Archive for the 'Geekery' Category

• 11.27.07 A Square Meal for your Mac posted in Geekery

  In the midst of working on the next installment of our “Top Mac Apps” series, I just spent my allowance and my lunch money at “Give Good Food To Your Mac”, a mac software promo that I think I got an early invitation to yesterday. It appears to be open to the public now. The beauty of this one is that you get to choose which apps go in your bundle with full knowledge of what you’re getting (and a chance to try before you buy), and get volume discounts up to 70% off. And the selection is excellent, in my opinion. With a base including apps like CSSEdit and Boinx iStopMotion Home, the list is topped off by a few newcomers and some video apps that I’m excited to put to work. Take a gander, spend some hard earned cash. You’re worth it.

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• 11.24.07 Project Status Report: November 2007 posted in Geekery

  I have way too many irons in the fire right now. I thought I’d offer a quick status report on various projects so that those of you who are waiting for particular updates have an idea what’s happening…

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• 11.22.07 C6 Top Mac Apps 2007: Utilities posted in Geekery

  What’s a mac without a good set of utilities? These programs are, just like the rest of this series, the ones that are proven in my workflow to work. Not always beauty contest winners, and not always well known, but tried and tested by me. Not that I’m offering money back guarantees or anything :). The topics range from disk repair and archiving to memory management and there should be something here for any intermediate to advanced mac user.

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• 11.22.07 C6 Top Mac Apps 2007: Geeking Out posted in Geekery

  There are some things that normal people (the ones who spend less than 50% of their lives in front of a computer) just don’t need to know about. These probably fall into that list. For the rest of you, here are some of my favorite highlights from the “Geekery” world:

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• 11.22.07 C6 Top Mac Apps 2007: Productivity posted in Geekery

  Well, the year is quickly coming to an end and I thought I’d chronicle our latest Mac app adventures. So what makes this particular list of OS X app picks special? First, I’m not doing reruns, so you’re not going to hear about TextMate and Quicksilver all over again. This list assumes you’ve picked up on the basics from at least one of the gazillion top ten lists on Digg, and made your own decisions. Second, this list isn’t a popularity contest. Some of the apps I’m including aren’t popular (yet), some aren’t even widely known. I dig through a lot of apps to find what’s going to work the best for me (and hopefully look good doing it), meaning I offer this list as nothing more than a documentation of my findings. As always, I’d love to hear what you’re using…

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• 11.21.07 iGTD Back From The Brink posted in Geekery

  Bartek has released the third iGTD Leopard fix, correcting every last issue that had originally forced me to forsake it. So here I am in the middle of getting used to OmniFocus, having already paid for a license, and the comfort of my old ways is calling me back. I’m a little torn, and I’m thinking I’m going to stay put right where I am and ride this little wave of GTD excitement out. Things announced the completion of their Alpha today and promised their mailing list recipients Beta copies by Christmas. OmniFocus has released updates daily (sometimes twice) and have added multiple new features since the release of the public beta. And iGTD2 is looking pretty sweet. So I’m not doing any more importing/exporting/iCal hackery of my extensive todo list until I’ve had a chance to try all of the above and decide on the “one”. I guess this tingly feeling is some kind of “organization excitement”. And here I thought I was just getting annoyed.

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• 11.19.07 Things Screencast posted in Geekery

  Tagamac has produced a screencast that takes a look at the upcoming GTD release from Cultured Code: “Things“. It’s an in-depth look that should generate some excitement about what looks like it’s going to be another substantive entry in the OSX GTD app arena. Take a look and then jump on the mailing list on the Things homepage to get on the list for a beta!

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• 11.18.07 Forging a New System posted in Geekery

  It’s been a weird week. I found together just when I needed it. And I had reached a point of frustration with Leopard problems in iGTD and had gone looking for other solutions only to find none. 1 hour after I gave up the public alpha of OmniFocus was released. I pre-registered for a license (good deal). Then Bartek announces iGTD2 with some screenshots/casts today and things are looking pretty competitive again. I just want one system I can trust and love! I’ve found my divorce rate with mac apps is about 90% and my typical relationship length is about a year. Development cycles and my interest level and needs tend to get out of phase at some point. Once I’ve settled into a new routine, I’ll be revisiting some of my productivity posts to talk about more current affairs. In the meantime, I’ll be trying to get to know OmniFocus better…

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• 11.15.07 Together at Last posted in Geekery

  Have you ever given up looking for something and then it found you the next day? That’s how I found Together tonight. I had developed half of a new, nearly perfect (for me) project management system using VoodooPad Pro and its awesome ability to turn freeform thought into organized structure. I could link everything I needed to, including images and files, but I desperately wanted something with a sweet GUI to hold and preview project related documents…

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• 11.13.07 WikityWidget: Easiest Wiki Ever posted in Geekery

  I discovered it quite by accident. I was scrolling through Quicksilver plugins and found one for WicketyWidget. WTF? I followed a link and found what appeared to be an outdated page for a Tiger only widget. I took a chance and installed it anyway. In combination with Quicksilver, I’m absolutely loving it…

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