For years I’ve been getting emails from readers asking me to put together a regular newsletter. I’ve decided to commit and start making a monthly newsletter. The newsletter will have some original content and point at other content that I hope is interesting. I’ll…
Continue reading →Sponsor: SaneBox and SaneReminders
I’d like to thank SaneBox for sponsoring MacSparky.com this week. SaneBox is a kick in the pants for your email. It adds a host of additional features to any email account and works with exchange, Google mail, or IMAP accounts. There is a lot…
Continue reading →MPU 317: Myke Hurley: Collector of iPads
This week’s episode of Mac Power Users features Myke Hurley, who talks about how he is using his iPad Pro and some of his favorite workflows for the business side of running a podcast network. There was a problem with the feed (my fault)…
Listen & read notes →Stanford’s Latest iOS Course
Every year Stanford releases a course on iOS application development to iTunes U. It’s always good and this year the materials are updated for iOS 9 and Swift. These courses aren’t beginner level but they certainly aren’t expert level either. If you’re curious about these…
Continue reading →Star Wars Land Progress at Disneyland
My wife went to Disneyland yesterday and documented the current progress of the Star Wars expansion. My favorite image is where she rode the Thunder Mountain roller coaster so she could get a shot down at the construction. This confluence of Star Wars and…
Continue reading →Speaking at the Release Notes Conference
I’m excited to be named as a speaker at this year’s Release Notes Conference in Indianapolis on September 27–29. The Release Notes Conference is all about independent developers and the challenges they face. Indie developers are some of my favorite people. They are entrepreneurs,…
Continue reading →FotoMagico 5
For years I’ve had the reputation in my friend and family groups as being the “slide show wizard”. If somebody’s getting married, or having an anniversary party, or whatever, they always come to me and ask me to put on their slide show. I…
Continue reading →Drawing on iPad Word
I don’t know what they’re feeding the Microsoft iOS development team but I wish they’d give some of it to the Mac team too. I’ve been using Word’s latest new feature that lets you annotate Microsoft Word documents on the iPad with the Apple…
Continue reading →Five Weeks
Today Apple announced an update to the MacBook. Overall, the new machine looks pretty solid. Faster SSD. Better processor. More battery life. The shocking thing to me is how little I care. Last week I had to get my laptop out and found a…
Continue reading →Typing on Glass
I’ve made no secret over the years about the fact that I’m not particularly good at typing on glass. Part of the reason is ham-hands and my preference for dictation. Those, however, are just excusees. The real reason is that after a lifetime of…
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