"This Year" Begins With "Every Day"

Some of us are surging into 2011, while others of us are crawling in, barely ready to think about a new year. But for most, a new year brings us into some kind of reflection and resolve, thinking about what … Continue reading

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hands on with kindle for mac

Four months after releasing Kindle for PC, Amazon dropped a Kindle Reader for Mac this week. I installed it last night and played with it for about five minutes. That’s all it took to learn what it could do. When … Continue reading

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how a $.99 iphone app led me to an important realization

A new addition to my iPhone is an app called Daily Deeds (iTunes link). It’s very simple. You make a list of actions you want to accomplish (almost) every day. As you complete them, you check them off in a … Continue reading

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for the love of instapaper

Every once in a while, I have one of those What apps do you have on your iPhone? conversations. It’s kind of the 2009 version of How much can you bench? I thought Instapaper was mainstream, but it’s not seldom … Continue reading

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scrivener to go

Like most apps, Scrivener updated this week to get ready for Snow Leopard. The new version is 1.52, but it’s not just about Snow Leopard. It also includes a nifty little feature to import notes from WriteRoom.ws. Combine this with … Continue reading

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textexpander on the iphone!

It’s been a long time coming. In my case, it’s been 653 days… I don’t want to take all the credit for this happening (a significant portion will do), but TextExpander Touch has arrived! If you’re not familiar with TextExpander, … Continue reading

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seven features i love in iphone 3.0

After having some time to play with the iPhone 3.0 update, there are a few features I know will be of immediate use for me. I won’t be upgrading to the iPhone 3G[s]…and you don’t need to either to take … Continue reading

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hands on with shovebox

A few months ago, I mentioned that I was using Shovebox — one of the endless number of Mac apps to organize notes, photos and more. At the time, I mentioned that it was not going to replace Yojimbo for … Continue reading

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kindle for iphone: first impressions

I was excited to hear about the Kindle for iPhone app that Amazon released today. I downloaded it the first chance I had to see how it would work. On the plus side, it is free. Hard to beat that. … Continue reading

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creative tools: hardware

In the early days of this site, I ran a small series of posts called Workflow Tools. Over a year has passed, and enough has changed that an updated series is in order. I’ll begin with hardware again, but the … Continue reading

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