For quickly adding items to a list on iOS:
I built myself a little PHP script that uses the Dynalist API. That way, I no longer need to open the Dynalist app at all if I just want to add items.
Instead, I open up the App called āDrafts 4ā. It opens to a pure text input field. I type my text or dictate it. Then I swipe and can select a number of destiations. Among them are, a couple of Dynalist destinations, likeā¦
- the shopping list I share with my wife (each new line of text becomes a separate item with a checkmark next to it)
- my idea journal (multi-line text become multi-line items within Dynalist)
- etc.
The parts involved to make it work are these:
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Drafts 4 App on iOS (captures my text and sends it via email)
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Cloudmailin.com - a free email address that can trigger my PHP script
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A simple PHP script on my server: If subject is dynalist-shopping, do this. If subject is dynalist-insights, do that. (Uses different target documents and different formats, depending on the type of input. Like I said, for shopping items, I want each line of text become a new item in the list, and have checkboxes added. For insights or quotes, I want multi-line items to be retained as such. And, of course, they all should go to different āinboxesā.)
I love this setup. I can get any thought to the place where it should go, pretty much instantly.