December 30, 2020

How I Use TaskPaper

TaskPaper is another great buy from BundleHunt. I'd seen it referenced dozens of times as a solid choice for managing tasks and creating ToDo lists. It was easy to use, had a very short learning curve, and supported plain text so the list could be viewed on anything. When I came across the sale, I was quick to give it a go. At first I didn't put TaskPaper to use. It was another, "one day…" app. But now it's open all day, every day. It's proven to be very effective and gives me a quick overview of what I'm working on, what I've completed and what's coming up next. My main use is to track my Jira tickets related to the current sprint. Each ticket is a bullet item in the summary list, such as: ABC-1234 – Submit button not working as expected ABC-1235 – Dollar figure not formatted as currrency These tickets are then created as separate TaskPaper files […]

December 24, 2020

How I Use TextSoap

TextSoap is a tool I bought on a BundleHunt sale thinking it might come in handy one day. That has been an understatement. It’s now a text editor I use almost every day to clean up and reformat text. On it’s own, TextSoap is a great TXT and RFT editor, with all the standard features you would expect. Of course, the power comes from the built in cleaners, RegEx powered Search and Replace feature, as well as chaining together dozens of cleaners to transform text. And those cleaners can be used within other applications, not just within TextSoap itself. So, when working in Valentina Studio, the text can be reformatted without leaving the app. TextSoap can be called from it’s own menu bar applet, from a floating panel, or from other tools like Popclip. TextSoap comes with a dozen cleaners and formatters built in. My most common cleaners are: – Add an extra return between lines– Remove extra returns– Remove […]

December 22, 2020

Final Day of the big JixiPix Holiday Sale! Desktop and iPad apps on sale

In case you missed it or haven't been playing along, JixiPix is in the midst of their 12 Days of Christmas Sale, and it has been impressive to say the least. There have been free Desktop and iPad apps, along with big discounts and special sales. Today is the final day, so it's time for one more big discount, 40% on everything, with iPad apps for $0.99. Portrait Painter and Spektral are two of my favorite apps and my introduction to JixiPix as a company. I use those two for all sorts of fun. Since then, I've bought a much bigger collection of apps. With this sale, I've added the above apps and several more to my iPad. The results have been well worth the investment. So, if you haven't already, you need to make your move. The sale will be gone tomorrow. Final Day of the Holiday Sale Today's Holiday Deal 40% off Bundles, Pro Products and all Desktop […]

December 21, 2020

How I Use TypeIt4Me

One of the quickest ways to gain efficiency and productivity is to use a text expansion tool. For the Mac, there are plenty to choose from: TypeIt4Me, Rocket Typist, aText, Alfred, Keyboard Maestro, and one of the originals, Text Expander. You can even use macOS built in feature. It's basically autocomplete for the entire system. The marketing usually focuses on text expansion for people in customer service or people who send the same emails or responses day after day. That is totally true, but the fact is, everyone can benefit from text expansion no matter what field they work in. At the core, you type in a keyword and the text is replaced with a larger block. This works across the OS, so it's available in every app. Keywords are available in Scrivener, Mail, Slack, iMessage, TaskPaper and DevonThink Office Pro. It works on web forms too. The main reason to use a tool ike TypeIt4Me, is organization. Text snippets […]

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