July 2024

Here Jul 14, 2024

June 2024

Light Switch in a Dark Room Jun 08, 2024

May 2024

Inner Workings May 29, 2024

March 2024

It’s not about the 30 percent Mar 21, 2024

February 2024

Break the Build On Purpose Feb 06, 2024
Because what the world needs is one more post about their initial reactions to using Vision Pro, here’s mine. Feb 04, 2024

January 2024

“…not worthy of your love.” Jan 17, 2024
Modern-day Apple Jan 16, 2024

September 2023

Using Reminders to Add Attachments to Calendar Events Sep 17, 2023

July 2023

MouseosaurusRex Jul 31, 2023

September 2022

Do good. Get even more apps. Sep 05, 2022

July 2022

Straight out of 2003 Jul 04, 2022

May 2022

Ode to That Thing We All Loved Dearly but Also Understand That Its Time Has Passed and We Should Probably Just Move On May 12, 2022

March 2022

Half-assed Followup Mar 06, 2022
Half-assed Mac Apps Mar 04, 2022

January 2022

Roar Notifications Jan 04, 2022

December 2021

A Better Way to Copy Two-Factor Codes on macOS Dec 18, 2021
Retina Studio Dec 01, 2021

November 2021

Triple Tap to Capture Nov 30, 2021
Capture Thing Nov 23, 2021

October 2021

That Person Exists Oct 28, 2021
The 4:15 to San Francisco Oct 09, 2021
Six Oct 09, 2021

September 2021

Augmented Reality Ducks Sep 30, 2021
Conversations in the Dark with a Six-Year-Old Sep 17, 2021

August 2021

A Computer Company Aug 06, 2021

July 2021

The Title Jul 20, 2021
MeetingBuddy Jul 19, 2021
Delight on a Grand Scale Jul 10, 2021

June 2021

Three Things Again Jun 26, 2021
This Only Happens Here Jun 25, 2021
Time Machine Jun 25, 2021
Let’s Reimplement an Amazing First-Party Feature in the Dumbest Way Possible Jun 18, 2021
“No thanks to the App Store” Jun 06, 2021
The Entire Amount of Commerce Jun 06, 2021

May 2021

TextBuddy is a Mac|Life Editor’s Choice May 27, 2021
Extra Searchable Meeting Notes May 20, 2021

April 2021

Finder Catalog Numbers Apr 01, 2021

March 2021

Mortal Mac App Sins Mar 20, 2021
Calendar Hero Mar 07, 2021
TextBuddy for macOS Mar 01, 2021

February 2021

Receipts Feb 13, 2021
Roundabout Syncing Feb 04, 2021

January 2021

An Email Followup About Standing Desks and Ultrawide Monitors Jan 27, 2021
Ow, My Back Jan 20, 2021

December 2020

240 Invisible Pixels Dec 13, 2020
One Year of App Pricing Experiments Dec 09, 2020

November 2020

Standup.app Nov 30, 2020

October 2020

The Apple Hero 2020 Needs Oct 30, 2020
Voxmail – Voice Email with Siri Oct 25, 2020
Talking to OmniFocus Oct 24, 2020
Motivation Oct 17, 2020
Does Not Contain Oct 10, 2020
Dot Dee Tee Oct 09, 2020
Five Oct 09, 2020
Solving Problems on Systematic Oct 08, 2020
The App That Never Was Oct 01, 2020

September 2020

Digital Heirlooms Sep 26, 2020
Sample Code to Make your Mac App Open at Launch and How to Handle Global Keyboard Shortcuts Sep 21, 2020
Listen Up Sep 17, 2020
Don’t Let Experience Get in Your Way Sep 11, 2020
Surtainly Not Sep 05, 2020

August 2020

Shelley Aug 27, 2020
Merging and Deduplicating a Whole Lot of Google Photos Aug 22, 2020
An Epic Blog Post Aug 16, 2020
Download Jigsaw for macOS Aug 05, 2020
Visually Syncing Your Mac’s Desktop Aug 02, 2020

July 2020

DIY Video Hosting Jul 20, 2020
Process Jul 15, 2020

June 2020

BespokeApp Jun 29, 2020
A Pirate Looks (Nearly) at Forty Jun 21, 2020
Very Simple Jun 16, 2020
GrannySmith Jun 13, 2020
Do You Hear That? Jun 04, 2020

May 2020

Absolutely Priceless May 23, 2020
Preparing For Work Meetings May 22, 2020
JavaScript – A Bedtime Story May 16, 2020
StopTheJeff May 08, 2020

