I’m building an AutoTag system for my Jekyll setup. Unlike the Zemanta system I use for additional keywords, this tool is designed to match your content to existing tags you already use on your blog, helping to keep a consistent taxonomy and better post relationships. It’s more like the TextMate/WordPress version I created. Like that version, there are two parts to it: a tag plugin on the blog side and a local tool for pulling information from it and processing it.
autotag, blogging, jekyll, jtag, tagging, text
I have the honor of being directly sponsored by Smile this week. In addition to being great people, as the creators of TextExpander, TextExpander touch, PDFpen for OS X, and PDFpen for iPad and iPhone, Smile is one of my favorite groups of developers.
smile, textexpander
I worked this very short script up last night to help a friend scratch an itch. It allows the HTML preview window in nvALT to show as clickable text that will jump to linked notes in the editor.
editor, html, javascript, notes, nvalt, scripting, wiki
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bookmarks, css, macos, openmeta, tagging
I did some hacking on the excellent “Extra Info” script from Pedro Lobo. I wouldn’t say I greatly improved it, but I did make a fine mess of the code. My goal was achieved, though: special tags create new files from templates with things like subject, source link, date, etc. all ready to go. Trigger it with FastScripts and you can add extended notes to any task using MindNode, Mindjet MindManager, OmniOutliner, iThoughtsX and nvALT.
applescript, hacks, macos, productivity, scripting, tagging, taskpaper
A complete anthology of the Read & Trust newsletter is now available. For $29 US you can read all of the great work published over the 10-month span of the newsletter by authors including Shawn Blanc, Matt Alexander, Patrick Rhone, Matt Gemmell, Federico Viticci, myself and many more. Over 160 pages of great articles by great authors.
readandtrust, writing
I’m working on a “Brainstorming workflow” post right now, and in the process I realized I needed a better tool to turn quick Markdown/plain text scribblings into mind maps. I put together a script that will accept a variety of (logical) plain text outline formats and convert them into an indented list in your clipboard. The result is formatted so that pasting it into a mind mapping application will result in a perfect set of topics and nodes for expanding on the outline.
markdown, mindmapping, popclip, service
The Nimblstand is a new iPad stand that offers some serious flexibility in a lightweight and portable format. It actually works with any tablet, and even works pretty well with most phones.
hardware, ipad, review
Editorial for iPad is out, and ready to change the face of iPad writing. I’m not even going to tell you about it, since Federico Viticci has it more than covered .
appstore, blogging, ios, ipad, markdown, writing
I had a truly great time getting to know “Dr. Drang” this week on Systematic. He may be a wee bit older than me, but I found a lot that we have in common. Kindred spirits, if you will.
podcast, systematic
Thanks to a catch and fix from Nathan Henrie, the SearchLink service has been updated to 1.6. It was snagging on matches where a preceded a Searchlink type of link and combining the url with the search command. This is remedied now, and thanks to Nathan for the fix!
macos, searchlink, service
