When not writing and directing motion pictures, David Wain likes to geek out as evidenced by his home screen and appearance on one of my favorite Mac Power Users episodes. David also makes a really funny web series called Wainy Days, “an ongoing web…

I love the polish that comes with every Rogue Amoeba app. When they released their first Mac App Store app, Piezo, I was immediately in. Version 1.1 is out now and records both sides of Skype calls. I’m going to try this with our…

Don McAllister of Screencasts Online is one of my favorite people in the Mac community. In addition to being a swell guy, Don is also a really good teacher. If you are going to be near someone with a new Mac or iPad this…

PostDesk has its annual list of web geeks and their holiday lists, including yours truly.

I’ve been toying with the idea of a journal. When writing iPad at Work, I discovered this really great app, Day One, that takes all the work out of creating an electronic journal. It works on the Mac, iPad, and iPhone and uses Dropbox…

Mac Power Users Episode 67, Web Security, is available for download. We invited George Starcher to join us with advice about staying secure on the Internet. This is a very detailed show in classic MPU fashion. There is a nice summary towards the end…

Great news for Scrivener geeks. I’m really looking forward to seeing where this goes.

I’ve made no secret that iThoughtsHD is my “go to” mind mapping application. The developer also has a version for the iPhone that shares many of the shortcuts and cloud syncing features that makes its iPad big brother so great. iThoughts for the iPhone…

MPU listener Marvin wrote in about how he created playlist folders for each family member to help avoid trashing each other’s playlists using iCloud and iTunes Match. I promptly copied this trick and now we have playlist bliss. Nifty. MacSparky.com is sponsored by Bee…