I spent a good portion of the day today walking around San Jose with other bloggers and podcasters as the WWDC crowd starts rolling in. There are lots of familiar faces and several new ones. Moving the conference to San Jose seems to be…
Continue reading →App Camp Benefit and Relay Meet-Up at WWDC
One of my favorite gatherings every year at WWDC is the App Camp for Girls benefit party/concert. This year it is on Wednesday, June 7 and tickets are still available. In addition to great music and a great cause, this year the event will…
Continue reading →Apple’s Short Term Memory
Dr. Drang makes a pretty good point that Apple is not minding the shop on a lot of non-iPhone products.
Continue reading →Free Agents 22 – Staying Agile
One of your great advantages as an independent worker is your agility. While larger companies have more resources, they can be much slower to react to change. In this episode we swap war stories about adapting and changing, including Jason’s decision to leave one…
Continue reading →Three Amigos on WWDC
This week I joined Adam Christianson and Victor Cajiao on the MacCast for a reunion of the Three Amigos. We spent the show talking about hopes and dreams for WWDC. Lots of fun.
Continue reading →iCloud Authentication Video
Apple has recently announced that starting June 15, any Mac app needing access to iCloud data is going to need an app-specific password. While this is a bit of a pain, it provides a significant increase in your security and I’m all for it. The…
Continue reading →Get Productive with Daylite (Sponsor)
This week’s sponsor, Daylite, helps individuals, teams, and small businesses on the Mac, iPhone and iPad. For those of you who don’t know about Daylite, it has been around for over 15 years. Daylite helps you manage clients, schedules, tasks, projects, emails and new…
Continue reading →MPU 379: Workflows with Liana Lehua
This week on the Mac Power Users Liana Lehua shares her hardware and software setup, apps, and workflow for television production. We also share our hopes and dreams for iOS 11 and other Apple products at this year’s WWDC. Also, here’s a picture of…
Listen & read notes →Apple Maps/Google Maps Comparison
Justin O’Beirne updated his Apple Maps/Google Maps comparison from last year. This is the most thorough comparison of the two products I’ve seen. One clever trick he did this year was run monthly screenshots giving you a sort-of time lapse. Reading the article, Google…
Continue reading →TripMode 2
There’s a new version of TripMode out. I’ve written about TripMode before. It’s a Mac app that will monitor your internet traffic and selectively turn off apps. This can be a lifesaver when tethering. As a quick war story, I once had a very…
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