I’m so pleased that Brett Terpstra is writing more. Today he put up a small post that answers the question, Why Markdown? Brett is also going to be our guest on the next Mac Power Users episode, Power Text Editors.
Continue reading →Byword Daily File
With Lion’s new document versioning framework, I’ve been running a single Byword document called “Daily” for two months. I use it every day to write text for any of a number of uses ranging from contract language to blog posts. All of this text…
Continue reading →PDFPen Gets Bates Stamping
I’m old enough to remember bates stamping pages with an actual Bates Stamp. PDFPen now adds this feature striking one more reason off the list as to why you’d need to spend $450 for Adobe Acrobat.
Continue reading →Lion Dictionary with Three Finger Double Tap
Convenient dictionary access. I’m hooked.
Continue reading →Home Screens – Jory Raphael
This week’s home screen features Jory Raphael (Twitter). Jory is the genius behind all of the 5by5 artwork, including the latest iteration of Daren Rolfe’s excellent Mac Power User’s logo. Jory is super-talented and a really nice guy. You can learn more about Jory’s…
Continue reading →TidBITS’ Steve Jobs Resignation FAQ
A great summary separating the signal from the noise about Steve’s announcement.
Continue reading →Animated sheet music
Outstanding find by Kottke (and pointed out to me by Ernie Svenson). Giant Steps and Confirmation are both rights of passage for every saxophonist. It is not the fact that you can faithfully play one of these solos that gets you in the club…
Continue reading →Steve and Tim
That Steve would retire was not difficult to see coming. What we all wondered was whether they’d stay in-house for a successor or go outside. John Gruber nailed it last month. (No surprise.) Still, it is good to see that the company is in…
Continue reading →LogMeIn – 50% Off
For a limited time, LogMeIn for iOS has a price drop from $30 to $15. If you are looking for a reliable remote access solution from your iPad/iPhone to your Mac or Windows PC, look no further.
Continue reading →MPU 55 – Lonely Sandwich and 5by5
Things were so busy last week, I neglected to post a link to the latest Mac Power Users episode, where Katie and I interview Adam Lisagor. I got to know Adam a little bit working with him on this project and he is truly…
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