Video game industry veteran Shahid Kamal Ahmad rejoins Mac Power Users to catch Stephen and me up on his work and evolving setup. Then, we dive into gaming on visionOS, the current state of Android, and a lot more. This episode of Mac Power Users is…
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Mac Power Users 701: The Safari Extension Roundup
On this week’s Mac Power Users, Stephen and I grab our lassos and gather up some of the best Safari extensions out on the free, open range of the App Store. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: TextExpander: Get 20% off with this…
Listen & read notes →Focused 180: A Focused Hodgepodge
On this episode of Focused, I’m reflecting on 18 months of freedom, Mike is reporting back from Craft + Commerce, and we’re both sharing our best advice for teaching kids how to focus. Join us. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next…
Continue reading →Mike Schmitz Opens Obsidian University
Mike Schmitz recently went indie, and we are already seeing the dividends of that. He’s getting ready to start Obsidian University on June 12. It’s a 4-week cohort-style course with eight 60-minute sessions to get you going with Obsidian. Mike is a great teacher,…
Continue reading →Capture Text Anywhere on Your Mac with TextSniper (Sponsor)
My thanks to TextSniper for sponsoring MacSparky.com this week. This is an app that I use … often. Just a few examples from the last week: I got the serial number from a picture of a tool I pulled text off of a donation receipt for…
Continue reading →Jazz Friday: Wayne Shorter’s Jazz Impressionism
I wrote about Wayne Shorter a few weeks ago after his passing. Since then I stumbled on to Adam Neely’s excellent video taking apart Wayne’s song, Infant Eyes. If you have any interest in music, this is worth your time.
Continue reading →The Looming Threat of AI-Generated Voice
I read this post by John Gruber, and I couldn’t agree more about the shenanigans that will come from AI-generated deepfakes. The computers are so good at duplicating your voice at this point that a determined jackass could “produce” a tape of you saying…
Continue reading →AI-Generated AppleScript
I enjoyed this article from Dr. Drang about the robot-created AppleScript. I think AppleScript will be one of the most difficult languages for AI models to write because it was created to make it more human-readable, and that makes it quirky. The other thing…
Continue reading →Avoid Email Overwhelm with SaneBox (Sponsor)
Email can get overwhelming for all of us. It just keeps coming. And the more emails you reply to, the more people write you back, generating even more email. When you get down to it, however, for most of us the truly daunting thing…
Continue reading →Home Screens: Brett Burney
This week’s home screen features my friend Brett Burney (website)(Apps in Law site)(podcast). Brett is a lawyer that helps other lawyers master their technology stack. He’s a great friend and a swell guy. So Brett, show us your Home Screen. What’s your Lock Screen…
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