Thanks everyone for the tweeks and additions to the foreign thanks snippet set. I’ve updated it in the original post and TE Snippet page. I’ve also received some nice snippet lists from readers for future posting. If you’ve got something you’d like to share,…
Continue reading →Home screens: MacSparky
I was looking at the wealth of home screen posts going back to December 2009 and it occurred to me I’ve never posted my own home screen. Well gang, here you go. On The Dock Calendar I need a calendar app in my dock…
Continue reading →Culture of Fear
Today Macworld posted an essay I wrote about why Apple people are needlessly fretting about Apple’s business and we, as users, should focus on products and services, not lawsuits and market caps. ∞
Continue reading →Japanese Woodworking
The below clip has been making the rounds the last few weeks. (I first saw it at Kottke.) Every year in Japan they have a competition to see who can make the thinnest plane shaving. The winner here was at 9 microns, which is…
Continue reading →Evernote Essentials 3.0
In case you’ve been under a rock, Evernote is evolving. They are growing as they acquire other apps and they are growing as they make Evernote better. Brett Kelly’s Evernote Essentials book is the bible for power Evernote users. The book is evolving right…
Continue reading →iPhone Valentine Box
My daughter made this tonight all by her herself. A chip off the ol’ block. View fullsize View fullsize
Continue reading →Use Hazel to Find Dates Inside Files
Timotheus over at macorios.com has a workflow for using Hazel to pull dates out PDFs. Basically, he uses the Contents field to look for strings of text matching common date formats. Clever. He is selling the rules for $4, which I can understand because…
Continue reading →About MacStories and Federico
I’m very stingy about what RSS feeds I follow. In order to get on that list, a site needs to be really great. It’s particularly hard for a site that has a lot of posts to remain in my RSS reader because I often…
Continue reading →MPU 124: Live at Macworld/iWorld
Mac Power Users 124, recorded live on the Macworld show floor is up. During this episode, we took questions from the live audience, got through some great feedback, and talked about some of our best finds from the Macworld show floor. Enjoy.
Listen & read notes →Nerdy Professionals: Bringing the iPad to Lawyers
I don’t talk about it much at MacSparky or on the Mac Power Users but over the last several years I’ve spent a lot of time talking to lawyers about the iPad. I spoke to the lawyers at the American Bar Association and even…
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