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How To Write And Analyze Lyrics Using TextMate

November 10, 2008 By Graham English

TextMate is my second favorite app right behind Logic Studio. I've written about my TextMate love affair a lot. In this tutorial, I wanted to share how I use TextMate to write and analyze lyrics, including tips for finding the perfect rhyme and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Video Tagged With: lyric writing, lyrics, rhyme, Songwriting, songwriting tips, spotlights, TextMate, writing lyrics

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

How To Expand Your Google Adwords Keywords With TextMate

July 7, 2007 By Graham English

There are lots of tools out there to expand your Google AdWords keywords by adding brackets (exact match) and quotes (phrase match) to your keyword list. Some of them are free, some are not, and even fewer options are available for Mac. But if you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose, Technology Tagged With: AdWords, Apple, automation, Google AdWords, GTD, HowTo, keyword matching, Keyword Research, LifeHacks, Mac, OSX, productivity, scripting, scripts, TextMate, tips, tutorials, Unix, workflow

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

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

Blogging With Quicksilver And AppleScript

May 10, 2007 By Graham English

[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...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose, Technology Tagged With: AppleScript, Quicksilver, TextMate

Top 5 AppleScript Productivity Hacks for WordPress Bloggers and Podcasters

May 9, 2007 By Graham English

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...]

Filed Under: Prose, Technology Tagged With: AppleScript, Audio Hijack Pro, automation, Blogging, Google, GTD, iCal, LifeHacks, NetNewsWire, plugins, podcasting, productivity, Quicksilver, Technorati, TextMate, time-management, tips, Transmit, tutorials, Video, Wordpress, workflow

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