Tim Verpoorten was the first person that ever put me “on the air” and a helluva nice guy. We all knew Tim was sick but his sudden death threw us all, including his wife Alice. Tim left a lot of Apple gear and Allison…
Continue reading →So Three Nerds Walk into a Bar …
At least that is what it felt like last night when I sat down to talk to Adam Christianson and Ken Ray for today’s MacCast episode. We talked about Apple, Google, the baffling world of book sales, and I lifted my self-imposed ban to…
Continue reading →Delight is in the Details
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…
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