that canadian girl

As some of you know, in recent months, Andrew and I have been working on Alfred, our very own Mac productivity app. It’s been exciting, sometimes tough, but definitely enlightening. And finally, the fruit of our labour, the Powerpack, is nearly ready to be released. We’ve met and talked to tons of Mac users, developers [...]

In a “sun set to rise tomorrow morning” announcement, I can now confirm that, as a convert to the Church of Steve, I bought an iPad on the day of launch. While it may seem like a given to you, wise readers, I had somehow convinced myself in the two days before launch that I [...]

The past few days have been just a bit of a mad ride, following the launch of our Mac quicklaunch application, called Alfred, which garnered +2500 users in its first 48 hours. We created the Alfred App to fill our own need: A quicklaunch tool that can search your local computer as well as the [...]

It may be Easter weekend here in the UK, but for me, Friday is Just Another Work Day™. The best feeling however, is the one that accompanies ticking stuff off my immense task list, which is made easier by everyone else being on holiday. I’ve mentioned a few of my Getting Things Done tools in [...]

Earlier this week, I published a post on the Taptu blog looking at the challenges of creating and selling mobile applications outside of the iPhone bubble, in particular at how developer Jan Ole Suhr released a Twitter client for S60, causing a stir around the pricing. You know me, I love nothing more than a [...]

Getting a new Mac is a great experience; Apple have worked for many years to make the unboxing experience memorable and special. People talk about it, document it in photos or in video. But what happens when you’ve had it for a few weeks, months or years? It gets scratched, damaged or dirty. That “yummy new shiny machine” feeling disappears.

These top tips to keep your Mac from showing age are guaranteed to work an awful lot better than anti-ageing creams!

So it’s happened. Saint Jobs announced the Second Coming of his child, the Holy iPhone. Like Ben, I sat in front of my MacBook watching MacRumors, TUAW and Cali Lewis liveblog and report on the Keynote. Unlike Brian, I wasn’t mad (or privileged) enough to attend the Keynote at the Moscone Center, in SF. Keynotes [...]

Jane Dallaway suggested that I write about apps that help me get things done. As a Mac user, I love to try out new applications written by smaller developers, so I thought I’d share the list of everything I use regularly, so go have a look at my profile on IUseThis. I’ll go in more [...]

This is just a quick little heads-up for my fellow Mac users, Give Good Food to Your Mac is giving some big discounts, varying from 30% if you buy 3 apps to 70% if you buy ten. None of the apps were particularly interesting to me, since I’m already pretty well equipped, but you’ll find [...]

These are just awesome! I would absolutely love to have power button earrings. Posh frock, nice shoes, and geek earrings. Fun, a bit odd and unusual. How good would that be? 925works also does other stuff, like bracelets and necklaces, made out of coins, spoons, and other types of metal. Otherwise, I’d happily settle for [...]