You’re reading the 2nd installment of Scarecrow Weekly, where I’ll be sharing interesting things I’ve been doing, thinking, reading, and experiencing lately – in short, not quite short enough for an article, but something that did make a difference. Each issue of Scarecrow Weekly will be divided into roughly three elements: ? – Some things I’ve been working on lately ? – Books I’ve been reading lately, and bits and pieces of thoughts I’ve been thinking about ? – Interesting excerpts from articles, podcasts, and videos ? Doing a bit of ‘app weeding out’ by reducing the number of pages on my phone’s home screen from 4 pages to 1 page. The number of pages on the main screen of the phone was reduced from 4 to 2, and at the same time, some of the apps with more complicated functions were replaced, and the iOS shortcut commands and the new version of the control center were used to optimize the experience of using the app. The first one is the negative screen, can only put widgets, the main purpose is to quickly access some shortcut commands, screen time, power display and so on are just a few, the use is relatively limited. Regarding the practice of using shortcut commands to optimize workflow and replace some apps, perhaps we can write an article about it. Incidentally, screen time is close to eight hours because Apple’s screen time statistics are cross-device, so the screen time I use on my iPad is also counted; WeChat use time is more than two hours because of work needs, and my cell phone has an hour and a half in one place to open WeChat live. The first screen is for life-related, health, finance, records, entertainment and other applications are placed here. The second part is work, study, planning related, note taking software, RSS reader, time management apps, habit clocking apps are all placed here. Although I wrote a post “Tomato Clock is not good to use”, there is a Tomato Clock App here, let me sophistically say that I use this app’s “Positive Timing” function more, and I only use it because I think the little tomato is very cute. wwwww In order to make it more convenient to access, and because there are too many of them, they take up too much space, I put the Instant Messenger Apps, Mail, Messaging Apps in a group in the Dock bar. I put the Instant Messenger App, Mail, Messages and other apps in a group in the Dock bar. In fact, I could have gone a little more extreme with this “divestment” because I hardly use Notion and Obsidian on my phone (in fact, I use Notion less frequently on my computer, and Obsidian is only for writing), and I could have deleted them. However, I decided to take my time. Also, I find that installing certain apps gives me a sense of ‘identity’. For example, several times I’ve unintentionally glanced at Obsidian on other people’s screens, and I’ve secretly appreciated it in my heart, with the feeling of “I recognize your choice of tools”. My hesitation to delete Notion and Obsidian, which I don’t use often, is probably influenced by this sense of identity. I’m curious how your home screen is designed? And do you have any apps that you hesitate to delete for irrational reasons? ? What makes content funny? Homer from The Simpsons has a famous internet fan cause – It’s funny ’cause it’s true.