Software Reviews

A Few Annoyances Apple Needs to Fix in the Apple Ecosystem: in-app Purchases, News, Apple Cash, and Password Management with Keychain. I pay for my Apple hardware and I pay to be a member of the Apple ecosystem. So unlike reviews where I get loaned hardware or temporary access to …

TheBrain 11 Reimagines Notes Creation and Editing TheBrain 11 remains fundamentally the same information and knowledge capture tool that its subscribers have known and loved for years. In this release, the company considered choices made in Notes Editor development as they migrated to native coding on each of their supported …

Quick Take Review: Otter.ai Review of Otter.ai…Otter.ai transcribes audio conversations. The app performs real-time transcription with delayed corrections. It can also process existing audio files. I have used Otter.ai in a number of situations, from noisy rooms at San Diego Comic-Con to telephone interviews conducted in a quiet home office. …

Why everyone needs to mind map The future is non-linear. No, the arrow of time does not shift back-and-forth against itself. But stories that start seemingly in one place, may begin in an unexpected quadrant and end nowhere near an anticipated destination. Some just call that good storytelling, but when …

TheBrain 10 TheBrain 10 rethinks its object architecture. https://www.thebrain.com Pricing and feature comparisons can be found here. See the Serious Insights TheBrain 11 update here. The new version of TheBrain, version 10, refines the reimplemented native code across platforms and delivers several enhanced user experiences. Understanding TheBrain At its core though, …

Time to Take on Time as X.AI Repositions and Extends Scheduling Agent Features Summary AI scheduling service provider x.ai relaunched their scheduling service at the end of 2018. They have delivered more accessible pricing models for entrepreneurs, Gig Economy workers and enterprise team, along with a more elegant on-boarding experience. …

Rocketbook Everlast Mini and Transcription Read our original Rocketbook review here. For the most part, I have gone paperless. I scan content with ABBY’s FineScanner on my iPhone and iPad, and I take most notes with Noteshelf on my iPad Pro with Apple Pencil. But there are still times when …

Product: CleanMyMac X Publisher: MacPaw Price: $39.95/1 year/1 Mac (for more pricing options, click here) Outsource MacOS Maintenance to CleanMyMac Every time Apple comes out with a new version of Mac OS there are a few pieces of software I want day one, and key among those is CleanMyMac. And …

Review: Rocketbook app and notebooks Kickstarters continue to drive innovation. The latest piece of technology to arrive at my desk for evaluation isn’t really technology at all, at least not as most people usually think of it. Rocketbook entered the market with the goal of creating the last notebook you …

Review: Updated GoToMeeting iOS Client GoToMeeting iOS Client. Updated GoToMeeting iOS Client remains free. Hosting a meeting requires a paid GoToMeeting account. LogMeIn GoToMeeting facilitates shared experiences: a file, a whiteboard, a web page or an active screen. Until recently, mobile devices were OK clients for connecting to meetings, but when it …