This post is written for the Apple App Store user, "Rumpel5t1". Since it's not possible for me to contact you through the App Store, I'm contacting you through my blog. (I'm assuming that by Googling yourself, you'll eventually end up here.)

A friend of mine who started investing in the Permanent Portfolio several months ago, wrote to me with concerns about the porfolio's performance. Here's my reply to him.

As it's unlikely that Evernote (the new owners of Skitch) are going to add Amazon S3 as an upload target for Skitch, I discovered a hack to make it happen.

For being one of the world's largest and most active online services, it's surprising how buggy the Twitter website is. Read to find out why.

Another reason for hosting your own email.

In my job (probably just like you) I work with lot of files on my computer—images for websites, screenshots for the App Store, financial statements and receipts for the accountant. Here's how I assign standard names to all those files.

And so it goes—I've now worked with every major telecommunications provider in Spain, and have had serious problems with all of them. Here's the latest about Movistar.

If you follow my blog via an RSS reader, you will need to update the site feed URL due to Google's shutting down of the FeedBurner service. Continue reading for details.

Eye opening comments on American poverty statistics.

Be aware that we crave distraction, and distraction is the enemy of productivity. It's so easy to get into the habit (or addiction) of distraction without realizing it. Don't check email or other