Calendar Paste is a handy new app from Christian Tietze (one of the original Notational Velocity hackers). It lets you create event templates for Apple’s Calendar apps on your iPhone. Set the title, location and duration, and then when you need to schedule it just choose it from the list and pick a date and time.
appreview, iphone
1Password is almost always the first app I install on a new machine. It’s my key to opening all of the necessary accounts and it holds all of my software licenses. It’s literally indispensable. I’m going to just go ahead and assume you use it or are at least familiar with it and move along.
1password, quicktip
I’m horrible at keeping track of anything without a little help. It’s why I love my computer and my iOS devices so much. One area I’m absolutely incompetent in is keeping tallies of things in realtime. The slightest distraction and all of the numbers get jumbled up and I forget where I was. If you’ve listened to Systematic, you’ve probably heard it happen.
appreview, iphone
Federico Viticci of MacStories and Silvia Gatta, together known as Icons & Coffee, have released a set of icons specifically designed for OmniFocus. Perspective Icons are perfect for touching up the default icons, and there are a total of 50 to choose from for your personal Perspectives as well.
design, review
The “J” stands for Joseph, he goes by Joey, and he’s currently the Road Manager for Leonard Cohen’s Old Ideas World Tour. He’s been on the road for a long, long time now, and it was really interesting to grill him on the years-long path that led to his present employment.
podcast, systematic
I added a new PopClip extension to my collection this morning. It’s called OpenURLS and it does exactly what you think: it scans selected text for urls (http or custom handlers) and opens everything it finds in each urls default application.
popclip
This is a version of Planter (instant nested folder creation from indented text input) modified for LaunchBar1. It has a customized version of the Planter script and CocoaDialog embedded, so you can use it simply by unzipping the download, placing the file in and running it directly from LaunchBar. Download at the end of this post.
launchbar, productivity, scripting
Updated: This configuration no longer works in macOS Sierra or greater due to changes in Karabiner. I’ve written some new instructions.
keybindings, keyboard
I realized the other day that I don’t blog much about the non-software tools and objects that I use every day. I’ve mentioned my Nest and a few of my favorite capture tools, but not much else. I checked my pockets to see what I had that I never left home without; I found my trusty Gerber Artifact1 and thought it worth telling folks about.
hardware, tools
It was a pleasure joining Michael Schechter and Mike Vardy on “Mikes on Mics” this week. The conversation centered around procrastination; and its potential benefits. A tequila, whisky and microbrew-driven conversation that led to some interesting revelations.
interview, podcast
I tested out a journaling app called Memories today, and thought it was worth a mention. If you’re looking for a great-looking journaling app that also offers encryption for your personal thoughts, Memories is probably worth a taking a peek at.
macappstore, macos, review
I finally got to hear from a guest who knows their stuff when it comes to the human mind. Howard Buddin joined me on Systematic this week to talk about memory, the brain and, of course, some top picks of the week (which happen to be geared toward the research community). It was a great conversation. I had to edit a few minutes out just for time, but Howard has promised to come back and continue the conversation so we can cover all of the things I wish we had time to cover in this episode. Check…
podcast, systematic
I’ve realized that my experience as a blogger for larger organizations and someone who has successfully marketed their own app I have some knowledge that not every developer is privvy to. I think it’s a good time to share what I’ve learned; things I take for granted but that could be very helpful to others just getting started.
marketing
