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I wrote a pretty basic script a long time ago that converts TaskPaper files to Markdown for nice previewing/publishing. I recently updated it with a ...

The TaskPaper giveaway has ended, and I have winners to announce! Sorry for the delay in getting the announcement out, I had a rough day ...

I’m excited to offer the next giveaway, 3 licenses ($24.99 value) for TaskPaper. TaskPaper is a task management solution based entirely on plain text. It ...

I’ve made some changes to na that make it a very handy tool for general querying of a TaskPaper file. Now you can quickly find ...

I’ve put together a few of my Keyboard Maestro macros for TaskPaper 3 that I think might have general appeal. I have to thank Rob ...

A quick search on this blog will reveal I’m a long-time fan of TaskPaper. The plain-text task manager has provided the simplest form of portable ...

I published my version of Pedro Lobo’s Extra Info script for TaskPaper a couple of years ago. ExtraInfo+ is a script that reads tags such ...

This is just a quick post to mention a new idea I had while working on Marked today. I was, as usual, using TaskPaper to ...

I’ve been switching back and forth between The Hit List and OmniFocus for a while now. I like the simplicity of The Hit List combined ...

4 quick scripts for TaskPaper users tonight, specifically for handling dates quickly. If you’ve used my other TaskPaper scripts, you know you can use natural ...

I’ve been using Things for task management lately, mostly because it has a decent iPad app. I really do love my iPad… however, I often ...

I wrote a while back about some Day One geekery, and shared the git wrapper I set up for bagging some of my larger commit ...

I did some hacking on the excellent "Extra Info" script from Pedro Lobo. I wouldn’t say I greatly improved it, but I did make a ...

I just pushed v2.1.6 of mdless. Once all these 2.0 changes are confirmed to be stable, I’ll let this project go for a while, but ...

I made a few major updates to mdless 2.0 (first announced a couple days ago) over the holiday weekend. Note that you can make all ...

I’ve put some more time into both Journal and . The latest version of represents quite a few hours of tinkering. See the na project ...

I’ve updated na with some new stuff I thought I’d share. First off, I wanted an easy way to archive all @done actions in one ...

One more round of updates for na. I got a couple of questions about whether na could work with one centralized file. The answer was, ...

So I’ve fleshed na out into a pretty great tool for querying and adding to a TaskPaper file, making it easy to manage having a ...

I have a friend (hi Jeff) who has really dug into using some of my command line tools like Howzit and na. Working with him ...

I’ve pushed Doing 2.0 out to the world. It’s the result of a year or so of tinkering on and off, with some extra love ...

Back in 2011 I started tracking the minutiae of my work days using VoodooPad. It was partly for record keeping, but mostly to be able ...

As usual, I’ve found myself unable to write up the complete 2017 macOS list in any reasonable timeframe, so I’m once again splitting it into ...

I’ve had a few really good coding days in a row here, which has meant not as much blogging this week. I figure Friday is ...

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I just updated my trusty 1 script a little bit. Nothing major: some more colorful output and graceful error handling and cache updating when folders ...

As I’ve mentioned before, I keep todo.taskpaper files in my web and code project folders. These allow me to keep track of bugs, ideas, notes, ...

Not my busiest year on record, but I did a lot. Updated: Generate slick changelogs from Git commits I do all of my release notes ...

I’ve completed my latest side project, the Marked Conductor. Here’s the backstory: Marked 2 offers the option to use Custom Processors (and Preprocessors) which allow ...

The FastScripts giveaway has ended, and I have a winner to announce! You should have received an email with details, please let me know if ...

Here’s a rundown of the personal projects I’ve focused the most on in 2022. A lot of heart and soul (and manic energy) went into ...

I’m getting an early start on this list this year. This will be some of my most used apps, with a special emphasis on apps ...

This might be the last big na update for a little while, but it’s got some great stuff in it. I’m really aiming to make ...

I think I’ve wrapped up my conversion to Fish for the time being. I can honestly say that now that I’m past the tinkering phase, ...

First off, I promise an nvUltra update this week. You deserve it. In the meantime… I woke up at three this morning. As you may ...

Welcome to another year of my "best of" lists. I’m throwing it all into one post this year, so the list is a little shorter ...

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I apologize for the slow posting over the last couple of weeks. Between working on BitWriter, Marked 2, a couple of freelance projects, and entertaining ...

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Ok, so the first nvALT 2.2 release was an unmitigated wreck. The second one was something just less than a major disaster. A minor major ...

The Mac ‘Pick a Bundle’ 2016 from Creatable has some real gems this year. Choose any 10 of the options to build your own bundle ...

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Admittedly, my publishing pace has been down for a while, but I’m working to get it back to its former levels. This reboot has been ...

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So you may have noticed an extreme lack of posting in March, and it’s already creeping into April. I don’t have much to recap in ...

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I put together a little utility this morning to help me remember what GitHub repositories I’ve grabbed with the intention of playing with later. I ...