At 10am this morning, my friends at DEVONtechnologies shipped v2.0 of their acclaimed document collection and management tool, DEVONthink 2.0.

I have reviewed the betas in the past, and believe it is a superior product to many other similar offerings out there. With the release of 2.0, there are tons of new features, a shiny new user interface and more.

I highly recommend this product to those who manage many types of documents, collect information from the Web and who live in a paperless office like myself.

If you buy now, you can even save an additional 10% off the list price. Lastly, I personally use the Pro Office edition given its true paperless office capabilities.

Tags: Apple, DEVONthink

Tomorrow evening (2/24), I will be presenting the Daylite Productivity Suite + Daylite Touch at the Altamonte Springs Apple Store. For more information, here are some links:

Experience Daylite
Schedule of Workshops and Events

Please come by and learn more about Daylite!

Tags: Apple, Consulting, Daylite, Marketcircle

After 18mos of writing for TheAppleBlog (TAB), I have decided to take a hiatus. The team at TAB is fantastic. Great editors, great writers, lots of humility and engaging content.

It was especially fun participating during Apple Events, when we would all take turns writing different articles on the announcements. My first Apple Event with the TAB team was Macworld 2009, the last one where Apple, Inc. participated. I covered iMovie 09 and it was a pretty successful article by comments and hits.

Throughout those 18 months, I have written reviews, commentaries, opinion pieces and announcements. Most of my focus was on Small Business as I think that is the sweet spot for Apple content and the user base.

Thank you again the team at TAB and I wish you all the best! As to the future, I will be writing reviews and/or Apple opinion pieces here on my Blog, so be on the lookout for new content.

Tags: Apple, Personal

To all of my avid readers, please make sure to get the latest release for Daylite, as it resolves an issue with the most recent Apple Security update. To get the latest version, please click here.

To learn more of why you need the release, please click here.

Tags: Apple, Daylite, Marketcircle

One of my clients posted this fantastic video about Daylite and how it has improved her overall business management. Toward the end of the video, I receive a nice little plug.

Please check it out:

Thanks Tara!

Tags: Clients, Consulting, Daylite, Marketcircle

It’s been a long time coming, although everything I was discussing from November until now is finally complete. I have been busy working on an all-new website with tons of new (and hopefully useful) content for my clients. Further, I now have a new store for users to purchase items directly in order to make the entire engagement easier.

Two other big announcements for 2010:

• I graduated to the Elite Partner status for Marketcircle’s Daylite which means better service for you as my experience has grown with the product.
• I am now focusing purely on Mac CRM, and am now offering services for Elements CRM, a Software-as-a-Service/Enterprise grade Mac CRM product. You can learn more about it here.

Anyway, please feel free to click and discover around the site. I appreciate your interest and look forward to serving you better in 2010!

Matthew

Tags: Clients, Consulting, Daylite, Elements CRM, Marketcircle

One of my clients, Tara Reed of Tara Reed Designs wrote this on her Art Licensing Blog:

Then @mbookspan, a Certified Daylite Partner, tweeted me, offering to chat and see if Daylite would be what I needed. Well we decided it would work and I made a great decision: I bought the software from Matthew and hired him for a 2 hour “boot camp” of sorts. We talked through the computer, he took control of my mouse from 2 states away and got me all set up!  I told him what I wanted to do, he showed me how. Talk about shortening your learning curve!  With no compensation for this glowing recommendation, I would recommend anyone considering this software talk to Matthew.

Read more here. And thank you Tara!

Tags: Clients, Consulting, Daylite

One of the big items I have been working on is how to extend Daylite and make it a more useful product for both my customers and potential new customers. Daylite is an incredible application, although it is not automated enough. For example, there are not enough keyboard shortcuts for navigating around the application.

As a simple workaround, I have created some QuicKeys shortcuts. If you want them, please feel free to contact me via my contact form. I do plan to make these available via a download in the re-vamp of the website. Stay tuned…

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Speaking of that, I also have been working on a new design and more customer-centric web site. If you have any feedback or suggestions on my site and how I can improve it for your use, please leave a comment here on this post.

Tags: Consulting, Daylite, Personal

Have you tried Billings as your time billing software? As much as folks think I might be a shill for Marketcircle, I am not. I just like pleasant user experiences that make using software fun. My previous system was using GrandTotal and TimeLog. However, I found the two cumbersome when working with Daylite and really needed seamless integration that Billings 3 provides.

If you want some recent reviews of Billings 3 and GrandTotal/TimeLog, I recommend reading these to help you determine the right invoicing software for your small business needs.

• Billings 3: Macworld and Mac Observer
• GrandTotal/TimeLog: TheAppleBlog and AppleMatters

One advantage of the GrandTotal/TimeLog combo is that both have companion iPhone applications. You can get GrandTotal here and TimeLog here. Both sync with their respective desktop counterparts. I have heard that the folks at Marketcircle will be releasing a version of Billings on the iPhone. That will be very positive news for users of this great application.

Last point to mention is pricing: Billings 3 is $39.99. The TimeLog/GrandTotal combo + iPhone apps is about $94. So, consider that in your decision.

Ok, off to send some invoices…

Tags: Apple, Billings, Daylite

This coming Wednesday evening (11/18), I will be presenting the Daylite Productivity Suite + Daylite Touch at the Altamonte Springs Apple Store. For more information, here are some links:

Experience Daylite
Schedule of Workshops and Events

Please come by and learn more about Daylite!

Tags: Apple, Consulting, Daylite