MacRumors discovered that Filemaker is releasing Bento for the iPad. While this isn’t much of a surprise (Filemaker is owned by Apple), I’m looking forward to accessing my Bento data on the go. Hopefully they will have some interesting form input mode like Numbers…
Continue reading →ABA Techshow 2010
I’m on the ground in Chicago for the second straight year talking about Macs and other sufficiently nerdy subjects at the American Bar Association’s Techshow. I’ve already met several new friends (like iPhoneJD publisher Jeff Richardson) and am now locking myself in to polish…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users, #2 Technology Podcast
We have received an overwhelming amount of positive feedback for our new “Workflows” series. Of course it helps that we kicked it off with Merlin Mann and his sublime nerdiness. Tonight I was flabergasted to see the MPU as #2 on Apple’s list of…
Listen & read notes →Kindle Reader for Mac
Amazon has released a beta of its Kindle Reader for Mac. I’ve been waiting for this one. I’ve purchased a lot of reference materials on my Kindle and having them on my Mac will be great. Since these books are all tied into the…
Continue reading →Nectar Apple Store Points
Thank you Nectar for sponsoring another month of the MacSparky RSS feed. For UK Apple Store points, check it out.
Continue reading →The Q Trick
Merlin shared this on the Mac Power Users and I thought it was brilliant. I also do the same thing with “PPP” on the other side of the keyboard. The law stuff gets “P”s. Everything else gets “Q”s.
Continue reading →Mac Power Users – Workflows with Merlin Mann
Katie and I have been thrilled with the success of the Mac Power Users podcast. With the new year we began talking about ways to improve upon the podcast. One common theme in the show feedback is how much people like hearing about our…
Listen & read notes →TextExpander 3 Released
Today SmileOnMyMac released TextExpander 3. I’ve been using the beta for a few weeks and am sold. The big difference with the new version is user functionality. There is a new quick entry window that makes creating new snippets a breeze. One of my…
Continue reading →FileMaker 11
FileMaker, Inc. today released FileMaker 11 and Filemaker Pro 11. The new version includes new graphing, customization, and sharing tools. Apple owned FileMaker, Inc. continues to dominate the database market on the Mac with FileMaker and Bento.
Continue reading →Mac Power Users – Traveling Mac
Fresh back from our Macworld trip, Katie and I did an episode all about traveling with your Mac. This episode is chock full of travel tips and equipment reviews. Check it out.
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