This week features musician and composer Johnny Knittle (Website)(Twitter). Johnny writes music for numerous television programs and is extremely talented (Johnny’s SoundCloud). Johnny also composed and performed the current Mac Power Users music. So Johnny, show us your home screen. What are some of…
Continue reading →Paperless Turns 1.4
Today my most recent update to the Paperless Field Guide went live in the iBooks Store. Updates include: Added new section on hybrid-cloud storage Added discussion of using the Transporter for personal cloud storage Added a new section and gallery for PDFpen Scan+ and…
Continue reading →iPhone JD Reviews Reader 7
This may be a lawyer thing but I spend a lot of time reading Word documents with tracked changes. Today Jeff Richardson at iPhone J.D. reviewed a Word file viewer, Reader 7, that doesn’t let you edit those documents but does an excellent job displaying…
Continue reading →Project Management for the Masses Email Interview
I recently did an interview on email with the Project Management for the Masses podcast. Cesar Abeid is a great host and, of course, insanely organized. How could he not be with a podcast of that title?
Continue reading →Merlin’s Title Wallpaper
Awhile back, Chase Reeves made an excellent desktop image out of the hypothetical title for Merlin Mann‘s book. “Cut the bullshit. Do the hard stuff. Start making things you love.” I’m really not an inspirational phrase kind of guy. I don’t have pictures hanging in…
Continue reading →Phraseology 2
For the last week I’ve done most of my writing on the iPad with the new Phraseology 2.0 (website)(App Store) from Agile Tortoise. I have to admit I buy a lot of text editors and for the most part I find them lacking in…
Continue reading →My Sweet iPad Setup
The guys over at The Sweet Setup asked me to share my iPad home screen. How could I say no? The funny part is that since submitting that my home screen has gone through even more changes including the addition of a few folders.…
Continue reading →The Making of The Empire Strikes Back Ebook
As an admitted Star Wars fan, I couldn’t help buying this book from the iBookstore. It uses the iBooks Author tools that I so love for my own Field Guides and includes tons of great photo galleries, interviews, and outtakes. If Episode V is…
Continue reading →MPU 176: Everyday Automation and MPU Live
This week’s episode of the Mac Power users is out. In it Katie and I share some of our favorite automation tips. We’ve also decided to add an extra show to the schedule every month where we’ll be dealing with listener feedback, doing some…
Listen & read notes →Home Screen: Casey Liss
This week features Casey Liss (Twitter)(Website). Casey is a combination straight man/voice of reason on the Accidental Tech Podcast and a very nice fellow. So Casey, show us your home screen. Favorite Apps My favorites are the ones I get the most use out of. That…
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