Toolbox Pro developer (and documentary film editor) Alex Hay joins Rosemary and me on the latest episode of Automators to explain how he stumbled from scratching his own itch to making a powerful Siri Shortcuts utility app, Toolbox Pro. This episode of Automators is sponsored by:…
Listen & read notes →The Six Colors Apple Report Card
At the end of each year, Jason Snell asks a few people in the Apple community to score Apple’s wins and losses with his annual Apple report card. Today Jason released the report card for 2019. Unexpectedly, Apple’s services score continues to improve, and…
Continue reading →The Omni Group 2020 Road Map
The Omni Group is one of the few big software companies that give a yearly roadmap. I understand why so few companies do this. Often priorities change. For example, last year the Omni Group ended up spending a lot of time for OmniFocus for…
Continue reading →Fantastical 3 and the Fantastical Field Guide
Fanstastical 3 Is Available Fantastical, Version 3, launches today. Fantastical has always been known for its powerful text parser. Type a few words and create an event. This new version stretches the idea of a calendar app for your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. I…
Continue reading →Stephen Hackett’s iPad Keynote Commentary
I really enjoyed watching Stephen Hacket re-watch the original iPad announcement 10 years ago. We’ve got a bunch of iPad-related ten year anniversaries coming up. If you could track my enthusiasm about iPad over the 10 years, it looks something like this: I was…
Continue reading →MindNode 7 Released
MindNode, my favorite mind mapping app, recently released version 7. The new version adds visual tags to your maps with colored dots you can drop in at the end of nodes. It gives you one more visual tool for mind mapping, and their uses…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 520: Weather Apps & Gear
Gone are the days of waiting for the evening news to find out the weather for the next day. Now, weather data is accessible anywhere. Stephen and I compare a bunch of different weather apps and services before picking our favorite on the latest episode…
Listen & read notes →Tame Your Email with SaneBox (Sponsor)
This week’s sponsor, SaneBox is the solution to so many of my email problems. SaneBox is the email service that adds a pile of productivity features to your email, regardless of what email client you use. For a lot of folks, email is a constant pain…
Continue reading →Apple TV+, A Few Months In
Now that Apple TV has been out a few months, I went back and looked at how much I’ve used the service. I watched all of the “For All Mankind” series, and I’m working my way through “Little America”. The big-budget “See” series couldn’t…
Continue reading →Focused 91: Information Overload
Mike and I are kicking off a new series on overload by examining our own FOMO (fear of missing out) triggers. We also make the productivity case for intentionally missing out. Check it out on the latest episode of Focused. This episode of Focused is sponsored…
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