April 2020

Additional MailMate Tips Apr 28, 2020
Fear and Light Apr 24, 2020
Fastmail Wrapper for macOS Apr 15, 2020
Roland is a Static Website Generator Written in Swift Apr 13, 2020
MailMate Apr 06, 2020
April 5, 2020 Apr 05, 2020
#IndieSupportWeeks Apr 01, 2020

March 2020

So, uh, I think Catalina 10.15.4 Broke SSH? Mar 31, 2020
A Quick Shell Script to Keep a LAN File Server Mounted All the Time Mar 25, 2020
Spotish for macOS Mar 25, 2020
Three Things Today Mar 20, 2020
The Stack View is a Liar Mar 16, 2020
DefaultApp Mar 14, 2020
Followup: Comparing my Current B2 Storage Costs against Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive Mar 07, 2020
My Family’s Photo and Video Library Backup Strategy in 2020 – Plus a Fun Anecdote I’ve Never Told Before Mar 06, 2020

February 2020

Better Recurring Projects Using OmniFocus and TaskPaper Feb 27, 2020
Begrudgingly Feb 17, 2020
Deactivated Feb 06, 2020
I May Have Gone Overboard with My Keyboard Shortcuts Feb 01, 2020

January 2020

How to Set Custom Display Values and Localize NSPredicateEditor Jan 26, 2020
Quick Access to My Favorite Folders with Keyboard Maestro Jan 23, 2020
Focus Jan 17, 2020
Running commands remotely on a Mac that you don’t have access to using Hazel and Dropbox Jan 07, 2020
Rebudget Jan 02, 2020

December 2019

Subscriptions or Bust Dec 12, 2019
Making Siri Shortcuts run automatically – even when iOS doesn’t want you to Dec 03, 2019

November 2019

Triage Your Email in the Car with Siri Nov 24, 2019
Rebecca Stand and the phone reason Nov 18, 2019
Gone Nov 05, 2019

October 2019

Perfectly Cropped Oct 17, 2019
Feels like the future Oct 16, 2019
Aftermath Oct 14, 2019
Broken Oct 09, 2019
macOS 10.15 Vista Oct 07, 2019

July 2019

A Stupid-Simple Automated iOS Build Script Jul 27, 2019
More Apple Photos Fuckery Jul 06, 2019

June 2019

Reviving an Old Mac App Jun 22, 2019
The Mac Won’t Be Sherlocked Jun 10, 2019
My Favorite Email Spam Filtering Rule Jun 09, 2019
Automatically backup up the full contents of your Pinboard (and Pocket) bookmarks in DEVONthink Jun 07, 2019

May 2019

How to Import Your Pinboard Bookmarks Into DEVONthink and Convert Them to Searchable Web Archives May 30, 2019
My One Feature Request For iOS 13 May 27, 2019
Creating a Permanent SSH Tunnel Back to Your Mac at Home May 26, 2019
Apple Asked For Feedback May 24, 2019
Missing Rdio and Making the Best of Apple Music with Shortcuts May 23, 2019
Starting and Finishing More Long-Form Writing in Drafts.app May 21, 2019
Losing Faith May 19, 2019
Why Many of my Apps Failed And What Comes Next May 11, 2019
iTunes Match Failed Me May 03, 2019

April 2019

Moving back to Google – just a little bit Apr 23, 2019
Finder Folder Actions not being triggered when files are added with rsync Apr 22, 2019
Fixing Broken Backblaze B2 Scripts when Run From cron Apr 22, 2019
A Faster Way to Create Multiple Tasks in OmniFocus (with all sorts of details!) Using Drafts.app Apr 20, 2019
Creating New GitHub Issues From Drafts.app Apr 20, 2019
Backing Up Shared iCloud Photo Albums and Where to Find Them on Disk Apr 19, 2019
Creating GitHub Issues (with image attachments!) From an Email Apr 08, 2019

March 2019

Fixing a Broken Service With a Tiny Bit of Automation Mar 29, 2019
Backing Up Everything (Again) Mar 27, 2019
A Simple, Open-Source URL Shortener Mar 21, 2019

February 2018

Moving Projects Forward Feb 15, 2018

January 2018

Switching to Google Photos from a Dropbox Photo Library Jan 04, 2018
Permission to Forget Jan 03, 2018
GeoHooks Jan 02, 2018

September 2017

Moving to a More Comprehensive Weekly Review Sep 26, 2017

August 2017

Can the Cloud Be Your Only Backup? Aug 23, 2017

December 2016

Creating a Daily Standup Perspective With OmniFocus Dec 01, 2016

July 2016

A Stupid Idea? Jul 04, 2016

February 2016

Making Money Outside the Mac App Store Feb 01, 2016

January 2016

Coding on My iPad Pro Jan 19, 2016

December 2015

Wrapping up 2015 Dec 16, 2015

November 2015

Switching Email Providers Nov 28, 2015

October 2015

Harper Elizabeth Oct 20, 2015

August 2015

Must, Will, Might Aug 24, 2015
No Phone Thursdays Aug 24, 2015
My New Email Routine With SaneBox Aug 09, 2015
Connecting Amazon Alexa’s Todo’s with OmniFocus Aug 01, 2015

