In 1980-something, I was a nerdy jazz enthusiast. I had an opportunity to attend the Playboy Jazz Festival and there got to meet the pre-eminent nerdy jazz man for the ages, Dave Brubeck. Dave was extremely kind and thoughtful to awkward teenage me and…
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iOS Pages Now Tracks Changes
Yesterday’s iOS Pages update added the ability to track changes. Jeff Richardson wrote it up and does his usual thorough job of covering iOS features particularly relevant to attorneys. Tracking changes is a doozy. “I have long been a fan of Pages because it…
Continue reading →Back to Work’s GTD Refresher
I could go on and on about my love of the Back to Work podcast (and frequently do). Merlin is on a tear starting at Episode 95 with an in-depth discussion of Getting Things Done. The first episode was very good and I’m really…
Continue reading →Watermarker
Don Southard is a really clever guy. He comes up with some amazing little solutions for getting more done on your Mac and he’s also a really fine writer with his pieces over at MacStories. Don just recently released a new application for the…
Continue reading →MPU114: Dan Returns
Episode 114 of the Mac Power Users is live. In this show, Dan Benjamin returns to talk about his workflows running the 5by5 network. We also talk about recording hardware and our ongoing struggles with email. ∞
Listen & read notes →Home screens – Oliver Breidenbach
Every year at Macworld I enjoy reconnected with my international Mac friends. One of those people is Oliver Breidenbach (Twitter) from Boinx software who makes the trip from Germany every year. Boinx makes some of my favorite software applications including FotoMagico and iStopMotion (Mac…
Continue reading →One Day More for Productive Macs Bundle
If you’ve been sittting on the fence about this bundle, that gets you Path Finder, TextExpander, TaskPaper, Trickster, and more for just 30 bucks, don’t wait much longer.
Continue reading →Sponsor: Colugo
My thanks to Colugo for sponsoring MacSparky.com this week. As an aside, I’m looking forward to trying this out with family during the holidays. Colugo is the easiest way to share photos privately with your friends and family. Colugo is a simple solution to…
Continue reading →Using Failure to Get Big Projects Done
Today Michael Schechter published an article I wrote about getting big things done on his website, A Better Mess. In reality, I kind of hijacked the subject and spent a lot more time writing about failing to finish big things. ∞
Continue reading →Christmas Time is Here
Want a little holiday cheer? Here is a my 11 year old daughter and I covering one of my favorites, Vince Guaraldi’s “Christmas Time is Here.” (Wikipedia) Sarah sings. I play the piano. (The bass, vibes, and drum were also all accomplished with my…
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