Notational Velocity now syncs with Simplenote
You might have been waiting for it, but I have been WAITING FOR IT! Notational Velocity, my current favourite writing application for the Mac now seamlessly syncs with Simplenote!
What exactly is Notational Velocity all about? In a sentence it’s the fastest, simplest, and most unobtrusive notes app on the Mac. There’s no two panes in...
Ad-Hoc Lists on iPhone: Time for a Quickie?
I’m a big fan of to-do lists. I’ve re-read Getting Things Done more times than I can remember. I use Things on Mac and iPhone to manage all the things I need to get done. I love Things, and typically don’t feel the need to go anywhere else to manage tasks. There are, however, times...
HyperSpaces – the Spaces You Love, Only Better
Tony Arnold set out to make Spaces better. And he has succeeded. HyperSpaces has been in the works for a while now. We reviewed it while in beta, and now that the final version has come to fruition, it’s time to look at it again.
If Spaces was elegant, simple, and easy to use, HyperSpaces...
Extremely Simple Todo Apps for the Mac
To quote David Allen1, Getting Things Done:
For the most part, the applications that are specifically designed for project organizing are way too complex, with too much horsepower to really be functional for 98 percent of what most people need to manage.
Task management is big business. As the market gets more and more crowded, software gets...
While no one was looking, the Apple Mail.app plugin WideMail makes a comeback in Snow Leopard
Filed under: Software, Productivity
Since upgrading, Snow Leopard users with widescreen displays may have been missing WideMail, the plugin for Mail.app that gives you a 3-column display of your messages. We mentioned it some time ago, and you may recall it...
“Cinch” your desktop windows into place
Filed under: Software, Productivity
Cinch is a new Mac utility from Irradiated Software. It helps keep your desktop windows organized by snapping them into predefined sizes and locations when you hold them near an edge of your screen. While its toolset...
Give your Dashboard a kick in the pants
Filed under: Productivity, Freeware
After reading through the comments on my post about Dashboard Widgets, I noticed quite a few people lamented the fact that the widgets have to go through a 'start-up' process every time you turn on your Mac or...Dragon Dictation comes to the iPhone. Wow.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, iPhone, App Review
Put this into the 'I didn't think they could ever get this to work on an iPhone' category. I'm talking about Dragon Dictation [iTunes link] from...
Quicksilver releases new beta 57
Filed under: OS, Software, Freeware, Open Source, Developer
Macworld notes that my absolute favorite application, and one of the reasons I became a Mac user in the first place, is not quite as dead and gone as many people suspected....The Pomodoro Technique, or how a tomato made me more productive
Filed under: Software, Cool tools, Odds and ends, iPhone
I've alluded to my search for personal organization a couple of times during 2009. While it's not something that I'm obsessing about, I now capture my major goals in Things,...
The 11 Best iPhone Apps of 2009