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Hack Yourself: Exorcise the DemonMerlin Mann | Nov 20 2004“Hack Yourself” is a short essay packed with inspiring thoughts on change, self-image, and the ranges of possibility that you permit yourself. Too many great bits to quote ‘em all, but I found this part especially illuminating: read more »10 Comments
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More Moleskine HacksMerlin Mann | Nov 18 2004A few novel uses and tips for using everybody's favorite Italian notebook. read more »POSTED IN:
Hack your way out of writer's blockMerlin Mann | Nov 18 2004I recently had occasion to do some…errr…research on writer’s block. Yeah, research. That’s what I was doing. Like a scientist. I found lots of great ideas to get unstuck and wrote the best ones on index cards to create an Oblique Strategies-like deck. Swipe, share, and add you own in comments. read more »POSTED IN:
Quicksilver: Setup & TroubleshootingMerlin Mann | Nov 5 2004[n.b.: this post has been updated to reflect the release of version B32r2. --2004-11-06 15:35 PST] Since there's new folks moving to Quicksilver all the time, I thought I'd post some more starter tips if you're following along here. If you have questions about stuff not working as described, doublecheck your setup and the tips below. read more »POSTED IN:
Quicksilver: Me & My ArrowMerlin Mann | Nov 4 2004O, Quicksilver, that little minx. The way she hides her functionality in coquettish little corners vexes and delights me. Did you know, for example, friends, how much you can do with Quicksilver and your modest arrow keys? Me neither. Til now. So, quick review: once invoked, Quicksilver primarily uses the arrow keys to let you navigate through hierarchies and sets of matches. Up and down arrows let you surf sibling contents of a given directory or catalog, while the left and right arrows allow you to drill down and back up out of hierarchical levels, such as nested folders and the like. (Related tip: you can also surf up and down most any hierarchy using All easy enough, right? But did you ever try clicking the right arrow key with an application selected? Well, you should. read more »POSTED IN:
OSXCon appsMerlin Mann | Oct 29 2004Danny and I had a great time doing our talk yesterday at O’Reilly’s OSXCon. Met a bunch of great people and enjoyed the chance to hang with like-minded nerds. I love that people want to show me their squirrely productivity setups. Time management pr0n! Totally into it. Our time for the session just flew by, so we didn’t have the time we would have liked to spend with all the apps. If you were there (or just like to play with OS X apps), here are links to all the things we talked about (or planned to talk about). If I left anything off or you have any questions, feel free to leave comments. Thanks to Derrick and Vee for all their hard work, and thanks to everyone who showed up, asked questions, and just said hi. Stay in touch.
Also—since a bunch of folks had asked—the Finder replacement app you saw in the demos is Path Finder. It’s a terrific, super-functional app that adds tons of features to speed up your work flow. POSTED IN:
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