This week’s episode of the Mac Power Users is a deep dive on calendar applications and how we use them. Towards the end I explained some of the specific tricks I use to keep my calendar in check that (I think at least) are…
Listen & read notes →MPU Live on March 1 at 10am PST
I’m spending my Friday night prepping for the MPU live show on March 1 at 10am PST. If you want to join in the live chat room, here’s a link.
Listen & read notes →Flappy Hell
It looks like one of every three new game submittals is a Flappy Bird clone. Can you imagine what the app reviewers are going through right now?
Continue reading →Home Screens – Chase Reeves
This week’s home screen features Chase Reeves (website) (Twitter). Chase is a designer and educator. Chase has a great sense of humor that helps get his message across. So Chase, show us your home screen. What are some of favorite apps? Drafts Everyday I…
Continue reading →Jokey-Jokey Bang-Bang
I recently was a guest on the Giant Size podcast, about comics. I waited until I was in my 40s to start reading comics because that is how I roll. This is also the show where I finally got to admit I totally get Kate…
Continue reading →Save 100 Bucks on a Macworld/iWorld Pass
Macworld/iWorld is just a month away and I am speaking this year. As a result, I’ve been given this handy link that will get you $100 off the conference pass. That means you can get three full days of excellent speakers and content for…
Continue reading →Unclutter To the Rescue
Unclutter (App Store)(Website) is a handy little utility from the same developers that brought us DaisyDisk. A few days ago Macworld posted a generally favorable review of the app. I’ve been using Unclutter for some time. (Disclosure: DaisyDisk is a sometimes-sponsor of MPU). Unclutter installs a drawer…
Continue reading →MPU 178: Contacts
This week’s MPU episode features Katie and I spilling our guts on how we manage contacts in OS X and iOS. In it, I got to talk at some length about how I use the often-forgotten Notes Field and how I’ve been using Cobook…
Continue reading →Game Recommendation: Tengami
Over the weekend I was searching for a diversion and discovered a new iPad/iPhone game, Tengami. (iOS App Store) (website) Tengami is an adventure game that takes place in a digitally-built papercraft world. I’ve really enjoyed it so far. It is beautiful on a…
Continue reading →Tags or Folders?
Aleh Cherp at the Macademic has a post on how he uses tags and folders with file management. I’m still figuring this out myself but Aleh’s idea of tags for reference files and folders for project files is very similar to the way I’ve been…
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