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Mac Power Users 138: Syncing and Sharing

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:45:00 GMT

David and Katie revisit the topic of syncing and discuss how to sync information between your various devices and share with others.

Links for this episode:

Synology Network Attached Storage

Synology Network Attached Storage - Cloud Services

Simperium

Simperium is a service for developers to move dataeverywhere it's needed, instantly and automatically.

iCloud does more than store your content — it lets you access your music, photos, calendars, contacts, documents, and more, from whatever device you’re on. And it’s built into every new iOS device and every new Mac.

Dropbox

SugarSync

Box.com (formerly box.net)

Google Drive

Downcast

Instacast 3

Instacast for Mac - Public Beta Available

30 Minutes To Sync

1Password 4.2 for iOS gets huge update

Black Pixel - The Return of NetNewsWire

Together for Mac

iCloud - Photo Sharing

MPU 047: Dropbox Awesomeness

MPU 004: Staying in Sync

Dropbox

Photostream

DropDAV

iTunes - Match

Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

MacSparky Screencast - Email Sorcery on Vimeo

Klingon Weapon Guide

The lands stretching from the western slopes of Kri'staK to the waters of Lursor have been the home of the House of Toragh since the formation of the Empire. At the foot of Kri'stak lies the Heart of Kri'stak - the Forge of the House of Toragh. The sons of Toragh have supplied Klingon warriors with the finest blades in the Empire - 'etlhmey vaQqu' - for over 1500 years. These are but a few examples.

Finding the best app for lists | Macworld

Many great apps for the Mac, iPad, and iPhone will keep track of your to-do list. But what about other lists—ones that aren't composed of things you have to do but instead are just lists of things?

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OmniPresence

iCloud: Share a calendar with others

How to create shared Reminders with iCloud in Mac OS X 10.8.2 | Macworld

by John Chandler

Google Drive App

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Mac Power Users 137: Workflows with Aisha Tyler

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:30:00 GMT

Aisha Tyler talks to Katie and David about being an "Art Shark." We discuss Aisha's work, creating podcasts, videos and books and how she manages her business.

Links for this episode:

Aisha's site

Aisha on Wikipedia

Aisha on IMDb

girl on guy

Aisha Tyler (aishatyler) on Twitter

Aisha's TV Show - The Talk

Archer - Aisha's Animated Series

Swerve - Aisha's Book

Amazon.com: Shure SM58-LC Cardioid Vocal Microphone without Cable: Musical Instruments

Amazon.com: ART Splitcom Pro 2 Way Microphone Splitter and Combiner: Musical Instruments

FiRe 2 - Field Recorder

Zoom H4n Handy Portable Digital Recorder

XLR Adapter with Pre-Amplifier - VeriCorder Technology Store

Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation by Aisha Tyler

Aisha Tyler - No A** at all Music Video

5by5 | Mac Power Users #105: Workflows With Music Video Director Greg Jardin

The Making Of "In Your Arms" (Stop Motion Animation) - YouTube

In Your Arms - Kina Grannis (Official Music Video) Stop Motion Animation - YouTube

Square

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Tout

Vine

Calvetica

BuddhaJones : Nichiren Buddhism with a Question Mark

Final Draft

Notational Velocity

Notesy

The CW Announces the Return of Whose Line is it Anyway? - ComingSoon.net

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Mac Power Users 136: iOS Automation

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Sun, 05 May 2013 19:00:00 GMT

David and Katie talk about their favorite apps and tools for automating tasks on iOS

Links for this episode:

TextExpander Touch

TextExpander Touch Video

TextExpander touch SDK

URL Scheme Basics - iPhone Development 101

ScreenCastsOnline - SCOI0097 1Password & URL Schemes

5by5 | Mac Power Users #48: GoodReader

Drafts - Agile Tortoise

Agile Tortoise - Greg Pierce's Apps

Launch Center Pro

ScreenCastsOnline - SCOI0066 Launch Center Pro

Launch Center Supported Actions

MacStories: How Pythonista Changed My Workflow

Serioustiger: Alfred 2 and bookmakers

MacSparky: History of Workflow

MacSparky: The OmniFocus Mail Drop

KatieFloyd.me: Publishing a Tutorial With Clarify

Pythonista

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Clarify A better way to work with screenshots.

