Jason Snell’s Photos book is now complete and for sale right here. The book is a great resource for the new Photos app on the Mac. Jason spent so much time managing at Macworld that a lot of people lost track of what a good…
Continue reading →The Hockenberry Flip
Craig Hockenberry is the first person that I saw point out the ability to switch your Apple Watch to put the digital crown on the elbow side and he makes a pretty good case for it. Ergonomically, it’s definitely better. Also, with the digital crown…
Continue reading →Jazz Friday: Alice in Wonderland by Dave Brubeck
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.…
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