Macworld has a nice write up about buying refurbished Macs. I’ve bought several Macs over the years this way. Indeed both of my current Macs and my wife’s MacBook all come from the the Refurb Store. I’ve never had a problem. An argument could…

Last night I was a guest on the MacCast with Adam Christianson where we talked about iCloud, holiday gifts, and other random bits of nerdery. Lots of fun.

The Internet was abuzz yesterday about rumors of a version of Microsoft Office on the iPad. Why not? Some believe this will never happen. The reason, they argue, is that Microsoft needs to establish itself in the mobile space and the best way to…

I talked about this on Mac Power Users but I thought it worth mention here. Thanksgiving weekend is the perfect weekend to share the 1Password love with all our family members. While us nerds get it, everyone needs a secure way to create, store,…

I know times are tough but if you are looking for a reason to give thanks, Seth Godin nails it: Your job, your internet access, your education, your role in a civilized society… all of them are a platform, a chance to do art,…

Plans are afoot for Macworld 2012. I’m really excited about two sessions I’ll be participating in: Workflows with Rob Corddry Rob Corddry is an actor and comedian that you’ve probably seen several times. Rob’s work includes The Daily Show, Community, Hot Tub Time Machine,…

Two weeks ago, my friends at the Omni Group told me OmniFocus was about to get Siri friendly and asked if I’d do some demonstration videos for them. Hell yes. So I’ve been sitting on my hands the last two weeks as I added…

I dictate a lot on my Mac using Dragon Dictate. One problem is unique words like company names and names of people. Even if you create a custom definition for these words, Dragon can sometimes get confused. For long projects, I often use substitute…