Brett wins for so many reasons, least of which is the anthropomorphizing of software and their mutual affection.
This video excites me way more than it should. My iThoughts icon has three thumbs up, because if I’m going to imagine my application with arms, it damn well will have more than two.
Eddie Smith and Yuvi echo my sentiments on phone size. I really enjoyed typing on the 6 Plus but I much prefer the 6 for everyday use. At home on the couch, I still long for the 6 Plus.
In case you ever need to know what’s available, this site probably has the best list I’ve seen.
I’m enjoying making Nerds on Draft a little too much. On episode 3, Jeff and I sample two of the classic Belgian-style beers and talk about the conflict between sweating the details and knowing when to say no.
I think the show turned out great, but then again, I’m biased toward good Belgian beer.
From The Register:
Spotlight phones home in OS X Yosemite, version 10.10, and it is enabled by default: it can be switched off, but with Apple insisting that it now takes people’s privacy seriously, the software has raised some eyebrows.
Count my eyebrows as being raised too. It should be off by default and opt-in only. The problem with these decisions is that they increase my suspicions of all activities.
Macstories has always been my favorite Apple-related site, but Alex Guyot has been a fantastic addition to the stable. His latest article about automation in Yosemite is great.
Here’s all of Alex’s stuff at Macstories.
Phillip Gruneich has a very nice script for Drafts. It enables Natural Language dates in one of the best quick note actioning applications for iOS. He does nice work and is a big fan of URL scheme actions for iOS.
If you like movies (even if you’re not a cinema geek), I recommend following Every Frame a Painting by Tony Zhou on Vimeo. His latest work analyzes one of the pivotal scenes in Silence of the Lambs. The best moves make their devices invisible to the average viewer like me. I feel their tricks but don’t see them.
This episode of MPU with David Allen was very good. I had an aversion to GTD until I heard an interview with David Allen many years ago. In it he explained that GTD wasn’t so much a set of rules but a set of common sense suggestions that work for some people. That’s what got me to read the book.
In this MPU episode David Allen straddles the line between laxidasical dismissal of the GTD fanaticism and a strong recommendation to get some good structure around our lives.
Carbon Copy 4 looks like a very worthy upgrade, especially if you need it on Yosemite.
I like the new scheduler interface and the simple setup seems approachable. I’m sticking with SuperDuper because it works and there’s no reason for me to break something that works. But if you want bootable backups and have $40 CCC should be a good option. I like the icon too.