Mac Power Users 135: Workflows with Serenity Caldwell

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:30:00 GMT

David and Katie sit down with Serenity Caldwell to talk about working from home, her favorite Apps, standing desks, authoring ebooks, and a whole lot more.

Links for this episode:

Serenity at Macworld

Serenity on Twitter

Serenity's Site - I Wear Many Hats

Serenity's About.me Page

HipChat

Campfire

Google Hangout

Dropbox

Dropbox - Selective Sync

Selective Sync is a feature of the Dropbox desktop application that allows you to select only the folders you want to be synced to your computer. Selective Sync gives you the control to ensure you have only the files you need on any computer. It's especially handy if you want to save space on netbooks and other computers with small hard drives.

Ninja Standing Desk

OWC Mercury SSD

Cloud (Web Service)

Cloud.App

Screens

Alfred

MPU - Alfred 2 Show

David and Katie take a deep dive into Alfred 2.0, an application launcher and productivity application for Mac.

Breaktime

Fantastical

Reflector.app

Screenflow 4

MacSparky - Task Management When the Bullets are Flying

You Tube: Alternative Publishing Panel from Macworld

Liz Castro - Pigs, Gourds, and Wikis

Wikipedia - Comparison of eBook Formats

Macworld Superguides

Wikipedia - The Wheel of Time

The Wheel of Time is a series of epic fantasy novels written by American author James Oliver Rigney, Jr., under the pen name Robert Jordan. Originally planned as a six-book series, The Wheel of Time now spans fourteen volumes, in addition to a prequel novel and a companion book.

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Mac Power Users 134: Mac Utilities

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:00:00 GMT

David and Katie review their favorite utilities for the Mac.

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Onyx

Maintenance

Moom

Yoink

PopClip

PopClip Extensions

Palua

Bartender

Quiet

Trickster

Better Touch Tool

Screenfloat

ClamXav

CleanMyMac 2

MacHeist nanoBundle

Cocktail

Drive Genius

Carbon Copy Cloner

SuperDuper!

Calendar Cleaner

CrashPlan

Contacts Cleaner

Cheat Sheet

DaisyDisk

Desktop Curtain

Flux

iCleanMemory

iStatMenus

Mac Tracker

Secrets

Katie's Airplay Post (Made with Clarify)

Clarify

Fantastical

BusyCal

Unclutter

Piezo

AudioBook Builder

Jettison

GrowlVoice

Caffeine

Display Menu

Time Machine Editor

Reflector

Printopia

Alfred

LaunchBar

LogMeIn

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Hover Domain name and email management made simple.

Clarify A better way to work with screenshots.

Mac Power Users 133: Alfred 2

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 02:15:00 GMT

David and Katie take a deep dive into Alfred 2.0, an application launcher and productivity application for Mac.

Links for this episode:

Alfred

Alfred PowerPack

ScreenCastsOnline: Alfred v2 Masterclass - Part 1

ScreenCastsOnline: Alfred v2 Masterclass - Part 2

ScreenCastsOnline: Alfred v2 Masterclass - Part 3

TechnicallySimple: Alfred 2 Hotkeys Screencast

MPU 007: LaunchBar Blackbelt

QuickSilver

The Merlin Show: Screencast on Quicksilver's "Comma Trick"

Alfred 2 Workflow List

Wolfram|Alpha workflow

Recent Docs, Folders, Apps + Favorites

Markable

Transporter Videos

Connected Data App

Airfoil

Dyslexis Typeface

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Hover Domain name and email management made simple.

BeeDocs The most simple way to make beautiful multimedia timelines.

Mac Power Users 132: Merlin Returns

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:15:00 GMT

Returning for his annual appearance, Merlin Mann joins Katie and David to talk Evernote, GTD, iPad, Podcasting and his favorite Apps.

Links for this episode:

Merlin's Website

Back to Work

Merlin on Twitter

Kung Fu Grippe

How I went paperless with Hazel and Evernote

Evernote

Evernote Web Clipper

Evernote Hello

IFTTT

ScanSnap ix500

Dropbox

Hazel

DaisyDisk

Gemini

BusyCal

1Password (Mac)

1Password (iOS)

Pastebot

Drafts

Fantastical (iOS)

Fantastical

Calendars

Contacts Cleaner

Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K760 for Mac/iPad/iPhone

Getting Things Done

Syncman

Alfred

LaunchBar

Quicksilver

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Mac Power Users 131: Markdown Revisited

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:00:00 GMT

David and Katie are joined by Eddie Smith of Practically Efficient to discuss the new MacSparky Field Guide: Markdown co-authored by David and Eddie.

