Welcome to Part 2 of my (much overdue) multi-part retrospective of 2017. On to iOS apps that helped make life a bit better in 2017. Honestly, I didn't discover many new iOS apps in 2017 that had a lasting impact. As with Part 1, I'm avoiding triple A apps that get mentioned in every best-of list. 5 iOS Apps I Enjoyed in 2017 Financial. Stash: This app helped me dive into ETFs and investing. I… [read more →]

Welcome to my (much overdue) multi-part retrospective of 2017. First off, Mac apps! Mac Apps I loved in 2017 I'm going to skip over the apps that everyone uses (i.e. 1Password, Alfred 3, Tweetbot, Fantastical) and jump to the smaller stuff (and notable updates). Notable Updates: First off, BBEdit 12. As always, Rich Siegel keeps the updates coming. There's something for everyone to love.… [read more →]

My High Sierra upgrade experienced worked great on my 2016 15" Macbook Pro work machine, but my personal machine had a distressing journey. It seems that my 2012 non-retina 15" Macbook Pro went to sleep during the upgrade process, which led to an issue that completely locked me out of my disk. Upon booting the computer, I was prompted for a "Disk Password." None of my login… [read more →]

It was long overdue, but Moodsmitten has been pulled from the App Store. I have a few good reasons, so bear with me. For a while, I planned on pushing out a huge update that had a today widget, Apple Watch support, and new code to account for Swift 3, the new notifications API, and the third-party libraries I was rocking. It was mostly done, but maintaining the app was becoming a chore that I… [read more →]