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How To Shorten URLs With Bit.ly Using Quicksilver

July 8, 2008 By Graham English

A URL shortener service called Bit.ly launched today. It has some great features that convinced me to switch from using Metamark to shorten my URLs. Since I have a slick script that allows me to use the Metamark API from Quicksilver, I had to modify … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prose, Technology Tagged With: API, Apple, AppleScript, Bit.ly, code, Firefox, hacks, LifeHacks, Mac, Metamark, programming, Python, Quicksilver, Safari, scripting, Technology, URL

GTD: Integrating Remind, iCal, GCal, Quicksilver

April 13, 2008 By Graham English

A Unix program called Remind is one of the greatest tools for keeping your goals and projects on track. Where calendars like iCal and Google Calendar come up short, Remind fills in the gaps. For example, iCal alarms can remind you of an event … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose, Technology Tagged With: alarms, Apple, AppleScript, calendar, coding, GCal, Geek Tool, goals, Google, GTD, iCal, iPhone, LifeHacks, Mac, Quicksilver, Remind, scripting, Spanning Sync, Unix

The Best Of Graham English 2007

December 24, 2007 By Graham English

It's time for my yearly reflections and celebrations. By far the most popular and most controversial post of 2007 was The Zen Of Attraction. I'm surprised at the attention it received because I wrote it as an aside. Some people loved it and some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestream, Prose Tagged With: 2007, Adium, Apple, AppleScript, attraction, automation, Blogging, community, controversy, Ear Training, Facebook, fun, Growl, GTD, hacks, humor, iChat, ILP, IM, iPhone, Last.fm, lyric writing, Mac, MacBook Pro, Music Theory, OSX, podcasting, productivity, Quicksilver, relationships, Skype, social networking, Songwriting, Stumbleupon, Twitter, Wordpress, zen

How To Use TextMate As NetNewsWire’s External Blog Editor

October 8, 2007 By Graham English

I used to be an Ecto user but I have since seen the light and call TextMate my be-all-end-all blogging tool. The only thing I missed was being able to use Ecto as my external blog editor while reading feeds in NetNewsWire. Not anymore! Thanks to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prose, Technology Tagged With: AppleScript, Blogging, Ecto, GTD, HowTo, NetNewsWire, productivity, TextMate, tools, tutorials

Update Twitter, Facebook, iChat, Adium, And Skype With Quicksilver

August 11, 2007 By Graham English

I'm a Facebook fanatic. I joined immediately after they opened to the public. In the beginning, there wasn't much to talk about. None of my friends had joined and there really wasn't that much I could do there. But since then, the buzz has caught my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose, Technology Tagged With: Apple, AppleScript, automation, Facebook, Growl, hacks, HowTo, iChat, IM, Keychain, Mac, OSX, plugins, productivity, Quicksilver, Skype, social, software, Technology, tools, tutorial, Twitter, workflow

Append To OmniOutliner Quicksilver Action

June 20, 2007 By Graham English

One of my Twitter friends wished that you could use Quicksilver to append to an OmniOutliner document. This took me 5 minutes to whip up. I got the entire code from MacScripter and then wrapped it up as a Quicksilver action. It's pretty simple to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prose, Technology Tagged With: AppleScript, hacks, OmniOutliner, Quicksilver, scripting, Twitter

My New Method Of Automated Journaling

June 11, 2007 By Graham English

I've been hacking this auto-journal script for a while and I've recently settled on using a local install of WordPress combined with AppleScript and Quicksilver. It's really pretty easy. Follow MacZealots' tutorial on Installing WordPress on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose, Technology Tagged With: Apple, AppleScript, automation, Blogging, Growl, GTD, HowTo, journaling, LifeHacks, Mac, OSX, productivity, Quicksilver, software, Technology, tools, tutorial, Wordpress

Append To Inbox Quicksilver Action

May 14, 2007 By Graham English

For some people, Quicksilver doesn't work as advertised. For example, I can't get the 'append to...' action to work as a trigger. And since there's one file that I'm continually appending, I wanted to customize my workflow. That's why I created my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose, Technology Tagged With: Apple, AppleScript, Growl, GTD, LifeHacks, Mac, OmniFocus, OmniOutliner, OSX, productivity, Quicksilver, software, TextMate

How To Become An Artist 2.0

May 13, 2007 By Graham English

Merlin Mann just pointed to a New York Times Magazine article about Jonathan Coulton and The Hold Steady. These artists are thriving in the post-CD music world through intimate virtual relationships with their fans. Music promotion through blogs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: 43folders, AppleScript, Artist 2.0, artists, GTD, Jonathan Coulton, marketing, music 2.0, Music Promotion, MySpace, social networking, teleseminars, Web 2.0, workflow

A Quicksilver Action That Creates A New TextMate Blog Post

May 12, 2007 By Graham English

I've been AppleScripting my @blogging context workflow. At first, I created a simple script that launches TextMate, NetNewsWire, and Safari along with some URLs to help me get started. It basically launches my workspace for my @blogging context. But … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prose, Technology Tagged With: AppleScript, Blogging, contexts, GTD, hacks, HowTo, LifeHacks, Markdown, NetNewsWire, Quicksilver, Safari, scripting, scripts, TextMate, workflow, workspace, writing

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