I wrote last month about Broadwell’s delays and the expected impact on the release of new Macs. It appears that is coming true. The recently updated MacBook Pros just received slightly bumped Haswell chips and, as Macworld reports, the speed improvements are small. Moreover, I’m more convinced than ever that the…
Continue reading →MPU 206: Terpstra *drink*
Brett Terpstra joins us this week to talk about what he is up to and some of his favorite Mac hacks. Recording this show, the time flew by. ∞
Listen & read notes →Comprehensive Guide To Text Expander
The gang at Asian Efficiency just published a comprehensive guide to using TextExpander. You can see they spent a lot of time on it and it includes many screenshots and screencasts to get you rolling. If you’ve been having trouble wrapping your mind around TextExpander, go…
Continue reading →The Science of Star Wars
Physicist Andy Howell explains the science behind Star Wars, to the extent Star Wars follows the laws of science. I wanted so much for there to be hope and physics supporting the construction of my own lightsaber. (via Kotke) Speaking of lightsabers, while there is much…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users Live Today at 10am PST
Today we’ll be recording Mac Power Users live at 10am PST / 1pm EST. The chat room during the show is always a lot of fun. If you haven’t got anything better to do, why don’t you join us at 5by5.tv/live. ∞
Listen & read notes →Presentations: Book of the Month in Australia and New Zealand
The Australian and New Zealand iBooks Store picks a few books every month for their Books of the Month feature. I’m thrilled to discover that Presentations made the cut. As a very small publisher, I still am amazed by the support I’ve received by the…
Continue reading →Home Screen Post: Captain Airshack
Recently, I’ve been corresponding with listener and reader Captain Airshack (Twitter) (“AirShack” on Instagram), a pilot on a major airline and a geek who must remain anonymous. Anyway, the more I talk to Captain Airshack, the more I get interested in how he is…
Continue reading →MacVoices on Presentations
Chuck Joiner really is one of the nicest guys in Mac podcasting. As I continue my virtual book tour, Chuck was kind enough to have me on his show, Mac Voices, where chatted about what makes a good presentation. ∞
Continue reading →Battery Breakthrough
I’ve always been told that battery technology is the bottleneck. Until we can figure out how to push more power in smaller spaces, it will be hard to evolve portable devices to the next level. As an example, just look at all the constraints…
Continue reading →Systematic 107, Nominally on Presentations
Yesterday I recorded an episode of Systematic with Brett Terpstra. It was my third podcast of the day (after a full day of work) and I was pretty punchy. We started talking about Presentations but very quickly the talk digressed to mind mapping and…
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