Archive for the ‘Blog’ Category

Mar 31
2012

Links of interest from March 28, 2012 through March 31, 2012:

Mar 30
2012

There was an impressive response to the call for crowdsourced iOS text editor comparison. The “final” spreadsheet is available here (link updated to point to the new page). I froze it this morning as there were a lot of deletions happening that were breaking results. It was reverted to restore a few major deletions, and I did my best to replace individual additions and edits that…

Mar 29
2012

This is a quick experiment with Google Docs, CSVs, MultiMarkdown tables and CSS3 selectors. It’s really hackish, but it’s a start. I wanted to take Google Docs spreadsheet output and turn it into a clean table with color coding and my own styling. Here’s what I’ve done so far (example output here):

Mar 29
2012

Update: The spreadsheet has been frozen for now, results coming soon!

I’m working on a big iOS text editor comparison post, but the number of things to check and test is a bit overwhelming. I’d like to crowdsource it, and I’m looking for your help. I’ve set up a Google spreadsheet with public access and would love contributions.

Mar 28
2012

Links of interest from March 17, 2012 through March 28, 2012:

Mar 26
2012

I’m not a minimalist. By no stretch of the imagination is anything about my personality minimal, nor have I lived a life that indicates any of the discipline required to say “enough.” Take my workspace as a micro-example of my entire life.

My desk is a perpetual mess; maybe neater than some, but despite its large size, desktop space here is a luxury. By the end of…

Mar 19
2012

I added a little hack to Fletcher Penney’s MultiMarkdown Quick Look generator to give it a default style (Github CSS) and allow for customization via a .mdqlstyle.css file located in your home folder. Full details and download available on Github.

Screenshot of a Quick Look preview using the Upstanding Citizen style (available on the Github page):