The latest patent attack is against podcasters. A patent holder is claiming that any distribution of episodic content requires a patent license and is now enforcing that against podcasters. I can tell you from experience that podcasting is something you do for love, not…
Continue reading →Home Screens: iThoughts HD’s Craig Scott
This week’s home screen comes from Craig Scott (Twitter) (Website), the developer of iThoughtsHD, the app that finally convinced me to start making mind maps. So Craig, show us your home screen. What are some of your favorite apps? iThoughts From a dog food…
Continue reading →Workflow: Beyond Productivity
“Productivity” is such a loaded word these days. I even wrote an article about it. It is really easy to spout off tips about how to print faster. I do it here all the time. There is something much deeper to this productivity schtick…
Continue reading →The Sketchnote Typeface
Mike Rohde, author of the Sketchnote Handbook and recent MPU Guest, just released the font he created for his book. In my opinion, 99% of all “handwriting” fonts look terrible. Mike’s font fits in the 1%. There is even a web-friendly Typekit version. I plan…
Continue reading →TextExpander touch Snippet Winners
Last week Smile released version 2.0 of TextExpander touch, which I really dig. Yesterday Smile gave me five free download codes to give away for the new app. I put the word out on Twitter to send in favorite snippets for codes and got…
Continue reading →OmniPresence: A New Option for Syncing Data
For a long time, syncing files was a huge pain. It involved portable disks of one sort or another and lots of walking and fiddling. Then a few years ago cloud syncing services showed up and Dropbox quickly became the solution to most of…
Continue reading →MPU 139: Workflows with Ethan Schoonover
This week Ethan Schoonover joins us to talk about his workflows. In addition to creating amazing things I use, like Solarized and, a few years ago, Kinkless GTD, Ethan is smart, curious, and charming. In this episode, he talks about how he gets work…
Listen & read notes →Memorial Day Bratwurst
Happy Memorial Day everybody. I have to admit that in addition to obsessing on geeky MacSparky-ish things, I also love grilling. A few years ago I ditched my gas grill for a Weber charcoal grill. I love it. I know the dig against charcoal…
Continue reading →Home Screens: Hardik Pandya
This week’s home screen comes from Hardik Pandya (Twitter)(App.net)(website), a consultant, student, blogger and photographer from the Netherlands that writes about technology and other issues of interest. So Hardik, show us your home screen. Day One This has to be one of the most…
Continue reading →Replacing Photoshop with Pixelmator
With Adobe’s new subscription model, a lot of people are asking if they should switch to something less expensive. I’ve been using Pixelmator for years and it has a lot more firepower than I need. Since you can buy Pixelmator for $15, which is…
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