‘Reviews’ at Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life

Sarah Luczaj takes a look at How to Cure Boredom, an upcoming e-book by fellow contributor Evan Hadkins.

There’s a trio of updates for today: we review Leap for Mac, offering tagging superpowers; we review Versions for Mac, which can connect you up to the time machine that is Subversion; and we reveal a few funky facts about the site’s founder and editor.

DEVONthink, our favourite information manager for Mac OS X, and arguably the most powerful software of its kind on any platform, has reached version 2.0. With new features and significant usability improvements, this is a solid update. So why am I feeling a bit pessimistic about the market for software of this type?

I’d like to say that it is an essential part of psychotherapy to contribute to making the world a better place.

Many mental health professionals, particularly those in individual or small group practices with a strong web presence, often wear a technologist’s hat at least part of the time. If you’re one of those folks who sometimes needs to get their hands dirty under the hood of a website — maybe even do a bit of hand coding in PHP, Javascript and the like — the latest upgrade to the venerable BBEdit text processor has several new features to offer.