I watched the Apple Keynote tonight and was struck by how often I heard the term “Post PC.” When Steve Jobs and Apple start using these catch phrases, it is no accident. Apple has its own lexicon that starts internally but, at some point,…
Continue reading →Kensington Presenter Pro Review
My beloved remote has failed me. I’ve been using it for at least 6 years without a hitch and suddenly (despite new batteries, cleaning the contacts, and a few kindly whacks) it has stopped advancing slides. So time for a new one and I…
Continue reading →TechShow 2011 Discount Still Available
It’s not too late to take advantage of the early bird discount at the American Bar Association’s TechShow. If you are a legal professional and want to use technology to the detriment of opposing counsel, get yourself to Chicago. This will be my third…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 44: Taking Notes
Mac Power Users Episode 44 is available for download. Katie and I survey the best applications for taking notes on your Mac and iOS. I recorded it with a cold and by then end I was falling over in my chair which, in hindsignt,…
Listen & read notes →Service Sunday – iPad Image Processor
I’m hard at work on the OmniFocus Screencasts. As part of it, I’m making several slides with iPad screenshots. The process of importing images into Keynote, rotating, and then resizing them is tedious. After banging my head on this 10 or 20 times, it…
Continue reading →TextExpander Backups
I’m not sure when this feature snuck into TextExpander, but I dig it.
Continue reading →The Mighty Monocle
My friend, Darren Rolfe (the brilliant graphic designer who designed the MacSparky and Mac Power Users logos) has a new web comic premiering Monday, The Mighty Monocle. Sounds like just the thing to make Mondays more bearable. Do yourself a favor and subscribe now…
Continue reading →Home Screens – Joseph Nilo
This week I’m pleased to feature Joseph Nilo (twitter), one of the pioneers of Mac podcasting and a very talented video and audio production guy who co-founded HiLo Media. After having a multiple year e-lationship, I finally got to meet Joseph in person this…
Continue reading →Data Liberation, MultiMarkdown, and OPML
Fletcher Penney has been hard at work on MultiMarkdown 3.0. Perhaps one of the most inspired new features is the ability to work with OPML files. (Don’t know what OPML is? Read this.) Fletcher let me in on the secret early and it is…
Continue reading →Dashkards, Keyboard Shortcuts on the Dashboard
If you are having trouble remembering the keyboard shortcuts for your favorite Mac OS X applications, check out Dashkards, a nice little pre-rendered bit of HTML that you can add to your dashboard using the little-known dashboard clipping feature. The site supports many popular…
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