Today is Disneyland’s 60th birthday so I though I’d pick a Disney-related jazz track. One of my favorites is Alice in Wonderland, by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. This track is on an album full of Disney tunes called Dave Digs Disney from 1957. The Dave…
Continue reading →Home Screens: MacSparky in 2015
This week I thought I’d feature my own home screen. So here you go. Some Apps of Note Apple Maps I know Apple Maps is the whipping boy but it’s got a lot better over the last few years. It’s no longer “Apple Maps Bad”. Also,…
Continue reading →The Future and Past of Apple’s San Francisco Font
Mark Gurman reports that iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 might very well get the San Francisco Font, currently used on the Apple Watch. If true Helvetica Neue will go down in history as the George Lazenby of Mac fonts. Given that Apple designed…
Continue reading →The Incomparable on David Letterman
Today is David Letterman’s last show. Like a lot of people my age, Dave was one of my original stick-it-to-the-man inspirations. This week Jason Snell produced a very special episode of The Incomparable, Monkey Cam, with interviews from some very smart people and an excellent narrative…
Continue reading →Following Up with the New MacBook Keyboard
Since I posted my initial review of the new MacBook, I’ve received a lot of email about the keyboard. From other new MacBook owners, the feedback has largely agreed with me that the keyboard is inferior to that on the MacBook Pro or iMac with…
Continue reading →Home Kit Reportedly On the Way
Last year Apple announced Home Kit. It has been nearly a year now and Home Kit support in third party devices is expected to ship soon according to the Verge. I’m interested in home automation and have a mixture of WeMo switches and Hue…
Continue reading →MPU 257: Workflows with Merlin Mann, Episode VI
This week Merlin Mann returns for his annual visit to Mac Power Users. This is one of my favorite episodes every year. This year we discuss hardware and software updates and if it’s necessary to keep up with the latest and greatest, Merlin’s growing use of iOS…
Listen & read notes →The Talk Show: Workin’ in Pajamas
This week I had the real pleasure of joining John Gruber on The Talk Show. We talked about The Watch, career choices, dress shoes, the new MacBook, and Photos. It was a lot of fun and at several points John had me in giggle fits.…
Continue reading →Jazz Friday: Art Pepper’s Over the Rainbow
Art Pepper was one of the most influential alto saxophonists in the 50s and 60s and considered one of the founders of the West Coast Jazz movement. As a Californian, I’m a fan of West Coast Jazz in general and Art Pepper in particular. There…
Continue reading →Home Screen: Michael Simmons
This week’s home screen features Michael Simmons (Twitter) from Flexibits (Website), developer of Fantastical. Michael also co-founded HockeyApp. So Michael, show us your home screen. What are some of your favorite apps? Fantastical 2 More than anything else, I made Fantastical for myself and…
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