Lex Friedman published an article in Macworld today where he interviewed several Mac luminaries and a slacker about how they manage contacts on their Macs and iThingies. I’ll let you figure which role I played. ∞
Continue reading →The Geek Gene
John Siracusa wrote an inspirational piece about becoming a geek this week. His message is great. Anybody can become a geek at any time. An interesting tangent to this discussion is the question of why certain people have this inclination to dive super-deep on…
Continue reading →Google Buys Nest
The big news today is Google’s purchase of Nest, the people that brought me that fancy thermostat. Sigh. I’m not bagging on Google with my disappointment in this acquisition. I’d be almost as sad if Apple were writing the check. What I loved about the Nest is that…
Continue reading →MPU 172: Workflows with Brooks Duncan
This week’s episode of Mac Power Users features an interview with Brooks Duncan where we talk about recent developments in Paperless technologies and more Mac geekery. ∞
Listen & read notes →Collaboration with LiveNote
The killer feature in Google Docs is the ability to simultaneously work on the same document with other people. The iWork cloud feature isn’t as good and Google has always, in my opinion, led the pack on this useful feature. It seems to me…
Continue reading →Home Screens: Moisés Chiullan
This week’s home screen features Moisés Chiullan (Webite) (Twitter), one of my favorite 5by5 hosts with shows includingGiant Size, The Critical Path, and Screen Time. So Moisés, show us your home screen. What are some of your favorite apps? I can’t live without 1Password, to which I…
Continue reading →Matias’s New Clicky Ergonomic Keyboard
Today Matias took the wraps off its latest keyboard. I used a Matias keyboard for several years and it was built like a tank. Now they’ve got a $200 two-piece ergonomic keyboard for sale that looks pretty nice if that is your thing. ∞
Continue reading →Getting Started with GarageBand
Having GarageBand on your Apple devices without opening it is kind of like having Star Wars in your DVD collection without ever watching it. Even if you’ve never read a note of music or picked up an instrument, there is a lot in there…
Continue reading →Habits Apps Article at Macworld
With the arrival of the new year, I took a look at some habit apps for Macworld. ∞
Continue reading →Dictation Sans External Mic
One of the cardinal rules of computer dictation is that you always must have a high quality microphone. This was drilled into me years ago. A funny thing happened though. The software and hardware got a lot better. About six months ago I started…
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