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Trello – A Tool for Trip Planing

I plan a lot of travel: where to eat, what to do, and when to do it. Keeping track of all the details — what time this cathedral opens, what days this museum is closed, which restaurants are open for lunch) — is always a challenge. The bigger...

October 6, 2015
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MoveToAppleMusic App not Quite as Magical as Promised

Update as of 7/29/2015: An upgrade to this app fixed all problems, and, while it works slowly, it does indeed work now. As a long-time Spotify user, I’ve built up a collection of dozens of playlists containing thousands of songs. Recreating...

July 29, 2015
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Siri is Apple Music’s Spotify Killer

Apple Music alone can’t yet compete with Spotify. But pair Apple Music with Siri, Apple’s intelligent assistant, and you get a level of convenience and magic no other service can match. Since I first joined in Spotify in July of 2011...

July 8, 2015
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Say Nope to Foap

Update (7/27/2015): This weekend, someone claiming to be a deliriously happy Foap customer posted a glowing review of foap in the comments of this post. In addition to being written like marketing copy, the post featured a point-by-point rebuttal of...

November 14, 2012
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New Google Search App for iPad – Wow!
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New Google Search App for iPad – Wow!

The new Google Search app for iPad is remarkable, pulling just about every Google app into one easy-to-navigate interface. At first, it looks like nothing more than a full-page search app … but click the “Apps” icon, and the magic...

November 22, 2011
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Why I Can’t Trust My Notes to Evernote
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Why I Can’t Trust My Notes to Evernote

  I’m a little obsessed with taking notes, retrieving notes, and making the information stored in my notes useful. In a recent post on how I take notes and why, I referred to Evernote, a service with a seductive promise: “Remember...

April 23, 2011
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