I know times are tough but if you are looking for a reason to give thanks, Seth Godin nails it: Your job, your internet access, your education, your role in a civilized society… all of them are a platform, a chance to do art,…

Plans are afoot for Macworld 2012. I’m really excited about two sessions I’ll be participating in: Workflows with Rob Corddry Rob Corddry is an actor and comedian that you’ve probably seen several times. Rob’s work includes The Daily Show, Community, Hot Tub Time Machine,…

Two weeks ago, my friends at the Omni Group told me OmniFocus was about to get Siri friendly and asked if I’d do some demonstration videos for them. Hell yes. So I’ve been sitting on my hands the last two weeks as I added…

I dictate a lot on my Mac using Dragon Dictate. One problem is unique words like company names and names of people. Even if you create a custom definition for these words, Dragon can sometimes get confused. For long projects, I often use substitute…

I know I’m late to the party on this but this morning I was able to listen to Hypercritical #42, where John Siracusa skewers the Jobs biography. Really great stuff.

I started MacSparky.com in 2006 and the design has remained largely unchanged. I decided it was time to shake things up: Redesign While I still very much love the logo Darren Rolfe created for me so long ago, I’ve decided to simplify. This is…

My orange iPad Smart Cover was starting to look pretty rough so I hit it with a little water and a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. After just a few minutes, it looked like new. If I’d had the the foresight to take “before” and…

I’ve made several attempts at online backup over the years. All of them failed. It always felt to me as if online backup was not quite ready for prime time. The Mac clients often felt clunky and the required bandwidth wasn’t there. One of…