Mac Power Users 140 is live. In this week’s episode, Katie and I blow through a lot of feedback. The outline was far-reaching including security, automation, writing, and a rapidfire section that covered a variety of topics. While this sounds boring, I think there was…
Listen & read notes →Support App Camp For Girls
My friend Jean MacDonald was attending WWDC a few years ago and looked around the room. It dawned on her that she could only find three women in the room (including herself). Most people would say, “somebody should do something about that”. Jean said,…
Continue reading →60 Tips Book on Sale
It’s just a week until WWDC so Brett Terpstra and I are celebrating with a sale on our book, 60 Mountain Lion Tips. The book includes sixty of our favorite Mac tips with explanations and screencasts. It’s a great book and it can up…
Continue reading →My Luggage Can Beat Up Your Luggage
Sven Fechner, at SimplicityIsBliss, has been running a series of posts about traveling gear and tips. I contributed over the weekend with a post about my precious Pelican 1510LOC. ∞
Continue reading →OmniFocus Template Script – Bigger and Better
For the longest time I used Kurt Clifton’s OmniFocus Template. Today I stumbled into Chris Sauve’s updated OmniFocus Template script. ¡Ay, Caramba! How did I not check this out sooner? This updated template script (which pays homage to Kurt’s original template) brings it. You…
Continue reading →eyeFree Stopwatch and Young Developers
Sixteen-year-olds Connor Koehler and Max Greenwald wanted a stop watch that could start, stop, and reset without them having to look at their iPhone screens. So they built one. The app doesn’t look like a high school project. I’m hearing increasingly from young developers.…
Continue reading →Help Protect Podcasters
The latest patent attack is against podcasters. A patent holder is claiming that any distribution of episodic content requires a patent license and is now enforcing that against podcasters. I can tell you from experience that podcasting is something you do for love, not…
Continue reading →Home Screens: iThoughts HD’s Craig Scott
This week’s home screen comes from Craig Scott (Twitter) (Website), the developer of iThoughtsHD, the app that finally convinced me to start making mind maps. So Craig, show us your home screen. What are some of your favorite apps? iThoughts From a dog food…
Continue reading →Workflow: Beyond Productivity
“Productivity” is such a loaded word these days. I even wrote an article about it. It is really easy to spout off tips about how to print faster. I do it here all the time. There is something much deeper to this productivity schtick…
Continue reading →The Sketchnote Typeface
Mike Rohde, author of the Sketchnote Handbook and recent MPU Guest, just released the font he created for his book. In my opinion, 99% of all “handwriting” fonts look terrible. Mike’s font fits in the 1%. There is even a web-friendly Typekit version. I plan…
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