Recap: Mar 12th, 2014

Sponsor: Rittman Mead (Mar 6th) Thanks to Rittman Mead for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week! Link cleaning extensions for PopClip (Mar 6th) A couple of new extensions for lengthening shortened urls and clearing off query strings and Google tracking information. Owning your cloud backup (Mar 9th) Using Arq 4 and a remote Mac for offsite backups. Don’t miss out on the Arq 4 Giveaway! GeoHopper and iBeacons for proximity scripting (Mar 10th) An experiment in using iBeacons… recap

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Brainstorm Collaboratively With Stormboard

Stormboard is a new web app for collaborative brainstorming. It’s based on sticky notes and multi-section boards. While not my ideal brainstorming format, it’s very effective for quickly getting ideas out, organizing them and developing them. It’s ideal for remote teams who are used to using whiteboards, and comes with SSL-encrypted connections even at the free subscription level. brainstorming, productivity

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GeoHopper and iBeacons for Proximity Scripting

I have been working for a long time to make lights in my house follow me around with accurate proximity detection. I always have my iPhone on me, so I’ve been using Bluetooth to handle this. Originally, I hacked around with Proximity to accomplish this, but ultimately found EventScripts to be a better solution. It still wasn’t as accurate as I wanted it to be. automation, ibeacon, iphone

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Recap: Mar 05th, 2014

Sponsor: AeroPress Timer (Feb 27th) A big thanks to AeroPress Timer for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week. AeroPress users should be checking this out. Marked 2.2 825 with Passive Voice detection (Mar 3rd) Marked was updated this week with Passive Voice detection, allowing you to further improve your writing! Systematic 86 with Nick Honko (Mar 4th) I had a great chat with Nick about travel, study habits and more. Collaborative text editor roundup (Mar 5th) A roundup of some of… recap

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