I thought I could resist the urge to buy yet another RSS app. I couldn’t. There has been a lot of hype around in recent days about Unread, a new RSS reader for the iPhone. I gave the increasingly isolated and underused Reeder (App Store) one last look two days ago, then opened up the App Store. In fact, hype is...

Update: Editorially has announced that it is to shut down on 30 May. Users have until that date to download their data. There are numerous web-based Markdown editors – far too many to mention here – so I’ve chosen what I consider three of the best – Draft, Editorially and Penflip to review here. One thing all three...

The developers of Ulysses III, a feature-packed Markdown editor for Mac, announced a short while ago that version 1.2 will use the metaWeblog XML-RPC to plug Ulysses III into popular blogging tools, including WordPress. That means: [W]hether you’re running a self-hosted blog or are using an online-service such as...

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Data for one of our favourite walks around Maxey Lakes, Lincs From time to time, I like to keep track of how far we’ve walked with our dog, Roma. When my hunger for data can’t be satisfied by counting every last step, I use the MotionX GPS app for iPhone. A side benefit of using an app is that when my wife asks the...

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{% image "./roma_shake-paws-582.jpg", "roma_shake-paws-582" %} This is our dog, Roma. Read the story about Roma that goes with this picture. Image: Shannon Porter Everyone needs a side project. My wife’s decision to write about one of her passions in life, dogs, in turn created a side project for me – building her a...

Reading Dr. Drang’s ‘The RSS reader search continues’, it struck me how we all have different priorities when deciding whether an app suits our needs. Drang appeared to have found the perfect replacement for Reeder for iPhone, the app he wants to find an alternative for because it lacks integration with Safari’s...

Anyone who watches/reads the news will be aware that antibiotics are having a hard time of it. They’re not as effective as they once used to be. In fact, in an increasing number of cases they’re not effective at all. Then I came across a couple of articles today that revealed a bigger picture. Maryn McKenna’s Wired...

Editorial’s uncluttered editor Editorial for iPad, a Markdown editor, enhances the writing experience and empowers the Markdown writer. The rest, its productivity-enhancing features and workflows, would be for nothing if it wasn’t first a great app, probably the best app, for writing in Markdown on an iPad. The...

Many critics claim that email has had its day. I disagree. Email is still the most popular tool I have for communicating with clients and contractors; the reverse is also true. Clients tend to contact me first by email. Often, an entire job completes without a single telephone conversation to interrupt the flow....

The recent avalanche of news, reviews and opinion surrounding Apple’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 7, reminded me of one of my favourite tricks – iOS keyboard shortcuts. It’s also one that’s not confined to this version of the operating system. This trick also works in earlier versions. First, find iOS’s...