Dad and me in 1972Today is the 20th anniversary of my father’s death. My dad was awesome. As words like craftsman and artisan come back into vogue, it is important to remember they are more than clever phrases for selling the latest geegaw. Indeed,…
Continue reading →MPU 121: The Website Show
The latest Mac Power Users episode is out. In it, Katie and I are joined by John Chandler and we cover the many ways to build your own website.
Listen & read notes →Katie Floyd Ups Her Game
Are you following Katie’ Floyd’s blog? If not, you should. She has really been turning it on as of late.
Continue reading →January 26 Disneyland Meetup
Adam Christianson and I get together every few months for a nerd dinner. We are both Disneyland fans and we’ve been talking about meeting there one day forever. We are finally getting serious about it and we decided to invite anyone else to join…
Continue reading →Jeff’s Meeting Workflow
The combination of simple-to-use automation tools (like TextExpander) and OmniFocus’s Mail drop is changing the way people get things done. Jeff Taekman (a clever fellow and one of our guests on MPU 100 recently wrote up his meeting workflow using all these pieces and…
Continue reading →Down Time
People often ask about how I manage to keep a day job, do the podcast, write books, and otherwise cause mischief all at once. The answer is, very carefully. I use all these technologies I write about not just to fiddle, but also to…
Continue reading →MPU 120: Taking Notes with Mike Rohde
This week’s Mac Power Users includes a really fun interview with Mike Rohde. Mike is a UI designer, a nerd, and a super-nice guy. He also just wrote a book, The Sketchnote Handbook, that I’m currently obsessing over. In addition to gushing all over…
Listen & read notes →Live Action Toy Story
I think it is pretty well established that I have a thing for Pixar so I couldn’t avoid linking this great find from The Loop. ∞
Continue reading →Anticipating OmniFocus 2
While The Omni Group finishes cooking OmniFocus 2 for the Mac, they are giving away a free temporary license for OmniFocus 1. If you’ve been on the fence about this app, here is an excellent chance to kick the tires. Also, if you decide…
Continue reading →MacSparky Sponsorship Changes
Starting next week, sponsorship at MacSparky is getting a lot easier. I’ve dropped out of all ad networks. If you want to buy a week, send me a note. There will only be one ad per week and the site will look better for…
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