March 2015

Duplicate Tasks Mar 18, 2015

January 2015

Where do External Triggers Belong? Jan 23, 2015
I Will Not Use the Phrase “Growth Hacking” Jan 22, 2015
Creating a Weekly Preview from your Weekly Review Jan 14, 2015
External Triggers in OmniFocus Jan 12, 2015
Lowering the Project Threshold Jan 08, 2015
Even Panic is Having Trouble Making Money on iOS Jan 05, 2015
Benefits of Selling Outside the Mac App Store Jan 02, 2015

December 2014

2014 Business Yearly Review Dec 29, 2014
My Inboxes Dec 29, 2014
That Connection Dec 17, 2014
More App Rejections Dec 09, 2014
Writing Without Editing Dec 04, 2014
Being an Indie is Hard Dec 01, 2014

November 2014

36 Hours With Amazon Echo Nov 30, 2014
Knowing When to Quit Nov 24, 2014
An Indie Mac Business – Breaking Down the Year Nov 23, 2014
Twelve Hours Nov 22, 2014
Handling Repeating Tasks and Routines in OmniFocus Nov 21, 2014
My Checklist For Releasing a New Mac App Nov 10, 2014
My Evernote @Inbox Nov 08, 2014
My OmniFocus Habits – Four Years Later Nov 04, 2014

October 2014

Delegating Tasks and Outsourcing Your Indie Business Oct 27, 2014
Constraints Oct 13, 2014
Paul Kim on His Indie Journey Oct 06, 2014

September 2014

Marching Through the Wilderness Sep 16, 2014
Assigning Relationships Between Tasks and People in OmniFocus Sep 15, 2014
Big or Small Sep 13, 2014
How I Manage My Email Sep 10, 2014
All The Services and Tools I Use to Run My Software Business Sep 09, 2014

August 2014

First Impressions of Using Drip for Email Marketing Automation Aug 27, 2014
My Favorite Coffee Cup Aug 27, 2014
Indie Developers are Stronger Together / Sharing Our Numbers Aug 25, 2014
Mailing Lists Are Your Friend Aug 24, 2014
Marketing is just another stage in the development process Aug 19, 2014
Encouraging Serendipity Aug 18, 2014
Zero Sales Days with a Little Impostor Syndrome Mixed In Aug 14, 2014
Your First Success is a Trap Aug 04, 2014

July 2014

My App Strategy – Keep Trying New Things Jul 29, 2014
More Business Advice from Gus Mueller Jul 28, 2014
Daniel Jalkut says, in a tweet, what I tried to say with 2,000 words Jul 28, 2014
A Candid Look at the Financial Side of Building Mac Apps on Your Own Jul 28, 2014

June 2014

How to Export Slow Motion Videos From iOS to Facebook Jun 19, 2014

May 2014

Dropbox Photography Introduction May 05, 2014
Bellroy Note Sleeve Wallet Review May 01, 2014

April 2014

Day One Journal Total Word Count Apr 15, 2014
A Happy Side-effect of Journaling Every Day Apr 15, 2014
Rockwell – Sort of like a private Foursquare meets Fire Eagle Apr 14, 2014
Minion for Mac Apr 12, 2014
The Thrill Apr 06, 2014
Pricing a New Mac App Without Competition Apr 03, 2014
One Concrete Action Apr 03, 2014
iCloud Doesn’t Backup Your Photos Apr 02, 2014
Printing and Mailing Photos to Your Grandparents Apr 01, 2014

March 2014

Dealing with Asshole Customers Mar 31, 2014
My Favorite Chair Mar 28, 2014
Importing Jekyll Posts into WordPress Mar 21, 2014
Switching from GitHub to GitLab Mar 19, 2014

January 2014

Aaron Jan 01, 2014

December 2013

Nostalgia – Rename Your Photos Dec 31, 2013

October 2013

Journaling Oct 22, 2013
Choosing the Right App Oct 14, 2013
Finding Related Messages in Apple Mail Oct 07, 2013

September 2013

Setting Up NSOutlineView Drag and Drop with Core Data in Cocoa Sep 12, 2013

April 2013

PebbleCam Apr 08, 2013

March 2013

Using Hazel to Highlight any Uncommitted git Changes Mar 04, 2013

February 2013

OmniFocus for People Who Work From Home Feb 20, 2013

September 2012

Cutting Back on iPhone Notifications Sep 09, 2012

November 2011

Remember to Backup Nov 26, 2011
Publishing Your Blog with Dropbox and Jekyll Nov 16, 2011

