This week I discovered BitBar (courtesy of Jason Snell at Six Colors). What a great app! BitBar lets you load up your Menu bar with useful data customizable with a rich assortment of BitBar plugins ranging from AirPods battery power to weather to cryptocurrency monitors. Now if only my…
Continue reading →GoodNotes Releases Collaboration Update
I’ve been noodling a lot lately with digital journaling tools. In doing so GoodNotes quickly rose to the top for me in the “draw words on an iPad” category. The app is reliable, has an excellent ink engine, and, most of all, the developer…
Continue reading →Teaching Effectively with Zoom
A friend of mine, Dan Levy, is a Harvard professor and a pretty swell guy. Dan is passionate about teaching and recently released a new book called Teaching Effectively with Zoom (Amazon link). I read the book over the weekend and found it useful, not only…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 550: The World of RSS
RSS can bring news, blog posts, and even podcasts to you, without needing to visit a bunch of different websites. This week on Mac Power Users, Stephen and I talk about the rise of numerous RSS services, the apps we’ve seen over the last few…
Listen & read notes →Ulysses, A Remarkable Writing Tool (Sponsor)
For years now, I’ve been using Ulysses for all of my serious writing projects, and I’m pleased to have Ulysses back as this week’s sponsor. One of the things I like about Ulysses is that despite its many years of development (they recently released…
Continue reading →Maker, Manager, Consumer
I’ve been thinking lately about my journaling workflows. I’m increasingly using digital tools for daily journaling and questioning a lot of assumptions. One of those is about the purpose of journaling my day. Am I doing it to figure out what I was doing…
Continue reading →Setapp Now Includes iOS Apps
Setapp, the app subscription service for Mac Apps, is no longer just for Mac Apps. Last week Setapp announced that it has added seven iOS apps to the service including Ulysses, Paste, Gemini Photos, Taskheal, SQLPro Studio, Mind Node, and PDF Search with more…
Continue reading →Focused 106: Home Offices with Laura Vanderkam
Laura Vanderkam joins Mike and me on this episode of Focused to talk about challenges and opportunities in working from home. We also break down our ever-evolving shut down routines. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: ExpressVPN: High-speed, secure and anonymous VPN service. Get 3…
Listen & read notes →Waking Up and Sleeping
I was recently reading Benjamin Hardy’s article about waking up early. He makes many good points, but I can’t help think he is missing a huge caveat. While waking up early can help you, not getting enough sleep will wreck you. Not getting enough sleep messes with your body in so…
Continue reading →Warhol Shortcut
Dr. Drang wrote a great shortcut this week that combines Shortcuts, Photos, and dogs. Did you really think I wouldn’t link it?
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