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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i can't believe i'm saying this…

I think the time has come for me to say goodbye to Quicksilver. Last week, I decided to wipe out my hard drive and start from scratch. My MacBook Pro seemed to hang up here and there. I wondered if … Continue reading

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creative tools: various sundry miscellany

This is part of a short series on Creative Tools. Other posts in the series (so far) include: Creative Tools: Hardware, Creative Tools: Backend and Creative Tools: Production. I intended to have posts about software in the Creative Tools series. … Continue reading

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give good food to your mac

Mac users might be interested in a software promotion running through the end of the month called Give Good Food to Your Mac. A number of indie software developers have collaborated to bring you discounted software in this promotion. I … Continue reading

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slices of slife

Last week, I mentioned the Slife review I wrote for MacSparky. If you haven’t read that, I hope you will, because I want to talk a little bit more about how Slife has been helpful for me. The short version … Continue reading

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clean out yer dock

(The title of this post should be read with the same inflection and accent as the line “Bring out yer dead!” from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. If you aren’t familiar with that line, then please go rent the … Continue reading

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mobileme on the cheap(er)

You, like me, might be angling toward a MobileMe membership. We already have a .Mac account, but with iPhone 2.0 coming out later this week, I’m realizing that a family pack will be useful for the two iPhones in our … Continue reading

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another mac software bundle

An ad in the latest MacWorld magazine is promoting another MacUpdate bundle. Starting April 16, MacUpdate will have a new software package available. I mention it here, because at $64.99, it will include both Leap and Hazel. These are the … Continue reading

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spring cleaning the documents folder

This is part of an ongoing series called Blinders where I explore some of the ways I streamline my computer workflows to minimize distractions. Spring seems to be reluctant to make it’s way to the Pacific Northwest this year. I … Continue reading

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taskpaper at maczot

If you are a Mac user who is looking for a simple, GTD styled task manager, take a look at TaskPaper. Today, you can get it for only $12 over at MacZot!

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