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## Voice Note Shortcut
I'm constantly thinking of, and then promptly forgetting, things I need to do, groceries to buy, ideas for these blog posts, etc. I've been on the hunt for some way to quickly capture these fleeting thoughts. I like the idea of a ring that can record voice memos, but [this one][3] requires a $10/mo subscription, and [this one][4] just ... turns into trash after 12-15 hours of recording.
Instead, I played around in the iOS Shortcuts app and made a shortcut that captures text from speech, then looks for a note named for today's date (creating it if necessary), and appends the dictated text to it. Then I m/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch ade it so that double-tapping the back of the phone launches the shortcut (shout out Viget friend [Max Myers][5]).
[Here's the shortcut if you want to give it a shot.][6]
[3]: https://www.sandbar.com/stream
[4]: https://repebble.com/index
[5]: https://maxmyers.me/
[6]: /journal/dispatch-36-february-2026/voice-note.shortcut
- Nico’s a full-on dude
- Opened the door to find him waking up and saying “hi dad”
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Finally, [RIP Dan McQuade][3]. 43 years old. What the hell. I'm off to go hug my family.
Finally, [RIP Dan McQuade][7]. 43 years old. What the hell. I'm off to go hug my family.
[3]: https://defector.com/dan-mcquade-1983-2026
[7]: https://defector.com/dan-mcquade-1983-2026
### This Month
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### Reading & Listening
* Fiction: [_The Will of the Many_][4], James Islington ([via][5])
* Non-fiction: [_The Magic of Code_][6], Samuel Arbesman ([via][7])
* Fiction: [_The Will of the Many_][8], James Islington ([via][9])
* Non-fiction: [_The Magic of Code_][10], Samuel Arbesman ([via][11])
* Music: I've got a bit of a backlog here; gonna spend some time with the records I already have (assuming the basement warms up)
[4]: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Will-of-the-Many/James-Islington/Hierarchy/9781982141189
[5]: https://buttondown.com/nathanlong/archive/food-comas-and-some-bests/
[6]: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/samuel-arbesman/the-magic-of-code/9781541704480/
[7]: https://interconnected.org/home/2025/11/14/arbesman
[8]: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Will-of-the-Many/James-Islington/Hierarchy/9781982141189
[9]: https://buttondown.com/nathanlong/archive/food-comas-and-some-bests/
[10]: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/samuel-arbesman/the-magic-of-code/9781541704480/
[11]: https://interconnected.org/home/2025/11/14/arbesman
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