I make no secret of the fact that my Mac related RSS feed list is pretty small. Recently, however, I discovered Minimal Mac and immediately made room for it in my feed reader. So just a few weeks after discovering this site, you can imagine my delight this morning at finding Minimal Mac linking our MPU Merlin Mann interview. The circle is complete.
Air Harp
Typography for Lawyers
Outstanding site for lawyers in particular and writers in general.
iPad Bento
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 appears to.
Photo from MacRumors.com
Thanks technoesq for the tip.
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 my presentations. If you are in attendance, make sure to stop by and introduce yourself. In addition to my sessions, I’ll also be co-hosting a dinner tomorrow with Mr. MacLawyer himself, Ben Stevens and I’ll be available to chat at the conference concierge desk on Friday the 26th for two hours starting at 10 a.m. If you are here, come by and say hello. We can compare menu bars.
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 top technology podcasts. Amazing. Thank you to all the listeners (veterans and newcomers) and Merlin for joining in the fun.
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 Kindle DRM, let’s hope they are also working on an iPad application.
Nectar Apple Store Points
Thank you Nectar for sponsoring another month of the MacSparky RSS feed. For UK Apple Store points, check it out.
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.
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 workflows so I got thinking why stop with Katie and I? We decided to start doing shows where we feature some other Mac Power Users. One of my tasks at Macworld this year was to seek out some interesting people for such shows.
During Macworld, I had the pleasure of meeting Merlin Mann. Merlin and I share a lot of similar neurosis and immediately hit it off. He was extremely gracious and when I asked him if he would be interested in doing one of our “Workflows” episodes, he immediately jumped on it.
We recorded the show last week and it quickly digressed into a drunken bash of power tips, workflows, and ideas. If Katie hadn’t been there to occasionally push us along, we’d probably still be recording. This will be a great episode to listen to in front of your Mac since the application recommendations run fast and furious. You can access it in iTunes here but also will probably need the show notes here.
The idea is to run one of these episodes every two or three months. Let us know what you think.