For my daily writing
A card for every post, made on my phone in seconds
I write every day now, and I wanted a quick way to turn a line into a card for social media. So I built one that lives on my phone like an app.
Why I built it
I’ve started writing every day on Substack, and I wanted to share a line from each post on X and Facebook. Opening a design app on my phone every morning was going to slow me down, and anything that slows me down doesn’t get done.
What it does
I type the words, put stars round any word I want underlined in orange, and it sizes everything to fit. It adds the day number for me. I pick a background (cream, navy, orange or one of my own photos), pick the size for wherever it’s going, and tap Save or share. On my phone that opens the share sheet, so it goes straight to Photos or Instagram.
There’s a size made for the picture at the top of a Substack post, because Substack crops that image differently in different places and the first card I made got cut off.
It remembers what I used last, and it’s on my home screen like any other app. I built it in a day.
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For my son's charity run
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My son Tommy is running 50 miles in October for Sands. This tracks his runs and his sponsorship, and gives family and sponsors one page to follow along.
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For my kids' football club
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Pitch bookings and the fixtures calendar for Shevington FC, so coaches and parents know who's playing where, and when.
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