When you are sending someone a communication requesting that they do something for you, spend a moment thinking about how convenient (or inconvenient) you are making things for your recipient. To me, text messages are a way to quickly share short spurts of information.…
Continue reading →MPU 135: Workflows with Serenity Caldwell
On this week’s Mac Power Users episode Serenity Caldwell joined us to talk about working from home, her favorite Apps, her velcro based standing desk, authoring ebooks, and a whole lot more.
Listen & read notes →Instacast for Mac
Vemedio just released a public beta of its Instacast for Mac app. Now that I think about it, a podfeeder for the Mac (syncing with my phone) makes a lot of sense. I’d no longer have to set the phone down next to my…
Continue reading →History of “Workflow”
In MPU 133 (about Alfred 2), I speculated about this word “workflow” and how we now hear it everywhere. The first time I heard the word was in relation to professional photographers but it turns out I was way off. Listener Mark, a confessed…
Continue reading →Paperless Sale Ends Tomorrow
There are just a few days left on my Earth Day sale for Paperless. It’s $7 through tomorrow. Get it while it’s hot.
Continue reading →Home Screen: Eddie Smith
It’s been a long time since Eddie Smith first showed his home screen here on MacSparky. I thought it was time for an update so he shared one. In case you don’t know them already, Eddie writes the Practically Efficient blog and is one…
Continue reading →Instapaper: Under New Managment
Marco Arment’s sold Instapaper (at least most of his interest in it). It appears, however, he didn’t pull this off by finding the biggest company willing to write a check with the largest number of zeros but instead sought out a company, in this…
Continue reading →MPU 134: Mac Utilities
Mac Power Users 134 is up. In it, Katie and I explain some of our favorite Mac utilities and how we use them. Be prepared. This one might get expensive. ∞
Listen & read notes →Drafts 3.0, Better and Better
Drafts 3.0 (iPhone) (iPad) is out and this app just keeps getting better and better. I know there are some other applications claiming to do the same thing as Drafts (quick text capture and processing on iOS) but I’m so in love with Drafts.…
Continue reading →Going on Offense with OpenDNS
My 8-year-old niece slept over our house over the weekend. As I was watching her sit behind the family iMac, I saw her search for “My Little Pony”. Her first hit was an OpenDNS blocked porn site. You see, searching “My Little Pony” does…
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