My favorite music player just got cooler. I’ve written about Vox here before, and covered the 1.0 release on TUAW. Version 2.1 is now available on the App Store.
appreview, macappstore, macos, music
Sponsor: Backblaze (Jul 24th) Big thanks to Backblaze for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week. Back it all up offsite, inexpensively and automatically. An unsolicited GeekTool showcase (Jul 28th) I didn’t get a lot of blogging in this week, but I somehow found time to tweak my GeekTool desktop. Priorities askew. The Tower 2 giveaway (Jul 30th) This just started today and runs for a week. If you’re a coder and you don’t already have Tower 2, get in on this.
recap
I mentioned the 2.0 release of the Tower Git client for Mac last week, and I was exited to hear from them that they’d love to give away four copies on my blog. If you use Git, you’ll want to take a shot at these ($59 value).
giveaway, macos
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bookmarks, fonts, marked, ulysses, video
Sponsor: Differential (Jul 17th) A big thanks to Differential for sponsoring the blog this week. Get your MVP launched with Differential. Systematic 105 and Overtired 5 (Jul 18th) Systematic and Overtired both had great episodes this week. Check them out! 36 years in this skin (Jul 19th) This is where I was before I was where I am. Marked 2.3 on the Mac App Store (Jul 21st) The big news this week, of course, is Marked 2 making it into the App Store. A big upgrade for non-MAS users…
marked, recap, sublimetext
Text selection shortcuts make editing code (and even prose) much faster. Learning the selection shortcuts in any editor you choose to work in is paramount to saving time and effort. I currently do most of my coding in Sublime Text 3, so I’ve been practicing some of my lesser-used shortcuts. Here’s a basic cheat sheet.
editor, programming, search, sublimetext
Git fans are often command line nuts. I know I am. But complex git operations can often be tedious, no matter how experienced you are. I fell in love with the Tower git client some time ago, and it makes using Git easy whether you’re an old pro looking for a fast solution for complex operations, or a total newbie with no command line experience. It makes complex merges, chunking and cherry picking, rolling back changes, etc. a breeze. Tower 2 is out today, and it’s a complete re-…
appreview, git, macos, review
Here’s a trick for Marked 2 that allows you to keep a custom export format updated every time you save your file and update the Marked preview. I designed it specifically for updating a Lyx file, but you can use it with any secondary processor that doesn’t necessarily output HTML.
markdown, marked, scripting
Marked, my Markdown previewer and writing tool, is now available on the Mac App Store. Both the direct version and the MAS version will be discounted to $9.99 for the first week as an “upgrade” price for anyone using the Marked 1 Mac App Store version.
appstore, documentation, macappstore, macos, markdown, marked, nvalt, sale
