When Mailbox launched back in February, I joined the queue for access like so many others. It didn’t take as long as I’d expected, despite my place in the queue being some way north of 200,000. Access granted, I launched the app and signed in to my Gmail account only to receive an error message indicating that I...

Logitech ultrathin keyboard for iPad 2 and 3 There are numerous occasions when carting my laptop around feels like overkill; more often than not, the iPhone doesn’t cut it either, especially when the writing task involves more than tapping out a reminder or an extended note to self. The more I write, the more...

Adobe’s InDesign has been at the centre of every print-related project I’ve produced since 2003. But it was only a few years ago that I discovered InDesign’s magnificent core could be extended through the addition of third-party scripts and plugins. Alexander Charchar, of Smashing Magazine, has written a great post,...

A printer called yesterday to request information about a book they’d just received. The printer was unaware that I was no longer contracted to produce books for the client in question. They were confused as to why they had received the book piecemeal, a PDF per chapter, rather than the normal way, my way, as a...

Other than a brief skip through Butterick’s Practical Typography, I confess, I’ve yet to read it front to back. But that brief dip – if the title wasn’t already a complete giveaway – was enough to give me a feel for what this book is about and, equally important, what it’s like to read. A rivetting alternative might...

When developing sites in WordPress, it’s useful to have a set of core plugins,[^1] the ones you turn to time and again on most every site that comes your way. The list below contains my Core 10. These are the plugins that help me during development and many also benefit site users long after deployment....

Here are some free and paid options you might like to consider to replace Google Reader. There are numerous others, including some I’ve reviewed in The 12 days of Google Reader series. These are just for starters. Free alternatives to Google Reader These are the big three. AOL AOL Reader is still in beta. You can...

Today saw a number of announcements from app developers, including Reeder developer Silvio Rizzi, whose iPhone, iPad and Mac apps are among the most popular with RSS users. News from Reeder might have been the most eagerly awaited, but it wasn’t the only news. But, first, an apology. My review of FeedHQ will not...

Bulletin is a new Google Reader replacement, very new. Beta testing began in early May and, as I write, Bulletin only went public 17 hours ago. It’s yet another example of what you can do when you put your mind to it. Like many others, Atlanta-based Michael Cantrell and Daniel Andrews received Google’s news back in...

My review of ReadKit for Mac will appear later today. For now, I thought I’d add some comments about free iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad app Newsify. Towards the end of last week Newsify ensured it will remain relevant post–1 July by partnering with feed-reading service Feedly. For a free app, Newsify is remarkably...

ReadKit started life as a read-later client for the Mac. When Google announced it was retiring Reader back in March, the team at Hungary-based Webin – the company behind ReadKit and a number of other Mac and iOS apps – set about extending its capabilities. ReadKit 2.0, released on 30 May, is a full-featured RSS...

David Smith’s Feed Wrangler has all your bases covered (assuming you’re a Mac user); it’s a feed-reading service with a web interface, and first-party iPad and iPhone apps. Even the Mac is covered, with support on its way from third-party app ReadKit, and a first-party app in the works from Feed Wrangler developer...