I, like many others, switched to the Mac largely due to Textmate; an excellent text editor that completely crushed the editor I was using at the time, Dreamweaver. Unfortunately,
Textmate’s development has all but stopped. That and an excellent post by Jonathan Snook on journeying into vim helped push me to try it out. Read more…
Readability 2.0 is a win for humankind
I’ve been a bit behind on the the internets lately; apparently there is a new readability 2.0 out. With 2.0, they have introduced browser plugins, some various new features, mobile apps and, most importantly, a new pay model. With this model, users pay a $5 monthly fee and publishers / content creators are receiving 70% of the money that readability receives from their users. Read more…
Quick tip: Taking care of bookmarks you’d like to read later
I have been trying to come up with a tool to help me keep track of web pages that I would like to read at a later time. For instance, in my previous google reader post, I mentioned read it later, a firefox extension / iPhone app that allows you to save bookmarks for later reading. I have been somewhat satisfied with most, but I think I finally came up with a solution that works beautifully using delicious, google reader, and readability. Read more…
Waking up early, twitter and #5amclub
Oh, the beauty of waking up early in the morning. There is something awesome about getting up early before the sun rises to plan the day ahead, exercise, read, write a blog post, whatever. This is my personal account as to why waking up early is a very good thing. This is not a “how to” post, although I’ll throw my 2 cents in on that, too. Read more…
Conquering Google Reader
Google Reader can be a very powerful tool, but it can quickly become your worst enemy. I’m not going to tell you why you should be using it, or what an RSS feed is, etc., but rather how to get google reader working for you instead of the other way around.
The problem is this. There are tons of different feeds available for pretty much whatever you are interested in. When I first started using Reader, I subscribed to almost anything that had an RSS icon in firefox. Things quickly got out of control and it wasn’t until recntly that I found a system that works for me. Read more…
Why remember the milk rocks
In all honesty, my organizational skills were not what they are now. However, by utilizing tools like remember the milk, google calendar, evernote, etc. I have been able to bring some fun and efficiency into what otherwise bored me to tears. This is all about why remember the milk rocks and why you should try it out if you haven’t already.
Remember the milk is essentially an online task management system. But it’s so much more than that. Read more…