It’s been a long time since Eddie Smith first showed his home screen here on MacSparky. I thought it was time for an update so he shared one. In case you don’t know them already, Eddie writes the Practically Efficient blog and is one…
Continue reading →Instapaper: Under New Managment
Marco Arment’s sold Instapaper (at least most of his interest in it). It appears, however, he didn’t pull this off by finding the biggest company willing to write a check with the largest number of zeros but instead sought out a company, in this…
Continue reading →MPU 134: Mac Utilities
Mac Power Users 134 is up. In it, Katie and I explain some of our favorite Mac utilities and how we use them. Be prepared. This one might get expensive. ∞
Listen & read notes →Drafts 3.0, Better and Better
Drafts 3.0 (iPhone) (iPad) is out and this app just keeps getting better and better. I know there are some other applications claiming to do the same thing as Drafts (quick text capture and processing on iOS) but I’m so in love with Drafts.…
Continue reading →Going on Offense with OpenDNS
My 8-year-old niece slept over our house over the weekend. As I was watching her sit behind the family iMac, I saw her search for “My Little Pony”. Her first hit was an OpenDNS blocked porn site. You see, searching “My Little Pony” does…
Continue reading →Earth Day Sale on Paperless
I’ve never really properly celebrated Paperless winning one of Apple’s Best of 2012 awards last December. Earth Day seems like the right time to do so. Through this Saturday, Paperless is $6.99. If you know someone that that could use some Paperless help, send…
Continue reading →57% More Likely
According to this nifty infographic, I’m 57% more likely to drop an iPhone in the toilet than the opposite gender. (I suspect that’s because more men have breast pockets.) Either way, I thought this piece from PC Magazine was kind of fun. ∞
Continue reading →Home Screens: Rene Ritchie
This year at Macworld I finally got to meet Rene Ritchie (Twitter). Rene publishes iMore, one of the best sources on the web for Apples news, rumors, and tutorials. Rene does an amazing job of sleuthing out details for future Apple products and iMore…
Continue reading →Document Management Seminar Tomorrow
Tomorrow is the Nerdy Professionals seminar on document management on the iPad. If you’re nerdy professional or know someone who wants to become a nerdy professional, send them our way. Use the discount code “MacSparky” for a bit off the tuition.
Continue reading →TextExpander Snippets, Foreign Thanks 1.2
I’ve updated the foreign thanks TextExpander snippets to Version 1.2. Now I’ve got even more languages, including important additions like binary and Klingon. buy’ ngop
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