I’m in San Jose this week attending some of the WWDC festivities and catching up with many friends in the Apple Community. Tonight I spent some time talking to friends about expectations and hopes for tomorrow’s keynote. There is a distinctly different feeling this…
Continue reading →Home Screens – Mike Schmitz
This week’s home screen features Mike Schmitz (blog)(twitter). Mike’s a geek that writes and talks a lot about productivity. In addition to his own work, Mike also writes at Asian Efficiency and makes several good podcasts, including Bookworm and the Productivity Show. Mike was a…
Continue reading →OmniFocus 3 for iPhone and iPad
This week the Omni Group released version 3 of OmniFocus for iPhone and iPad (with version 3 for Mac coming later this summer). There are few applications I use more than OmniFocus. I started with the beta before OmniFocus version 1, and I’ve used…
Continue reading →Tame Your iPhone Photo Library with Gemini Photos – Sponsor
This week’s MacSparky sponsor is Gemini Photos, the new iPhone app that helps you tame your photos library. It’s easy, and smart to take extra pictures. You never know when that first one comes out of focus or your nephew will finally decide to…
Continue reading →Free Agents 48: Lousy with the Stink of Freedom, with Merlin Mann
Podcaster Merlin Mann joins Jason and me on this week’s Free Agents to discuss his long journey as an independent worker, during which he has pivoted from tech guy to productivity expert to a specializer in cult hits. This episode of Free Agents is sponsored by:…
Continue reading →Ulysses 13
The latest version of Ulysses is out. I like the way they simultaneously make releases to the iOS and Mac versions of the application. The newest version adds daily goals, deadlines, and session history, helping you along with writing goals. They also added colored…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 432: Walking Down the Hallway on the Internet
Katie and I share what’s on our minds on this week’s MPU+ episode, including the end of the Airport era, my thoughts on the state of note apps such as Bear and Apple Notes, surviving a house fire, thoughts on the iPhone X, refurbs, and…
Listen & read notes →iPhone Field Guide, Version 1.1
The iPhone Field Guide, version 1.1 is now in the wild. The update fixes a few typos, fixed a weird problem with the audio on a few of the screencasts, and added some new content. If you bought the book in the iBookstore, you’ll…
Continue reading →Jazz Friday – Joey Alexander and Joshua Redman
I think I’ve featured Joey Alexander, the now fourteen-year-old jazz piano prodigy, too often but this week I discovered he’s now released an album, Eclipse (Apple Music) (iTunes) featuring Joshua Redman, one of my favorite saxophonists. Want some great jazz this weekend? Download this album.
Continue reading →Learn AppleScript at CMD-D
Last year I was able to attend (and even speak at) the first CMD D Masters of Automation course. CMD-D is back this year, and this time it’s a three-day event and all about AppleScript. Sal Soghoian and Ray Robertson, two of the smartest…
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