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…
Continue reading →Juggling
In episode 23 of Back to Work, my friend Dan Benjamin argued it is not possible to do two things really well at the same time. Specifically, Dan explained that there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to seriously pursue two different big…
Continue reading →Marked – Markdown Preview App by Brett Terpstra
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…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 53: Workflows with Dr. Mac
Mac Power Users Episode 53 is available for download. Katie and I had the pleasure of interviewing Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus, the prolific author and many Mac and iOS books. You can get it on iTunes here or on the web right here. If…
Listen & read notes →My Fancy-Pants Journal
This morning I listened to Back to Work, episode 23, where Merlin talked about notebooks and it reminded me of my fancy-pants journal. I call it my fancy-pants journal because I remember buying it five years ago and how special I felt. I paid…
Continue reading →Task Management and Your Calendar
In relation to my OmniFocus talks and screencasts, I often get questions and e-mails about how I incorporate my calendar events. I don’t. In my mind, calendar events and task items are two separate and distinct things. Put simply, tasks are things I need…
Continue reading →Home Screen – Kourosh Dini
Not too long ago I discovered this wonderful book, Creating Flow with OmniFocus, by Kourosh Dini (Twitter). I began corresponding with Kourosh and discovered that, in addition to being an OmniFocus wizard, he is also a really smart guy. I asked Kourosh to share…
Continue reading →Amazon No Mas
As a California resident, I, along with my remaining golden staters, got summarily kicked to the curb yesterday by the Amazon Affiliate program. I don’t blame Amazon for this. California is broke and trying to collect more taxes, which may or may not work.…
Continue reading →SuperDuper: Lion Compatible
I’ve spent a lot of money on really stupid things in my life. Spending 27 bucks to get painless clone back-ups of my Mac most certainly was not among them. Today SuperDuper developer Dave Nanian announced that: 1. he is about to ride in…
Continue reading →Using 1Password
I’m probably at risk of being called a corporate shill since 1Password sponsors the podcast but there really is nothing better. Eddie Smith posted some amazing statistics today. In the Sony breach, 92 percent of the users had the same password for different logins.…
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