On this week’s episode of Mac Power Users, Katie and I revisit the topic of task management. We talk about digital task managers, our history managing tasks, various tiers of task management from simplified to advanced, systems for digitally managing our tasks, and how…
Listen & read notes →The Siri Shortcuts Home Screen
I was listening to Cortex this week and heard CGP Grey talking about replacing applications on his home screen with Siri Shortcuts links. It was some really clever insight and led me down a rabbit hole of experiments resulting in this, the all Siri…
Continue reading →Free Agents 57: Chef = Boss
This episode of Free Agents is all about space. Mike and I discuss the role of mise en place (French for “set up” or “putting in place”) for a successful free agency. Also, I talk about the effect of dedicated spaces on production, Mike…
Continue reading →Get Three Free Months of Ulysses – Sponsor
This week, MacSparky is sponsored by Ulysses, the writing application I use every day. Ulysses gives me a focused writing environment, eliminating distractions and encouraging me to do the hard work of moving the cursor across the line. While there are plenty of minimalist…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 450: MPU+: I’m a Big Phone Guy
Join us this week for MPU+. Katie and I chat about my new phone, Katie’s broken Mac, iOS 12 follow-up, Siri Shortcuts, transitioning from Dropbox to iCloud, my laptop replacement, and more. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: The Omni Group: We’re passionate about…
Listen & read notes →Facebook Breach: 50 Million Users
Today Facebook explains that on Tuesday, they discovered a security issue, compromising 50 Million accounts. Just to be clear, that is a five followed by seven additional zeroes. While I’m not a fan of Facebook generally, I do appreciate that they shared this with…
Continue reading →OmniFocus 3 for the Mac
This week, the Omni Group has released version 3 of OmniFocus for the Mac. This release closes the loop on the version 3 release which began a few months ago with the release of version 3 for iOS. While the new version of OmniFocus…
Continue reading →iPhone Xs Max Video Review
Here’s my 5 minute video review of the iPhone Xs Max, via my memoji-fied avatar. Links of Note: iPhone Xs iPhone Leather Case Anker Vertical Charging Stand Also, if you like these videos you can subscribe to the Bonus Sparky course at Learn.MacSparky or…
Continue reading →SaneBox, It Just Works … Everywhere
This week’s sponsor, SaneBox, might be my most used web service. SaneBox helps me manage the deluge of email. I’ve had a few releases in the past month, and that means the old inbox has been getting hammered. SaneBox has had my back the…
Continue reading →Announcing the OmniFocus Field Guide, 3d Edition
I’m happy to announce the release of the third edition of the OmniFocus Field Guide. This is a video course that takes you, soup to nuts, through the Omni Group’s supremely bad-ass task manager. My goal is to make you no less than a…
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