Category Archives: Software

A Multitasking iPad and Some Cool Apps

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Bruce Keener

As a member of the Apple Developer Program I have access to a beta version of the 4.2 operating system for iPad. I installed the beta last night and thought I’d give a quick summary of my impressions. I also … Continue reading →

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A List of Good Android Apps

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Bruce Keener

I still have a year left on my iPhone contract, the AT&T service in my area is excellent, and I love the iPhone, so I haven’t seriously considered switching to Android yet. But, several of you have switched and are … Continue reading →

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Pastebot: Incredible Copy/Paste Utility for iPhone and Touch

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Bruce Keener

You’d think that with over 100,000 apps available for the iPhone that all the good apps had been invented long ago. Not so. Great new apps are coming out all the time, with one of the best I’ve ever seen … Continue reading →

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Featured Comment: Alfons Schmid’s Notebooks App [iPhone, Touch]

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Bruce Keener

Reader Andrew Berrigan left a very informative comment on another post, and I wanted to be sure you were aware of it. In his comment, Andrew mentions Alfons Schmid’s Notebooks app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. He gives a … Continue reading →

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iPhone Speech to Text App, Dragon Dictation, Now in iTunes

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Bruce Keener

Just moments ago, I downloaded Dragon Dictation and began using it on my iPhone. It was not perfect in converting my short message to text, but it did pretty good: This e-mail was created with dragon dictation and amp for … Continue reading →

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Master GTD with OmniFocus [Mac, iPhone, Touch]

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Bruce Keener

Although my primary computer for the past 3 years has been an iMac, I have tried to stick with GTD tools that also work on Windows. The tool I predominately used was Toodledo. However, I recently realized that I spend … Continue reading →

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DropBox and TextExpander Now Available for iPhone and Touch

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Bruce Keener

Two of my “must-have” apps are now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch: DropBox (requires OS 3.1) TextExpander I’ve mentioned DropBox before, because I highly recommend it for keeping files in sync across multiple computers. Now I can view … Continue reading →

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Chrome Gains Features, Market Share, and (almost) Me

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Bruce Keener

While Firefox continues to get more bloated and slower, Chrome seems to be getting better while continuing to gain acceptance. Although only 7 percent of the visitors to this site use Chrome, that percentage is up from a couple of … Continue reading →

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Software Compatibility Problems with Snow Leopard

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Bruce Keener

With Snow Leopard on the verge of being released, I did some checking to see if my existing software applications would be compatible with it. Turns out that almost are compatible, but the following applications currently have a problem or … Continue reading →

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TaskPaper: A Simple To-Do App for Macs

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Bruce Keener

In continuing my experimentation with some of the newer GTD tools, I started tinkering with TaskPaper a few days ago. While the app is built to run only on Macs, another developer provides a similar product, TodoPaper, for Windows. I … Continue reading →

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