Happy New Year. If you’ve been thinking about changing some habits as we head into 2017, why not game the system with an app? I have fallen off the wagon with habit tracking so I looked at a lot of the popular habit tracking…
Continue reading →Talking Rogue One on Rebel Force Radio
The day after Rogue One released, I joined the Rebel Force Radio gang to debrief the movie. I actually didn’t join in until about half way through but it’s an excellent show, start to finish.
Continue reading →iPhone City
The New York Times digs deep on the iPhone manufacturing hub in China that’s capable of building 500,000 iPhones per day. It’s interesting that this story comes out on the same day that the Wall Street Journal reports Apple is also exploring the possibility of…
Continue reading →The AirPods After a Week
I wrote about my new AirPods after one day. Now I’ve been using them over a week and have a few additional observations worth checking in on. The AirPods charging case fits nicely in that little coin pocket in your jeans. This makes them…
Continue reading →Sponsor: Tinderbox – The Tool for Notes
I’m pleased to welcome back Tinderbox as this week’s MacSparky sponsor. Tinderbox stores and organizes your notes, plans, and ideas. If you’re like me, you’ve got a lot rattling around in your brain and Tinderbox helps you make sense of it. Tinderbox is a…
Continue reading →Thank You Carrie
I was at an impressionable age when I first saw Star Wars and Carrie Fisher showed me that a princess could be fierce, smart, and the one who does the rescuing instead of the opposite. While Carrie Fisher was so much more than her…
Continue reading →MPU 357: Workflows that Worked in 2016
It’s the end of the year so Katie and I did a show focussing on our favorite new workflows from 2016. I thought this show came out great with a little something for everybody. Enjoy. Sponsors include: Fujitsu ScanSnap ScanSnap Helps You Live a More…
Listen & read notes →Happy Holidays!
View fullsize Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone! I was sitting around with my amazing family this morning, listening to Ella Fitzgerald and unwrapping my Star Wars toys (yes … mine) and it occurred to me that if 12-year-old me could see how 48-year-old…
Continue reading →Home Screens – Rishabh Dassani
Rishabh R. Dassani (Twitter) is a creative nonfiction writer and a management consultant at Dazné. He writes short essays on personal effectiveness for design and business leaders. You can find them at right here and also sign up for his weekly Newsflash. So Rishabh,…
Continue reading →Default Folder X: Still Awesome (and Updated)
It has been years since I’ve mentioned it but I still use the heck out of Default Folder X. This is an application for your Mac that updates the open/save dialog boxes. It gives you an easy way to navigate to recent folders and…
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