I got bored with my nvALT preview style. I’ve been using a GitHub style forever now, and it’s great for just about every situation. Clean, crisp, legible… still, I needed a break. I based a new custom style on work that my friend, Erik Sagen, did for the next version of Marked. I made some tweaks for my own tastes, and added some JavaScript tricks to it.
design, javascript, marked, nvalt
The Soulmen have just posted Ulysses III to the Mac App Store. It brings Daedalus-style document management (similar to Scrivener) to a Markdown (and Textile) editor that’s pretty special.
appreview, editor, macos, markdown, ulysses
It was my pleasure to host Patrick Rhone (minimalmac.com, Enough and more) on Systematic episode 38. We talked about physical and mental challenges, career paths and eventually got around to “unconscious computing,” the fascinating topic surrounding things like the FitBit and Google Glass.
podcast, systematic
I love my aliases. It’s part of the reason I need a better dotfile management setup — porting them to any server environment I’m working on is a must for my sanity. I thought I’d share a few of the ones I find handy, especially in OS X environments.
terminal
Here’s a quick trick I’ve been using to load different editors from the command line based on the type of file. It can be extended to whatever file types you want to handle and use whichever editor you prefer.
quicktip, scripting, terminal
Yes, I updated SearchLink again (another lunchtime project). I added Amazon search (!a) and a configuration option to allow auto-creation of affiliate links. If you set the option to it will return straight Amazon links.
markdown, search, searchlink
