My thanks go again to Rocket Matter for sponsoring MacSparky.com. Rocket Matter is the best online law practice management solution and it just keeps getting better. Rocket Matter’s new advanced search makes it even easier to find information from multiple categories. This week Rocket…
Continue reading →MPU 180: Feedback Extravaganza
The first MPU Live episode published this week. In it, we include some listener audio questions and cover tweaking automation workflows, organizing PDF files, going back to school with an iPad, and more. We are going to continue doing these the first Saturday of every…
Listen & read notes →Home Screens – Heidi Alexander
This week’s home screen features Heidi Alexander (Twitter). Heidi is a law practice advisor and a geek. Heidi blogs here and co-hosts the Legal Toolkit podcast, where she talks about tools to make the practice of law easier. So Heidi, show us your home screen. What…
Continue reading →Jean MacDonald Puts Dent in Universe
We need more women in tech. Everyone agrees but few people have done much to change things. Then there is Jean MacDonald. I’ve been closely following Jean’s progress with App Camp 4 Girls. I love both what she is doing and the passion she…
Continue reading →Dragon Dictate, Version 4 – A Worthy Upgrade
This week, Nuance released version 4 of Dragon Dictate for the Mac. I remember the days when dictation software on the Mac couldn’t hold a candle to that on the PC. We had applications like MacSpeech, which tried their best, but never could keep…
Continue reading →Pasting an Address in Mavericks Contacts
Did you know you can paste a single line address like this: 21 Shotgun Lane, Irvine, CA 92610 into the street address field in Mavericks Contacts and it will automatically parse the city, state, and zip code bits out and put them where they belong…
Continue reading →10 Petabytes
Today Connected Data announced there is now 10 Petabytes of data stored on Transporters throughout the world. 10 Petabytes! That is 200 million 4 drawer filing cabinets worth of information. Crazy. I remember when I bought my first hard drive. It was 20 Megabytes…
Continue reading →Book Review: Darth Plagueis
Star Wars content below. You’ve been warned. I’ll never forget the first time I discovered the fact people were writing books about Star Wars. I was sitting at a rusted bench in the break area behind the Jungle Cruise when one of my fellow…
Continue reading →Cars and Tech
Yesterday Apple announced the launch of CarPlay, a new protocol where your iOS device will power your car’s in-dash system. Because I’m a nerd, I’ve always had a fascination with in-car technology. My current car, a Ford, has the Microsoft Sync system which is nice…
Continue reading →WiFi Explorer
Lately I’ve been spending time troubleshooting the Sparks family WiFi. Specifically, I’ve been trying to tweak the placement of our various Wi-Fi paraphernalia so as to get a better signal in my daughter’s room in a far corner of the house. I needed a…
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