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...]
GTD: Integrating Remind, iCal, GCal, Quicksilver
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...]
The Best Of Graham English 2007
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...]
Update Twitter, Facebook, iChat, Adium, And Skype With Quicksilver
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...]
Append To OmniOutliner Quicksilver Action
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...]
My New Method Of Automated Journaling
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...]
Append To Inbox Quicksilver Action
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...]
A Quicksilver Action That Creates A New TextMate Blog Post
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...]
Blogging With Quicksilver And AppleScript
[tag]Quicksilver[/tag] gets more powerful everyday. I make it a point to learn something new about it almost daily. And it never ceases to surprise me with it's power. And I can say the same with [tag]AppleScript[/tag]. Anything I do repeatedly, I … [Read more...]
Top 5 AppleScript Productivity Hacks for WordPress Bloggers and Podcasters
As bloggers, we tend to do the same repetitive tasks over and over again. We open the same URLs. We launch the same apps. We ftp, we search Technorati, we comment, we do this day in and day out. The 80/20 rule would tell us that creating content in … [Read more...]