Tag: review
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I spent a fair amount on hardware this year, and most of it was very satisfying. Here are some of my favorites. Apple Mac Studio Max My favorite piece of hardware this year was my Mac Studio. I got the M1 Max chip, 64GB RAM, and a 2TB hard drive. Best Mac I’ve ever owned.…
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Happy New Year! I managed to get the bulk of the Best of 2024 series out before the midnight deadline. Nice job, Brett. But here are a few late additions that I missed, and ones I’m looking forward to using more of in 2025. DEVONthink Pro OK, this one snuck up on me. I’ve been…
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Personal Projects: Not my busiest year on record, but I did a lot. Updated: Generate slick changelogs from Git commits I do all of my release notes using careful git commit messages. It makes life so easy. SearchLink I still consider SearchLink – out of a hundred projects – the most useful thing I’ve made,…
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This collection is more than just computer hardware. It’s physical things I’ve loved this year. Anything that isn’t software. Hardware Milk Street Nakari My new favorite kitchen knife. They’re fairly affordable and I love the form factor of the Nakiri, and given I eat mostly vegetables, it’s the most useful knife in my collection. YUZU…
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Like I said in my last post, I do way more on my Mac than I’ll ever do on iOS, so this will be significantly shorter. iOS is mostly for playing games, Messages, social stuff, and consuming media. But here are a few standouts. iOS apps Drafts When I wake up in the middle of…
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Here we go again with my yearly roundup of my favorite stuff. I’m going to do this year in a few parts. This one will be all Mac apps, and it will the longest because Mac apps are my favorite. Best new and updated macOS apps In no particular order, here are some of my…
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So a lot of us are wondering what to do now that Toketaware has announced the sunsetting of the iThoughts mind mapping app for Mac and iOS. It’s very sad to see it go, but I expect the current version to continue working for a few years to come. That said, I tend to favor…
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I recently purchased some Cerakey ceramic keycaps for my Ultimate Hacking Keyboard. When I mentioned the purchase on Mastodon, I got a few replies asking for a review, as multiple people had been considering the purchase. [describe]Here’s my review of the Cerakey ceramic keycaps.[/describe] Note: I have 3 cats. I tried to clean the keyboard…
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I decided to make a “Brett’s Favorites 2023” part 2. I missed a few things in the first list. This will be a shorter post, but should cover some gaps I left in the first one. Apps I Missed Timing I use Timing every day for keeping track of how I spend my time on…