Wish List for 2009

Posted by EsquireMac in Applications, Hardware, News Commentary on Dec 21st, 2008 | 3 comments
Here is my modest, if a bit geeky, list of things I’m looking forward to in 2009.  This is not so much a “wish list” as a list of things that are more or less certain to happen that I happen to be excited about (now you see why “wish list” was a snappier title). Chrome for Mac (they’re workin’ on it) Journler 2.6 (While Phil Dow had originally hoped to have 2.6 ready by the end of December, he has confirmed this will not be the case. While he has considered selling the project, he has confirmed in a private message with a forum member that he intended to...
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More Calendar Sync News: Save $5 on Spanning Sync

Posted by EsquireMac in Syncing on Jul 29th, 2008 | 1 comment
Yesterday, I wrote about Calgoo going free and Google Calendar supporting CalDAV. I also wrote in some detail about how our firm came to utilize Spanning Sync. Last night, Spanning Sync announced a new initiative to recruit new users. It is in the nature of a referral incentive program, and it’s called “Save 5 + Make 5.” The idea is simple enough: If I (as a paid Spanning Sync user) refer you (a new customer), then you get $5 off your purchase and I get $5. It’s an interesting idea. I’m going to go ahead and throw a link up here for my referral code in case anybody is...
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A Small Firm’s Transition, Part II: Calendaring

Posted by EsquireMac in Switching, Syncing on Jul 20th, 2008 | 4 comments
This is the second post in a short series of indeterminate number about our small firm’s transition to a Mac-centric law office. Being a good 20 years younger than the next youngest person in our firm, I am, by default, the IT guy, or, “guy who does the computer thingies.” As I stated in Part I: Sharing Files, when I started my job at my present small firm, the technology in place was decidedly low, substantially old and disturbingly Windows. In Part I, I chronicled our transition from all PC’s to mostly Macs in light of the particular problem of sharing files between multiple...
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Mobile Me, Probably Not for Me

Posted by EsquireMac in Apple Applications on Jul 8th, 2008 | 0 comments
Mobile Me launches tomorrow, apparently, but I’m still pretty sure I won’t be signing up for it. That’s not to say it’s not a great service, with some great improvements over .Mac. I just don’t have much need for it, especially for $99/year (or $89 for one year if you buy from Amazon.com) Calendars I use Google Calendars, and sync them with my iCal, my wife’s iCal, and our office computers via Spanning Sync. My iPod Touch syncs with my calendars every time I sync with iTunes (which, for me, is every morning before I drive to work). Email I have no need, really, for...
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