I made a jQuery plugin called “TL;DR”1 live on GitHub last night. It’s designed for bloggers who write long posts: it adds a block with summaries and skip links automatically. It was inspired in part by QuikScan, which was pointed out to me by Christopher Allen. blogging, javascript, jquery, plugin, reading, text, webdesign

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I’ve been messing around with creating a decent teleprompter for a long time. I’ll probably publish one on the App Store eventually. In the meantime, here’s a trick that I’ve been using to turn Markdown scripts into a very passable teleprompter for screencasting and voice recordings. markdown, marked

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There’s a lot to remember when you’re preparing to record a screencast or a podcast. Quitting some apps, launching others, changing settings… I find it easiest just to script everything. That’s probably not a surprise to anyone. automator, macos, recording, scripting

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Here’s a quick hack for GeekTool users who use Time Machine and don’t have enough stuff on their Desktop. That’s everybody, right? geeklet, geektool

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To follow up on my Marker bookmarklet, I’ve created a PopClip extension called WebMarkdown (a.k.a. WebMD) that does pretty much the same thing (take a web page selection and turn it into Markdown). It’s a handy trick when you’re gathering notes or just want to save a portion of an article. markdown, markdownifier, popclip

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If you want to run the Tag Filer script, but don’t have Hazel handy, you still have everything you need to get it done. One option is to run a “cleanup” command at intervals using . launchd, macos, quicktip, tagging

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This is a variant of my Bullseye bookmarklet which takes a selection – including headlines, links, and images – and converts it to Markdown using Marky. bookmarklet, javascript, markdown, marker, marky

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I’ve finished a tag-based filing system I started working on before Mavericks. I personally think it’s flexible enough to be shared, but others may balk at the apparent complexity. It does take some planning and setup, but it’s an effective way for me to manage files. hazel, macos, productivity, ruby, scripting, tagging

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