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My thanks to Flexibits for sponsoring the RSS feed this week. Fantastical is an excellent Mac app that I use every day. It's definitely worth checking out. Fantastical is the Mac calendar app you'll actually love to use. Type in that you have "Lunch with John on Friday at 1pm" and Fantastical will schedule it! Or type in that you need to…
My thanks to Sudoku Touch for sponsoring the RSS feed this week. Sudoku Touch is the world's simplest Sudoku, incorporating an innovative and clean interface, 5 levels of difficulty and gorgeous retina graphics. Powered by advanced handwriting recognition, Sudoku Touch is a joy to use. It is available today at a special price of 99c from the App Store. It works on…
One-of-a-kind writing instruments and office gear from Japan that you can’t find in your local office store. Everything from gel pens so fine they can write on a grain of rice to carbon fiber fountain pens. Free shipping for orders over $25. Find out what makes Japanese pens so special at www.JetPens.com...it'll be love at first write! * My thanks…
My thanks to Igloo Software for sponsoring the RSS feed this week. Work isn't a place — it's what you do. And you might work on a lot of devices — a Mac, an iPhone, an iPad — in a lot of places. You might work on the road or maybe from home (with your AeroPress and clickity keyboard). And that makes…
My thanks to Minigroup for sponsoring the RSS feed this week. An Atlanta design firm uses Minigroup to work smarter and keep its clients happy. Braizen uses Minigroup to manage projects and collaborate and communicate with their clients. A minigroup is a private, secure online space where members communicate with posts and comments, share large files, and manage projects. Braizen uses one…
My thanks to Viper Comics for sponsoring the Tools & Toys RSS feed this week. Inspired by true events, World War Hack is a graphic novel that tells the story of how the U.S. Government gathers top computer hackers from around the country, under the guise of a hacking competition, to unknowingly help solve a pressing national security crisis. Little does the…
My thanks to Byword for sponsoring the Tools & Toys RSS feed this week. Modern writers don't just sit at a desk and write. Sometimes it's great to be able to write, edit or proofread when and where inspiration strikes and not be restrained by a single device or location. Byword makes this kind of workflow easy by integrating iCloud and Dropbox…
My thanks to the One More Thing Conference for sponsoring the RSS feed this week. Interested in the design, development and business of iOS apps? At One More Thing, our goal is to get developers confident, psyched, and ready to move from dreaming of making apps to just doing it. Learn from awesome developers & designers such as: Loren Brichter (Tweetie/ex-Twitter) Neven…
My thanks to PopClip for sponsoring the RSS feed this week. — — — When Apple announced they were bringing iOS features "Back to the Mac" with OS X Lion (and doubled down on it with Mountain Lion), the iOS implementation of copy and paste was not included. PopClip is a clever Mac app that brings iOS-style copy and paste to OS…
Editor's Note: TextExpander is one of those staple apps on my Mac that when it's not running I feel handicapped. I have over 60 snippets I use -- from email signatures, to Amazon and iTunes link codes, to custom replies for emails, to common miscapitalizations of certain words, and more. Moreover, those snippets sync to my iPhone and iPad via TextExpander's iOS…
Do you type the same things again and again? TextExpander will save you time and keystrokes. Just assign short abbreviations to your frequently-used snippets of text and TextExpander does the work for you. You can also use one of the included snippet libraries for HTML, CSS, autocorrection, accented words and URL shorteners. Try it out — there's a free demo at Smile…
Discover better internet video without all the searching. Create personalized video channels by connecting your Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Google Reader accounts. You can also bookmark videos with your Instapaper and Readability bookmarklets to watch on your iPhone, iPad or Android phone. We also integrate with Evernote, Youtube and Vimeo. Browse from our carefully curated list of channels which have an eclectic…
TinyLetter is the simplest way to send email newsletters. Creating signup forms is a breeze, and TinyLetter even makes it easy to reply to your readers individually. It's also free. TinyLetter doesn't have all the features most email services offer. It's built for people, not business. Just compose your message, send it to your readers, and find out what they think. That's…
The UI prototyping phase of the design process is crucial to get right. It's about figuring out how your product will work, and ensuring everyone is aligned before moving into building. InVision is a web-based prototyping tool that lets you paint an accurate and realistic picture that anyone can understand. InVision is beautiful on Mobile as well. Simply navigate to your project…
kooaba Shortcut is a shortcut between real life and the Internet. Take a picture of what you are reading in a newspaper or magazine and instantly get connected to the digital version. Using image-recognition technology, Shortcut recognizes what you're reading. Once recognized, you can share the digital version of the pages via Facebook, Twitter, SMS, and email, or store them in Evernote.…
Déjà Vu is your visual memory. Use the app by taking pictures of things you would like to remember. For example, products you see in a magazine, recipes you read in a cooking book, wine labels in a restaurant, Newspaper article, DVDs, CDs or event flyers. Each picture is a visual memo. A regular camera app doesn’t distinguish those photos of stuff…
MindNode is an elegant, easy-to-use mind mapping tool for Mac and iOS. Whether you're brainstorming for your next project, organizing your life, or planning your vacation, MindNode lets you collect, structure, and expand your ideas. And thanks to built-in Dropbox and WiFi sharing, even your biggest ideas can go anywhere your iPhone does. MindNode is easy mind mapping for your Mac, iPad,…
My thanks to Scrivener for being this week's featured sponsor on Tools & Toys. Writing a book or research paper is about more than hammering away at the keys until it's done. Research, shuffling index cards to find that elusive structure — most software is only fired up after much of the hard work is completed. Enter Scrivener, a content-generation tool that…
At HelpSpot we're big supporters of open source software and simply couldn't run our business without it. So, 6 years ago we created Open Source Help Desk List to assist companies looking for an open source help desk software solution. It's success has been beyond our wildest expectations; serving as an invaluable tool for thousands of companies to find the solution they…
Carnegie Mellon University's Master of Information Systems Management (MISM) degree with a Business Intelligence and Data Analytics (BIDA) concentration is developing an elite set of graduates cross-trained in business process analysis and skilled in predictive modeling, GIS mapping, analytical reporting, segmentation analysis, and data visualization. Students in the MISM-BIDA program acquire the skills to integrate cutting edge information and analytic technology practices…