I am a big fan of the voice recognition software. I use Nuance’s Dragon Dictate on the PC and MacSpeech Dictate on my Mac. I was very pleased to see that Nuance, the developer of the Dragon engine, has released a Dragon Dictate iPhone app.…
Continue reading →BusyCal Update
BusyMac recently released version 1.1 of BusyCal. I really like this release. In addition to ironing out the wrinkles, BusyMac added 64 bit support, a mini-month calendar and three finger scrolling. The three finger scrolling in iCal (try it sometime) quickly became second…
Continue reading →Dexim BluePack S3 External Battery
Dexim, who also makes the Richard Solo iPhone batteries has expanded its line to include the new BluePack S3. This device is different from the earlier iPhone specific offerings in that it does not have a built in iPhone dock connector but…
Continue reading →Macworld Warm-Ups
I have agreed to do a few public speaking gigs in preparation of my Macworld sessions. They should be a lot of fun in a geeky, propeller beanie sort of way. If you are in southern California and interested, you can get the details…
Continue reading →Free iPhone Games – Appvent Calendar
There is a popular iPhone game promotion this holiday season at appventcalendar.com. Every day they unveil a new (normally paid) iPhone game that is marked down to free for one day. Thus far, all of the games have been good and it is…
Continue reading →TextExpander Learns New Tricks
Today TextExpander released a particularly tasty update. For Gmail jockeys, there is now support for rich text and image expansion in web-based tools. I’ve already shown how to do this in Apple Mail. My favorite new feature allows you designate a portion of your…
Continue reading →Scrivener Power Tip – Binder Symbols
One of the great features of Scrivener is the binder, in which you can dump research, web pages, pictures, and video. When doing legal research I will often collect case decisions as individual research assets. I like to insert little symbols into…
Continue reading →Gift Recommendation: 1Password
I wrote up a small bit about 1Password for ThinkMac.net. Giving a password app as a gift you ask? Well friends, that is just how I roll. There are some several gift ideas there from other Mac podcasters as well.
Continue reading →Macworld 15% Conference Discount
Macworld has kindly set up a 15% discount for me to share with attendees. The coupon is good for all conference passes excepting the one day user conference. Simply use the coupon code “DSPARKS” when signing up. My sessions are here. Also, if…
Continue reading →MacSparky RSS Update
As part of the domain transfer, the name of the RSS feed has changed just enough to have lost hundreds of subscribers. I’ve switched the Feedburner address and installed handy buttons to the right. In the meantime, if you are not getting these…
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