Searchlink, Not Just for Searching

First, I’ve created a repo for SearchLink plugins. This is mostly going to be example code, but you might find some useful ones in there. If you’ve never checked out SearchLink and do any kind of writing that requires linking to web sites/pages, app landing pages, Gist embeds, or basically any kind of blogging, web writing, or show notes, you should check it out. markdown, plugin, search, searchlink, snippet, text, textexpander

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Scrivener Giveaway!

I’m excited to offer the next giveaway, 3 licenses ($59 value each) for Scrivener. Scrivener is the ultimate app for writers. Organize your story, add research, and get to writing with full support for notes, links, footnotes, rich text, Markdown and so much more. With story organization features, character tracking, and a complete set of writing tools, it’s the most fully-fledged writing app you’ll find. Get ready for NaNoWriMo! (By the way, it also integrates well with… giveaway, macos, writing

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TextExpander Giveaway!

I’m excited to offer the next giveaway, 3 1-year subscriptions ($39.96 value each) for TextExpander. TextExpander is a long-time supporter of BrettTerpstra.com and I’m very proud of that. It’s the first app I install on a new Mac and I almost can’t function without it. It saves me untold hours of typing, and with its shell scripting capabilities it goes well beyond simple text expansion. giveaway, macos, textexpander

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Automating the Giveaways

You may have noticed I’m running a series of giveaways on this blog. Literally every developer I’ve reached out to has been willing to put up 1-10 licenses or 1-year subscriptions for their app, and I’m extremely pleased with the list I’ve put together. In an effort to keep track of all of them, I’ve built some (if I do say so myself) impressive automation around this project, and I thought I’d share. It’s some mad science, but it’s working great… automator, developer, draw, email, giveaway, hookmark, markdown, notifications, scripting

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