I built a quick Action Extension for OS X 10.10+ this morning. It’s called “Preview URL,” and it lets you select text containing a URL, then shows a preview of that web page in a popup.
macos, urlpreview
You may or may not be familiar with tmux, a powerful terminal multiplexer that lets you switch between multiple terminal emulators with configurable panes and windows, as well as detach processes and keep them running in the background. Whether you’re new to the idea of multiplexing, or switching from something like screen, Nate Dickson has an e-book to help you out: Painless Tmux.
books, giveaway
I’ve updated my fork of Fletcher Penney’s MultiMarkdown Quick Look plugin with TextBundle support. It’s a seamless upgrade and maintains custom styles if you have one installed.
macos, markdown, multimarkdown, quicklook, textbundle
MindNode 2.0 for Mac is out today. It’s being sold as a new app with an intro price of $19.99 US. That will go up to $29.99 after the intro sale.
brainstorming, mindmapping, productivity, review
Darren Murph, whom I had the pleasure of working with at Engadget for a few years, has published Living the Remote Dream: A Guide to Seeing the World, Setting Records, and Advancing Your Career, a book on the topic of working remotely.
books, review
There’s an update to Marked 2 almost ready for release which has an in-app purchase option for full spelling and grammar checking. It also includes completely rewritten memory management and background processing which improves speed and stability (that part will be free to all users). Look for that soon! In the meantime…
automation, marked
I set up a TeeSpring storefront where I’ll be offering t-shirt designs as they’re ready. Right now there are two designs from my Rock Paper collection (the Comfortably Numb one, and the most punk rock t-shirt ever), as well as the latest “Lab” design.
apparel
The latest update to LaunchBar has a cool new feature that helps it catch up in the area that Alfred jumped ahead in: the Action Editor. It’s not a drag and drop workflow system like Alfred has, but combined with the expanded API that LaunchBar 6 added, it allows users to easily create custom actions.
launchbar, productivity, review
Smile has officially released TextExpander 5 for Mac. I’ve been in on the beta test round and I’m excited about all of the new features. Smile is a long-time supporter of this blog, but my love of TextExpander requires no remuneration; this post is straight from my heart.
productivity, smile, snippet, textexpander
MacPaw (makers of CleanMyMac 3, Encrypto, Listen for iOS, and more) has been developing a platform for Mac OS app development and distribution for a while. It started as an internal project for use with CleanMyMac, but is available today as DevMate, a tool for all Mac developers and vendors.
developer
