App Camp for Girls was a big success at Macworld this year. Below is a video my daughter, Samantha, produced. I think the video is great. Samantha thinks it’s terrible. (She didn’t have media badge and had to ditch her tripod to avoid getting booted…
Continue reading →The OS X Beta Seed Program
Yesterday Apple announced its beta seed program, where non-developers can get in on early builds of OS X updates. I think it is simultaneously surprising and a great idea. It is surprising because … well … it’s Apple and they just don’t do things…
Continue reading →MPU 188: Video and Magazine Production with Don McAllister
Don McAllister of ScreenCastsOnline returned to talk about his video production setup, creating a monthly magazine on Apple’s Newsstand platform, and why he bought a new Mac Pro. Don has really done an amazing job of streamlining his production process and remains an inspiration.…
Listen & read notes →Unread 1.2
Version 1.2 of Unread (website)(iTunes) is now in the wild. If you are curious about an alternative take on an RSS iPhone app, I recommend it. The app has a personality that is, for lack of a better word, delightful. ∞
Continue reading →The Incomparable Computer Draft
While at Macworld, I got to participate in the Incomparable podcast. I have to admit I was kind of giddy about being on The Incomparable, which is one of my favorite podcasts. We did a computer draft. I think I did pretty well, getting one…
Continue reading →Home Screen: Robert McGinley Myers
This week’s home screen features Robert McGinley Myers (Twitter). Rob blogs over at Anxious Machine about “anxiety, technology, and scary things”. I think Rob has a great voice. I really liked his recent piece on The Affordance of Intimacy and doing work on the…
Continue reading →Macworld 2014 Video
Wally Cherwinski put together another great video capturing Macworld/iWorld. Just 11 more months until next time.
Continue reading →Reeder for Mac 2 Public Beta
We’ve been without the Reeder RSS app on our Macs since the RSSapocolypse of 2013. Not anymore. You can download the beta of a new version 2 that includes support for popular RSS services including Feedly, Fever, Feedbin, and my RSS weapon of choice, Feed…
Continue reading →Office 365 for 70 Bucks
Today Microsoft announced a personal 365 account package for $69.99 or $6.99 a month. I still think of the Office suite as a business thing but Microsoft is trying to find a way for individuals to stay in.
Continue reading →The Stump
I first received one of these stands in my speaker bag at Macworld several years ago. It’s a piece of heavy rubber with a metal disk in the base to give it weight that you can easily drop an iPad or iPhone in when you…
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