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[Sponsor] DaisyDisk

Markdown Field Guide Landing Page

Markdown Field Guide in the iBookstore

Markdown Field Guide PDF Version

Practically Efficient

Byword

nvALT

Notesy

Nebulous Notes

iA Writer

WriteMonkey (for PC)

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Mac Power Users 130: Computing with Kids

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:30:00 GMT

David and Katie are joined by Natali Morris to talk about kids and technology. Topics include why it's important to introduce kids to tech, keeping children safe online, monitoring and limiting access and Natali's favorite apps and accessories.

Links for this episode:

Natali's Website

Natali on Twitter

Mommy Beta

Natali on Pinterest

Macworld: Configuring Parental Controls

Macworld: Limiting your kids' iOS use

OpenDNS

Transporter How To Videos

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

iOS: About Guided Access

How to put your iPad into "Guest User" mode with Guided Access

Woogie 2!

Luvion Baby Monitors

Lorex Baby Monitors

The OmniFocus Setup Videos

Magic Piano

The OmniFocus Setup

Learn ABCs

Grandpa's Workshop

Counting Bears

Apple Video on Parental Controls

Duck Duck Moose Apps

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Hover Domain name and email management made simple.

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Mac Power Users 129: Workflows with Lex Friedman

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:00:00 GMT

David and Katie chat with Macworld Senior Writer Lex Friedman about telecommuting cross-country, writing for Macworld, treadmill desks and his favorite Apps.

Links for this episode:

LexFriedman.com

Unprofessional

Lex on Twitter

Moom

BBEdit

Fluid

Silent iCloud Email Filtering

MailPlane

TreadDesk

Bartender

Take Five

CloudApp

Trickster

Fantastical

PopClip

Lex and his Windows Phone

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Mac Power Users 128: Typography with Ina Saltz

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Typography expert Ina Saltz explains why type matters and gives some great tips for using typography wisely.

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Typography Essentials, by Ina Saltz

Typography Referenced

San Francisco Typeface

Original Mac Fonts

New York Times Article: Believable Typefaces

Comic Serif

ihatecomicsans.com

Papyrus Thanks James Cameron

Wikipedia on Arial

MyFonts.com

Font Explorer X

YouTube video explaining security risks with web printing

Typography for Lawyers

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Squarespace Squarespace.com: Make a great website easily.

Mac Power Users 127: Workflows with Clayton Morris

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

David and Katie sit down with Clayton Morris from Fox News to learn about his workflows.

Links for this episode:

Clayton Morris on Fox News

Clayton on Twitter

ReadQuick

Photography Begins

Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover Black for iPad 2 and iPad

Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard mini

Evernote

Audible

Wondersauce

mophie juice pack helium

Dragon Dictate 3 for Mac

Drobo 5D

Sonos

VIZIO SB4020E-A0 40-Inch 2.0 Home Theater Sound Bar

VIZIO SB4021E-A0 40-Inch 2.1 Home Theater Sound Bar with Wireless Subwoofer

WeMo

Photomatix

Read Quick

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4

Stuck in Customs - Trey Ratcliff

Streamboard

Reeder for iPhone

Reeder for iPad

Reeder for Mac

ScreenFlow

Caffeine

Photosmith

Instapaper

Hazel

TrekDesk

John Coltrane - Ballads

Guitar Zero

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DaisyDisk Manager your Mac's drive with panache.

Mac Power Users 126: The Mac Home Server

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Special guest Shawn Blanc joins Katie and David to talk about setting up a Mac to use as a home server. We talk configuration, use cases, media applications, automation tools and more.

Links for this episode:

[Sponsor] Squarespace

[Sponsor] Shutterstock

[Sponsor] Hover

[Sponsor] Fujitsu Scansnap

Shawn Blanc

Shawn on Twitter

Shawn's Home Server Post

Shawn's Membership Drive

OWC - Mac Sales

File Vault 2

iDentify

Handbrake

iFlicks

PlexApp

Air Video

June Cloud - Deliveries

If This Then That

Dropvox

Crashplan

CloudPull

Carbon Copy Cloner

Printopia

Generational

Eye-Fi Card

OpenDNS

Drobo

SpamSieve

Hazel

AirParrot

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Mac Power Users 125: Essential iPad

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:00:00 GMT

David and Katie discuss their iPad setup, and essential apps and accessories.

