Ryan Boren, the former lead developer of WordPress, has thought a lot about text, hyperlinking, and contextual computing. His recent post assembles a lot of resources about the importance of text and linking, including my own post on contextual computing. There is a movement…
Continue reading →Get Quality Calling Cards from Hoban (Sponsor)
Do you know what a class move is? It’s when you meet someone for the first time and you had them a quality calling card. This week’s sponsor, Hoban Cards, is how you can make that class move. Hoban Cards uses a 1902 letterpress…
Continue reading →DEVONthink Updates
DEVONthink got some significant updates today. First, DEVONthink To Go 3.0 is out now. They’ve made no mystery of the fact that they wanted to substantially improve their mobile app and they have. This new version is much closer to DEVONthink on the Mac.…
Continue reading →Inside Details of Steve Jobs Keynotes
I was fascinated by this interview of Wayne Goodrich, who helped Steve Jobs plan many Keynotes at Next, Pixar, and Apple. The whole article is worth reading but there are two things that really stood out to me. Steve Never Scripted Words Steve didn’t…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 574: Calendars, Contacts, and Tasks
Stephen and I get back to basics on this episode of Mac Power Users. Check out how calendars, contacts, and tasks can be effectively managed across a range of devices and apps. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: 1Password: Have you…
Listen & read notes →Podcast Recording Software in Motion
For the longest time, many (most?) podcasters recorded shows using a combination of Skype (that we all love to hate) and Ecamm’s ingenious Skype Call Recorder (that we hate to update, seemingly once a week). It seems that between continual changes with Skype and…
Listen & read notes →The Vestaboard Smart Flipboard
I have neither the money nor the space for something like this in my life. But I love the idea of it so much. There is just something about the sound of all those clicky mechanisms going off at once.
Continue reading →SaneReminders For the Win (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky is sponsored by SaneBox, the power tools you can add to any email application. SaneBox brings a pile of tools to your email, making it easier to manage and conquer your email. One of my favorite features is SaneReminders. Have you…
Continue reading →Hey Email Gets Multi-Account Support and Hey for Work Released
The Hey team has been hard at work with several updates for Hey Email released today: 1. HEY for Work is now released. I’ve been trying it with one of my accounts and I’m impressed with its collaboration tools. Thread sharing with people on…
Continue reading →macOS Big Sur 11.2
While I wouldn’t normally cover a maintenance update, this one brings many much needed bug fixes to Apple Silicon Mac users. There were problems with external displays and BlueTooth connection issues. I was seeing that with my M1 MacBook when connected to a monitor…
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