Ask HN: How can I use my phone to create things rather than consume them? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: How can I use my phone to create things rather than consume them?

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Post by ivanmaeder » Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 8:44 PM UTC

Using my phone I go through these thoughts almost daily—I've read all the news, caught up on email/messages, then: why can't I do more with this thing?

To add to some of the already good comments:

* Writing and thinking. The kind that starts in one place and takes you somewhere more interesting. E.g., "Think up 5 different ways a user might achieve X."

* Other adjacent/admin tasks that don't require a computer. E.g., cleaning out Trello

* Studying. I've used YouTube and a Flashcards app

Re: Ask HN: How can I use my phone to create things rather than consume them?

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Post by vimy » Thu, Dec 31, 2020, 4:08 AM UTC

kgwxd wrote: post #12

Touch screens are the worst possible input for anything productive. Maybe if there was far less latency, you could make some decent music but, in my experience, anything beyond basic, unexpressive rhythm, chords, and melodies are the best you can achieve. Nuance can be added in post, but that's tedious and sucks the life out the process. I don't draw, but I know doing it on a touch screen is far more painful than pap…

> I don't draw, but I know doing it on a touch screen is far more painful than paper.

You have it backwards. Digital blows paper out of the water. And the iPad Pro with an Apple pencil is eating Wacom’s lunch.

Re: Ask HN: How can I use my phone to create things rather than consume them?

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Post by bribri » Thu, Dec 31, 2020, 2:27 PM UTC

O’Reilly books unlimited subscription. Always have something substantial to read instead of linkbait

Re: Ask HN: How can I use my phone to create things rather than consume them?

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Post by jlelse » Sun, Jan 03, 2021, 8:12 AM UTC

Microblogging :)