Steven Sinofsky, formerly of Microsoft, had an interesting Twitter thread a few days ago that was complimentary of Apple and its ability to ship their own Apple silicon. I read through the thread, and at one point he explains the sort of focus it…
Continue reading →The Touchscreen Mac
Every year, it is fun to look at the announcements from WWDC and look for the breadcrumbs that lead to new Apple hardware. Often signs exist pointing to new features, hardware, and screen sizes. You just have to look for them. That’s why many…
Continue reading →Get More Productive with Tomato 2 (Sponsor)
The reason the Pomodoro Technique is so popular is because it takes almost no effort to implement and immediately delivers real productivity. If you’re going to use the Pomodoro Technique on your Mac, I recommend Tomato 2, this week’s sponsor. Just like the Pomodoro…
Continue reading →Jiggle Mode, The Song
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Continue reading →IOS 14 Back Tap for Camera and Flashlight
I couldn’t help myself and installed the iOS 14 beta on my iPhone. There are a lot of nice new features, but one obscure one is Back Tap. This new accessibility feature lets you trigger Accessibility functions by tapping the back of your phone…
Continue reading →Focused 102: Analog Productivity with Brad Dowdy
The Pen Addict Brad Dowdy joins Mike and me on this week’s episode of Focused to explain how he struggles to stay focused and discovers that he is a time blocker. We also get very nerdy about pens and paper toward the end. This…
Continue reading →Some Initial Thoughts on the 2020 WWDC Keynote
It’s Keynote day, and Apple had more announcements than I expected during a global pandemic. So here are a few thoughts following the 2020 WWDC Keynote: It was dense. There was a lot of information pushed out in those two hours. There were no…
Continue reading →WWDC Coverage
Buckle up, gang. It’s WWDC day, and starting today at 10 AM Pacific Apple is going to be showing off its latest changes for the Mac, iPad, iPhone, and all of its other hardware. I particularly like WWDC because I think Apple needs to…
Continue reading →Automators 52: Charty with Rodrigo Araujo
Charty developer Rodrigo Araujo joins Rosemary and me on this week’s episode of Automators to talk about using Charty with Shortcuts. He also shares some of his favorite personal automations. This episode of Automators is sponsored by: PDFpen, from Smile: The ultimate tool for editing PDFs…
Listen & read notes →Guesting on In a Few Minutes
I spent the last week guesting on Ken Ray’s In a Few Minutes podcast. It was a lot of fun and topics covered range from iBooks Author to my five-song jazz playlist. Enjoy.
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