I ran into an interesting problem this evening. It actually started a few days ago when I noticed that my qq script wasn’t returning searches within the @(metadata) I set up in the note bodies. I figured I’d come back to it when I had time. Then I got a couple of emails from readers who had also noticed this, so I started digging. It turned out that Spotlight had stopped indexing text content of all files with the extension. If I renamed the file to or , it would work fine, but…
experiments, markdown, spotlight
I’m buried in a little project I’m calling “Pinboard Beyond” this weekend (it’s Instapaper Beyond for Pinboard). I thought I’d take a little break, though, and let you know that two apps from Eternal Storms (creator of Yoink) are on sale right now at 60% off on the Mac App Store.
apps, macappstore
I had a strong urge to make a new TextExpander snippet this morning. I think the Date Math features of TextExpander that Donald Curtis turned me on to with his Date Time group got me thinking.
naturallanguage, php, snippet, textexpander
Quick tips are random posts regarding something I discovered on my way to something bigger. They usually get longer than “quick” would imply, for which I refuse to apologize.
mindmapping, quicktip
Congrats to the winners (who should already have been notified by email)! The rest of you should pony up that four bucks and help a dev out!
giveaway, marked, otask
Marked 1.3 just made it up onto the Mac App Store! It incorporates a few fixes and some cool new features. So cool, in fact, that I raised the price to a whopping $3.99. I’m hoping the fact that it now functions as a mini web development tool and handles multiple custom styles makes it worth the extra buck to other folks, too.
macappstore, markdown, marked, multimarkdown
I’m barely qualified to write about Steve Jobs. I’ve only been a Mac lover for about 8 years; when I was younger I laughed at Mac users. When I started using Apple products, I only knew Steve Jobs as a name. In the past few years, though, I’ve witnessed the genius and discipline that Steve Jobs injected into Apple, and I’ve come not only to respect him, but to consider him a personal hero. I can’t express how deeply saddened I am that he’s gone.
apple, steve jobs
We had a record number of entries on the QuickCal drawing. I had to update my scripts a little to handle the larger-than-expected numbers, more on that after the good part.
giveaway
I’m not up for doing a full Bash autocomplete tutorial tonight, but wanted to share something I figured out instead of eating lunch. Here it is with a modicum of explanation.
experiments, scripting, terminal
If you’ve read any of my writing or looked at any of my projects, you’re probably fully aware of the nerd wood I get for plain text. You know, the stuff that’s been around since the dawn of the computer and will still be around when there’s not an application left that can open a DOCX file. I have to admit, though, that there are some things I can’t–and don’t want–to do in plain text.
brainstorming, mindmapping, productivity, text
Yet another giveaway here at brettterpstra.com. We’re wheeling, we’re dealing… and I got you five licenses for the excellent QuickCal application for Mac (and iOS, but we’re not giving those out… yet). If you haven’t used it, it’s a way to add events and todos to your calendar using natural language. I could say, for example, “End the QuickCal giveaway noon on Wednesday” and I’d get a new calendar event set for noon on Wednesday, October 05…
apps, giveaway, macos
