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Friends of Dave Interview with Gabe Weatherhead (MacSparky Labs)

This is a post for MacSparky Labs Early Access and Backstage Members only. Care to join? Or perhaps do you need to sign in?

Gabe Weatherhead joins me on this FOD interview where we talk about the current state of automation on the Mac and some specific problems Gabe is solving with Keyboard Maestro and his struggles with Shortcuts for Mac. As two Star Wars nerds, we also drift into our thoughts on the recent “Book of Boba” series, and we finish off the call getting nerdy with Obsidian. It’s always fun talking with Gabe …

Random One Thing (MacSparky Labs)

This is a post for MacSparky Labs Members only. Care to join? Or perhaps do you need to sign in? I’ve been playing with a menubar app called, One Thing, which lets you put some text in your menubar. I wanted to use One Thing to post a random inspirational quote of my choosing, so I built a Shortcut on a dictionary action. I also used a simple AppleScript to trigger the shortcut from Keyboard Maestro. Here’s a video explaining the whole thing …

February Labs Meet-Up (MacSparky Labs)

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Earlier this week, we did the February MacSparky Labs virtual meet-up. It was a fun hour where we talked about the new Fantastical Features, the 14″ vs. 16″ MacBooks Pro, the iPad mini, task managers, and (of course) Star Wars. The hour went by too quick …

MacSparky Labs Video: Disneyland vs. Disney World with Casey Liss

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I’ve had an Internet-based running battle with Casey Liss for years now over the question of Disneyland vs. Disney World. Daisy and I planned a trip to Disney World for their 50th anniversary and before leaving, I asked Casey to give me a list of things I must do at Disney World …

January in the MacSparky Labs

The first month of the MacSparky Labs went swimmingly. I spent a lot of time working on the back end of things as I added features and figured out friction points. But I still got a lot shipped to the members. Here’s a list of content that got released in January.

  • January 27 – I released a video sharing the tech gear I bring with me on trips with the Backstage and Early Access members..
  • January 26 – I did a zoom call with Early Access members sharing how I’m using calendars these days. (It’s kind of nuts.)
  • January 25 – I released a screencast demonstrating how to capture ideas on the iPhone with shortcuts.
  • January 22 – I released the journaling webinar video to early access members …well … early.
  • January 21 – I released a walkthrough of me building a shortcut from scratch to manage scheduling new podcast episodes to the Backstage and Early Access members using Shortcuts, Obsidian, Mail, and Calendar for Backstage and Early Access members..
  • January 19 – I made of a video of myself building the slide deck for the Journaling webinar and narrated it with some of my favorite Keynote techniques for the Early Access subscribers.
  • January 18 – I made and released a screencast about how to capture ideas on the Mac using Keyboard Maestro and Obsidian.
  • January 17 – I released my video interview with Kourosh Dini to Backstage and Early Access members where we talked about DEVONthink, Obsidian, top-level task management, and music.
  • January 14 – We had the first MacSparky labs virtual meetup on Zoom for Backstage and Early Access members.
  • January 12 – I released of video of me setting up and testing vibration and leak sensors in my home. I also shared an unsuccessful experiment to rig up my mailbox with a vibration sensor. (I haven’t given up on that one yet.
  • January 10 – I shared a video update and an example of how I block schedule.
  • January 7 – I did my quarterly planning with a Zoom room full of Early Access subscribers.
  • January 5 – I made a video answering some of the most often asked qustions following my big announcemnt.
  • January 3 – I released my first video to the MacSparky Labs members