Starting in March I began running experiments with using iCloud vs. Dropbox for cloud-based file storage. This week’s episode of Mac Power Users reports in my findings. We’re also joined by David Chartier, who recently switched from Dropbox to iCloud. I could tell you…
Listen & read notes →The Siri Complaint Department
alt Mossberg wrote an article over at Recode, Why does Siri seem so Dumb?. In it Walt points out several failings. “It seems to me that Apple has wasted its lead with Siri. And now Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, and others are on the…
Continue reading →Dragon Professional Individual for Mac, v6 Review
There’s no secret that I’m a voice dictation fan. I know a lot of folks that enjoy fancy pens and artisan notebooks but for me words (particularly first draft words) are more something that I want to get out of my system than something…
Continue reading →Dropbox’s Big iOS Update
Dropbox has long been an essential service for iOS power users but you wouldn’t know that based on their app. Today that changed with the release of a new version with several substantial new improvements including: 1. PDF Signing You can now sign a PDF…
Continue reading →All Podcasts. All the Time.
If you’ve been missing my dulcet tones, I’ve got several new podcasts: The Productivity Podcast with Paul Minors Paul Minors has a great productivity minded podcast. On it I talked about some of my own personal workflows and my thoughts on “productivity” in general. MPU…
Listen & read notes →Zen and the Art of Work
Kourosh Dini, author and publisher of using Creating Flow with OmniFocus (and this guy) has a new project called Zen and the Art of Work. I have to admit that I’m normally resistant to anything that incorporates “Zen” into the name because the word has…
Continue reading →Home Screens – Jonathan Copeland
I’ve recently been corresponding with Jonathan Copeland (Website)(Twitter). Jonathan is an information science/multimedia student at the University of Pretoria and he’s got some definite opinions on his favorite apps. So Jonathan, show us your home screen. What are some of your favorite apps? Music…
Continue reading →Hurricane Apps
I’ve been following the news pretty closely about Hurricane Matthew as it works its way up the Florida coast. In addition to a close friend, there is currently a conference going on in Orlando where some of the smartest Mac lawyers in the country…
Continue reading →Free Agents 6: The Shawshank Redemption with Shahid Kamal Ahmad
Free Agents just released its sixth episode. This one includes an interview with former PlayStation executive PlayStation Shahid Kamal Ahmad, left Sony to become an independent game developer. We discuss why he left and how he schedules his workday in his garden shed, the…
Continue reading →Samsung’s Viv Acquisition
One of Siri’s original founders, Dag Kittlaus, left Apple a few years ago and started a new thing, Viv. I’ve actually been watching this one pretty closely. While Viv is still in development, I’ve always felt it may be something pretty nifty. Maybe it…
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