Ballads is one of my favorite jazz albums. I’ve had a lifelong relationship with this album. While John Coltrane is best known for his more frantic stuff, this album proves just how sweetly he could play ballads. No matter how much I twist myself…
Continue reading →My Favorite iOS Dictation App – Dictate + Connect
I often get asked about what app I use for dictation on my iPhone. There are lots but my favorite is, without question, Dictate+Connect. This app has a great iOS7-y look and feel and has more features than I’ve had in a handheld recorder.…
Continue reading →TextExpander Touch 2.5
Yesterday Smile released TextExpander Touch version 2.5 for iOS. This free update includes a new iOS 7-style user interface and several tools to assist snippet management from within iOS. They spent a lot of time working on the little things and it shows. Some of…
Continue reading →Fantastical 2 for iPad
Today Flexibits Released Fantastical 2 for iPad. Fantastical has taken over as my home screen calendar app on the iPhone so I guess it is only proper for it to do so on the iPad as well. I’ve been playing with it all morning and…
Continue reading →The Sweet Setup Reviews Dispatch
Robert McGinley Myers did a proper job of writing up Dispatch. There is so much to like about that app. However, I don’t use it as much as I used to because Sanebox already manages so much email for me. Another up-and-comer in the…
Continue reading →LaunchBar 6 Beta
I love that there is some healthy competition in the app launcher, phone number-finder, keyboard-master, drive-my-mac software category that is Alfred and LaunchBar. LaunchBar is about to release a new version and I’m pickled. You can sign up for the beta right here. Thanks…
Continue reading →Misty Watercolor Memories of Word 5.1
Last week at Macworld, the subject of Word 5.1 kept coming up in multiple conversations with multiple people. This was partly a result of Microsoft releasing Office for the iPad but I have to admit it is strange how much that application is universally loved…
Continue reading →MPU 184: Power User Workflows and Macworld
This week’s Mac Power Users was recorded largely in the Macworld/iWorld press room. Katie and I summarized some of the workflows we covered in our session and talked about some of the cool new gadgets found on the show floor. While we recorded, I drank…
Listen & read notes →USB to Lightning/Micro USB Combo Cable
One of my favorite finds at Macworld this year was the Skiva combo Lightning/Micro USB Cable. This doesn’t require much explanation. It is a standard USB cable on one end and the other end has a Micro USB plug with an attached adapter that…
Continue reading →Sponsor: Middle Davids Artisan Candles
This week I’m pleased to introduce a new sponsor, Middle Davids Artisan Candles. Dan and his team at Middle Davids understand the use of rituals to help with productivity. We all like our good coffee (or tea!), our ergonomic chairs, and our clean work…
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