43 - BJ Homer shares tips for Shortcuts

Hello! Thanks for listening to our episode today! I wanted to recap some of the main highlights for Day One this year and give a small roadmap update. 10 Questions to Capture the Year in Your Journal Here are the links to help articles for items mentioned in today's episode. - Entry Merging - Timeline Sort Order - All-day Entries - Pinned Entries - Concealed Journals - Slash Commands - Backup and Sync options

Big news for Day One! Day One is being acquired by Automattic. This is incredibly exciting news. Today, Founder and CEO Paul Mayne discusses this new opportunity and what it means for the future of Day One! Day One Facebook Community Email Us! Help and Support

Greetings! Here's a brand-new ep for the Day One podcast. We are talking about 6.0 and 6.1 updates for iOS and macOS. Roadmap update for Android. And then we spend some time talking with Dylan from Oregon about shortcuts he has built to help his children build journaling habits (shortcut links below). You can find his post on Reddit here. Some require additional 3rd party services.  The first Shortcut just randomly chooses from the 3 Routes I’ve created so far. This is the one the kids tap to start journaling each night - Kids Journal Launcher Kids Journal Route 1 Kids Journal Route 2 Kids Journal Route 3     Day One Facebook Community Email Us! Help and Support

Happy December! Adam has some updates to talk about for Android, Book Printing, and some new stuff coming to Day One.  Day One Facebook Community Email Us! Help and Support

Widgets for iOS 14 and macOS 11 (Big Sur) are here! Adam talks briefly on the new widgets and a couple of roadmap items.  Day One Facebook Community Email Us! Help and Support

Talking with Paul Mayne about the new Today view on iOS in version 5.0, coming soon to macOS. Highlighting the new options and how to use this feature. Paul also shares a little insight into what's next for the Day One team.  Day One Facebook Community Email Us! Help and Support

Thanks for tuning in! Just a small update today. Cool updates coming to Activity Feed/Day View soon. The team is still working on book printing improvements and more.  Day One Facebook Community Email Us! Help and Support

Today, Adam talks about the new writing prompt feature and has a wonderful conversation with Mike Meraz. Mike is in higher education administration and has been journaling for a long time. He is also a podcaster! We talk about some of the things he journals, the features he finds most helpful, and tips to help people get started with their journals.  Writing prompts: https://help.dayoneapp.com/en/articles/3750565-daily-writing-prompts Day One Facebook Community Email Us! Help and Support

We have some updates for version 4.9 that we are excited to tell you about. Then we spend time with our senior engineer, BJ Homer and he describes how to use the Shortcuts app with Day One. This episode has a video component on YouTube here.  To get the shortcut example we shared, click here. Day One Facebook Community Email Us! Help and Support

Adam is back with a short episode highlighting some updates and upcoming projects the team is working on.  He talks a bit about Streaks and suggestions for creating consistent journal habits using Reminders.  Day One Facebook Community Email Us! Help and Support