Note to Self: Update Evernote to version 1.1.0 Beta

Do you have Ts to G D? If you do and you're looking for a new GTD system that allows you to gather all your "things" in one place and lets you "get" at them no matter what device or platform your on, Evernote might be just what you're looking for. It's the latest "does anyone have a spare invite they can send me" app that makes your gathered information searchable at anytime, from anywhere.

If you happen to be one of the lucky ones that has been invited to beta test this service, you'll want to update the Evernote app on your Mac. It has been bumped up to version 1.1.0 and now offers PDF support. (be warned: update to the latest version of Evernote on all of your Macs before creating notes with PDFs.) Also, there are now three view styles: List, Mixed and Thumbnail and all views now include a note editor pane. In addition, Evernote now has Spotlight integration.


Reviewed: WaterField Designs Sleevecase and BookEndz Docking Station

We've got a few new reviews posted that should be of special interest to Mac notebook users. Jordan Satok has put both the WaterField Designs Sleevecase and BookEndz Docking Station through their paces and returned with his verdicts. Are they worth the money? Check out his review!

Picturesque get all 3-D in Leopard upgrade

I loved Picturesque back in version 1.0. It was a very slick little application that allowed you to give your blog pics more "oomph!" by adding shadows, reflections, glows, curved corners and strokes.

I have a feeling I'm going to love Picturesque 2.0 even more. The folks as Acquilia Software have rebuilt the application for Leopard to take advantage of core technologies. This has opened the door to adding perspective effects and cool transitional animations to make the experience more fun.

Picturesque 2.0 is a bit pricy at USD$34.95 but people who registered their copies of 1.0 will get a discount and need only pay USD$12.95.

ScreenFlow screencasting software adds Automator support

I swear I'm going to start screencasting soon. And when I do, I'm going to use ScreenFlow from Vara Software.

The latest edition fixes a few bugs but also adds Automator actions for creating screen recordings in an automator workflow and support for Unicode text in marker tracks.

ScreenFlow sells for USD$99.99


Transport email from your Inbox to Evernote in a keystoke

Evernote is an online service that promises to allow you to capture information in any environment, on any device, on any platform and make that info searchable at anytime, from anywhere. (The service is currently in invitation-only beta)

One of the ways you can get information to Evernote is to email it. This means you can also use it to process incoming email by selecting messages you want to capture and sending them to Evernote.

It would be nice if there was a simple key command that would use Mail.app's redirect to send emails from your Inbox to Evernote and then delete them from Mail. It would be nice and there is a simple way to do it.

Enter Mail Act-On.

Mail Act-On is a donationware Mail.app add-on that allows you to create rules and have key commands associated with them. It's great for quickly organizing emails into mailboxes and adding email addys to Address Book. Now you can also set up a rule to redirect emails to your secret Evernote email address and then automatically dump the emails in Mail's trash can once the transfer is made.

Here's the rule I created. Setting up this rule in accordance with Mail Act-On's modus operandi (read the documentation that comes with it to learn the proper placement of the rule in your list) will result in the ability to hit Ctrl-E and have the selected email sent away to "Evernoteland" before being dumped in Mail's trash.

Once the message arrives in your Evernote notebook, you can organize it with all the camera phone pictures, screenshots and web bookmarks you have collected.


Mac Pilot 3 adds some enhancements ...a couple hundred new features

Do you like to tinker? Sure you do.

Koingo Software has unveiled Mac Pilot 3; a new version of their OS X tinker tool. Version 3 sees the addition of approximately two hundred new features and enhancements--yeah, that's two hundred new features. If we update the feature tote board, the total number of features in Mac Pilot now exceeds six hundred.

What does Mac Pilot do? It allows you to access hidden options that customize the Dock, Finder, Safari, and numerous other Apple and third party applications with little more than a mouse click. You could probably access a lot of these options with Terminal commands or with a bunch of obscure freeware apps, but Mac Pilot rolls all that functionality into a nice neat little package.

Mac Pilot 3 is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, as well as Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. All features in the application come with documentation, and a reset function to reverse any unwanted changes which may have been made.

The upgrade to Mac Pilot 3 is free for users who had purchased Mac Pilot 1.x/2.x after October 31, 2007. Additionally, owners of Koingo Software's Software CD or Utility Package get this update for free as well. If these conditions don't apply, a small CDN$9.95 upgrade fee is required. New users can buy the product for CDN$19.95.

Turn your Old iPod into a Disaster-Evading Escape Pod

Who do you contact in an emergency? What do you grab if the house is on fire? How to you access your accounts if you've been robbed?

We don't like to think about what might happen in an emergency, but with a little planning and technology you can ensure you have the information you need.

Join me for a Pro Pod Power tip and get the skinny on how to transform your old music-playing friend into a powerful tool we hope you never have to use.



Iconfactory's counting down to the new Indiana Jones movie. Now you can too.

Any geek worth his weathered fedora is eagerly anticipating the release of the new Indiana Jones movie. While arguments abound on the subjects of messing with the sacred original storylines and the use of CGI sets and effects in the upcoming film, fans still can't help but be jazzed about what is to come.

It is with that very brand of geeky joy that the folks at The Iconfactory have re-themed their website header and opened a special Lucasfilm approved Indiana Jones page that promises to offer icons from all four Indy motion pictures.

Currently, the page only has Anthony Piraino's beautiful Raiders of the Lost Ark icons, but elsewhere on the site a special Indiana Jones Desktop can be found; available in 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratios as well as a special edition for the iPhone.

If Dashboard Widgets are more your thing, you should check out the Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Countdown Widget. It's free and it does what you'd expect... counts down to the release of Indy IV.