Apr 02
2012

I don’t like outliners. It’s not that I see anything wrong with them, they just don’t click with the way my brain works when I’m brainstorming or planning. It’s why I use mind maps. Nonetheless, I had to try Tree (MAS link) when I saw it. It looked different. It was.

An outliner is an outliner, but Tree adds one thing that makes it infinitely more useful to me and my…

Dec 02
2011

I linked LiveReload on Twitter the day I discovered it, but I haven’t given it a truly thorough test until tonight. Suffice to say I was impressed enough to take some time out to write it up.

LiveReload is a tool for web designers. It watches for changes in a given folder and–in a way similar to what Marked does for Markdown files–it updates your web browser(s)…

Dec 01
2011

This is the last of this run of Thanksgiving giveaways. There will be more soon, I promise, but Smile was generous enough to donate–in addition to the TextExpander licenses I gave away yesterday–three codes for PDFpen as well. I don’t usually run giveaways on apps I haven’t specifically reviewed, so I’ll try to roll both together here.

Nov 28
2011

Following up on the 50% off Marked sale over the weekend, I’m putting three more Marked promo codes up for grabs. Marked is my own MultiMarkdown preview app which works with any text editor to provide an updated preview every time you save your file.

There’s a new version of Marked on the horizon with a few new features, and one a little down the road with built-in support…

Nov 27
2011

I’m really excited to be putting this one up: Five promo codes for Byword for Mac. It’s US $9.99 on the App Store, but leave a comment on this post and have a chance to pick up a copy for free! I’ve mentioned Byword before, and it’s one of my favorite writing tools on my Mac. It has great tools for Markdown writers, too, and some very handy keyboard shortcuts.

Nov 26
2011

Continuing the very exciting Thanksgiving giveaways today I have five promo codes for Fletcher Penney’s MultiMarkdown Composer (reviewed here). It’s a text editor packed with features for editing Markdown and MultiMarkdown, including syntax highlighting, document header navigation, shortcuts for adding MultiMarkdown syntax and much more.

Nov 25
2011

Since it’s Black Friday, I’m going to run a second giveaway today: TextExpander. It’s one of my all-time favorite Mac utilities, and I have quite a few free snippets available to demonstrate its usefulness. It’s available in the Mac App Store for US $34.99, and it’s worth every penny. Today, though, you can comment below and be entered for a chance at one of three free licenses.