I usually reserve this sort of thing for status updates on Facebook, but based on what Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talked about last week at the IGNITION Conference in New York1, I felt that it was appropriate to put my thoughts here in a much longer form. Anne is my wife, and she is simply […]
The word “blog” has become a thorn in the side of many of us who write online, and it boils down to one big reason: Devaluation. The term “blog” devalues the craft of writing – at least it does now. That’s because content farms hire “bloggers” to write stuff for them at a pittance of
Today marks the return of Apparent Software’s productivity app package known as the Productive Macs bundle — and this year’s included apps are pretty darn stellar. And you can save 85% by buying them in the bundle — they’re usually $264 separately. Productive Macs is offering them all for just $39.99. Included in the 8 app bundle
So after many, many years of trying, I managed to finally acquire my very own “dot-com”. As in, MikeVardy.com. I was kind of caught off guard when I found out that it had become available; the person who had it before had it for what seemed like forever. I put it to Google+ as to
This comes from Mike Gowen, who has taken part in answering a question on Quora about the reason Path added sleeping1 as one of its five moment types: “It also has an interesting (and possibly unintended) side effect, in that it positions itself as the first app you are compelled to open when you wake
After proudly displaying my setup a while back, I wound up striking up an online conversation with Brad over at JetPens. Seeing that I’m a bit of a pen/pencil/paper junkie, he sent me some stuff to play with.1 The second item I’m going to offer up for review is the Pilot Hi-Tec-C gel ink pen I
In this, the penultimate post in my Journey to Markdown series, I’m going to get into how Markdown integrated with my writing workflow, and how I use the apps I’ve mentioned as part of my writing workflow now that Markdown is a part of it. My Mac Workflow I’m writing this piece in Byword, which
So…it’s done. I shaved off my mo’ and won’t be growing another one. I’m glad I pitched in to help fight prostate cancer this time around by putting my upper lip on the block, but next time I’ll be doing the donating. I’m not a fan of me in a moustache — and neither is
Today I’ll be going to a local meetup that focuses on apps, organized by my good friend Dan Parks on a regular basis. The guy gives those that attend some printed packages on what he’s discussing to take home. He goes to a lot of trouble and puts in more effort than most would for
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