Anthony Ongaro joins us on the latest episode of Focused to talk about practical minimalism, designing an intentional life, and his multipotentialite resume, which covers everything from musician to log roller. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: FreshBooks: Online invoicing made easy. Squarespace: Make your…
Listen & read notes →The Siri Apology
Last week, Apple issued an apology for their practice of having their contractors review Siri audio for quality control. I’m glad that they are making changes, and I appreciate the plain language in the apology. I can only imagine how much pressure there was…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 498: Back to School with Jake Wilson
On this week’s episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I chat with Jake Wilson, an elementary school principal (and a student himself), about using technology in and beyond the classroom, ranging from smart boards and shortcuts to Google Docs and waffles. This episode…
Listen & read notes →Why the iOS 13.1 Beta is a Good Thing
With the latest round of iOS 13 beta updates, Apple released iOS beta 13.1 before iOS version 13.0 was released to the general public. So right now I’m running a beta of the first update to an operating system that’s not out yet. Now…
Continue reading →Automators 31: Making Your ScreenFlow Flow and More with J.F. Brissette
On the latest episode of Automators, Rosemary and I get to talk to J. -F. Brissette, who really loves to automate. From automating Screenflow with Keyboard Maestro, to using the Terminal as a launcher, as well as regular expressions and looking into combining Dropbox…
Listen & read notes →Time Tracking with Timeular
View fullsize Click to enlarge. Lately, I’ve been trying a new time tracking gizmo, a Timeular device. It’s a polygon-shaped piece of plastic and electronics that connects to my iPhone. I can assign a different task to each side, and when I switch modes,…
Continue reading →Six Colors on September 10?
Today Apple announced a September 10 event where we’ll find out, at least, about new iPhones. That’s all exciting, but even more important was the invite image. I really miss that delightful rainbow apple that I first fell in love with on the Apple…
Continue reading →Stop Waiting and Fix Your Email Today with SaneBox (Sponsor)
This week MacSparky sponsor is sponsored by SaneBox, the email tool that everybody can (and should) use. You may have heard about some of the innovative new email features like inbox auto-sorting, deferred email, and reply tracking. The trouble is that early implementations of…
Continue reading →Sweet Setup’s GoodNotes Course
If you’ve got an iPad and want to get better at using the GoodNotes application, the Sweet Setup has a new course just for you produced, largely, by my pal Mike Schmitz. The course goes soup to nuts on GoodNotes. My favorite parts are…
Continue reading →Recovery Day
One of the oldest (and best) pieces of productivity advice is to always plan on a recovery day after a trip. It is such an obvious idea that I hesitate to even post about it. Nevertheless, it is advice that I seldom followed ……
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