I found a great new service via Smashing Magazine today: historio.us. It’s a bookmarking service with some seriously impressive twists.
bookmarking, productivity, quicklink
A quick script in response to Donald’s query on my TextExpander Experiments post. He wanted to know if I could make the bit.ly script which expands to a bit.ly-shortened version of a url in the clipboard work with an authenticated account, presumably for click tracking. Well, sure! Just adjust the script below to contain your bit.ly username and your API key (in lines 6 & 7), and replace the existing script in the TextExpander experiments bundle with this one (or create a new snippet with…
bitly, ruby, scripting, textexpander, url shortener
This is a song I recorded a couple of years ago. I like it, although it’s a bit dark. Yes, even darker than my usual. You may be happy to know that — since getting my new electric guitar — I’ve actually been writing some happier music. I haven’t recorded any of it yet, but hope to find some time soon.
music, personal, recording, something precious
I recently wrote a tiny web app called PromptDown to let me drop in some Markdown (or plain text) and use it as a teleprompter for screencast voiceovers. I wasn’t going to put any more time into it, as it did what I needed. Then it started to bug me that it didn’t work on my iPad, which could actually be really handy. So my lunch break fine, and an extra half an hour went to making it work a little more smoothly as an iPhone/iPad app. It’s also ready to install as a web app…
css, experiments, ipad, iphone, javascript, jquery, markdown
If you’re a Things.app user (and a Terminal user), I’ve got a quick function for your .bash_profile that will allow you to quickly add todo items to your inbox with notes and natural-language date parsing.
productivity, scripting, terminal, things
Manton Reece recently released an excellent iPad application called Tweet Library (go ahead, read my post about it on TUAW. You know you want to). He priced it at $9.99, and I have no doubt it’s worth that. I plunked it down about 30 minutes after I started reading about the application. However, I’m apparently one of the weird ones.
commentary, opinion
If you use Skype and happen to be as clumsy as I am, you may have run into this at some point: you see a call come in, you fumble for your headset, you go back to your mouse, find the cursor on your big screen and then try to click the “Answer” button on the call window… only to miss the call because you took too long. I solved this for myself a while back, and thought I’d share my solution.
applescript, scripting, skype
I tried out a tip recently for controlling a Mac via Mobile Safari on your iPhone, and it got me thinking, which is often dangerous. I put together this little web app today as a proof of concept (that got a little out of hand). It basically provides a full interface for volume control, application starting and stopping and many iTunes functions, including volume and EQ. All features provide interface feedback and update you with current info from your Mac.
applescript, iphone, javascript, jquery, php, scripting
I keep trying out the social stream web app, HootSuite (I made a new icon for the Fluid app a while back), both in Safari 5 and in a Fluid browser. I like it, and given that I end up in it pretty often, I thought I’d polish up some edges that were bugging me. These changes may or may not be your cup of tea.
css, userstyle
