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…
Continue reading →MPU 256: MPU Live
I really enjoy our monthly live shows. This past Saturday Katie and I recorded this show with a full chat room. We covered the benefits of digital meal planning, follow-up on DEVONThink workflows, our favorite RSS feeds, managing small SSDs, resources for a new iPhone user, better…
Listen & read notes →Activating “Hey Siri” On Apple Watch
I recently ran into a problem where “Hey Siri” wasn’t working on my Apple Watch. I was sitting there, calling out “Hey Siri” with increasing volume and Siri had no interest in me. In fact, I said “Hey Siri” so loud that I set…
Continue reading →iBooks Author Conference
This October, there’s an iBooks Author conference in Nashville, Tennessee. I won’t be talking or attending but if you’re are interested in iBooks Author publishing, this is the place. As an aside, I’m digging in on my next iBooks Author Field Guide now that…
Continue reading →Apple Watch Underwater
Ray Maker is the first person I’ve seen really test the Apple Watch’s water resistence. He swam with it, jumped in off a 10M diving board with it, and simulated 40M depth water pressure with it and the Watch kept on ticking. While all…
Continue reading →MPU 255: Photos App and Photo Management
In this week’s show, Katie and I dive deep on the new Photos app and photo management. I’m really impressed with the new Photos app and have been using it a lot. I explain my Photos workflows in this show. ∞
Listen & read notes →“Hey Siri, Send”
For the first week I used my Apple Watch, it drove me nuts that I still had to tap the screen to confirm sending text messages I’d dictated via “Hey Siri”. Then I decided to try dictating the button press. When presented with the…
Continue reading →Marco Arment on Apple Watch App Design
I enjoy Marco Arment’s articles on App design and layout. Making an App truly user friendly is a combination of art and science and Marco is one of the best at it. Moreover, he has a way of explaining his thought process that is fascinating…
Continue reading →The Photos Video Field Guide
Late last year I started outlining a new MacSparky Field Guide on photo management. It was one sweet outline and I’d even started writing words. Then I got my hands on the Photos beta and realized that Photos did something pretty remarkable. Photos manages…
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