Lex Friedman and Dan Moran wrote a nice article for Macworld forecasting the Apple event in New York next week. Setting aside the idea of disrupting the text book publishing business, the idea that this is the venue for Apple to release iWork ‘12…

As Macworld | iWorld approaches, I’m struck by the value in the new iFan Pass. Now you can get into the conference for a fraction of the price it used to be. There are some really great tech talks at the conference this year,…

A well-deserved accolade for Brett Terpstra and his excellent Markdown/MultiMarkdown preview app. If you spend any time in Markdown, you really should check out Marked.

The next time you are feeling an itchy trigger finger for some new Apple hardware, check out Mac Rumors’s Apple Buyer’s Guide where Arnold Kim and his legions track Apple product timelines and rumors.

I’m pretty sure that up until last month, the last time I used a mechanical pencil was 1987 as I switched majors from engineering to the arts. Since then, I’ve always used pens. Last month I purchased my first mechanical pencil in a very…

One of the nicest people in the Mac community is Tim Verpoorten, from Surfbits.com and the host for many years of the Mac Review Cast. When I first started dipping my toe into podcasting, it was on Tim’s show. Since then, Tim and I…

Rob Trew’s OmniFocus Statistics app is at best useless and even perhaps counter-productive. Nevertheless, I couldn’t help myself. I’ve shown you mine. Now you show me yours. via SimplicityIsBliss

Gabe Weatherhead is moving to BBEdit. This is a good thing for all mortals with any interest in the app since Gabe has already started applying his own special brand of geekery to it. If that is you, I suggest following Gabe. I’m sure…

At HelpSpot we’re big supporters of open source software and simply couldn’t run our business without it. So, 6 years ago we created Open Source Help Desk List to assist companies looking for an open source help desk software solution. It’s success has been…

Just a few days ago Jean MacDonald wrote how she wanted an app to help her identify plants on nature walks. Turns out one exists. Leafsnap. According to the website, they are light on west coast flora and fauna but working on it.