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Random Trek: “A Time to Stand”

posted in Uncategorized on April 10, 2015

Recently I joined Scott McNulty on the Random Trek podcast to talk about the DS9 episode, “A Time to Stand”. In it we talked Star Trek, Star Wars, my Julian Bashir man-crush, and how Captain Picard got me through law school. ∞

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Initial Apple Watch Reviews and a Few Thoughts

posted in Uncategorized on April 9, 2015

Today a bevy of Apple Watch reviews showed up on the Internet. They are all mostly positive. If you would like to burn a couple hours, head over to this Mashable linkwhere they have got a summary of the key reviews and links.  There seems…

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The iPhone Extension Trick

posted in Uncategorized on April 8, 2015

Have you got any contacts that have extensions in their phone numbers? If you do, you’ll know that adding extension information to your contacts can give your iPhone fits when placing calls. There is, however a trick. When creating a contact, instead of this:…

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Mac Voices Interview

posted in Uncategorized on April 7, 2015

Today I appeared on the Mac Voices podcast with Chuck Joiner. I say appeared because I did it on video, which was a new thing for me. Chuck and I talked about the OmniFocus and Workflow Video Field Guides.  ∞ 

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MPU 249: Tech and Families

posted in Uncategorized on April 6, 2015

Dan Moren, who recently co-authored a book on The Connected Apple Family joined us this week to discuss common problems and solutions using Apple technology with your family. ∞ 

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Sponsor: OmniFocus 2.1 for iOS. Now Universal!

posted in Uncategorized on April 6, 2015

This week MacSparky.com is sponsored by OmniFocus. The Omni Group has been hard at work since last year taking all of the their iPad applications universal, so they work on both the iPad and iPhone. Version 2.1 of OmniFocus for the iPad is now officially universal and…

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Apple Watch Guided Tours

posted in Uncategorized on April 5, 2015

When the original iPhone was getting released, it was a big investment and I wasn’t sure whether I’d get one or not. Then just a few days before launch Apple released this video and I was hooked. Showing us exactly how the revolutionary phone worked was…

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Home Screens: Mike Williams

posted in Uncategorized on April 4, 2015

This week’s home screen features Mike Williams (Twitter). Mike is the President and CEO of the David Allen Company and a geek just like the rest of us. Okay Mike, show us your home screen. Notes about my home screen My home screen is intentionally very…

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The New Trackpad

posted in Uncategorized on April 2, 2015

Last week I went into the local Apple store to check out the Force Touch trackpad in the new MacBook Pro 13 inch. It was a strange experience. I walked up to the Apple-specified table and looked at the laptop and confirmed it was…

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Physician’s Writing Workflows

posted in Uncategorized on April 1, 2015

Physician and educator Jeff Taekman wrote up his writing workflows and pushed a lot of my buttons in the process. I’m going to have to take a serious look at Papers 3.

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