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Jenovia 🕸️'s avatar

Never thought my first mammogram would be the one to get me featured but I’ll take it 💥 I had a lot of fun editing at Lenox Hill while I waited.

Will Watson's avatar

Haha of all the things I write about it’s my wife’s banana loaf that makes the list! 🤣 Thank you for keeping me humble! 😅

Jenovia 🕸️'s avatar

I felt the same about my mammogram! 😂😭🙏

Will Watson's avatar

The bright side is it means someone took a real good deep dive to get there! 😂

Vaibhav Gupta's avatar

Finally, yes! I plan to expand my drafts on phone so that I have a different perspective when I edit on web. And vice versa! Fantastic way to catch mistakes and optimizations!

2 posts coming up for me are thoughts on being diagnosed with ADHD, and a fiction story about a young man who avoids going out because he doesn't want to hear everybody's thoughts.

Vaibhav Gupta's avatar

Correction: apparently drafts are not synced between web and app yet.

Krys Huey's avatar

I had a similar intention and hopped on the app to test this feature, only to discover the same.

The irony is, the early version of the Substack app already had this feature (mobile editing). I’m very curious about why they removed it, and how long it will take to get to more parity (starting with syncing the drafts).

Ana Maria Selvaggio's avatar

Great idea on the perspective shift.

Looking forward to reading the story if you share it.

Vaibhav Gupta's avatar

Yeah and I can confirm it works because I do it all the time with my day job (technical writer).

Thank you! I'll come back to this thread and share it (IF I REMEMBER TO).

Ana Maria Selvaggio's avatar

I resonate hard with the "if I remember to" right now, that made me laugh.

Swing Thoughts and Roundabouts's avatar

I only write from my fortress deep within the earth's crust. So if you see my posts, that's where they come from. I mean, you asked.

Marie Stroughter's avatar

I wish the "edit alt tags" on iOS mobile was better supported. I just get a disappearing "create link" textbox. Keep innovating. Appreciate the upgrades.

Samantha Childress's avatar

Just want to say I love this piece for featuring some smaller ‘stacks! 🫶🏻

Holly Starley's avatar

Was thinking the same, Samantha!!

Greg Baker's avatar

My post about the Chinese government's AI standards was written when I was stuck outside at a nearly-abandoned train station in outback NSW as the sun was setting. It was close to dark and I was still editing.

What I really want is the voice-based editing from withaqua.com so that I can write and edit while walking the dog.

Holly Starley's avatar

Oh I like that idea. And I like this train station at sunset office. :)

Zoha's avatar

WOAAHHHHHHHHHH THE WAIT IS OVERRRRRR

Jess Chermak's avatar

Thanks for the shout out! I'm loving the app features!

Matthew Ferrara's avatar

It’s just not for me. I came to Substack to reconnect with Writing - the Experience.

So the last thing I want to do on my phone is transform the beautiful, elegant physical process of drafting with a pen and typing on a large keyboard and editing with a cup of coffee— with the word’s most frustrating user-input design (ie, the smartphone keyboard) while staring at a tiny six inch screen and trying desperately not to be distracted by the 63 other beeping, blinking apps….

Marksjc's avatar

All those smartphone notifications can be turned off, or selectively on (ring phone or notify text message) to limit the notifications to people (phone nos. you know). As an introvert, though, managing the notifications(setting them the way you want) is complex with no tools, like group editing to provision the apps generally ir person-based notification

Matthew Ferrara's avatar

Like I said: Not for me. It's easier simply not to do it than to spend precious time and energy trying to "make" the phone do what I can already do now: Use a pen and full keyboard and use that time more beautifully.

Marksjc's avatar

I understood that from your original context.

Amy Gabrielle's avatar

https://substack.com/@amygabrielle/note/c-66572933

Posted from the Delta Sky Lounge at LAX just before boarding a flight back home to JFK in NYC to be near my husband's ashes on the 3rd anniversary of his death from cancer.

Gëzim Qadraku's avatar

Is it possible to publish note from the app?

Mike Errico's avatar

I have had to unpublish something while on the road, and was unable. Is that fixed?

Andrew Heard's avatar

That’s nice for people who have that capability. Unfortunately I still don’t have the stats reader via the app feature or any of the features that they have rolled out since.

@1234742790's avatar

This article is really insightful It shows how the Substack app empowers writers and creators to publish content anytime and anywhere, making the process so much more flexible and efficient

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Jo Huber's avatar

Still most comfortable posting from desktop. But thank you for the upgrades.