My iOS 14 Home Screen

I like keeping screenshots and documenting my iOS home screens over the years so I can look back on how I had everything set up and remembering what it was like. The release of iOS 14 brings even more customizable options with the new widgets and stacks. I decided to describe my current layout, my custom iOS 14 icons, and add a little commentary about the apps.

UPDATE • Oct 2, 2021

The Launch Center Pro way of making icons has been removed by Apple as of iOS 14.5. If you had made the profile/icons before, they still work, but now the best solution for custom icons is to use the Shortcut method.

UPDATE • Oct 23, 2020

I’ve made some changes, notably changing up how all my custom icons look. All the screen shots have been updated.

Jason Tate Oct 2, 2020

This week’s newsletter has my first extensive thoughts on Machine Gun Kelly’s pop-punk album, thoughts on more music and entertainment I enjoyed this week, and a playlist of ten songs worth your time. This week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.

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Liner Notes (September 25th, 2020)

Jason Tate Sep 25, 2020

This week’s newsletter looks a little more at iOS 14 and moving widgets around, has my first impression of the new album from Nightly, and offers some other thoughts on music and entertainment that I consumed this week. There’s also a playlist of ten songs I liked, and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.

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Liner Notes (September 18th, 2020)

Jason Tate Sep 18, 2020

I never thought I’d be excited that it’s raining.

This week’s newsletter has some thoughts on music and entertainment I enjoyed this week, some thoughts on iOS 14, and a playlist of ten songs I enjoyed. This week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.

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GoodReads Sucks

Jason Tate Sep 14, 2020

Sarah Manavis, writing at New Statesman:

With the vast amount of books and user data that Goodreads holds, it has the potential to create an algorithm so exact that it would be unstoppable, and it is hard to imagine anyone objecting to their data being used for such a purpose. Instead, it has stagnated: Amazon holds on to an effective monopoly on the discussion of new books – Goodreads is almost 40 times the size of the next biggest community, LibraryThing, which is also 40 per cent owned by Amazon – and it appears to be doing very little with it.

GoodReads is a really bad website and an even worse app. It could be awesome. It should be awesome. The difference between using it, and say Letterboxd for movies, is night and day. It just makes me sad.

Liner Notes (September 11th, 2020)

Jason Tate Sep 11, 2020

I’ve been writing this newsletter every week, missing none, since at least July of 2018. Today when I sat down to write, I found myself staring at a blinking cursor and trying to find the motivation to make my fingers make words on the black screen. I did my best. This week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.

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Liner Notes (September 4th, 2020)

Jason Tate Sep 4, 2020

First impressions of the new Acceptance album, more impressions of the new Slick Shoes album, and all sorts of heaping praise for Ted Lasso. All that, and more, in this week’s newsletter. Plus, as always, a playlist of ten songs I enjoyed this week. This week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.

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Liner Notes (August 28th, 2020)

Jason Tate Aug 28, 2020

This week’s newsletter looks at my two favorite albums this week: Ruston Kelly and PVRIS, and shares some early thoughts on the new Slick Shoes album. There’s also commentary on other music I like this week and the entertainment I consumed. Plus, as always, a playlist of ten songs I liked and all that jazz. This week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.

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Liner Notes (August 21st, 2020)

Jason Tate Aug 21, 2020

Lots of good music out this week. This week’s newsletter shares my thoughts on music and entertainment I enjoyed this week and has a playlist of ten songs worth checking out. This week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.

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Liner Notes (August 14th, 2020)

Jason Tate Aug 14, 2020

I hope everyone had a good week. This week’s newsletter shares early impressions of The Menzingers’ acoustic album, thoughts on other music I enjoyed this week, some thoughts on movies, tv and books I consumed this week, and all kinds of other cool stuff. This week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.

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Liner Notes (August 7th, 2020)

Jason Tate Aug 7, 2020

I wrote some of this yesterday because we have a family engagement we need to attend to today, but I wanted to make sure to get something out for y’all. This week’s newsletter looks at projects around the website this week, music out today, and some thoughts on entertainment. Plus, a playlist of ten songs I liked this week. This week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.

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Liner Notes (July 31st, 2020)

Jason Tate Jul 31, 2020

This week’s newsletter shares my favorite pop-punk album of the year so far. Gasp! Pop-punk in 2020? I also go through some thoughts on music and entertainment I enjoyed over the past week, and share a playlist and pizza toppings. This week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.

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Liner Notes (July 24th, 2020)

Jason Tate Jul 24, 2020

This week has thoughts on Taylor Swift, Neon Trees, bad violin playing in movies, and much more. Plus, there’s a playlist of ten songs I enjoyed this week, and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.

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Liner Notes (July 17th, 2020)

Jason Tate Jul 17, 2020

On Fridays we write newsletters. This week I share things I found interesting and some thoughts on music and entertainment. There’s also a playlist of ten songs you should check out and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.

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Liner Notes (July 10th, 2020)

Jason Tate Jul 10, 2020

This week’s newsletter looks at music and entertainment I enjoyed this week. This was a good week for singles, and I’m all about that new PVRIS album. This week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.

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