Given that Apple has already switched the default shell in Catalina from Bash to Zsh, I’ve been thinking I really need to expand from Bash. Don’t get me wrong, I love Bash and I’ve spent years molding it to my liking. The amount of time I’ve put into it and the ease with which that investment allows me to use it has always made switching to anything else seem, well, like a waste of time. But now I feel stuck. To that end, I’ve been stretching out and trying to…
fish, na, plugin, prompt, scripting, shell, source, sublimetext, terminal, themes, zsh
As is always the case with David Sparks’ Field Guides, the iOS 13 edition of The Shortcuts Field Guide got a great response when I mentioned it here. And once again David has kindly provided a few extra codes for BrettTerpstra.com readers. And yes, if you win a code but already purchased the Guide, you can gift it to someone you think deserves it!
automation, giveaway, ios, shortcuts, tutorial, video
Ok, another month, another nvUltra update. As I’d warily predicted, my initial hopes for an August release slipped, and I’m currently making more conservative predictions. I’m not going to put an ETA on it this time, but before you grow concerned, let me tell you where things are at and why I’m being cautious.
nvultra
Tower, the makers of the eponymous Git client, have a history of providing design-oriented products in addition to their elegant app. You may recall the Developer Manifesto poster I ran a giveaway for last year. Their latest product line is a fantastic followup.
apparel, charity, design
If you get into the kind of automation I offer on this blog, or maybe wish you did if it weren’t for all the coding, then Shortcuts on iOS is either on your radar or should be. And David Sparks has just the thing.
automation, automator, ios, shortcuts, video
Back in 2015 I wrote a little utility called mdless for previewing Markdown files on the command line. It performs some basic formatting fix-up, and then highlights the various elements of a Markdown document, paging it out in your terminal. While it’s been popular via Hacker News and StackOverflow posts, I hadn’t really updated it much since the release.
markdown, mdless, terminal
Thanks to TextExpander for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com again this week! I’m setting up a Mac mini from scratch, and TextExpander was the third app I installed. I never start using a new machine without it.
snippet, sponsor, textexpander
I had the pleasure of being the guest on Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast this week. Episode 400, which seems like a big one, numerically. I’m duly honored.
adhd, interview, mentalhealth, podcast, podcasting
I’ve been a bit too busy to get much content out the last couple of weeks, but I did want to take a second to point out some changes (improvements, hopefully) I’ve made to this site over the last couple of months. Mostly because I think they’re kind of cool and I know few people will ever notice them.
css, search, social, tools, webdesign
I’ve been considering a general “Why I love MailMate” post for some time now, but it keeps seeming like an overwhelming project. So instead, I’m going to focus on one small part. I’ve talked a bit about Bundles a couple of times before, so for now, let’s talk about one of my favorite topics: tagging.
email, gmail, icons, keybindings, macos, mailmate, marked, reading, shortcuts, tagging
