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Quick Look: Screens 4 for iPad
It’s been a little less than a year since I last wrote about Screens. The purpose of the app hasn’t changed: it’s still a VNC app for remotely connecting to a Mac or PC from an iOS device. But there...
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More Notes on OneNote for iPad
I’m back on the OneNote boat. Again. I’m still not in love, but I am trying to give it a real go and shake off all of the Evernote-specific habits I’ve made over the last six years. OneNote is quite...
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Quick Look: EasilyDo Mail
Email clients come and go with great regularity these days. There’s always someone working hard to come up with the next big thing. In an already crowded category, it’s increasingly hard to stand...
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Quick Look: Mountie Monitor Extender
Tell me if this sounds familiar to you–you’re working on your laptop and you wish you had just a little more real-estate on your screen. Having another window open can go a long way unmaking you more...
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Ulysses 2.6 for iPad
I can’t believe they’re calling Ulysses 2.6 a dot update. Adding WordPress publishing, Dropbox sync, and universal search feel like much more than that. And, they even had the nerve to add Typewriter...
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My Main Concern With Apple Notes: No Good Export
The last time I wrote about Apple Notes was in early July. I wrote that post to try and balance out all of the very strongly-worded posts about dumping Evernote and jumping to Apple Notes, the newest...
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Publishing to WordPress with Ulysses 2.6
Publishing on iOS has never been a terribly smooth process for me. The closest I got was the Blogsy app, which had a WYSYWIG editor and support for multiple blogs. Unfortunately it had an interface...
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Popular Email Client Cloud Magic is now Newton, and it’s Packed with Power...
One of my favorite email clients, Cloud Magic is now Newton. Cloud Magic was already a clean, fast reliable way to navigate and triage your email. With a reliable push notification system, and...
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A Second Round with OneNote for iPad
I’ve given OneNote another shot over the past few months, using it both at work and at home for tracking receipts and personal thoughts. I’ve written about OneNote before, but I don’t think I really...
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Quick Look: Screens 4.2 for iPad
It’s been a while since I talked about Screens, the VNC app that helps me remotely control my Mac from my iOS devices.Screens 4.2 came out this past week and introduced an interesting set of in-app...
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Quick Look: Bear for iPad
The screenshot above should also make it obvious, but if you were wondering if iOS has just received another really good-looking notes app that also sync with the Mac, then the answer is yes. Bear...
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Quick Look: Gmail for iPad
I really like the default Mail app on the iPad. I think it’s a great example of what a good iPad Pro app should be. It supports a lot of different keyboard shortcuts, has a cool three-pane panel for...
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Evaluating 1Password for Families
I’ve been a 1Password user for a few years now, but it was only recently that I decided to look into their subscription service. 1Password for Families is a $60/year subscription service that provides...
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Duet Display now adds Touch Bar Functionality to Your iPad
The excellent iPad app, Duet Display has always been one of my favorite apps for adding an extra display to my MacBook at home and PC while at the office. Screen real estate comes at a premium these...
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Cloud Storage on iOS: iCloud, OneDrive, and Dropbox
Cloud storage services have been an incredibly useful way of working around 128 and 266 GB storage limits on modern iPads, but I’m still feeling torn about which solution is best for me. I know of...
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My Take On Evernote in 2017
Evernote has had a rockier time in the public eye in the past year. Last June they increased their pricing and put some harder limits on the free accounts. This opened the service up to a lot of...
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Quick Look: Zenkit, an alternative Product Management tool to Trello
The idea of productivity can best be described as a tug of war for me. What I mean by that is that I strive to be a productive person, but often get caught up in finding the most productive way to be...
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Apple Aquires Workflow, Promptly Makes Existing Users Angry
When I saw the news that Apple had acquired the DeskConnect team and their very popular app Workflow last week, I was excited. This seemed like a perfect move, especially as the early battle for...
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More Thoughts On OneNote for iPad
I take a lot of notes. Some of them are little scribbles with just a title, whereas others are more involved documents with attachments, links, and ordered lists. I like to keep these notes digital...
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Third-Party Keyboards on iOS 9
It’s been a while since I’ve written about third-party keyboards for the iPad, and that’s because the experience on iOS 8 really sucked, despite there being some really great ideas out there. I love...
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