I wanted short urls for Dimspirations, and I wanted a custom domain name (dim.moi), but didn’t want to pay the somewhat exorbitant prices to do so with something like Bit.ly. So I set out to build my own URL shortener.
customization, hosting, server, shortly
I’m excited to offer the next giveaway, 3 licenses ($29.99 value each) for Bike. Bike is a deceptively simple outliner. It uses plain text files (HTML, but also supports OPML and text) to store structured data that maintain simplicity while offering a ton of functionality. Add row types like headings, ordered lists, task lists, and more. Create deep-links into your outline (works great with Hookmark).
giveaway, macos, support
I’m excited to offer the next giveaway, 5 (sets of) licenses for Mac, iPhone, and iPad ($80 combined values) for Things. Things is a task management solution that I love for its elegance. Display your todos alongside calendar events, see exactly what you have to do today, see upcoming tasks, and break large projects down into manageable pieces.
giveaway, macos
I’ve created the initial round of merchandise for the Dimspirations Store. I know my sense of humor isn’t for everyone, which is why this whole project is on a different site.
dimspirations, merchandise, sale
Thanks to Sanebox for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com again this week! This one is longer than the usual sponsored post, but full of great tips whether you use SaneBox or not (but you should!).
email, sponsor
On a whim I’ve put the new Dimspire.me site up on Product Hunt. I’ve been putting a lot of love into it and even if I were to stop now, I think it’s a great collection of nihilist inspirations (and wallpapers), enough to last quite a while. I’d love it if you’d take a second and leave a review.
dimspirations
I’m excited to offer the next giveaway, a license ($29.95 value) for Black Ink. Red Sweater software is back again with Black Ink, Daniel’s app for crossword puzzle lovers. It can load any puzzle file designed for the Across Lite puzzle format, and offers a beautiful way to solve them on your Mac, with the option to print them out and solve them old-school with a pen(cil). I can solve the NYT Crossword more than twice as fast using Black Ink vs. the NYT Games app!
giveaway, macos
I’ve added (well, fixed) the RSS feed for Dimspire.me. You can now subscribe via your favorite feed reader at Dimspirations RSS (or just enter in your subscribe field, the feeds are discoverable). The feed is available in XML and JSON flavors, and each entry just contains a pithy description and one image.
dimspirations
The TaskPaper giveaway has ended, and I have winners to announce! Sorry for the delay in getting the announcement out, I had a rough day yesterday. Thanks for your patience!
giveaway, productivity, taskpaper
I couldn’t sleep last night. I’m not manic, I’m just going through this months-long bout of insomnia. At least I don’t think I’m manic. It doesn’t have any of the characteristics of my usual mania. And up until last night I wasn’t even getting out of bed when I couldn’t sleep. But last night I did, and I made you a website.
dimspirations, personal
Thanks to Keep It for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week! If you’re looking for a way to keep all of your information at your fingertips, readily findable, without locking yourself into a database-based system like Evernote, Keep It is a great solution.
ios, iphone, macos, pdf, search, sponsor, tagging, writing
