Next to Star Wars, I loved the original Indiana Jones trilogy. Particularly Raiders of the Lost Ark is, in my opinion, one of the best movies ever made. For the fourth movie, however, I was tempted to walk out of the theater. I’ve actually never…
Continue reading →Jazz Friday: Joey Alexander
Following up on this morning’s post with the youngest ever home screen post, I thought I’d point out a rising star in the Jazz Community. Indonesian pianist Joey Alexander (Wikipedia) has been getting a lot of praise for his debut album, My Favorite Things (iTunes). As…
Continue reading →Home Screens: Brady Bhalla
I’ve met so many interesting people through MacSparky. One of those is young Brady Bhalla. Brady and I have emailed each other several times and he is so articulate I couldn’t help asking him to do a home screen post from our youngest contributor…
Continue reading →Chicago Bound
As I write this, I’m waiting to board my flight to Chicago and the American Bar Association’s annual TechShow, where I have the privilege of sharing some nerdy goodness with other lawyers. The best part about attending these conferences is meeting new people so…
Continue reading →Setting Precedent
There’s some interesting bits on this issue. John Oliver sums it up nicely. I’ve always wondered how badly the FBI really needs Apple to build the requested super-key. Setting aside how bad it would be if such a key got into the wild–it would–why…
Continue reading →MPU 310: One Year Indie with Jason Snell
This week’s episode of Mac Power Users is live and it’s a good one. Jason Snell joins us and the two of us reflect on what we’ve both learned after being self employed for a year. Also, there are some hiccups with the feed…
Listen & read notes →MPU Chicago “Meet Up” March 16
Katie and I really tried but between March Madness and some local ritual called “St. Patrick’s Day”, we couldn’t get a venue for a Mac Power Users meetup in Chicago this coming week. All that said, on March 16 at around 5:30 p.m. I’ll…
Continue reading →A Tale of Two iOS Developers
Watching Google and Microsoft develop applications for iOS over the last few years has been interesting. Microsoft under Steve Ballmer took a pretty soft approach to preparing applications for the iPhone and iPad. Microsoft Office was reserved for Apple operating systems and hardware and…
Continue reading →Mac Ransomware and Backing Up
We had some sad news in the Mac community this week when the first Mac-based ransomeware was found in the wild. The bad guys hijacked the popular bit torrent client, Transmission, and managed to inject a malicious version of the app into the developer’s…
Continue reading →MPU 308: Workflows with Ben Thompson
Ben Thompson runs a successful publishing business from Asia largely using Apple technology. This week he joined us on the Mac Power Users to talk about how business strategy impacts technology, living and working in Asia and global views on the mobile market, and…
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