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SkyMarks is a little app that you can use to bookmark Bluesky posts.
Bookmarks are shared between all iOS devices and completely private.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/skymarks/id6739005862
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Coming soon hopefully, the ability to bookmark a private post (assuming that your account can view it)
March 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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SkyMarks 0.9 is out! Mac users will see lots of little improvements. iOS users will see just one, but everyone should see better responsiveness, which was greatly needed.

#bluesky #bookmarks
March 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Pop Quiz:

What about this image would cause SkyMarks 0.7.1 Mac to be rejected by #appstoreconnect?

#buildinpublic #indiedev #Mac #appstore
an image with the text: SkyMarks by Old Jewel Software • Bookmark Bluesky Posts • add notes • tag them • search them • share them • synch them across devices • go back to them at any time • completely private, completely free
February 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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even more screenshots of SkyMarks Mac 0.7

thanks to
@megmp7.bsky.social @peterbschmidt.bsky.social
@scalzi.com
@aimeebee.bsky.social Groucho Marx and JRR Tolkien
February 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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more screenshots for SkyMarks Mac 0.7.

thanks to @weratedogs.com @megmp7.bsky.social @godlessbitch.bsky.social
@aimeebee.bsky.social
Mac screenshot of two windows: one SkyMarks and one Safari.The Safari window is showing a Bluesky post and the SkyMarks window is showing a bookmark for that post at the top of its list (as if it happened just after the previous screenshot) screenshot of SkyMarks Mac. The user is searching for the word "dogs" and is being shown 3 bookmarks of posts related to dogs screenshot of SkyMarks Mac. the user is searching for the word "folk" and one bookmark is shown. The word doesn't appear in the bookmark's text, but it does show up in the bookmark's attached image.
February 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Another day, another attempt to release. I keep finding things that need to be tweaked. At least I got some Mac screenshots out of my work today.

Thanks to @megmp7.bsky.social for posting such a beautiful picture.

#buildinpublic #swiftui #bluesky
list of features for SkyMarks 0.7: SkyMarks by Old Jewel Software • Bookmark Bluesky Posts • add notes • tag them • search them • share them • synch them across devices • go back to them at any time • completely private, completely free screenshot of the SkyMarks 0.7 start page. It gives instructions that say: To bookmark a Bluesky post: 1) Visit Bluesky in your browser and go to a post you want to bookmark (or use the app if you'd like) 2) Tap the Share button in the browser's toolbar 3) Choose "SkyMarks" from the row of options (You may have to tap the "More..." button the first few times) 4) Tap "Bookmark" (The button at the bottom right) 5) Come back to SkyMarks The bookmarked post will be at the top of the list. screenshot of a Mac Safari window with the share button tapped and the SkyMarks menu item selected screenshot of a dialog box in Safari Mac giving the option to bookmark the current Bleusky post
February 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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a screenshot of SkyMarks 0.7 showing only bookmarks tagged with "Quoites". In the toolbar, a green button labeled "Quotes" shows a dark green bookmark icon (it was gray and said "Any Tags" in previous screenshots). Two bookmarks are shown: one by JRR Tolkien and one by Groucho Marx. Screenshot of SkyMarks 0.7 showing a bookmark with dynamic text set to a very large text size. Layout is not as nice as in the other screenshots, but all text is large and legible.
February 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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screenshot of SkyMarks 0.7 showing the recently bookmarked skeet at the top of the list of skeets screenshot of SkyMarks 0.7 with the user filtering the bookmarks to only show bookmarks with the text "dogs" in them somewhere, matching a post with the word "DOGS" in its content and a post by the prominent account "WeRateDogs", with the string "dogs" underlined in yellow in both cases Screenshot of SkyMarks 0.7 with the user adding tags to a screenshot. A list of available tags appears on the right side of the screen along with a tag with a plus sign and another that says "Done". The available tags are "Cats", "Dogs" and "Quotes". The "Cats" tag is highlighted
February 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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I really wanted to be releasing version 0.7 today, but the process of making decent screen shots is taking longer than anticipated.

