A lot of Labs members who aren’t interested in the Robot Assistant Field Guide are still curious about exactly what I’m doing with it…
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MailMaven: The Email Client for Mac Power Users (Sponsor)
My thanks to SmallCubed for sponsoring MacSparky this week. When Apple pulled the rug out from under third-party Mail plugins, a lot of power users lost tools they depended on. SmallCubed’s MailSuite (MailTags, Mail Act-On) was one of the big ones. Rather than walk…
Continue reading →The J-K-L Window Trick: Keyboard Maestro on Two Displays
When I added a second display for my robot assistant, I needed a fast way to throw windows between screens. Keyboard Maestro’s conflict palettes made it surprisingly simple…
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Mac Power Users 841: Robot Assistant Field Guide
This week on Mac Power Users, Stephen and I go deep on the robot assistant system I’ve been building with Claude Cowork. We cover the whole journey — from why chatbots never quite delivered on their productivity promises to the combination of skill files,…
Listen & read notes →The Case for an Ultralight Mac
The MacBook Neo is here, and it’s already obvious it will be a massive hit for Apple. People are going to buy so many of these. It will be transformative and bring lots of new users into the Apple ecosystem. But I want to…
Continue reading →Using Cowork Dispatch
I made a video explaining how I’m using the new Claude Cowork Dispatach feature to run my shutdown routine from bed. Here you go:
Continue reading →Pixelmator Pro FTW
I recently realized that I’ve stopped using every photo editing app except Pixelmator Pro. It happened gradually over a couple of years, but now it’s the only tool I reach for. I love Acorn and respect the other developers making great image editors. But…
Continue reading →The Lab Report for March 20, 2026
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MacSparky Q&A – March 2026
Sparky’s quarterly Q&A is back, this time filmed outside in the yard with a puppy cameo and a bonsai tour to close it out…
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Deep Dive – Sparky’s Robot Assistant
David demonstrates his Claude Cowork robot assistant system to Labs members, showing how skills, methods, and MCP connectors work together with Obsidian and Chrome to automate content publishing, email processing, task management, and more…
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