We had a busy month in the MacSparky Labs during March. If you’d like to join, we’d love to have you.

• 2022-03-29 – Looking Back at the Tight Rope (All Members)
• 2022-03-28 – Task Manager Survey – The OmniFocus Baseline (Early Access and Backstage)
• 2022-03-27 – Studio Build Update Part 2 – Plans! (All Members)
• 2022-03-25 – Early Access: Journal Prompt Video and Blog Post (Early Access)
• 2022-03-24 – Dictation Deep Dive (Early Access)
• 2022-03-23 – Sparky’s Menu Bar (All Members)
• 2022-03-20 – Week Planning with Sparky, Part 2 (Early Access and Backstage)
• 2022-03-18 – Friends of Dave Interview with Daniel McCann (Early Access and Backstage)
• 2022-03-16 – Make Fantastical Dance (All Members)
• 2022-03-15 – Announcing the MacSparky Labs Geek Meter (All Members)
• 2022-03-13 – Weekly Planning with Sparky (Early Access and Backstage)
• 2022-03-12 – MacSparky Labs Updates for Early Access Subscribers (Early Access)
• 2022-03-12 – More Thoughts on the Apple Peek Performance Event (All Members)
• 2022-03-09 – Shortcuts for Mac Field Guide Status Update (All Members)
• 2022-03-07 – Moving Text into the Web with Keyboard Maestro (Grammarly Example) (All Members)
• 2022-03-06 – March 2022 Virtual Meetup (Early Access and Backstage)
• 2022-03-03 – Testing the Stream Deck Pedal (Early Access and Backstage)
• 2022-03-01 – Convert an Image from HEIC to JPG with Shortcuts (All Members)

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The first month of the MacSparky Labs went swimmingly. I spent a lot of time working on the back end of things as I added features and figured out friction points. But I still got a lot shipped to the members. Here’s a list of content that got released in January.

• January 27 – I released a video sharing the tech gear I bring with me on trips with the Backstage and Early Access members..
• January 26 – I did a zoom call with Early Access members sharing how I’m using calendars these days. (It’s kind of nuts.)
• January 25 – I released a screencast demonstrating how to capture ideas on the iPhone with shortcuts.
• January 22 – I released the journaling webinar video to early access members …well … early.
• January 21 – I released a walkthrough of me building a shortcut from scratch to manage scheduling new podcast episodes to the Backstage and Early Access members using Shortcuts, Obsidian, Mail, and Calendar for Backstage and Early Access members..
• January 19 – I made of a video of myself building the slide deck for the Journaling webinar and narrated it with some of my favorite Keynote techniques for the Early Access subscribers.
• January 18 – I made and released a screencast about how to capture ideas on the Mac using Keyboard Maestro and Obsidian.
• January 17 – I released my video interview with Kourosh Dini to Backstage and Early Access members where we talked about DEVONthink, Obsidian, top-level task management, and music.
• January 14 – We had the first MacSparky labs virtual meetup on Zoom for Backstage and Early Access members.
• January 12 – I released of video of me setting up and testing vibration and leak sensors in my home. I also shared an unsuccessful experiment to rig up my mailbox with a vibration sensor. (I haven’t given up on that one yet.
• January 10 – I shared a video update and an example of how I block schedule.
• January 7 – I did my quarterly planning with a Zoom room full of Early Access subscribers.
• January 5 – I made a video answering some of the most often asked qustions following my big announcemnt.
• January 3 – I released my first video to the MacSparky Labs members