I was on the Microsoft Office 2011 beta and they made a lot of progress with this release. I’ll be writing up my thoughts in more detail in the future. In the meantime, take a look at MacTech’s benchmarks showing how much faster Office…
Continue reading →Review: Matias Tactile 3 Keyboard
As peripheral manufacturers seek new ways to add bells, switches, and levers to our keyboards, Matias takes a different approach with the Tactile Pro 3 keyboard: Matias pulled this keyboard from a time machine. The Tactile 3 is built with mechanical switches. There is…
Continue reading →Star Wars Weather Widgets
Because I can’t help myself. (via Kottke)
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 37: Markdown and MultiMarkdown
Mac Power Users Episode 37 is live. Katie and I talk at length about Markdown and MultiMarkdown. Specifically, how we incorporate these tools into our writing. We also enjoyed an interview with MultiMarkdown author and all around nice guy, Fletcher Penney. You can catch…
Continue reading →LED Football for iOS Free Today
For today only, touchGrove is giving away LED Football and LED Football 2. Go get them. I used to play the original LED Football as a kid. A nice trip back.
Continue reading →Macworld 2011 Discount
I’m looking forward to doing my session on syncing your Apple world and making new friends in January. If you haven’t gone to Macworld yet, you owe it to yourself to make the trip. Macworld has a 15% conference discount if you follow this…
Continue reading →The Markdown Snowball
There is suddenly influx of Markdown and MultiMarkdown friendly apps on the iPad. While Markdown has provided an easy way to write for the web for years, the arrival of iOS devices and the need for portable text documents with retained formatting creates a…
Continue reading →Iterate, Iterate, Iterate
Marco Arment (Instapaper) gets it. It is not that he starts over with every major release but instead refines and polishes. Just another reason why Instapaper is my klller iPad App.
Continue reading →Intuit – Apple Ties
AppleInsider did a piece about how Intuit Chairman (and Apple Board of Directors member) Bill Campbell is cutting ties to Google. I guess that is all fine and dandy but I can’t stop thinking about the fact that if Intuit’s Chairman is on the…
Continue reading →iPad v. MacBook Air
Ben Brooks makes the case for peaceful co-existence. I have to agree, especially in light of a certain package heading my way from Shanghai, China.
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