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Mortgage Lending and Novel Writing with Eric Bowers (iPad Pros - 0190)

Season 1, Ep. 190
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Eric Bowers is a Mortgage Lender and is also writing a novel in his spare time. In this episode we dive into how he uses the iPad Air 5th generation as his computer to manage his work. Some of the apps discussed include: iA Writer, Tot, Amazon Workspace, Shortcuts, Cardhop, Fantastical, OmniFocus 4, Focus, Linea, OmniOutliner, MindNode, Pcalc, Day One, Triode, OmniPlan, OmniGraffle, Ivory, and Mercury Weather. 


This episode is sponsored by Glisten. Glisten is the "Good Listen" podcast app for Language Learners. It's all you need to immerse yourself in a language, on the path to becoming fluent. Learn more at www.glisten.ist. Download Glisten now for iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch. Coming soon to Apple Vision Pro. 


Early episodes with chapter markers are available by supporting the podcast at www.patreon.com/ipadpros. 


Early episodes are also now available in Apple Podcasts!


Show notes are available at www.iPadPros.net. Feedback is welcomed at iPadProsPodcast@gmail.com.


Links:

https://www.bowersvoice.com

https://techhub.social/@eabowers


Chapter Markers:

00:00:00: Opening

00:01:03: Support the Podcast

00:01:51: Eric Bowers

00:05:28: Current iPad Setup

00:07:25: Mortgage Lending

00:09:39: Air vs 11" Pro

00:13:02: Apple Pencil

00:14:57: How do you use the Mac?

00:16:20: iA Writer

00:16:58: Tot

00:19:37: Amazon Workspace

00:22:32: Shortcuts

00:27:04: Cardhop

00:29:29: Changing task managers?

00:34:40: Contexts

00:36:07: OmniFocus 4

00:37:39: Sponsor: Glisten

00:39:34: Fantastical

00:44:30: Focus app

00:47:11: Time tracking

00:47:53: Linea

00:50:10: OmniOutliner and MindNode

00:52:19: Cellular Data

00:53:17: Mail app

00:55:31: Pcalc

00:56:07: Day One

00:57:19: Triode

00:58:28: Writing the book

01:00:39: Final output on iPad?

01:02:03: Book Cover Art

01:02:58: Audio recordings

01:04:34: Print

01:06:59: Synopsis

01:07:33: BowersVoice.com

01:07:52: OmniPlan and OmniGraffle

01:10:46: Ivory

01:11:19: Mercury Weather

01:12:12: Mastodon

01:13:10: Closing

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