for their product line, which includes period underwear, tampons, and maternity pads. The company is committed to transparency…Design2 min readDesign2 min read
Mar 25, 2022Member-onlyNFTs: The American Dream for Artists?This paper is the extented version of my English “Facharbeit,” a mandatory scientific paper in German high schools. Abstract Non-fungible tokens — or NFTs for short — are digital certificates of ownership that are stored on a blockchain and can be traded on marketplaces or peer-to-peer. However, unlike cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin…Nft28 min readNft28 min read
Published in ITNEXT·Aug 8, 2020Member-onlySwiftUI Keyboard Shortcuts and macOS Menu Bar.With SwiftUI 2, it’s incredibly easy to add keyboard shortcuts to actions and to add buttons to your app’s menu bar. Keyboard Shortcut You can add keyboard shortcuts to actions simply by adding .keyboardShortcut(_:) to the button: You can set nearly every character as KeyEquivalent . But note, that you can’t…Swiftui2 min readSwiftui2 min read
Aug 7, 2020Member-onlyCreate an Inset Grouped List in SwiftUI for macOSWhen you have an iOS app, especially when it displays information, you maybe use InsetGroupedListStyle on your List . This looks any like this: But there is a problem, when you want to display this view on macOS. InsetGroupedListStyle is unavailable for native apps (It’s available for Mac Catalyst…Swiftui2 min readSwiftui2 min read
Aug 6, 2020Look Around vs. Street ViewSince iOS 13 Apple has a Google Street View like feature to look around cities, called Look Around. With macOS 11 Big Sur, you can now useLook Around on Apple Maps for Macs. In this article, I will compare both services. Where to use Look Around can be used in the Apple Maps…Apple5 min readApple5 min read
Published in ITNEXT·Aug 5, 2020Member-onlyMake your SwiftUI app scaleable and prepare for different screen sizes.There are two things to consider when building an app, that should look good on every device. Different screen sizes and text scaling. And that’s what this short article is about, so let’s dive right into it. Shapes and views When you add a frame to shapes or views, with absolute values, you…Swiftui3 min readSwiftui3 min read
Aug 5, 2020Member-onlyCreate custom info HUDs in SwiftUIWith iOS 13 Apple changed from a big, disruptive UI for silent mode and volume to smaller and more focused UIs, that don’t take up the whole screen. There are buttons in your app, where a feedback is more intuitive for the user, but not so important to disrupt the…Swiftui4 min readSwiftui4 min read
