Update: How Sparky Uses Notion

In the past year, my use of Notion as a collaboration tool has gone deeper, but I also haven’t fully adopted it for everything I do. Here’s an update video on how Notion fits for me.… This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?

Testing superwhisper

Here’s another speech-to-text tool for your Mac and iPhone that just keeps getting additional features and is faster. It has continued to impress me throughout its development, so I’d like to show it to you.
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Sparky’s 2024 Life Update

As we approach the end of the year, here’s an update on the MacSparky Labs and life in general. Also, I wanted to thank you for your support.
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Using ChatGPT on Your iPhone

The ChatGPT integration on your iPhone may be the best Apple Intelligence “feature” yet. In this video I walk through the setup and basic usage.
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Secret Word

There’s an emerging scam where the crooks use the AI model a loved one’s voice and use it to trick you. That’s bad. But you can fight back with a secret word. Watch this to learn more. … This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?

Practical Use of NotebookLM

In working on the next edition of the Productivity Field Guide, I’ve stumbled into a damn useful implementation of artificial intelligence using NotebookLM. I explain it all in this video.… This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?

Getting Festivitas

Ever wanted to hang holiday lights on your Mac screen? Well, now you can with Simon Støvring’s [delightful Festivitas](https://www.festivitas.app). I give you a quick tour in this video.
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Testing the BetterTouchTool Floating Menus

[Better Touch Tool](https://folivora.ai) added just one more crazy-awesome feature for us nerds. Time to kick the tires.… This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?

Sparky’s Holiday HomeKit Special

Here’s a breakdown of how I use some the Home app and automation as well as some hardware to manage the holiday lights in the Sparks house.

And like all holiday specials, make sure to stick around until the end for the musical finale!
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A Look at Magnific As Image Manipulator

I’ve been skeptical of Apple’s image AI tools. In this video I look at one of the more powerful image tools on the market, Magnific, with interesting results.… This is a post for the Early Access and Backstage MacSparky Labs Members. Care to join? Or perhaps you need to sign in?