Links for this episode:

[Sponsor] Transporter

[Sponsor] OmniFocus

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[Sponsor] Squarespace

Nerdy Professionals - David's iPad legal seminar

Evernote

Reeder

Instapaper

Tweetbot

Byword

PDFpen

Dropbox

Notability

Soulvr

Kindle

AirVideo

OmniFocus

IMDB

Drafts for iPad

1Password

Screens

GoodReader

Calcbot

TextExpander

AirDisplay

iBooks

SCOTutor for iPad

SCOTutor for iOS 6

Zagg FLEX

Apple TV

Associating and verifying email addresses with your Apple ID

Waterfield Design Bags

OmniFocus 2 Debut

OmniFocus 2 Debut Video

Dodo Case

Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard

Find Friends

Comixology

Flipboard

MacSparky - Mediation Numbers Spreadsheet

Writing Kit

Garage Band

WriteRoom

Jasmine

Mr. Reader

Google Search

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Mac Power Users 124: Live at Macworld/iWorld

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:00:00 GMT

Katie and David do a show in front of a live audience at Macworld/iWorld 2013 where they share their best finds from the show floor, catch up with listener feedback, and take questions from the show floor.

Links for this episode:

Power Trekk

Double Robotics

Mauzup

iStop Motion for iPad

ScreenCastsOnline

Seagate Wireless Plus Hard Drive

XFlex Stand

Kanex XD - iMac to HDTV

Kanex MySpot

Debut of OmniFocus 2

Bluetooth Calculator Keypad

Day One

Gorilla Body Weight Exercise App

Sleep Cycle

Oh LIfe

Note Taker HD

Step Stats

Notes Plus

Periodic Table of Data Visualization

Wii Fit

MacCast

Reflector

Rode Podcaster

ScreenFlow 4

SCOTutor: ScreenFlow

Kanex ATVPRO AirPlay Mirroring for VGA Projector

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Mac Power Users 123: Workflows with Craig Hockenberry

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:00:00 GMT

Craig Hockenberry joins Katie and David to talk about working in Internet-distributed company, how he creates apps, and getting started with app programming.

Links for this episode:

[Sponsor] Fujitsu Scansnap

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Furbo.org - Craig's blog

Craig on Twitter

Twitterrific

Craig's App Development Book

Icon Factory

xScope

Take Five

Folklore.org - Stories of the First Mac

Bill Atkinson's Photocard App

MacPaint

Dogcow

Susan Kare

Basecamp

Glassboard

Siracusa - Avoiding Copeland 2010

Xcode

BBEdit

Google Chrome

Apple Safari

Black Pixel Apps

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DaisyDisk Manager your Mac's drive with panache.

Mac Power Users 122: Another look at iTunes

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:15:00 GMT

With the recent release of iTunes 11, Katie and David go back to iTunes and discuss the applications significant changes and their favorite iTunes workflows.

Links for this episode:

iTunes Through the Ages

[Sponsor] Drobo

[Sponsor] Squarespace

[Sponsor] 1Password

[Sponsor] Transporter

The New iTunes

Reverting to iTunes 10

Back to Work

MusicBrainz

Picard

TuneUp

Doug's Scripts

MPU 66: iTunes Match

Disable Time Machine Local Backups in Lion

Amazon Cloud Player

Downcast

Instacast

Songza

SmartSleep

Spotify

Pandora

Due

MacJournal

Linda.com WordPress Tutorial

Tutsplus.com WordPress Tutorial

WP Apprentice

WordPress Central

WordPress Lessons

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Drobo Redefine your personal storage.

Mac Power Users 121: The Website Show

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT

Katie and David talk to John Chandler about the getting started with web publishing including Mac based software solutions, WordPress, Squarespace, Tumblr, and more.

