Mac Power Users episode 127 is live. In it, we interview broadaster Clayton Morris about his tools and workflows for hosting the Fox and Friends television program along with the details of technology in the home office. ∞
Listen & read notes →Sponsor: Hoban Letterpress Cards
What happens when you combine the knowledge of a top notch graphic designer like Evan Calkins with a 1902 letterpress printing machine? Magic. This week’s sponsor is Hoban Cards. Evan Calkins got his hands on a 1500lb, 1902 Chandler and Price platen letterpress. Each…
Continue reading →Talking Text with Gabe, Brett, and the Good Doctor
I recently joined Gabe Weatherhead, Brett Terpstra, and Dr. Drang to talk about text on the Generational podcast. It was a really good mix of power users. Everyone is tackling text from a different angle, which led to many interesting perspectives. If text and…
Continue reading →TechShow 2013 – Lawyers and Technology
The old myth about lawyers being technology adverse is still largely true. Recently I had a case where opposing counsel was using WordPerfect, for DOS. However, there are a group of legal professionals, who realize the advantages technology brings them. These intrepid lawyer-geeks are…
Continue reading →OmniFocus Setup, part 1
The Omni Group just posted part one of the presentations from The Setup. This includes presentations by Michael Schechter, Thanh Pham, Tim Stringer, Dinah Sanders, and Sven Fechner. There are some great ideas in there. ∞
Continue reading →Book Recommendation: The Rook
On the heels of my last fiction recommendation, the Incomparable recently made another recommendation, The Rook, which I downloaded via Audible and (thanks to some fortunate traffic jams) I finished quickly. This is the story of an amnesiac, Myfanwy Thomas, who wakes up in…
Continue reading →Nerdy Professionals iPad Basics Webinar in Two Days
Ernie Svenson and I are gearing up for our introduction to iPad webinar in just a few days. We’ve been working hard on this presentation and plan to make learning to use the iPad fun and instructional. This first session is all about the…
Continue reading →Maccast on Apple’s Alleged Doom
Recently I joined Adam Christianson from the Maccast and Ken Ray from Mac OS Ken to talk about the often predicted but never seen Apple implosion. I explained recently in Macworld exactly why we, as users, should not be concerned but it was still…
Continue reading →Calculating Dates with Siri
Maybe it’s a lawyer thing but I quite frequently need to calculate dates. For instance, I need to figure out what day is 30 days after I serve documents on somebody or how many days elapsed between date X and date Y. I was…
Continue reading →OmniFocus AppleScript Templates
Okay, so this is pushing all my nerd buttons. Chris Sauve made using AppleScript templates in OmniFocus easy and kind of pretty. There is even a 17 minute screencast to walk you through. Very nice work. via Kourosh Dini ∞
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