I just stumbled upon another keybinding tip from Jacob Rus1. It allows you to enter a numeric string before running a text command and repeat the command the specified number of times2. Emacs and Vim do it… turns out that any Cocoa text field can, too. The tip is from 2006, so this is old news, but still new to me.
cocoa, keybindings, quicktip, text, vim
I thought a couple of additional discoveries after my LiveReload review yesterday were worth mentioning in a second post. First, Andrey Tarantsov (the developer) stopped by the post and let me know that the planned price is US $9.99 when it gets to the App Store. He’s charging almost exactly what I think will value his work but not freak out potentially valuable customers. I’m excited to purchase the final release.
appreview, webdesign
I linked LiveReload on Twitter the day I discovered it, but I haven’t given it a truly thorough test until tonight. Suffice to say I was impressed enough to take some time out to write it up.
appreview, macos, webdesign
I am proud (and humbled) to announce that I’ve been included in the Read & Trust network. Founded by Aaron Mahnke, Read & Trust is a group of writers who have been carefully selected as trustworthy beacons of news and opinions. The ranks include my good friends Dave Caolo and David Chartier, along with many bloggers I admire, such as Patrick Rhone, Ben Brooks, Brett Kelly, Shawn Blanc, and Marco Arment. This is a great privilege!
blogging, readandtrust, writing
This is the last of this run of Thanksgiving giveaways. There will be more soon, I promise, but Smile was generous enough to donate–in addition to the TextExpander licenses I gave away yesterday–three codes for PDFpen as well. I don’t usually run giveaways on apps I haven’t specifically reviewed, so I’ll try to roll both together here.
appreview, giveaway, macappstore, macos, productivity
I was invited to join Terry and Myke on the Bro Show this week. It was great to meet them (digitally) and we had a really fun chat. Be sure to check it out!
interview, podcast, quicklink
I completed an interview with MacDrifter recently which goes into specific details of my writing workflow. If you’re interested in what apps and processes I’m currently using, have a read!
interview, quicklink
Following up on the 50% off Marked sale over the weekend, I’m putting three more Marked promo codes up for grabs. Marked is my own MultiMarkdown preview app which works with any text editor to provide an updated preview every time you save your file.
giveaway, macos, markdown, marked, multimarkdown
I’m really excited to be putting this one up: Five promo codes for Byword for Mac. It’s US $9.99 on the App Store, but leave a comment on this post and have a chance to pick up a copy for free! I’ve mentioned Byword before, and it’s one of my favorite writing tools on my Mac. It has great tools for Markdown writers, too, and some very handy keyboard shortcuts.
giveaway, macappstore, macos, markdown, writing
I thought I’d mention that I’ll be joining David Sparks and Merlin Mann on stage at Macworld this year (well, next year, technically). We’ll be presenting “40 tips in 40 minutes” (it will be more than 40). Tickets to the conference track are only US $75 this year, so I highly recommend getting in on this! Prices go up a little after December 5th, so get your pass to all of the Tech Talks now!
macworld
Continuing the very exciting Thanksgiving giveaways today I have five promo codes for Fletcher Penney’s MultiMarkdown Composer (reviewed here). It’s a text editor packed with features for editing Markdown and MultiMarkdown, including syntax highlighting, document header navigation, shortcuts for adding MultiMarkdown syntax and much more.
giveaway, macappstore, macos, markdown, multimarkdown
Since it’s Black Friday, I’m going to run a second giveaway today: TextExpander. It’s one of my all-time favorite Mac utilities, and I have quite a few free snippets available to demonstrate its usefulness. It’s available in the Mac App Store for US $34.99, and it’s worth every penny. Today, though, you can comment below and be entered for a chance at one of three free licenses.
giveaway, macappstore, macos, textexpander
Well, it’s Black Friday. If you’re not trampled outside of some big box store somewhere, I have a special surprise for you. Five App Store codes for Dropzone (US $13.99), to be precise. It’s one of my favorite Mac utilities and–if you don’t already have it–I recommend jumping on this chance for a free copy!
giveaway, macos