Links for this episode:

by John Chandler

John's Twitter Account

Squarespace

Scriptogram

Sandvox

[Sponsor] TextExpander

[Sponsor] PDFpen

WordPress Engine

RapidWeaver

WordPress.Org

WordPress.com

Page.ly

Bluehost

WordPress Plugin Directory

Tumblr

Medium

Scriptogram

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Mac Power Users 120: Taking Notes with Mike Rohde

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:15:00 GMT

David and Katie are joined by Mike Rohde, author of the Sketchnote Handbook, to talk about analog and digital forms of note taking.

Links for this episode:

About Mike

The Sketchnote Army

Frictionless Capture Cards

Delve Withrington's Fonts

Sketchnotes

The Sketchnote Handbook

Rohdesign Web site

Moleskine

Field Notes

Scanner Pro

Pear Note

Simplenote

Just Notes

Listary

Evernote

QuoteBook App

Adobe Ideas

Notability

Livescribe pen

Paper iPad App

Pilot G2

Pentel Energel

Jet Pens

Fisher Space Pen

Zebra Sarasa Pen

Pilot Vanishing Point Pen

Pen Addict

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Mac Power Users 119: Geek Fitness

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:15:00 GMT

David and Katie talk about the geeky tools they're using to help get in shape.

Links for this episode:

Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale

Fitbit One

Fitbit Zip

Withings - Wifi Bodyscale

EatSmart Precision Digital Bathroom Scale

Weight Watchers

Lose It!

SCOI0082 MyFitnessPal

P90X

MyFitnessPal Mobile Apps

Workout Trainer

cnet: Road testing the Nike+ FuelBand and the Fitbit Ultra

Nike+ Fuelband

Jawbone Up

David's Geek Weight Loss Post

TechHive: Keep fitness resolutions on track with these free apps

Sleep Cycle

OmniFocus: The Setup

The OmniFocus: The Debut

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Mac Power Users 118: Resolutions

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:00:00 GMT

David and Katie talk about some great geek resolutions including a tech security audit, using an electronic diary, geek estate planning, locking down social networks, offsite backup, and creating something amazing with an iLife app. David also gets to use the word Neuroplasticity and explain why that makes him happy.

Links for this episode:

Katie's 4 Backup Rules

Setting up Two-Factor Authentication with PayPal

1Password Post on Two Step Authentication

Google Two Factor Verification

Day One App

Dragon Dictate 3

Techhive Social Network Stalking Article

Lifehacker on adjusting privacy settings

Using ShopSafe and iTunes

Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days

Satechi Bluetooth Smart Pointer Mobile Presenter

1Password Emergency Kit

Good Habits

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Mac Power Users 117: The Feedback Show

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:30:00 GMT

Katie and David go in depth on some of the most common feedback topics including iOS writing workflows, Evernote, syncing, file storage and sharing techniques, and Katie's home server.

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Notational Velocity

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Kiva

Katie's Backup to Drobo Post

ShutterSnitch - Better iOS Eye-Fi sync

Byword

DaisyDisk

Day One Journal App

Drafts App

TextExpander to Evernote Snippet

Evernote

Eye-Fi Card

The Mac mini

David's OmniFocus Screencasts

The OmniFocus Setup

Transporter Kickstarter Project

Carbon Copy Cloner

SuperDuper

Scanner Pro

Chronosync

CrashPlan

MacSparky: The OmniFocus Mail Drop

Dropbox Camera Upload

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Mac Power Users 116: Workflows with Glenn Fleishman

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:00:00 GMT

David and Katie sit down with Glenn Fleishman to discuss his work as a freelance writer and editor, working from home, BBEdit, and what it takes to become a two-time Jeopardy Champion.

Links for this episode:

Glenn's Web site

Glenn on Twitter

Glenn on App.net

RSS Feed of Glenn's Articles

Practical Mac (Seattle Times)

Babbage Blog (The Economist)

The Magazine

Jeopardy!

TidBITS

The Incomparable

BBEdit

Yojimbo

TextWrangler

Take Control of BBEdit

Coda 2

Brett Terpstra's Markdown Service Tools

MailSmith

Dropbox

Trello

Johnny Gilbert

J-Archive

Skype

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Mac Power Users 115: Geek Gift Guide

David Sparks & Katie Floyd — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:15:00 GMT

From bluetooth meat thermometers to build your own robot kits and everything in between, David and Katie discuss their gift ideas for the geek in your life.

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