---
title: I Guest-Host A Podcast About Shortcuts
canonical: "https://jpshlk.com/blog/routinehub-podcast-live-review-sessions-5/"
pubDate: "2024-05-09T00:00:00.000Z"
author: Josh Pasholk
description: "I recently started co-hosting a podcast for RoutineHub, check out Episode 5!"
tags: [podcast, shortcuts]
---

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I started helping out with the RoutineHub Live Review Sessions Podcast sort of by accident a little while back. To make a long story short, I tuned into an episode and discovered they were discussing a Shortcut I created. I ended up joining the conversation and it went from there.

Now I try and help out with every episode I can. It's a lot of fun, and I hope we are able to do them more often soon!

## RoutineHub Live Review Sessions - Episode 5: Focusing On Simplicity

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In this episode we cover some simple Shortcuts that are fun to use or perform a simple task quickly. The idea is to show something to people who aren't into automation in general and make them go, "How did you do that?"

## Show Notes

Here are the Shortcuts we reviewed, along with a few notes on how they work. We start with some very simple Shortcuts, and move on to others that are a bit more complicated, yet still conceptually easy to understand.

### <Link href={`https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/4fb21e0af6a34b02abe4dd39a77c2b92`} class="text-primary-500 hover:text-sky-600 dark:hover:text-primary-400">1. Speak Text</Link>
- Sets Media Volume to 100%.
- Asks for text as input, then has Siri Speak what you entered.

### <Link href={`https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/1b61fdcf753b418b83b87e77b65865d9`} class="text-primary-500 hover:text-sky-600 dark:hover:text-primary-400">2. Sag Greg (Trombone)</Link>
- Sets Media Volume at 100%.
- Text action with a base64 string of the Sad Trombone Sound.
- Decodes the base64.
- Plays sound.

### <Link href={`https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/2701c96294d94a188e49ff0b1f85881f`} class="text-primary-500 hover:text-sky-600 dark:hover:text-primary-400">3. QR Wifi</Link>
- Text action with your WIFI Name and Password in a specific string for QR codes.
- Generate QR Code.
- Show QR Code.

### <Link href={`https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/a403ae8a226e452c85ac596dee8c60f3`} class="text-primary-500 hover:text-sky-600 dark:hover:text-primary-400">4. Calculate Tip</Link>
- Asks for a number with the prompt “What is the bill amount?”
- Choose from menu with tip percentages:
    - 12%
    - 15%
    - 18%
    - 20%
- Then multiplies the bill by the the chosen percentage.
- Shows an alert with the tip and the total.

### <Link href={`https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/1703d8d04ca443babfcc44660f08e551`} class="text-primary-500 hover:text-sky-600 dark:hover:text-primary-400">5. Combine Photos</Link>
- Select Photos.
- Combines them horizontally or vertically.
- Shows it in Quick Look.
- I did add share sheet functionality to make it easier to use from the Photos app.

### <Link href={`https://routinehub.co/shortcut/16614/`} class="text-primary-500 hover:text-sky-600 dark:hover:text-primary-400">6. Grab Photo Link</Link>
- Let's you easily upload a photo to imgbb (requires an API key).
- Generates a markdown link with optional placeholder and alt text.
- Copies the link to your clipboard.

### <Link href={`https://routinehub.co/shortcut/17529/`} class="text-primary-500 hover:text-sky-600 dark:hover:text-primary-400">7. Shortcut Calculator</Link>
- A complex-yet-simple Shortcut to calculate a lot of different things quickly and easily.
- Some of the features are:
    - Calculate An Expression
    - Generate Random number
    - Round Number
    - Convert Time Zones
    - Calculate Tip
    - Calculate Interest
    - Fractions To Deimals

### <Link href={`https://routinehub.co/shortcut/18409/`} class="text-primary-500 hover:text-sky-600 dark:hover:text-primary-400">8. Psswd - Protected Book</Link>
 - Create text-file-based notes that are password protected. (Text files are stored in iCloud)
 - Search or view notes.
 - Delete notes.

If you like this sort of thing and want to learn more, check out the <Link href={`https://discord.gg/routinehub-503976650439131183`} class="text-primary-500 hover:text-sky-600 dark:hover:text-primary-400">RoutineHub Discord</Link>. There a lot of nice and helpful people who love talking about Shortcuts.

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As always, thanks for stopping by and I hope you check out this episode. If you enjoyed it let me know what you think in the comments below.

Have a good one, peace! 🤙