{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Rebecca Owen","home_page_url":"https://beccais.online/","feed_url":"https://beccais.online/excerpts.json","description":"Personal website of Rebecca Owen, indie iOS developer, Mum, tech tinkerer, reader and occasional gamer.","user_comment":"Rebecca Owen JSON feed (full articles)","authors":[{"name":"Rebecca Owen","url":"https://beccais.online"}],"language":"en","icon":"https://beccais.online/icon-192.png","favicon":"https://beccais.online/icon-512.png","items":[{"id":"https://beccais.online/2024/09/hiding-apps-in-ios18/","url":"https://beccais.online/2024/09/hiding-apps-in-ios18/","title":"iOS 18 Productivity Hack: Hidden Apps","date_published":"2024-09-29T00:00:00Z","language":"","content_html":"&lt;p&gt;Hiding apps in iOS 18 is a useful tool for those apps you “need” occasionally, but want to avoid defaulting to mindlessly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://beccais.online/2024/09/hiding-apps-in-ios18/&quot;&gt;Keep reading on Rebecca Owen →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"},{"id":"https://beccais.online/2024/09/remembering-mum/","url":"https://beccais.online/2024/09/remembering-mum/","title":"Remembering Mum","date_published":"2024-09-20T07:26:00Z","language":"","content_html":"&lt;p&gt;Today would have been my Mum’s 64th birthday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://beccais.online/2024/09/remembering-mum/&quot;&gt;Keep reading on Rebecca Owen →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"},{"id":"https://beccais.online/2024/02/first-year-in-chronicling-commits/","url":"https://beccais.online/2024/02/first-year-in-chronicling-commits/","title":"First Year in Chronicling Commits","date_published":"2024-02-26T00:00:00Z","language":"","content_html":"&lt;p&gt;It’s been just over a year since the first commit to the repository that would eventually become Chronicling, initially codenamed "Timber" — a playful, yet admittedly terrible, pun on logging. I used Git Quick Stats to make some little visualisations of the behind the scenes numbers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://beccais.online/2024/02/first-year-in-chronicling-commits/&quot;&gt;Keep reading on Rebecca Owen →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"},{"id":"https://beccais.online/2023/11/default-apps-2023/","url":"https://beccais.online/2023/11/default-apps-2023/","title":"Default Apps 2023","date_published":"2023-11-09T21:35:12Z","language":"","content_html":"&lt;p&gt;I've been enjoying the recent trend of default apps lists, inspired by a recent podcast episode from Hemispheric Views. Here's my contribution, with a few additional categories thrown in.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://beccais.online/2023/11/default-apps-2023/&quot;&gt;Keep reading on Rebecca Owen →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"},{"id":"https://beccais.online/2023/05/sunday-shortcuts-archive/","url":"https://beccais.online/2023/05/sunday-shortcuts-archive/","title":"Sunday Shortcuts Archive","date_published":"2023-05-28T22:05:18Z","language":"","content_html":"&lt;p&gt;Last year, I experimented with writing a newsletter sharing a weekly shortcut. It never really took off, but I hope they might be of use to someone.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://beccais.online/2023/05/sunday-shortcuts-archive/&quot;&gt;Keep reading on Rebecca Owen →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"},{"id":"https://beccais.online/2022/04/using-discord-as-a-communication-hub/","url":"https://beccais.online/2022/04/using-discord-as-a-communication-hub/","title":"Using Discord as a Communication Hub for Friends and Family","date_published":"2022-04-16T21:02:11Z","language":"","content_html":"&lt;p&gt;Creating your own Discord server is fast, free, and not just for gamers. For the last couple of months, my husband and I have been using a Discord server alongside iMessage as our main method of digital communication.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://beccais.online/2022/04/using-discord-as-a-communication-hub/&quot;&gt;Keep reading on Rebecca Owen →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"},{"id":"https://beccais.online/2020/05/automating-my-daily-log-setup-in-roam-using-ios-shortcuts/","url":"https://beccais.online/2020/05/automating-my-daily-log-setup-in-roam-using-ios-shortcuts/","title":"Automating My Daily Log Setup in Roam Using iOS Shortcuts","date_published":"2020-05-27T20:59:45Z","language":"","content_html":"&lt;p&gt;At the start of each day, I like to see a quick overview of my calendar, tasks and the local weather. I find this valuable both on the day, to make sure I’m scheduling my time wisely, and in retrospect, when I look back and wonder why I did (or didn’t) get much done last week.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://beccais.online/2020/05/automating-my-daily-log-setup-in-roam-using-ios-shortcuts/&quot;&gt;Keep reading on Rebecca Owen →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"},{"id":"https://beccais.online/2020/05/custom-css-styling-on-ios-using-shortcuts/","url":"https://beccais.online/2020/05/custom-css-styling-on-ios-using-shortcuts/","title":"Custom CSS Styling on iOS Using Shortcuts","date_published":"2020-05-24T00:00:00Z","language":"","content_html":"&lt;p&gt;Some websites could do with an extra lick of paint. Using a desktop browser, extensions like Stylus are available to apply custom CSS to webpages. This is also possible on iOS using Shortcuts, with only a few simple actions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://beccais.online/2020/05/custom-css-styling-on-ios-using-shortcuts/&quot;&gt;Keep reading on Rebecca Owen →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"}]}