How I use my phone

In my last two blog posts, I discussed how I use greyscale mode on my phone and night shift on my computer. These blog posts were inspired by discussions happening in the IndieWeb community about greyscale, and now, more generally, how we use our phones.My phone, an iPhone, is an invaluable tool to me. Last year, though, I realised that there are some things that I really prefer doing on desktop devices. I prefer watching videos on computers. I prefer creating and updating pages on my website with my computer, although I liberally take notes for blog posts on my phone. Meanwhile, I use my phone for things I need to do on the go: taking notes of observations that I may want to develop in my writing, consulting maps, messaging, among other things.Indeed, many of my blog posts start off as notes that I have written while out and about in the world; having a tool to hand to capture notes quickly is invaluable to me. I could use a notebook, but I prefer using a phone.ApplicationsGenerally,…