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...
View Articleten mac apps that would give me ipad lust
Last week, I mentioned my concern about the iPad’s use as a creative tool, ending with a plea to developers to make apps for just that purpose. Since that time, OmniGroup has announced their intention...
View Articlehow 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...
View Articlehands 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...
View Article"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...
View ArticleCreative Tools 2011: Curation
In my creative tools series two years ago, I had a post about my backend tools. (Stop snickering!) The focus of the post was the tools that assist in creative work, but don’t do the heavy lifting of...
View ArticleFilter Friday
When #FollowFriday was clogging my twitter stream a few years ago, I decided that I didn’t want to see Follow Friday tweets any more. It wasn’t a painful decision. It was more like an idea that I...
View ArticleRanking the PDF Reading Apps
PDFs and I have not always gotten along very well. They offer almost universal access of a document, but they are usually the second best method to deliver the content in question. (Not to single...
View ArticleSix Mac App Store Gems
Since the Mac App Store opened earlier this year, I’ve run across a few gems that have become part of my daily workflow. Each of them is under $15, and I use all of them everyday. Maybe they will be as...
View ArticleThree Things
In the last few weeks, I’ve been using a few tools that are new to me, and they may be new to you too. All of them are worth a look.1) PogoSketch Pro Stylus from Ten One Design. I carried the original...
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