This $0.33 NFC tag replaced my most annoying car habit »
July 31
Nate Pangaro from How-To Geek has a walk-through for how he’s using NFC tags to run shortcuts just by tapping his iPhone.
Fill out my Membership App Discounts Partner Interest Form
July 31
Hello folks! I am preparing new membership benefits from partner apps & services – from discounts to free passes – and looking for a set
This Thursday: Siri AI Automators meetup in Portland
July 20
Join me in downtown Portland this Thursday, July 23, for another Siri AI Automators meetup about Siri, App Intents, Shortcuts, and practical automation.
WVFRM’s complete conversation about App Intents and the new Siri
July 10
The complete WVFRM conversation about App Intents, third-party developer support, and what the iOS 27 beta can and cannot show us about the new Siri.
New in the Shortcuts Library: DoorDash shortcuts
July 8
Get my shortcuts for the Doordash app, modeled after their App Shortcuts. use these to find restaurants or dishes, check your past orders, order groceries, or shop retail.
New in the Shortcuts Library: Waveform podcast shortcuts
July 8
If you’re a fan of the Waveform podcast from MKBHD & team, check out these shortcuts for interacting with the show, the YouTube Playlist, the clips channel, and the main channel.
OpenAI introduces new GPT-Live voice models »
July 8
OpenAI has introduced a new-and-improved voice model called GPT-Live that sounds much more natural to interact with.
New in the Shortcuts Library: Notion Agents shortcuts
July 7
Get my new shortcuts for the Notion Agents app. Use these to activate Notion AI, plus start and stop meeting.
Meet the Notion Agents iOS app »
July 7
Notion has released their new Agents app which lets you chat directly with your data.
iOS 27: Open Shortcuts to Editor instead of Describe a Shortcut
July 6
New in iOS 27, there’s a setting for Shortcuts to default to the Editor instead of Describe a Shortcut.
Apple Adds Restore Setting for “Shortcuts On This Device That Aren’t Currently In Your Library”
July 6
For shortcuts stuck in sync, Apple has added a new Restore button that adds your shortcuts back to your library.
Entity Enhancements: Help Siri AI Better Understand Your Apps’ Content
July 5
With Siri AI, Apple has updated App Intents to better understand data from your apps – with IntentValueRepresentation, RelevantEntities, EntityCollection, and SyncableEntity.
Siri AI Continues Across Devices, Apps Can Stay In Sync With Stable IDs
July 3
With Siri AI interacting with the same content from apps across devices, they need one stable ID to match up inside conversations.
Get Significant Siri AI Performance Improvements With Large EntityCollections
July 3
When working with large data sets, developers using App Intents should mark them as EntityCollections for performance improvements – loading only the identifiers.
How To Register Relevant Content From Your App With the System and Siri AI
July 2
Apps can ensure Siri AI knows which content is most important using RelevantEntities – beyond donations or Spotlight indexing.
Teach Siri AI to Share Structured Types Without Known Formats Across Apps with ValueRepresentation
July 1
Some apps have unique types that Siri AI can’t understand by default – ValueRepresentation helps teach the system about your type.
5 WWDC features I’ll actually use more than Apple’s new Siri AI »
June 30
Graham Barlow at TechRadar talks about Describe a Shortcut and how it’s coming to Shortcuts for Mac.
OpenClaw Comes to Mobile with iOS, Android Apps
June 29
OpenClaw, “the AI that actually does things,” has released iOS and Android versions of the app that let you control your OpenClaw instance running on your desktop.
Josh Elman, Product Marketing for Siri and Apple Intelligence, Joins a16z
June 29
John Elman, formerly Product Marketing at Apple, has left his most recent work on Siri and Apple Intelligence to rejoin the startup investing world as a partner at a16z.
Michael Flarup Launches Cibby App For Video Game Collectors
June 29
Designer Michael Flarup has announced an interactive 3D video game collection app that puts your physical game boxes on a shelf. Sign up to be notified when Cippy launches.