The Raven Browser: Web Apps for Your Mac
Nov 28, 11
Raven is a cool new browser that turns web browsing into an App experience.
read moreSimplenote: An Even Better Notes App?
Apr 01, 11
Simplenote. It’s exactly what the name suggests, and not a whole lot more. Where Evernote brings massive amounts of features (capture anything, in any format, on any device), Simplenote revels in doing the exact opposite. It’s plain-text only, meaning no formatting. Its organization is based entirely on tagging. And, in...
read moreYour Mac’s Menubar: A Guide to the Coolest Menubar Apps
Nov 01, 10
If you’re on a Mac, check the top-right edge of your screen right now. What do you see? If you’ve got the default menubar apps (sometimes called menulings), then you aren’t getting much use out of that corner. Why not make your menubar useful and informative instead? Anyone who’s ever seen my computer...
read moreWhy the Mac App Store Matters
Oct 20, 10
Today, Apple announced that they would no longer make computers. Well, not exactly. In fact, they just announced the new Air. (Which, incidentally, is pretty awesome.) But if there was any doubt as to where Apple is headed, it’s become crystal clear. Computers are meant to be appliances. But whether this will...
read moreThe CD is dead, says iTunes 10
Sep 02, 10
What was the first CD you bought? Do you still have it? When I was abruptly separated from all my possessions–and my home– in the wake of September 11th, I had with me a single CD I had chosen, basically at random, to accompany me on that first day of high school. Of course, I couldn’t have predicted that...
read moreScrivener: the Best Writing App Ever Made
Aug 14, 10
Can writing software actually make you produce better work? Can it anticipate your needs and conform to your desires as though it’s reading your mind? Can it make you think of your own work in a totally different way? If any writing software can, it’s Scrivener. The sole project of the evocatively-named Literature &...
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