On a recent episode of Mac Power Users, I talked about my workflow that uses IFTTT to send articles from Pocket to OmniFocus based on tags. A lot of people have asked me to explain further. Here is how you do it. The Idea…
Continue reading →The Apple Watch and Big iPhones
Like a lot of other nerds, I’ve been thinking quite a bit lately about the Apple Watch. Over the last year, I’ve been wearing my Pebble watch a great deal and I’ve come to rely upon the ability to get notifications on my wrist.…
Continue reading →MPU 248: Cutting the Cord
This week, Katie and I are joined by Bradley Chambers as he and Katie explain their differing strategies for canceling cable TV. There are some good tips in this show about consuming entertainment in general for 2015. ∞
Listen & read notes →Sponsor: PopClip
This week I’m pleased to welcome back PopClip as a sponsor. PopClip brings that iOS popup menu that you love on your iPhone to your Mac. Not only can you use the the built-in PopClip tools, there is an extension system and lots of smart people…
Continue reading →Drafts Gets Friendly with Workflow
A few weeks ago, Agile Tortoise released Drafts 4.1.2. My favorite new feature is the “Run Workflow” action. That’s right. Drafts and Workflow are now like peanut butter and chocolate. Now I can fire off a Workflow from Drafts with a single tap. The action step…
Continue reading →Home Screen: Liana Lehua
This week’s home screen post features my pal Liana Lehua (Twitter)(Website). Liana just keeps doing amazing work and never ceases to amaze me. Most recently she was a co-producer and Assistant Unit Production Manager on the motion picture, BOKEH. She also is the co-founder of SignalWorx,…
Continue reading →PDFpen 7.1, Now with 100% More Deskew
PDFpen 7.1 got a nice update with some bug fixes and new features, including formatting options for page numbering and custom stamps. For me, the big new feature is the ability to auto-deskew when performing optical character recognition. Sadly, some of the people I work with aren’t…
Continue reading →Amazon Offers Unlimited Photo Storage
Amazon announced it will now store an unlimited number of photos for free for its Amazon Prime customers and $11.99 per year for non-prime members. They’ll also store an unlimited number of any files for $59.99 per year. A few years ago we hit that…
Continue reading →Fantastical 2 For Mac
For several years now, Fantastical for the Mac has been the best place to quickly create text-based calendar entries. The application existed in the menubar and had the uncanny ability to create new calendar entries with just a few words. One of the application’s…
Continue reading →Becoming Steve Jobs
There’s a new biography of Steve Jobs, Becoming Steve Jobs (iBooks) (Amazon), by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli. I’ve already bought it and am looking forward to digging in. The Walter Isaacson Steve Jobs biography, released shortly after Steve’s death, felt one-dimensional to me. It seemed to…
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