While at the Petaluma MCE event, I was privileged to sit on the Keynote panel with Jason Snell (Macworld), Adam Christianson (MacCast), Jeff Gamet (Mac Observer), and Jean MacDonald (Smile) where we talked about the future of Apple. While I generally try to stay…
Continue reading →Macworld Article – Auto Save
Today Macworld ran my article about the nuances of Mac OS X Lion’s new Auto Save feature and how to use the new Duplicate command to replace your old friend, Save As.
Continue reading →Home Screens – Sven Fechner
If you are an OmniFocus nerd (and a surprising number of MacSparky readers are), you really owe it to yourself to subscribe to Sven Fechner’s (Twitter) blog, SimplicityIsBliss, where Sven posts amazing tips and advice and getting the best out of OmniFocus and other…
Continue reading →Six Mostly Irrelevant iOS Changes that Make Me Smile
My friends at Macworld are killing the iOS 5 coverage with some of the more amazing new features. I, instead, will focus on some of the small (and mostly irrelevant) things that make me smile. 1. Turn off e-mail badge Hallelujah. No longer will…
Continue reading →Jason Snell Demonstrates Siri
The more I see of Siri, the more my nerd alarm bells are going off. My favorite part of the video: “We have milk.”
Continue reading →OS X Lion to the Max
My friend, Dave Caolo, along with Steve Sande and Michael Grothaus, published a book, Taking Your OS X Lion to the Max. Dave is one of my favorite technology writers and this one is worth checking out.
Continue reading →MPU 59: iPad at Work
Mac Power Users Episode 59, iPad at Work, is available for download. I promise this isn’t an hour long commercial about the new book. Instead, I talked about the mechanics, software, and workflows I used to write 110,000 words in my free time. Get…
Continue reading →Screens
There’ve been several posts lately about monitors. Ben Brooks ditched his extra monitor, but that only worked a few days. Brett Terpstra had a similar experience. Al Gore’s desk has so many monitors that it feels like his office should be on a secret…
Continue reading →Hypercritical: A Story of Triumph
John Siracusa gets so much right in this podcast about Steve’s passing and what it should mean to you, today. This one is must listen in my book.
Continue reading →Technology Gone Wrong at Trial
I recently did an interview with the Law Technology News magazine about what to do when technology goes wrong at trial. I talked about the time I pulled out my remote and found its batteries dead. Also, of the numerous professionals interviewed I managed…
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