John Voorhees (Twitter) joined MacStories in 2015. He is an editor and regular contributor to MacStories and the Club MacStories newsletters, co-hosts AppStories, a weekly podcast exploring the world of apps, with Federico Viticci, and handles sponsorship sales for MacStories and AppStories. John is…
Continue reading →Post Category → Uncategorized
Things are Rosy at Apple
Today Apple had its quarterly earnings call. Jason Snell covered it with his usual aplomb at Six Colors. There are a few bits that stood out. The iPad Continues to Grow iPad growth is up 11%. After so many years of decline, that’s good…
Continue reading →Free Agents 33 – When You Say Yes to Everything
The latest episode of Free Agents is up. We’ve fiddled with the show format a bit. Specifically, now that we’ve covered most of the topic shows we wanted to cover, we’re spending more time talking about the challenges we’re seeing on the ground. I’m…
Continue reading →The Disneyland Stress Test for the iPhone X
Matt Panzarino for TechCrunch reviewed his iPhone X by taking it to The Happiest Place on Earth. There are now several reviews posted with Apple seeding review units to several people in the press. One of the big questions in my mind was how…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 402 – Home Automation with Robert Spivack
We’ve been talking off-and-on about home automation on the Mac Power Users for a few years now. This week, we invited home automation professional Robert Spivack and dug deep on home automation. There is lots of good stuff in here about the gear that…
Listen & read notes →Plan Your Next Project with inShort – Sponsor
View fullsize This week MacSparky is sponsored by inShort(website) (Mac App Store) (iOS App Store). inShort is a project planning application for the Mac, iPhone, and iPad that lets you plan projects and processes graphically across all of your Apple devices. Click on the…
Continue reading →Jazz Friday: Happy Birthday Thelonious
This month we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Thelonious Monk’s birth. While I’ve featured some of Monk’s music in the past, I’ve never featured the man himself. It’s time to fix that. Thelonious Monk was one of the founding fathers of bebop and is…
Continue reading →Home Screens – Kent Sutherland
This week’s home screen features Kent Sutherland (website)(Twitter). Kent is part of the Flexibits team and a pretty busy guy. Now that Kent has shipped the latest update to Fantastical and a brand new contact app, Cardhop, I asked Ken to share his home…
Continue reading →Get Mac Help with Willems Tech (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by Willems Tech. Rogier Willems is a wicked smart IT professional that specializes in Macs and security. Rogier and his team do remote IT for customers all over the world, and they are a great asset if you need…
Continue reading →MacVoices Appearance
My pal Brett Terpstra and I guested recently on MacVoices. We talked to Chuck Joiner about 60 Mac Tips, Volume 2, eBook distribution, and nerdy technology stuff in general.
Listen & read notes →