Shawn Blanc is a tech blogger but also much more. Shawn frequently inspires me with his posts about motivation and finishing a project. Shawn just released a new book, Delight is in the Details. As Shawn explains, the subject of the book is how to…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users Show 150 Live this Saturday
Can you believe the Mac Power Users are about to record show 150? Katie and I will be broadcasting live this Saturday at 10am PST in a very special Mac Power Users where I confront my growing Sonos addition and some of our smartest…
Listen & read notes →MPU 149: Read it Later
In episode 149 of the Mac Power Users, Katie and I tackle the growing list of read it later services covering what we like (and dislike) about each of them along with a discussion of unconventional alternatives for all of you rebels out there. …
Listen & read notes →Chatology – Improving Mac Messaging
I wrote a few months ago about the troubles I have with messages. At the time, I decided my solution was to start deleting all messages that didn’t require action. That strategy lasted about a month. It was just too much work deleting messages and it…
Continue reading →ScanSnap iX500 now Scans Wireless to Your Mac
This week Fujitsu released a software and firmware update for the ScanSnap iX500 that lets you scan to you Mac (or PC) without a USB cable. I updated my scanner last night and it works great. Now I’m rethinking the location of my scanner. I…
Continue reading →The Moving Timeline Keynote Trick
While attending the World Domination Summit I got to finally see (and meet in person) Nancy Duarte. Nancy is a remarkable communicator and helped many high profile clients with presentations, including Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth presentation. During the presentation she did some timelines where the timeline…
Continue reading →Stop Motion Donkey Kong
Techhive pointed me to Guiz de Pessemier, who decided to build his own stop motion version of Donkey Kong using Perler Beads. Blink. I watched the whole video because growing up, Donkey Kong was my game. It was the game we played every time we got…
Continue reading →Leap Motion and Better Touch Tool
About a year ago, I saw the demo for the Leap Motion controller and I ordered one. I wasn’t even sure how I’d use such a device but the idea of a control surface in the air in front of my Mac intrigued me so much…
Continue reading →Back to Instacast
There are two podcatchers which seem to command a lot of loyalty, Instacast and Downcast. I started out with Instacast and then migrated to Downcast about a year ago. A few months ago, Instacast released a Mac client that brought me back into the fold. I decided to wait…
Listen & read notes →Mavericks and Tagging
Every since Apple announced Mavericks, I’ve been meaning to write a post about tagging. Today Brett Terpstra did such a great job at it that I can cross this off my list. One of my big hang ups with tagging has always been the…
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