Paul Jacobson

We wish all our friends and family a safe and enjoyable Rosh Hashanah and a meaningful Fast - Paul Jacobson

Omni Group, the company that produces a number of terrific productivity apps that I use, has just released OmniFocus 2 for iPad. It is a long-awaited overhaul that updates the app in line with the Mac and iPhone versions. I rely on OmniFocus heavily and use it several times a day. It is such a […] - Paul Jacobson

I spent some time shooting a Jasmine bush today and I found it tricky taking decent shots. My style seems to be pretty focused when it comes to flowers and Jasmine bushes are really busy plants to shoot. I think I captured a couple good ones, at least photos I like. I’ll see how they […] - Paul Jacobson

I came across Hilton Lipshitz’s post titled “Standard Markdown” in my feeds that interested me. As you probably know, I use MultiMarkdown routinely and it has changed how I work. MultiMarkdown, of course, owes its origins to John Gruber’s original Markdown project and expands on the original syntax. I followed the link to the Standard Markdown link in […] - Paul Jacobson

I started Spring with my camera in my hands. We have two plum trees growing in our garden so I started Monday and this morning with an impromptu photo shoot of the blossoms on the trees. Here is a taste of the two albums I published to Flickr: The albums are: Spring Day blossoms; and […] - Paul Jacobson

I just watched this video about the Google(x) project called “Project Wing“: I love the idea and, you know what, I had the same idea last year. I’m not saying Google got the idea from me (smart people there and they’ve probably been working on Project Wing for a while) but, as the saying goes, […] - Paul Jacobson

This is probably going to sound pretty old fashioned but I miss the days when more blogs published full feeds and the exception to that norm was a truncated feed. Back then, in the old days of blogging, publishing full feeds just seemed to be more honest. When I subscribe to a feed these days […] - Paul Jacobson

I caught part of a demonstration by Mark Wainman Karate yesterday and created this short video of an impressive demonstration Mark and his fellow black belts put on for the crowd: - Paul Jacobson

The Lawyerist’s post titled 9 Epic Responses To Legal Threats is a must-read for lawyers and people who aren’t really fans of lawyers. My favourites are numbers 4 (Jack Daniels) and 9 (West Orange). Here is a taste of the West Orange reply: Oh, and just to play along, had you intended for your letter […] - Paul Jacobson