My project has been a great tool for me, and it’s evolved into a fairly complete time tracking system of sorts. Using the , , and commands, you can include time intervals for your entries and see them with in most and variations. I’ll need to do a whole post on that to explain it properly, but I wanted to mention something different today.
doing, productivity, terminal
Sponsor: MultiMarkdown Composer (Apr 17th) Thanks to my favorite Markdown editor for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week. If you’re interested in sponsorship, see here for more info. Moviedo, your todo list for movies (Apr 22nd) A great app for tracking movies you want to see or collecting movies in any kind of list. Systematic 93 with Alex Enkerli (Apr 22nd) This was a great chat with ethnographer Alex Enkerli. Check it out.
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I didn’t know what ethnography was until I chatted with Alex Enkerli on this week’s episode of Systematic. It’s a topic I now find fascinating, and one that would have served me well when I was more focused on UX design. We talk about technology appropriation, understanding users and the fact that users innovate products, and not vice versa.
ethnography, podcast, systematic
I got an advance preview of the app Moviedo and I’ve been loving it. It was officially released today. If you love movies and keep lists of movies to watch, movies you’ve loved or any other collection of movies, this app is for you.
appreview, iphone, movies, review
At one point, multiple sources say, Duplan considered installing a motion detector system on his desk, so he could wave his hand rather than call out to his assistant to let her know he needed something. A source close to the company denies this.
marked, personal
Sponsor: PDFpen for iPad (Apr 10th) A big thanks to Smile for their continued support of BrettTerpstra.com. If you work with PDFs (or just regularly need to digitally sign them), PDFpen is an amazing tool A Service for getting sums from selections (Apr 10th) This one got linked by LifeHacker and others. I didn’t realize it was going to be that handy for everyone else, too. Sum: PopClip extension (Apr 11th) The above service gets even more powerful when you stick it in PopClip and…
otask, recap
I knew I liked Ryan Irelan from watching his videos and some brief contact around the internet, but I didn’t expect to enjoy talking to him as much as I did on Systematic episode 92.
podcast, systematic
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bookmarks, ruby, scripting, tools, webdesign
The Fantastical 2 for iPad giveaway has had a great response. Flexibits noticed and decided you all deserve double the chance of winning. There are now 10 copies available. Sign up for a chance at one on the giveaway post!
appstore, giveaway, ipad