September 2011

Guessing a User’s Location on iOS Sep 25, 2011
Why I Took the Job Sep 11, 2011

August 2011

Switching From WordPress to Jekyll Aug 28, 2011

July 2011

Automatically Reposition the iOS Simulator on Screen Jul 12, 2011
Creating a Universal Binary With Xcode 3.2.6 Jul 08, 2011

May 2011

A Big Mouse Cursor May 25, 2011
Experimenting with Piracy – An Indie Mac Developer’s Perspective May 18, 2011

April 2011

Syncing Your Adium Chat Logs into Dropbox (again) Apr 20, 2011
Unsupported Architecture When Submitting to Mac App Store Apr 18, 2011

February 2011

Search Mac and iOS Documentation From Chrome’s Omnibox Feb 25, 2011

November 2010

Sosumi for Mac – Find Your iPhone From Your Deskop Nov 30, 2010
Backblaze Saves the Day Nov 23, 2010

October 2010

Automatically Compressing Your Amazon S3 Images Using Yahoo!’s Smush.it Service Oct 15, 2010
How I Use OmniFocus to Organize My Life Oct 13, 2010

August 2010

Generating Strong, User Friendly Passwords in PHP Aug 12, 2010

July 2010

How I Backup my Mac Jul 01, 2010

June 2010

Open Source Updates Jun 21, 2010

December 2009

OpenFeedback Part Deux Dec 27, 2009
Switching From PayPal to FastSpring Dec 23, 2009

August 2009

Shine – An Indie Mac Dashboard Aug 06, 2009

June 2009

Sosumi – A MobileMe Scraper Jun 23, 2009

April 2009

Persistant Location Updates From iPhone to Fire Eagle Apr 20, 2009

March 2009

Google Voice Dialer Mar 26, 2009
YUI App Theme Mar 09, 2009

February 2009

PHP Wrapper for Yahoo! GeoPlanet Feb 25, 2009
Serving Static Content on Amazon S3 with s3up Feb 07, 2009

January 2009

Download All of Your Flickr Photos and Sets Jan 28, 2009
Sync Your Adium Chat Logs With Dropbox Jan 24, 2009
Use Rapache to Manage Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu Jan 14, 2009
Forward Your Growl Notifications to Twitter Jan 05, 2009

November 2008

Amazon S3 Improvements in PHP-AWS Nov 18, 2008
Parse Command Line Arguments in PHP Nov 14, 2008

September 2008

How to Stream Your iTunes Music Over the Internet Sep 10, 2008

August 2008

Too Soon Aug 20, 2008
Dial a Phone Number Using Grand Central and PHP Aug 15, 2008

July 2008

Cornerstone SVN Client for Mac Jul 01, 2008

June 2008

Let Google Do The Work For You Jun 17, 2008
Sort Apple Mail Messages Using the Keyboard Jun 10, 2008
Introducing Appcaster + OpenFeedback Jun 02, 2008

May 2008

Scraping IMDB With PHP May 21, 2008
Two Weeks With Drobo May 18, 2008
Quickly Evaluate Your Referral Links May 13, 2008
Using Amazon S3 as a Content Delivery Network May 09, 2008
Building a Better Website With Yahoo! May 06, 2008

April 2008

Dark City Director’s Cut Apr 29, 2008
Mercury Mover Apr 28, 2008
Holy Crap! Mint Plugin Apr 26, 2008
Bank of America RSS Feeds Apr 07, 2008

February 2008

Managing Exchange Invites in Apple’s iCal Feb 19, 2008
Microsoft and Yahoo! – My Take Feb 01, 2008

January 2008

Uncov Nails It Jan 16, 2008
Lost’s Buried Treasures Jan 16, 2008
How To Install PEAR in Mac OS X Leopard Jan 02, 2008

November 2007

Navigate Yahoo! Search Results Using Only Your Keyboard Nov 08, 2007
Retain Your Employees With Your Ideals, Not Your Perks Nov 05, 2007
50 States Programming Puzzle Nov 01, 2007

October 2007

How to Enable PHP5 In Mac OS X Leopard Oct 26, 2007
My Favorite New Leopard Feature Oct 25, 2007
Leopard First Impressions Oct 25, 2007
What is Twitter? Oct 24, 2007
foo9 URL Shortener Oct 03, 2007

September 2007

iPhone Versus Dog Sep 13, 2007
Lessons From a First Time Mac Developer Sep 10, 2007