Personal website of Rebecca Owen, indie iOS developer, Mum, tech tinkerer, reader and occasional gamer.2024-09-29T00:00:00Zhttps://beccais.online/Rebecca Owenhttps://beccais.online2024-09-29T00:00:00Zhttps://beccais.online/2024/09/hiding-apps-in-ios18/<p>Hiding apps in iOS 18 is a useful tool for those apps you “need” occasionally, but want to avoid defaulting to mindlessly.</p><p><a href="https://beccais.online/2024/09/hiding-apps-in-ios18/">Keep reading on Rebecca Owen →</a></p>2024-09-20T07:26:00Zhttps://beccais.online/2024/09/remembering-mum/<p>Today would have been my Mum’s 64th birthday.</p><p><a href="https://beccais.online/2024/09/remembering-mum/">Keep reading on Rebecca Owen →</a></p>2024-02-26T00:00:00Zhttps://beccais.online/2024/02/first-year-in-chronicling-commits/<p>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.</p><p><a href="https://beccais.online/2024/02/first-year-in-chronicling-commits/">Keep reading on Rebecca Owen →</a></p>2023-11-09T21:35:12Zhttps://beccais.online/2023/11/default-apps-2023/<p>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.</p><p><a href="https://beccais.online/2023/11/default-apps-2023/">Keep reading on Rebecca Owen →</a></p>2023-05-28T22:05:18Zhttps://beccais.online/2023/05/sunday-shortcuts-archive/<p>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.</p><p><a href="https://beccais.online/2023/05/sunday-shortcuts-archive/">Keep reading on Rebecca Owen →</a></p>2022-04-16T21:02:11Zhttps://beccais.online/2022/04/using-discord-as-a-communication-hub/<p>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.</p><p><a href="https://beccais.online/2022/04/using-discord-as-a-communication-hub/">Keep reading on Rebecca Owen →</a></p>2020-05-27T20:59:45Zhttps://beccais.online/2020/05/automating-my-daily-log-setup-in-roam-using-ios-shortcuts/<p>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.</p><p><a href="https://beccais.online/2020/05/automating-my-daily-log-setup-in-roam-using-ios-shortcuts/">Keep reading on Rebecca Owen →</a></p>2020-05-24T00:00:00Zhttps://beccais.online/2020/05/custom-css-styling-on-ios-using-shortcuts/<p>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.</p><p><a href="https://beccais.online/2020/05/custom-css-styling-on-ios-using-shortcuts/">Keep reading on Rebecca Owen →</a></p>