Ulysses: Nine Months and No Turning Back

  This past winter, I blogged about some of the challenges I experienced after upgrading my Mac to El Capitan. One of the biggest were problems that arose with my go-to writing app (at the time), Scrivener. Before I jump into that, let me bring you up to speed on my former Scrivener devotion and […]

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What is this Linux thing? And why do I care?

Do you ever get tired of Windows? Even a die-hard Mac user has moments when they want to walk away from their current operating system. Wouldn’t you like to be able to customize your OS the way you want? How about install apps easier? Maybe even increase the performance of your machine? I do. That’s […]

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How To Buy A Laptop

(When You Know Nothing About Buying A Laptop) You guys know how it is… You need to buy a laptop for your college freshman, yourself, whomever. You walk into a retail store and BAM! You come face-to-face with a pushy salesperson who treats you like an idiot. Worse? You end up leaving with some expensive […]

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Tech Luv Thursday: The End Of An Era / #MacBook / #Apple

From the moment I took it home from the Apple store, I loved my MacBook Pro. It had everything I ever wanted in a laptop. Still, the road was bumpy at times. It eventually needed a new battery and a power cable. I replaced both of those without complaint. It would be the video controller that […]

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Tech Luv Thursday: Why This Die-Hard Scrivener User Said Goodbye

If you’ve followed me for awhile, you know that I’ve been a serious Scrivener user for the past four years. How serious? People have complained about Scrivener at different writer’s events that I’ve attended in the past. I’d be the one standing up and defending the tool, fist in the air. Okay, maybe I didn’t brandish a […]

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Tech Luv Thursday: Note Taking Revisited / #Evernote

Welcome to another Tech Luv Thursday, folks! Last year I did a post about my favorite note taking apps. The pretty clear winner for me at the time was Simplenote. It’s a great app. It doesn’t take up a huge amount of space. It’s fast. It syncs with Scrivener. Also, for those of us who […]

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Tech Luv Thursday: Five Reasons I Sold My Kindle

A couple of years ago, on a cold day in December, I opened up a box of happiness. It contained my Kindle Fire HD. This device would be responsible for almost completely converting me to ebooks, something I never expected. After all, I loved the feel of a new book, the way the spine cracked […]

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