I particularly like the “simulated” photo of him using it on the toilet. People have asked me whether I miss my iPhone 6 Plus. I do. Especially when trying to read or write long documents. I don’t find I miss it for web browsing.…
Continue reading →MPU 222: Workflows with Myke Hurley
This week Myke Hurley joins us to talk about podcasting, juggling multiple jobs, and why he decided to go full time. ∞
Continue reading →The Sketchnote Workbook
Mike Rohde is a pretty special guy on the Internet. Mike came up with the idea of Sketchnoting and has been teaching his techniques for years. I use some of these techniques in preparation for court appearances. Mike explained Sketchnoting in MPU episode 120. (Mike…
Continue reading →Sponsor: inShort with Free Giveaway
This week MacSparky is sponsored by inShort (website) (Mac App Store) (iOS App Store). inShort is is an iPhone/iPad/Mac application that lets you plan projects and processes graphically. This brings a new paradigm to process and project planning and is absolutely worth checking out. One…
Continue reading →The Desk
I’ve recently received my shiny new Retina iMac and chose the event to clean up my home desk. I know it is kind of a thing for people to take these “posed” pictures of their workspace. Nevertheless, here is my desk-porn. In my defense, most…
Continue reading →The Tripmate
I’ve written and talked about travel gear several times over the years. There is a new gadget on the market that is worthy of consideration for road warriors. It is the HooToo TripMate Elite (Amazon). This device is about the size of an older…
Continue reading →Apple Pay and CurrentC
For a long time merchants have been paying a lot of fees to credit card companies and they don’t like it. So they started their own payment initiative, called CurrentC, that gives them the ability to cut credit cards out of the loop and…
Continue reading →Brick by Brick
Tim Cook wrote an excellent essay for Business Week about being gay and the impact it has had on his life. Being gay has given me a deeper understanding of what it means to be in the minority and provided a window into the…
Continue reading →Pixelmator for iPad
I finally got some time to play with Pixelmator for iPad this evening. I know some of the people at Pixelmator and I know they’ve been working on this application for a long time. I knew it was going to be something special but…
Continue reading →Knocking and Unlocking
In a recent episode of the Mac Power Users I made an offhand remark how I thought it would be clever to use the Apple Watch to unlock my Mac. I received multiple emails from listeners telling me that this functionality effectively exists already…
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