When Marco Arment first released the Overcast podcast client, I bought it based on my experience with Marco’s prior project, Instapaper. I like how Marco sweats the small stuff and I wanted to see what he’d do with a podcast client. However, I was not…
Continue reading →Elegant Discipline & Rainstorms
I’ve made mention on the Mac Power Users that I have an on-again off-again relationship with a personal journal. I explained that I write it only for myself and really have no intention of ever sharing it with anyone. That comment resulted in several…
Continue reading →MPU 236: Managing Digital Finances
After several years of threatening to do so, Katie and I released a MPU episode on digital finance. I don’t think either of us have all the solutions here but at least this episode puts the best contenders on the table. ∞
Continue reading →curbi iOS Parental Controls [Sponsor]
This week, I’m pleased to welcome a new sponsor, curbi. Letting our kids enjoy the good parts of the Internet while protecting them from the nefarious parts isn’t easy. Not only can kids get into trouble over your local WiFi network, they can also get…
Continue reading →Home Screens: J. Walter Hawkes
One of the best parts about running MacSparky.com is its eclectic group of listeners. I recently heard from J. Walter Hawkes, a professional musician (Website)(Blog)(Twitter). Walter is a composer. He does lots of children’s television, like Blue’s Clues, Wonder Pets, Third and Bird, and he…
Continue reading →The Present and Hypothetical Future Siri
This week, John Gruber wrote a post about how Siri is becoming more useful to him. I think John’s right, Siri is a lot better. Although I am definitely looking at this from the vantage point of a Siri fanboy. I liked it from the beginning.…
Continue reading →Dream Mac
I realize that every middle-aged nerd on the Internet has already linked this concept Mac from Curved/labs but, honestly, how could I resist? ∞
Continue reading →Omni Productivity Apps Going Universal on iOS
Ken Case, on behalf of the Omni Group announced that they are going to be making all of their productivity applications, OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, and OmniPlan to the iPhone this quarter. This will be a universal build so you don’t have to buy it again if…
Continue reading →Apple Home Kit
The Verge did a nice post-CES write up on the state of Home Kit. In principle, it sounds pretty appealing to me as an Apple device user. It also sounds like it isn’t completely ready yet either. I’ve been a little surprised at how…
Continue reading →PDFpen Version 7 and Videos
Today Smile released version 7 of PDFpen for the Mac. I’ve been using the beta and particularly like some of the new features: Signatures Tool You can now add a signature field and then later sign a document using your track pad. OCR Layer…
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