The First Winner of the Maxory Selects Lifetime Achievement of Word Is Pekal by James Thompson

This week, Federico and John introduce the fourth annual MacStories Selects award winners and interview the first MacStories Selects Lifetime Achievement award winner, James Thomson, the creator of PCalc.

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Links and Show Notes

The 2021 MacStories Selects Awards

• Other MacStories Selects Awards Coverage
  • MacStories Selects 2021: Recognizing the Best Apps of the Year
  • The MacStories Selects 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Club MacStories+ Live Town Hall, coming to the Club MacStories Discord community on Tuesday, December 14 at 12:30 PM Eastern Time
• The MacStories Selects Award Winners
  • Best New App: Noir
    • Noir website
    • Noir on the App Store
    • MacStories article
  • Best New App Runner-Up: Mela
    • Mela website
    • Mela on the App Store: (iPhone/iPad and Mac)
    • The MacStories Review
  • Best App Update: Tweetbot 6
    • Tweetbot website
    • Tweetbot 6 on the App Store
    • MacStories article

• Best App Update Runner-Up: Sofa 3
  • Sofa website
  • Sofa on the App Store
  • The MacStories Review

• Best New Feature: BetterTouchTool’s Shortcuts for Mac Integration
  • BetterTouchTool website
  • Recent MacStories Coverage
    • How to Batch Convert Shortcuts for Use Throughout Monterey and with Other Automation Apps
    • Shortcuts for Mac: 27 of Our Favorite Third-Party Integrations
• Best New Feature Runner-Up: Yoink
  • Yoink website
  • Yoink on the App Store
  • MacStories article

• Best Watch App: Streaks
  • Streaks website
  • Streaks on the App Stores

• Best Watch App Runner-Up: Drafts
  • Drafts website
  • Drafts on the App Store
• Best Mac App: Bartender 4
  • • Bartender 4 website
  • The MacStories Review
• Best Mac App Runner-Up: Doppler
  • • Doppler website
  • The MacStories Review
• Best Design: Mela
  • Mela website
  • Mela on the App Store: (iPhone/iPad and Mac)
  • The MacStories Review
• Best Design Runner-Up: Craft
  • Craft’s website
  • Craft on the App Store
  • The MacStories Review
• Readers’ Choice Award: Craft
  • Craft’s website
  • Craft on the App Store
  • The MacStories Review
• App of The Year: Obsidian
  • Obsidian website
  • Obsidian mobile on the App Store
  • Club MacStories coverage:
    • My Obsidian Setup, Part 1: Sync, Core Plugins, Workspaces, and Other Settings
    • My Obsidian Setup, Part 2: Themes, Mobile Quick Action and Toolbar, and Third-Party Plugins
    • My Obsidian Setup, Part 3: My ‘Dashboard’ Note for Quick Links, Todoist Tasks, Saving Ideas, and Keeping Track of Current Projects
    • My Obsidian Setup, Part 4: Templates for Weekly Posts and Custom Mobile Toolbar
    • My Obsidian Setup, Part 5: Appending Text and Webpage Links to Specific Sections of My ‘Dashboard’ Note
  • AppStories Series:
    • Obsidian In Depth: The Basics (Part 1)
    • Obsidian In Depth: Core Plugins (Part 2)
• App of the Year Runner-Up: Craft
  • Craft’s website
  • Craft on the App Store
  • The MacStories Review
• Lifetime Achievement Award: PCalc
  • PCalc website
  • PCalc on the App Store (iPhone/iPad and Mac)
  • A Selection of MacStories and AppStories Coverage
    • PCalc 3.9 Adds Dark Mode and the Latest Shortcuts Features, Expanding the App’s Automation Capabilities
    • PCalc 3.8 Adds Support for iOS 12’s Siri Shortcuts, Including Powerful Clipboard Commands
    • PCalc’s Delightfully Insane About Screen
    • Apple Asks PCalc Developer to Remove iOS 8 Widget
    • PCalc for Apple Watch
    • AppStories, Episode 38 – An Interview with James Thomson, Creator of PCalc and DragThing

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