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Systematic 59 with Gil Hova 27 Aug 2013 | 08:48 pm
I got the chance to talk to Gil Hova, a programmer-cum-board game designer. We dive into the psychology of board games and board game design. It was enlightening for me, and brought up a lot of concep...
jTag: Auto-tagging for Jekyll 27 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
I’m building an AutoTag system for my Jekyll setup. Unlike the Zemanta system I use for additional keywords, this tool is designed to match your content to existing tags you already use on your blog, ...
Sponsor: Smile 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
I have the honor of being directly sponsored by Smile this week. In addition to being great people, as the creators of TextExpander, TextExpander touch, PDFpen for OS X, and PDFpen for iPad and iPhone...
Web Excursions for August 25, 2013 26 Aug 2013 | 01:30 am
That’s right, Web Excursions two days in a row. It’s been a nice, quiet weekend and I’ve had a little extra time to explore… qlImageSize I missed this when it was new, but I’m glad I found it now. I...
Clickable wiki links in the nvALT preview 25 Aug 2013 | 11:09 pm
I worked this very short script up last night to help a friend scratch an itch. It allows the HTML preview window in nvALT to show [[wiki links]] as clickable text that will jump to linked notes in th...
Web Excursions for August 24, 2013 25 Aug 2013 | 01:43 am
Convert OpenMeta to OS X Mavericks tags Zettt has written a script that converts OpenMeta to Mavericks tags. It requires the OpenMeta CLI binary, but seems to do the trick nicely! Global shortcut to...
Scripting TaskPaper, mind maps, outliners and other fun 24 Aug 2013 | 11:55 pm
I did some hacking on the excellent “Extra Info” script from Pedro Lobo. I wouldn’t say I greatly improved it, but I did make a fine mess of the code. My goal was achieved, though: special tags create...
Brainstorming the brainstorm: workflows and ideas 23 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
This post expounds a bit on my various brainstorming workflows. None of them will be a perfect fit for anyone else, but the bits and pieces can be organized into a workflow that suits just about every...
Sponsor: PDFpen for iPad from Smile 22 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Another big thanks to Smile for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week! Sign and return documents without printing or faxing, directly from your iPad. Fix typos and correct price lists immediately wh...
The Read & Trust Anthology 21 Aug 2013 | 08:25 pm
A complete anthology of the Read & Trust newsletter is now available. For $29 US you can read all of the great work published over the 10-month span of the newsletter by authors including Shawn Blanc,...
