This weekend’s Mac Power Users episode announced the pending release of PDFpen for Mac, version 6. I’ve been in the beta test and I really like this update. PDFpen has always been a great PDF solution on the Mac and this upgrade really improves…
Continue reading →Permalinking SquareSpace with TextExpander
I get a lot of requests about how I put permalinks at the bottom of link posts. People think I’ve done this with some clever bit of web programming but the answer is really just a TextExpander snippet. Here is the snippet text: [∞](https://www.macsparky.com/blog/%clipboard)…
Continue reading →Home Screen: Thanh Pham
This week’s home screen comes to you courtesy of Thanh Pham (Twitter) from AsianEfficiency. I’ve long been an admirer of Thanh’s and his excellent content. I was fortunate enough to meet him this January at Macworld and found out that in addition to being…
Continue reading →The Case for Paper
Thanks to @macosguy and Reneé for sending me this.
Continue reading →The RSS Apocalypse
Aldo Coresi explains: “The truth is this: Google destroyed the RSS feed reader ecosystem with a subsidized product, stifling its competitors and killing innovation. It then neglected Google Reader itself for years, after it had effectively become the only player. Today it does further…
Continue reading →On Running Lists
I was getting a lot of email about running lists and, frankly, puzzling over it myself. So I went on my very own running list spirit quest and wrote it up for Macworld. The winner was, surprisingly, Apple’s Reminders app. ∞
Continue reading →OmniFocus Setup: Do Stuff!
Do Stuff! from The Omni Group on Vimeo. Here is my talk from the OmniFocus Setup called “Do Stuff”. There were some great presentations that day and the Omni Group production people did a superb job capturing it all. You can watch them all…
Continue reading →MPU 128: Typography with Ina Saltz
I’ve wanted to do a typography show for ages but never found the right guest. Fortunately, I recently did with Ina Saltz, who was knowledgeable, helpful, and patient as I butchered my way through the interview. There are lots of great tips for upping…
Listen & read notes →Paperless Command Line Utility
I first met Joe Workman several years ago at a Macworld event. He is this unasuming guy that make great apps and likes fancy hats. Well unassuming Joe Workman just released an alpha of a command line Paperless tool that has my nerd-senses tingling.…
Continue reading →BusyCal 2 Limited Discount
Have you had it with the Calendar app? Do those little bits of non-existent torn paper make you a little crazy? Check out BusyCal 2. There is a lot to like about BusyCal with things like 2-week view, list view, live weather, better alarms,…
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