Rose and I use this episode of Automators to share some of our favorite automation tips for use in personal knowledge management. This episode of Automators is sponsored by: Data Citizens Dialogues: Unpacking the importance of data and its impact on the world. Listen now.
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An Automation Golden Age
Did you know I have a newsletter? I post some, but not all of my newsletter’s content to this blog. Here’a a recent one. An Automation Golden Age I’ve mentioned several times on my podcasts that we’re experiencing a renaissance in automation, particularly on…
Continue reading →The 16GB MacBook Air
A surprising bit of news this week was that Apple doubled the base memory on the M2 and M3 MacBook Air. Before this week, if you bought the entry-level model, you got 8GB. That has now increased to 16. I’m sure this is entirely…
Continue reading →The M4 MacBook Pro
Hooray! The new M4 MacBook Pro is here. The case design is the same in both 14- and 16-inch variants, with support for the M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max chips with increased CPU/GPU performance. It’s nice to see Apple improving on the built-in camera,…
Continue reading →The New Mac mini & iMac Lineup
This week, Apple introduced a wave of M4 Macs, bringing some exciting updates. New iMacs The M4-powered iMacs come in refreshed colors: orange, blue, green, yellow, pink, purple, and silver, each with matching accessories. Apple’s design flexibility shows, though it makes the grayscale of other…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 768: Getting Intentional with Chris Bailey
Author Chris Bailey joins Mac Power Users to discuss his simple tech stack and interesting automation to tie it all together. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: NetSuite: The leading integrated cloud business software suite. 1Password: So much more than a…
Listen & read notes →New Macs Coming Next Week
Apple is teasing an “exciting week of announcements” starting Monday. If you’ve been holding off on buying a new Mac, next week might be an expensive one. We’re expecting the M4 iterations of the MacBook Pro, Mac Mini, and iMac, which have been anticipated…
Continue reading →I’m Still Digging Kagi
I just paid my monthly Kagi subscription and I’m reminded of how much I like this web search service. If you’re unfamiliar with it, Kagi is a search engine with no advertising. I’ve used it in place of Google search for most of this year, and…
Continue reading →Focused 215: The Sparkly Language Model
Mike and I revisit the topic of AI on this episode of Focused to consider what’s changed in the last year and discuss how it can be helpful for those of us who strive to live a focused life. This episode of Focused is sponsored by:…
Listen & read notes →NotePlan Auto-Templates
Recently, NotePlan released version 3.14, which includes the ability to auto-generate templates based on the calendar item. I note this because I requested this specific feature when we discussed NotePlan recently on the Mac Power Users. NotePlan continues to impress me. Since we aired that episode, I’ve heard…
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