Sponsor: WatchMeCode (Jun 26th) A huge thanks to WatchMeCode for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week. Derick is a great programmer doing a fantastic job of sharing his knowledge. If you want to learn JavaScript (and Node.js), this is a great place to start. Minority Report setup: video evidence (Jun 27th) This was a video followup to my report on my futuristic combination treadmill desk and LEAP motion controller. Overtired Episode 2: Attack Of The Phones (Jun 27th) We made it to…
recap, video
Don’t get me wrong, I love mind mapping on my Mac and iPad with native apps. iThoughts, iThoughtsX, MindNode and Curio are all things I get excited about. However, I’ve been spending a ton of time in MindMeister (a web app) lately.
mindmapping, mindmeister, productivity
There’s probably an existing tool to do this, but I couldn’t find it this morning. I have some very long README files on GitHub and I wanted a simple Table of Contents for them. I’m too lazy to break most of them up into wikis, so I needed a way to emulate the tag found in the Gollum wiki platform that GitHub has.
github, markdown, scripting, service, tagging
In a recent Systematic with Brian Alvey, he shared with me that he takes all his notes during interviews (and podcasts) with pen and paper. I decided to try it out, and found that there were solid benefits to the method. First, it was quiet. Second, it allowed for freeform organization of notes without having to mouse or keyboard around. The latter was a compelling benefit to me.
keyboard, markdownediting, notes, podcast, productivity, sublimetext, tools
I’m really excited for the winners of the Curio 9 giveaway. It’s an amazing piece of software that is not only easy to build in, but can make project management and brainstorming so much fun you’ll want to do even more of it. Congratulations to the lucky two:
apps, giveaway
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bookmarks, markdown
I had a great time with Christina this week discussing everything from browser tab management to Google Reader replacements we’ve settled on. I’m taking this podcast as an opportunity to get really nerdy in a way that I try (mostly) to avoid on Systematic. Hopefully that works out well in the end.
overtired, podcast
I shared details of my walking desk/LEAP setup yesterday and was flooded with requests for video of it in action. I hacked this together with my iPhone and iMovie this morning…
bettertouchtool, fitness, gestures, personal, video
Sponsor: Assistant.io (Jun 19th) A big thanks to Assistant.io, my favorite way to schedule meetings, for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week. Nick Cave, disorientation, and EXIF data (Jun 22nd) I found out later that the built-in Photos app (which I never open) can do this as well, but geolocation saved me from having to get a hotel room and admit to my wife that I’d lost the convertible. Marker, Grablinks, and Bullseye fixes (Jun 23rd) If you’re using any of my…
recap
I mentioned yesterday that Curio 9 is out, and I’m really excited about the plethora of new features and enhancements. I talked with developer George Browning and he was happy to provide two copies of Curio 9 to give away on brettterpstra.com.
apps, giveaway, macos, productivity
I met Brian Alvey at WWDC this year and had a great chat with him over drinks. Given that he built the CMS platform that I spent a few years working on over at AOL, it was surprising we’d never crossed paths before.
podcast, systematic
My new podcast with Christina Warren is live! It’s a bit wandering at this point, but we agreed after recording this episode that we would make some attempt to “theme” future episodes a little more. I think it’s a great start and I’m sure it’s going to be a lot of fun to keep it going.
overtired, podcast
One of my favorite brainstorming applications, Curio, has just released version 9. It includes an complete revamp of the interface for Mavericks and Yosemite, along with dozens of new features and improvements.
brainstorming, macos, productivity, review
