I almost named this post “Hell Freezes Over” but that wouldn’t be fair. In truth, the Microsoft Mac Office team is as big a bunch of Apple nerds as there are. It is impressive that they can get Office, which is legendary for its…

Merlin talked about using Byword in the most recent Back to Work episode. I couldn’t agree more. The Byword developer was active as Apple finished up Lion and had a Lion compatible version out even before Lion released. The app works with Markdown flawlessly…

With the release of Leopard, Apple added a great human sounding voice to Mac OS X, Alex. Alex was so much better than every other voice that had ever been on the Mac that it became the only voice I ever used, for years.…

Lion, the new Mac OS X operating system is available for download today. Hooray for us nerds! For the authoritative review, take a look at John Siracusa’s Tome. Having used Lion for several months, here are some of my favorite parts. FileVault X Until…

Mike Vardy was nice enough to invite me on the Work Awesome podcast awhile back and it published this week. When I recorded it, I was starting to think more about the big and little touches I wrote about this week so you can…

I’ve been running the Lion beta for months and, although I can’t talk about the details yet, I can say that in very little time we will all look at our key apps that don’t update to take advantage of Lion features critically. With…

When my friend Brett Terpstra told me he released an app, my immediate response was, “I’m in.” Brett has brought us some amazing donation-ware, including my beloved NValt. To be honest, I’d buy Brett’s new app just on principle. Marked (App Store Link) opens…