Instapaper: Tips, Hacks and Tuts for iPhone and Mac Users.

If you’re a blogger, a social network addicted, a casual geek, it’s very, very likely that you open tons of links everyday. From a browser point of view, this means that you usually have 10 / 20 / 30 open tabs and - you know - it’s not so good. But, it’s also likely that you don’t read all the pages as soon as you open them: you leave them open for  later reading sessions.

And here come tools such as Read it Later and Instapaper: instead of leaving those open tabs cluttering your browser window, you can send pages to your read later app and - ehm - read it when you want. I’ve reviewed Read it Later for iPhone a few months ago, be sure to read the article if you missed it.

Anyway, today I’d like to talk about the famous alternative to RiL, Instapaper. Developed by Marco Arment (lead developer of Tumblr), Instapaper has slowly become one the most popular applications in the App Store, featured on many tech blogs / magazines.

Is there a way to make Instapaper even more Apple-style? Sure! I’ve collected some tips and hacks to enhance your Instapaper experience while on Mac OS and iPhone OS, but don’t hesitate to share your tips and suggestions in the comments!

Enjoy! ;)

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Years for iPhone: Calendars Can Be Sexy Too.

I remember when I was younger and I went to the primary school, changing the calendar page each month was some sort of an event. Maybe ‘cause we just couldn’t stand school at all, God knows.

Anyway, I had a strange feeling when I first tested this app, Years. I mean, it’s the same, good, old paper calendar ported to the iPhone. “What’s the pioint?”, I asked myself.

Then I realized. Years is - simply - beatiful app.

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Delibar Comes Out of the Beta..and it’s Delicious.

As I said many times, I believe Delicious bookmarks are the best way to save, archive and organize the web pages you save for future reference. I also wrote a roundup about the 7 best Mac apps that brings delicious.com to your desktop, be sure to read it if you missed.

As you can see from the roundup, Delibar was in. I’ve been a beta tester of this app for a few months, and now that it has gone public I can finally review it.

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Insipiration: 60 Awesome Mac Apps Websites

Usually, a great Mac app has always an outstanding design. This happens beacuse the Mac platform is highly focused on providing a better user experience than other OSes and a good design is very important to acheive this. But, if you’re an app developer, you have to tell users that your app is great in the first place. And the first place is the application’s website.

Here I’ve collected 60 awesome Mac apps websites for your inspiration. If you know more, I’d love to hear about that in the comments.

Enjoy! ;)

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