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About Bakari Chavanu

Bakari is a freelance writer and photographer. He‘s a long-time Mac user, jazz music fan, and family man.

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How To Turn Your Tumblr Blog Into A Beautiful Book

The content of your Tumblr shouldn't be confined to an online site, when it can be printed, shared, cherished as a book; to be viewed, and read for generations to come.

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Type Superfast With Real Time Voice Dictation in iOS 8

It's time to do less typing and more talking with the new real time voice-to-text feature in iOS 8.

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10 Awesome Third-Party App Updates For iOS 8

The recent release of iOS 8 brought with it a flurry of third-party app updates to spice up your new or existing Apple mobile device.

Control Your Mac By Waving Your Hands With Leap Motion & BetterTouchTool

Control your Mac with the wave of your hand instead of keyboard presses. BetterTouchTool and the Leap Motion controller can power-up your workflow with dozens of mouseless shortcuts.

Start A Digital Journaling Habit With A 30-Day Challenge

One useful path to personal self-improvement is through keeping a journal. But this approach requires journal writing to become a habit. A journaling challenge could be the push you need to just begin.

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PromptSmart Scrolls For You While You Read Your Speech

Most of us would rather babysit hungry baby twins than give a speech to an audience of strangers, but unique iOS app called PromptSmart promises to make the task a little easier.

Kindle vs. iBooks: Which Is The Best eReader For Your iPad or iPhone?

Apple's iBooks and Amazon's Kindle are two of the best apps for reading a book and each has its own strengths and weaknesses – but which is right for your reading habits?

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Beautify Your Emails With Apple's Mail Stationery

Take your emails from plain text to personal. Apple's Mail includes often-overlooked attractive Stationery templates for making your messages stand out.

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Reminder: You Can Make Greeting Cards With iPhoto

When it comes to greeting cards, iPhoto for Mac makes it easy to create your own using one or more photos and your own unique message.

Beesy: A Smart All-in-One Project Management Tool for Groups and Businesses

When it comes to managing projects and tasks with other people, emails and phone calls are not enough. That's why a cross-platform solution like Beesy is worth checking out.

Creating Bibliographies & Footnote Citations Is Easier With Bookends for Mac

Bookends for Mac practically performs the research and citation formatting tasks for you.

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Four Distraction-Free Writing Environments For Mac Compared [Video]

If you want to increase your writing productivity on your Mac, one sure fire way to do so is to use full-screen mode in a distraction-free text editor program.

Legendary Jazz Label Blue Note Issues Free 75th Anniversary iPad App

The world of Blue Note is huge, and there's no better way to tour its vast jazz catalogue than by downloading Blue Note 75.

Dropzone 3 Turbocharges Your Mac With Drag & Drop Actions

You could waste time putting your files and folders to use the traditional way, or you could save time and do everything directly from your menu bar using Dropzone.

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10 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With iOS Safari

Even if you're already familiar with Safari's basic features, there are bound to be things you haven't yet realised the iOS browser can do.

Create Stylish Resumes & CVs On the iPad, No Formatting Required

Getting a job may be hard, but creating a resume is easier with the right template-based apps for the iPad.

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The Best iPhone OCR Apps Tested

For those of us dedicated to going paperless, the ability to scan documents and have the text recognized and converted to text is an essential time saver.

Is OneNote for Mac a Viable Alternative to Evernote?

Even you're a diehard Mac or iOS user, you still may find the stylish Microsoft OneNote for Mac, iPad and iPhone a worthy option for capturing notes and creating page designs.

Power Up Mac Productivity Using Named Clipboards in Keyboard Maestro

No clipboard manager can do what versatile named clipboards can in Mac automation program Keyboard Maestro.

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From Idea to Final Draft: How to Increase Your Writing Productivity

You don't have to be Stephen King to be a productive writer. Using the right applications and writing tips, you can get more writing done with less frustration, and finish what you start.

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