🧵

#buildinpublic #swiftui #bluesky #bookmarks
feature list for SkyMarks 0.7: - Bookmark Bluesky Posts - add notes - tag them - search them - share them - synch them across devices - go back to them at any time - completely private, completely free Intro Screen for SkeyMarks 0.7: To bookmark a Bluesky post: 1) Visit Bluesky in your browser and go to a post you want to bookmark (or use the app if you'd like) 2) Tap the Share button in the browser's toolbar 3) Choose "SkyMarks" from the row of options (You may have to tap the "More..." button the first few times) 4) Tap "Bookmark" (The button at the bottom right) # Bookmark 5) Come back to SkyMarks The bookmarked post will be at the top of the list. Screenshot of bookmarking a skeet in Safari Screenshot of the screen that appears when you choose to bookmark a skeet in the browser.
February 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Version 0.7 is about ready to go live, but not before I've cleaned up the Welcome Screen / Help View.

@ScaledMetric is SO USEFUL for this kind of thing

Happy to take any feedback on which is better and why, but I'm much happier with the second one myself.

#buildinpublic #swiftui
Screenshot of the welcome screen of SkyMarks, version 0.6.3 on an iPhone. It lists the steps you take to bookmark a Bluesky post. Screenshot of the welcome screen of SkyMarks, version 0.7 on an iPhone. It lists the steps you take to bookmark a Bluesky post, just like the first one, but uses a more hierarchical text layout with one more text style. Also, the search bar is gone because there are no bookmarks yet and the button in the top left is just an icon instead of text.
February 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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I'm really proud of the look of search results now. super fast and informative bookmarks search

#buildinpublic #swiftlang #swiftui #bluesky
January 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Advertise your account with one (1) Simpsons image

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Lisa Simpson pushing a library cart full of books
January 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Version 0.5 has taken longer than expected, but it’s got a few nice features. Here’s a sneak peek.

#buildinpublic #bookmarks #bluesky
January 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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SkyMarks 0.4.1 is out (0.4 was a bit buggy…). There’s a new look, but also some under the hood stuff.

Here’s a video of me turning on airplane mode then launching SkyMarks and viewing my bookmarks, including attached images while offline.

#buildinpublic #bookmarks

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December 19, 2024 at 5:38 PM
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Over the weekend, I managed to get link previews working the way I wanted and I hammered down the UI for looking at images attached to posts.

Version 0.3 is up on the App Store for free at apps.apple.com/us/app/skyma...

#buildinpiblic #swift #bluesky #bookmarks #ux #design
December 17, 2024 at 5:39 AM
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SkyMarks 0.3 will be coming pretty soon, and with it will come a big improvement to the way you can view images in your bookmarks. Honestly, I you may end up bookmarking posts just so you can view the images in SkyMarks.
December 15, 2024 at 1:18 AM
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SkyMarks version 0.2 is out.

- searchable notes
- better display of links in posts
- lots of performance improvements

I'm really proud of searchable notes. It's even made the development of SkyMarks itself much easier.

apps.apple.com/us/app/skyma...
December 12, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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something that's coming soon to SkyMarks: searchable bookmark notes

Soon, you'll be able to take notes about any bookmark and when you do a search, your notes will be searched as well as the post's text
December 10, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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SkyMarks is a little app that you can use to bookmark Bluesky posts. Bookmark any post from the share menu on iOS and the bookmark appears in SkyMarks on any of your iOS devices.

Version 0.1 is available on the App Store at apps.apple.com/us/app/skyma...

free to use, no in-app purchases
SkyMarks by Old Jewel Software • bookmark Bluesky posts • go back to them at any time • search your bookmarked posts • synch bookmarks across devices • completely private Download on the App Store
December 10, 2024 at 12:57 PM
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SkyMarks has been in App Review limbo all weekend. Hoping to get it released soon.

In the meantime, here's a slightly updated preview.

Note the spiffy new icon. App Review's idea…
December 9, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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Here's how it looks on iPad and using Safari.
December 5, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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SkyMarks is a little app that you can use to bookmark Bluesky posts. Bookmark any post from the share menu on iOS and the bookmark appears in SkyMarks on any of your iOS devices.

It's currently submitted for review on the App Store.
Follow to find out when it's available to download.
December 5, 2024 at 6:09 PM