This week MacSparky is sponsored by Daylite, the CRM & Project Management app for teams on Mac, iPhone & iPad. Daylite helps companies manage more leads and projects by organizing all your data so you can work more efficiently and gain valuable insights into…
Continue reading →Free is Never Free
The New York Times piece on Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is pretty damning. There’s a lot to consider in the article but one bit that stood out for me was this: “They (Uber) spent much of their energy one-upping rivals like Lyft. Uber devoted…
Continue reading →MPU 374 – Federico Viticci, iPad Sensei
In the latest episode of Mac Power Users, we catch up with Federico Viticci to discuss how he became an “iPad Guy”, some of his favorite tips, tricks, and workflows on iOS, where there’s still room for improvement, the future of iOS, and more.
Listen & read notes →Free Agents 19 – Nobody Grades You on the Scaffolding
Every independent worker will agree that being organized is important. But should you adopt an organizational system? How can these systems help you, and are they worth the investment? In this episode Jason and I detail our own personal organization systems and discuss approaches to…
Continue reading →More on Apple’s Environmental Efforts
Today Apple released a series of videos on their environmental efforts that are pretty fun and informative. Moreover, Lisa Jackson, the former head of the EPA and Apple’s current VP of all things Environmental did an interview on the The Talk Show. I think…
Continue reading →Setapp Update
Setapp, the Netflix for Mac Apps service, got a nice update yesterday improving on App discovery with better App summaries and categories of apps. The overall user interface is much nicer now. Both prettier and more accessible. I first signed up just to try…
Continue reading →Apple’s Green Ambitions
Yesterday Apple released it’s 2017 Environmental Progress Report. The company has come a long way on this front in the last few years. They’ve got most of their operations working off renewable energy. They’ve also developed a robot that takes iPhones apart so they…
Continue reading →A Few Rules to Avoid Getting Stung with Crowd-Funding
Three years ago I backed this project on Indiegogo that was a clever iPhone battery/cable/locator/camera trigger. At the time it seemed pretty useful and I was still in those heady days of believing that anything listed on Kickstarter or Indiegogo would necessarily ship. Well…
Continue reading →Sponsor: Avoid Email Mistakes with MailButler
This week MacSparky is sponsored by MailButler, your personal assistant for Apple Mail. One of the best features of Apple Mail is the plugin architecture, letting you customize the application to suit your needs and the grand-daddy of Apple Mail plugins is this week’s…
Continue reading →Star Wars Episode VIII – The Trailer, The Poster, and the Show Floor
Today was the Episode VIII panel at Star Wars Celebration and it was pretty great. The corker was a 2 minute teaser that LucasFilm is calling a “trailer”. I don’t see how you can call this a trailer though. It’s just the barest of…
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