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Bakari Chavanu

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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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Meetings vs. Meetings: Two Mac Applications for Managing Agendas and Minutes

If you require extensive, detailed meeting agendas and minutes, two Mac Store applications – both called Meetings – offer useful solutions not available in other OS X software.

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How To Use Evernote To Manage Your Meetings

Did you know that the latest tools and features in Evernote make it a very useful application for managing meetings?

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10 More Alfred Workflows to Send Tweets, Set Reminders & More

If you're a Mac power user, application launcher Alfred is a powerful way to get things done with click-saving workflows and a few swift keystrokes.

Create, Organize & Share Outlines Using Cloud Outliner For iOS & Mac

Outlines are useful for completing writing projects, taking class notes, brainstorming ideas and creating agendas for important meetings. Cloud Outliner is designed to make outlines even better.

New Kindle For iOS Features Make It A Serious eReader For Studying

The latest update adds features to the iOS version of Amazon's Kindle e-reader that makes it more useful than Apple's own iBooks for reading eBooks and PDFs.

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Track How You Spend Time On Your Mac With Timing

If most of your work involves a computer, an OS X application called Timing can help you track exactly where the hours go.

Blinkist Helps You Read A Book In 15 Minutes

If you've been wanting to read books, but can't always find the time, a Berlin-based book collection startup called Blinkist thinks it has a solution.

Improve Your Reading Speed With iPhone App Outread

Outread is a unique app for iPhone that's designed to train your eyes to read content faster and not subvocalize each word you see.

Collect, Extract & Organize Research Fast With Summary Pro for iPad

The Internet makes researching most topics fast and easy, and when it comes to managing those documents, notes, and clippings, Summary Pro for iPad takes some beating.

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How & Why I Use 5 Digital Notebooks to Stay Productive

I use five different notebooks. Why? Because each has a distinct purpose or feature that helps me stay productive.

Vine Releases Video Services Online With Full Screen TV Mode

Vine has recently unveiled a web version of their app, vine.co, featuring a scrolling collection of short looping videos that play automatically as they appear on a user's feed.

Received A New iPhone or iPad? Here Are Some Tips For iOS Newbies

If you're the owner of a new iPhone or iPad, there's much to learn, but you don't have to take classes or spend more money to find what you need to know.

iOS App AirWeb Brings Proper Web Browsing to Apple TV

While you can use AirPlay to mirror what is on your device or view an iPhoto slideshow, AirWeb provides a fully-optimized interface for browsing full-screen viewing of web pages on an Apple TV.

Outline: A Versatile Digital Notebook For Your Mac & iPad

A real digital notebook should allow users to do more than collect and store notes, clippings and documents.

How To Keep Writing Daily Journal Or Diary Entries For A Year

The start of a new year is a great time to begin keeping a journal or diary, but the challenge lies in keeping up your new daily journal writing habit.

From Cooking To Coding: Learn And Teach Lessons On Curious.com

If you have the time and inclination to explore and learn something new, the online learning site and mobile app, Curious.com, offers hundreds of free or low cost video tutorials. Bring your curiosity.

Shazam Gets Continuous Listening in New iPhone and iPod Touch Update

The recent update of the free iPhone and iPod touch app, Shazam, includes a feature for continuously recognizing popular songs and TV shows it hears.

IPad Mini or IPad Air? Why & How I Use Them Both

Recently I purchased the new iPad Air with the intention of selling or passing on my iPad mini. After spending time with both devices, I've realized that I use them both for different purposes.

From Food Menus to Photo Blogging: My 10 Favorite iOS Apps of 2013

My favorite apps of 2013 are those which I found most productive in helping me get things done, and here's my roundup for iOS.

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The Beginner's Guide To Going Paperless With A Mac, iPad and iPhone

I don't have the stats to prove it, but I think the money I save by going paperless practically pays for my Apple devices.

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