Entries by Mike

MacVoices Holiday Gift Guide

I was on MacVoices this week as part of their annual Holiday Gift Guide series. Chuck Joiner and I talked through some of my favorite gift recommendations for the Mac users/Explorers in your life. The episodes also feature recommendations from Bart Busschots and Kirschen Seah, so check out the full conversation for their gift ideas. […]

GuideAlong for National Parks

In the summer of 2007, my girlfriend (now wife) and I went on a Globus bus tour through Italy. You know the type: the bus drops you off at a museum, you wear an earpiece while the tour guide talks into their microphone and holds a little stick in the air so you can follow […]

My Dictation Workflow

I’m so bad at spelling that I’m actually better at grammar; using a semicolon is easier than remembering whether I comes before E. As a result of my terrible spelling and tendency to avoid frustration, I’ve been trying to dictate my writing since middle school. If you’ve ever wondered how many children gleefully received Dragon […]

Distributing Tasks in Things 3 with AppleScript

I have some pretty good systems for capturing action items; maybe they are too good. Pair that with the fact that no matter how solid my weekly review feels, it’s easy to skip the next one. Pretty quickly, the inputs outpace the outputs, and like the second page of Google search results, there are corners […]

I’m Presenting at Macstock!

I am excited to be giving my first conference presentation since 2017 at the Macstock Conference and Expo next month! The workshop will help attendees create automated systems for their creative projects: both purposeful folder structures and project management workflows that actually get the work done. I was interviewed on the MacVoices podcast, which you […]