Jonathan Markevich

Category: Apps

  • OS X Mavericks and iOS 7

    Most people are talking about the new look of iOS 7, but isn’t that why Jony (and the pre-show text) basically said that design is about more than looks? I got a lot more excited about the internals of the new OSes this time.  I really enjoyed Snow Leopard’s advances, and actually Lion brought some…

  • Google Play Books

    I was excited to hear about Google Play books now accepting uploads of your own ePub and PDF books. Up to 1000 can be uploaded and read (and theoretically synced) between devices.  All the advantages of say, the Kobo environment without the downsides (namely, having to buy all your stuff from Kobo). I envisioned a…

  • Mountain Lion

    I installed the latest OS X release, not much sticks out as significantly different.  Little things I noticed: Safari 6 Offline reading list – I only use Mac desktops, so no big deal here.  I also use Pocket for my iOS devices. No RSS anymore – reading, I don’t care but I really miss extracting…

  • ToDo done

    I went on a little while ago about ToDo apps, and finally decided to jump on Appigo’s ToDo for the Mac.  It’s OK.  It has a few nice features but it’s missing things like adding tasks easily from Mail, or a nice quick systemwide interface using a hotkey. They do have a systemwide interface, but…

  • HEIST

    MacHeist is happening again!  Check out http://www.macheist.com and it should make (very little) sense.  It’s a sort of puzzle game with some super software rewards connected with it.  It usually ends up with a software bundle for sale, but not until after a ton of stuff gets given away for free!