I had a blast at Macstock in 2016. It was a perfect combination of tech personalities and tech lovers, great presentations, and lots of fun mingling. In 2017 it grew, and the attendees, presentations, and the social events got even better. Based on that, I’m betting on Macstock 2018 being the best one ever in the history of Macstock (ok, sure, it’s only a few years old, but let’s keep making new records to break).
macstock, social
The PHOpen bookmarklet that quickly opens links from Product Hunt pages broke again despite my efforts to make a foolproof version. Man, DOM hacking is a fragile thing in an era of frequent design updates.
bookmarklet, productivity
I ran into a problem editing a slide in Keynote with a large blockquote. It was left-aligned, which I’m great with, but the quote started inside the left margin, which caused visual flow issues. In typography, this is solved with hanging punctuation.
design, typography
Welcome to the Real Stuff edition of my Best of 2017 series. Stuff you can hold, and anything that moves more than just bits and bytes around.
alexa, amazon, bunch, podcasting, review, winter
Among the posters that Tower (my favorite Git client) has published, The Developer Manifesto is one of my favorites. It’s a gorgeous piece, either as desktop wallpaper, or as a print.
design, giveaway
I mentioned DaisyDisk as my favorite tool for seeing what’s using up space on my hard drive in yesterday’s roundup, and it happens that there’s a 30% off sale on it right now. Good timing.
deals
As usual, I’ve found myself unable to write up the complete 2017 macOS list in any reasonable timeframe, so I’m once again splitting it into parts. This year’s categories will be “Working,” “Creating,” and “Nerding Out.” Welcome to the Working edition.
bookmarking, developer, git, macos, mailmate, productivity, review, setapp, support, taskpaper, tools, writing
Hey there. I just wanted to remind you that the Holiday sale on Marked 2 ends tomorrow. Right now, you can pick up Marked for $9.99. I would like it if you did that.
marked
Can you feel the nervous excitement? It’s that time of year again. You know, time for Brett’s Yearly Top Apps Lists. Here’s the first list of apps I loved using in 2017, starting on iOS. You’d think I’d start writing these sooner and have them already to go by now, but no. I didn’t. I’ll be working on the Mac edition next.
editor, fitness, ios, keyboard, macos, review, social, tools, video
For the next 3 days, MacPaw is offering a 30% off sale on every app in their suite, including CleanMyMac 3, Gemini, MacHider, and CleanMyPC.
apps, sale
