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Growly: a OneNote Replacement for Mac

Growly Notes may just suit your needs for Mac writing projectsSome times the wheels seem to have ground to a dead stop when it comes to finding things to write about for my obligatory columns in a...

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Did You Never Note EverNote?

Maybe I'm "differently gifted" (the new PC for intellectually challenged) and just need more memory support than your average bear. I continue to be amazed at how necessary info-storage and retrieval...

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Herding Cats: Lists Make it Possible

And Workflowy makes lists possible, easy and fun.It is no secret that I am always on the lookout for any tool that helps me retain, structure, retrieve and otherwise corral the chunks and nuggets of...

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The Day the Internet Died

I was really kind of dumbfounded back a couple of years ago when nobody I talked to knew about or really cared about or saw the implications of Stuxnet; nor have they cared about the even more...

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Computer Carrion: My Hard Drive

 Another iPhone wildlife photo op on my forced march to town last week, and appropriate ominous bird of the dead for a morning when I dread what it is I have to do:Reformat my MacPro hard drive and...

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Hands Down, Dragon Dictates

Two years ago, I decided to end a decade of pain that visited me before I ever typed enough keystrokes to complete a blog post, email, twitter update or essay. I agreed to see a hand specialist for...

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A Good Word for WorkFlowy

Geek-moment here. Move on if you've come for more snakes, vegetable glamor shots, or endearing stories of marital bliss. That, for another time. This is for that one soul out that suffering anguish for...

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Documents by Readdle: iPad File Mgmt at Last

Frankly, I have mostly not considered my iPad as a tool for accessing files from anywhere other than the web or occasionally a pdf or two from Dropbox to read on the plane.Apple apparently does not...

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It’s All Connected: Ecology of Things

If we decided to (and I'm not placing any bets) we could use the coming interconnectedness of things and the information that provides to first understand and then correct the ways we waste, pollute,...

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Geek-Out on Goose Creek

Every so often I do a geek brain dump on the blog. I really don’t suffer the illusion that anybody gives a rat’s acetabulum about my particular computer workflow or preferred digital tools or what I do...

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Oh What a Tangled Web

This time six years ago, I was dreading the consequences of the choice I made to never go to Dell again—in a hatbox or otherwise. I was fed up with the PC blue screen and had heard that Mac JUST WORKS....

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RE(Devon)THINKING My Brain

Long story short, I think I’ve made permanent changes in how I structure documents, blog posts, web pages and writing on the computer. A ticker tape parade ensues. Stock prices soar!At the end of the...

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Homeland Security: Locally Intact

I know how anxious you have all been during the silence at Fragments since last week, but want to assure you that all is quiet on the western front, and I come back from my adventures in NY state to...

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We Really Don’t Know Clouds At All

I'm sure I had another post topic in mind before I checked my Google News Alerts. Stupid thing to do if you have any interest at all in maintaining focus. I did not maintain.One of my searches is for...

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Simulated: Life, the Universe and Everything

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Getting Around the Web: Take the Cab

Originally Crystal Atari Browser, this is an oldie to be sure, but hanging tough. And for the iPad Pro, iCab Mobile wins over Safari (for most sites but not all) and has many well-conceived bells and...

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Tools for Thought

It’s a niche interest, maybe; geeky, if you will. But I continue to explore ways that the computer keyboard and monitor that most of us have in our homes these days can do a better job of gathering...

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Life Lessons: You’re Welcome

â–º Current events: I knew not to and did it anyway: “click here so we know you’re a real person” it said on an ostensible news site that promised to show me news about a piece of...

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Contagion: Contained?

As a biologist, I’ve always been interested in epidemiology of disease, and as a zoologist, particular those that originate in wild or domestic animals. And so there has been quite a bit to keep up...

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Hands Down, Dragon Dictates

Two years ago, I decided to end a decade of pain that visited me before I ever typed enough keystrokes to complete a blog post, email, twitter update or essay. I agreed to see a hand specialist for...

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