If you’re in northern California, it’s not too late to make plans to visit the Macintosh Computer Expo. Where else can you go and learn from people like Jason Snell, Chris Breen, Derrick Story, Ted Landau, and more for free? I’m going to participate…
Continue reading →MPU 58: The Google Lifestyle
Mac Power Users Episode 58, The Google Lifestyle, is available for download. This show covers the current state of Google services and how they fit in for Mac and iOS users. Get the episode over at 5by5. Also, studies show that all of the…
Listen & read notes →Yuvi Zalkow: Obsession x Voice
Yuvi Zalkow released his latest video, a fantastic animation of the legendary John Gruber & Merlin Mann SXSW Obsession x Voice talk. Yuvi is one of those guys that continually reminds me why I love the Internet. If you haven’t already, make a habit…
Continue reading →Today’s Web Gems
Things are nutty for me today but there are a few posts of note: Practically Efficient waxes poetic about Hazel. If you’d like a basic introduction to Hazel, check out this podcast. The MacLitigator goes in depth on iPad note taking apps. Again a…
Continue reading →Key Bindings
A few weeks ago, Brett Terpstra posted about Key Bindings. I finally got around to installing Brett’s bindings over the weekend and can tell you I am already loving it. There is a lot to absorb with all of these new shortcuts but there…
Continue reading →Web Forms with TextExpander
I recently found myself repeatedly filling out the same web form on a work-related thingy. It is seven fields with the same data, every time. It was driving me nuts. I opened up TextExpander in desperation and found the %key:tab% command. It was really…
Continue reading →See Me at the Petaluma MCE Next Weekend
While at Macworld, I met some very nice people who organize the annual Petaluma Macintosh Computer Expo on October 1. This year I agreed to speak about using the Mac and iPad for getting work done. If you are in the Northern California area…
Continue reading →BBEdit ♡ Automator
While I’m not sold on using BBEdit for my writing workflow, I’m really impressed with its Automator support. There are so many services I could cook up with these toys. Where to begin?
Continue reading →Home Screens – Jorge Pedroso
This week’s home screen features my newest friend from Portugal, Jorge Pedroso (Twitter). Jorge is one of the two developers that created my current favorite simple text editor, Byword. Jorge loves his iPhone and agreed to share. So Jorge, show us your home screen.…
Continue reading →Managing Spammy Friends
Spam is usually a simple problem for me. Somebody sends me a spammy e-mail and they get the honor of a special rule in Mail.app that looks something like this. Basically, anything from that person goes straight to trash. Problem solved. SpamSieve also helps.…
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