I’m excited to offer the next giveaway, 3 licenses ($24.99 value) for TaskPaper. TaskPaper is a task management solution based entirely on plain text. It offers a familiar interface to work with files in the TaskPaper format, with tagging, projects, due dates, and all the things you need for task management. Did I mention the files are still plain text, and are portable anywhere?
giveaway, macos, productivity, taskpaper
I recently purchased some Cerakey ceramic keycaps for my Ultimate Hacking Keyboard. When I mentioned the purchase on Mastodon, I got a few replies asking for a review, as multiple people had been considering the purchase. Here’s my review of the Cerakey ceramic keycaps.
customization, keyboard, keycaps, review
I’ve started creating Dimspirations again, my depressing-but-actually-realistic collection of “inspirational” posters. You can follow the hashtag #dimspirations on Twitter, Facebook, Mastodon, or Instagram for new posts. I’ve also automated the process of creating wallpaper-formatted version of them which get uploaded to Flickr and are also available as a zip (containing 5120x3200 and 2048x1366 versions). I should probably add an iPhone ratio to the automation, but they get harder…
design, dimspirations, wallpaper
I’m excited to offer the next giveaway, a license ($39.95 value) for FastScripts. FastScripts puts all of your scripts in your menu bar, accessible with keyboard shortcuts and instant search. It even improves the efficiency of scripts by executing them in their own processes in parallel. It’s a tool no aspiring productivity enthusiast should be without.
giveaway, macos, scripting
I’ve been working with a former nvALT user who stored all of their files in RTF format. Ideally, people switching from nvALT to another app — be it nvUltra, Obsidian, or anything Markdown-based — would already be storing their notes as individual text files. If nvALT is still working for you, make that change now and give it a chance to write all the new files to disk. However, if the conversion isn’t what you hoped for, or nvALT is no longer working on your machine and…
markdown, nvalt, nvultra, shortcuts
I’m excited to offer the next giveaway, 5 licenses ($34 value each) for HoudahSpot. HoudahSpot is basically Spotlight on steroids. All of the power of Spotlight file searching, plus some tricks that Spotlight can’t even do. Results are presented in a fully-fledged file management window, plus file previews, result filtering and saved searches.
giveaway, macos, search, spotlight
Ok, so I wrote yesterday about a solution for checking your VPN connection via a network interface change, but it turns out there’s a better way to do it. I discovered it shortly after posting (StackExchange thread), and received a few comments mentioning it. So here’s part two.
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I got a question from a reader about how to test if a VPN connection is active and terminate an app if it isn’t. There’s probably a way to do this with Keyboard Maestro or BetterTouchTool or something, but to keep things interesting, I wanted to find a way to do it with just shell scripts.
bettertouchtool, network, scripting
I’m excited to offer the next giveaway, a license ($59.95 value) for MarsEdit. Using web-based editors for blogging is frustrating in so many ways. MarsEdit makes writing for the web easy and elegant, like any good Mac app should. Plus, great Markdown support (it even works with Marked). Developer Daniel Jalkut is a legend among indie devs, and he creates stable, reliable, native Mac apps that everyone should be using.
giveaway, macos, marsedit
The OmniFocus giveaway has ended, and I have winners to announce! There were a record number of entries this time, so the winners are extra lucky with 1:330 odds!
giveaway, omnifocus, productivity
Thanks to ScreenFloat for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week! I was a frequent user of the original version, and I’m very excited to see version 2 released. It’s chock full of new features and tools that set it apart from the competition.
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