Dave's Library

Don't fish for a canned response (third item) is a good reminder.

9to5Mac readers know a thing or two. When I reviewed Postbox, after explaining that I had lost patience with the flakiness of late of Apple Mail, several of the commentators recommended Airmail, a lightweight email client based on the popular but discontinued Sparrow app. It’s also the only alternative to Apple Mail and (of course) […]

Lately I’ve been spending time troubleshooting the Sparks family WiFi. Specifically, I’ve been trying to tweak the placement of our various Wi-Fi paraphernalia so as to get a better signal in my daughter’s room in a far corner of the house. I needed a good diagnostic tool to give me an idea of how t

When you’re living a distracted life, every minute must be accounted for. You feel like you must be checking something off the list, staring at a screen, or rushing off to the next destination. And no matter how many ways you divide your time and attention, no matter how many duties you try and […]

Current research shows that some of the most commonly used and seemingly positive phrases we use with kids are actually quite destructive. Despite our good intentions, these statements teach children to stop trusting their internal guidance system, to become deceptive, to do as little as possible, and to give up when things get hard.

How to run a mastermind group

Every thing you wanted to know (and even more) about the recent re-design of The Smart Passive Income Blog, including the mistakes made and adjustments thereafter.

Strategy on how to craft embedded tweets

Powerful letters of inmates writing to their past selves. Makes me cry.

At a company known for a hard-driving culture, a seven-week course in mindfulness techniques is giving employees a better way to cope.