A great summary separating the signal from the noise about Steve’s announcement.

Outstanding find by Kottke (and pointed out to me by Ernie Svenson). Giant Steps and Confirmation are both rights of passage for every saxophonist. It is not the fact that you can faithfully play one of these solos that gets you in the club…

That Steve would retire was not difficult to see coming. What we all wondered was whether they’d stay in-house for a successor or go outside. John Gruber nailed it last month. (No surprise.) Still, it is good to see that the company is in…

For a limited time, LogMeIn for iOS has a price drop from $30 to $15. If you are looking for a reliable remote access solution from your iPad/iPhone to your Mac or Windows PC, look no further.

In the most recent 5by5 After Dark episode, Rob Corddry, (Dr. Blake himself) did a creditable impression of me muddling my way through a Mac Power Users episode. It just doesn’t get any better.

There is some interesting news lately about iPad marketshare. Earlier this year, reports surfaced that Android tablet marketshare was between 20 and 30 percent. Here is an example. The problem is, these numbers appear funny. It looks like people are comparing the number of…

Last night I did a little talk to the Silicon Valley MUG and was just itching to share this but I managed to keep mum. Today Smile released a new version of TextExpander Touch that includes Dropbox snippet syncing. This means all those snippets…