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Morning for iPad
Morning is an iPad app that aims to get you as informed as possible about your upcoming day, through the use of various panels of information. These include weather, reminders, commute time, news, calendar, stocks, countdown(s), and date/time. This is a fairly customizable app. There are five different color schemes to choose from, and the info panels can be arranged any way…
Pushpin for Pinboard
Pinboard is a web service that allows users to bookmark and cache webpages easily. While it has a full suite of social features, it also can be used fully privately. Sadly, Pinboard isn't the most beautiful service on the web. It loads fine in Safari on iOS, but isn't the easiest way to interact with bookmarks. Pushpin is a great iOS app…
Ruck Strap
I'm going to let my Oklahoma bias show once again, this time with the Ruck Strap by HoldFast. Made in Tulsa, this camera strap is made of duck canvas and leather, and cleverly features a few places to keep small items. The two front pockets allow you to store credit cards, cash, memory cards, and other such things. The elastic band on…
Downcast for Mac
Downcast has long been one of the most popular "podcatcher" apps for iOS (I'm more of an Instacast guy myself, but the fact remains). If you've been wishing for a Mac version of Downcast, you're in luck because it just released today. It's got all the features you'd expect, such as subscription management, importing and exporting of OPML files, auto-updating schedules, smart…
Scanner Pro for iOS
Thanks to Nate Boateng, I found out that the well-regarded Scanner Pro is on sale for $2 right now (down from $7). This app will let you scan paper documents and receipts with your iPhone or iPad camera, then send those scans off to places like Evernote and Dropbox. It even uses an algorithm to clean up the images and make them…
LaCie eSATA Hub Thunderbolt Series
Thunderbolt is awesome. It's crazy fast and easy to use, but it's expensive. Most external hard drive builders still pack in FireWire 800 and eSATA to avoid the costs associated with the relatively new connector. eSATA is faster than FireWire 800, and thanks to the oddly-named LaCie eSATA Hub Thunderbolt Series device, users of Thunderbolt-equipped Macs can enjoy eSATA speed. The adaptor…
Box Card Case
Yesterday, I pointed out the excellent TGT Wallet, which was mainly designed with credit cards in mind. If the items you carry around in your pocket are more of the "loose change, keys, and earbuds" variety, the versatile Box Card Case by Hard Graft ($75) might be more your style. It's the newest member of their ever-popular Heritage Collection and maintains the…
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TGT Wallet
The TGT Wallet (pronounced like "tight wallet") is a great new wallet that sports a part-leather, part-elastic design. The leather is of the soft Italian variety and the elastic allows for all kinds of colorful choices to pick from. It's also very compact, despite being able to hold quite a lot of stuff. The elastic band can even snugly hold your iPhone.…
MINI Folding Bike
If you live in a big city where lots of people like to get around on bikes, you already know that it can be difficult to find a good space to park your own bike. Or sometimes you have to park a vehicle far away from your destination and it would help to have a small bike to finish the journey. The…
djay 2 for iOS
djay is an Apple Design Award-winning app that turns your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad into a full DJ booth, with manual mix modes, music library integration and more. The new version adds "HD Waveforms," a new tool that allows users to touch and interact with their music in an all-new way. The waveforms are color-coded and extremely accurate, making it easy…
‘Yesterday Was Only’ Book Series
John Carey runs two of my favorite photo blogs on the internet: the ever-popular Fifty Foot Shadows and the less-known but equally-good Yesterday Was Only. The latter is a project wherein John posts lovely photographs pretty much every day, and he compiles each month's photos into a book. Each volume – priced between $13 and $16 – is a perfect coffee table…
Zeitgeisty Books Bundle
The Zeitgeisty Books Bundle is a collection of books about making things and being awesome while you do it. Featured writers include Robin Sloan, Disrupto's Jack Cheng, Minimal Mac's Patrick Rhone, Justin Sirois, game designer Ian Bogost, and Bryan Young. The bundle is "pay what you want," but paying over $10 unlocks four additional books. All of the books are DRM-free, and…
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Ember for Mac
Ember is a brand-new Mac App that wants to be your digital scrapbook. It's a beautiful app made by the same guys who made the Clear to-do list app for Mac and iOS. Even the icon is gorgeous. Browse the web, subscribe to websites, save and share images, annotate those images, post to Tumblr, and generally keep all your favorite stuff from…
Mobee Technology Magic Charger
While most Apple users I know like the Magic Trackpad, I still prefer a mouse most days while at my desk. I use Apple's Magic Mouse, which while a few years old, still works really well with OS X's ever-growing collection of gestures. The Magic Mouse's battery life isn't terribly good, however. The Mobee Technology Magic Charger was designed to change that.…
Frontback
Frontback is a fun, simple, and totally free iPhone app with a singular purpose: it allows you to shoot with both the front and back cameras (one after the other), combining the images into a single photo that can then be shared with friends. Not much more to say than that.
Exotac Matchcap
If you do a lot of camping or hiking, you should check out the Exotac Matchcap waterproof match case. It's made of aircraft-grade aluminum and can hold quite a few strike-anywhere matches. It also has several types of built-in striker surfaces and a lanyard loop for convenience. This thing is very durable, will keep your matches dry, and it even floats on…
MaCool
There's a Kickstarter campaign happening right now for a product called MaCool, which is basically an insulated cooler designed to look like the original Macintosh. This thing may end up getting sued into oblivion by Apple, but I couldn't resist posting it because, well, just look at it! Now, if only it let you play Oregon Trail... Thanks, Alex!