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NYT Magazine covers Scrivener, other OS X writing appsMerlin Mann | Jan 6 2008I was delighted to see my favorite OS X writing app, Scrivener, turn up in today's "The Medium" column of the New York Times Magazine. I reviewed Scrivener about a year ago, and still use it whenever I have to research, plan, and draft anything more complicated than a blog post. In fact, as luck would have it, I was actually working on my upcoming Macworld talk in Scrivener when I took a break to read the paper and saw this article. Kismet or something. Columnist, Virginia Heffernan, notes the app's beloved full-screen capability:
High fives to other great apps mentioned in the article, including Ulysses, WriteRoom, and Nisus Writer. Slightly lower fives go to Microsoft Word, which, once again, takes its usual drubbing as The Application Everyone Wants To Get Away From™. Poor Microsoft Word, the mascara-smeared Gloria Swanson of word processors. read more »24 Comments
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Getting into Version ControlJamie Phelps | Jan 4 2008Short Version:I think it's high time I got my act together and started using version control for my web design and programming work. Two questions I'd like you to answer: How do you/should I go about making version control part of my working process? and What is a good version control system for my needs? (I have been overwhelmed by all the strangeties of SVN in the past.) The first question is the most important for me as I can pretty much adjust to most anything. Longer version after the jump... read more »POSTED IN:
Links for January 3rdMerlin Mann | Jan 3 2008
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Mindful eating and keeping weight offMerlin Mann | Jan 3 2008Reason Magazine - Secrets of Weight Loss Revealed! This review of two recent diet books underscores what most of us already know all too well: while it's easy enough to drop a few pounds for a short while, it's nearly impossible to lose a lot of weight for a long time. What caught my attention for anyone wishing to apply some fancy book-learning directly to the affected area was this chunk of insight on eating mindfully -- alongside a smart bit of life-hacky weight loss advice: read more »POSTED IN:
Philipp Lenssen's excellent AdSense tipsMerlin Mann | Jan 2 2008Having noticed Google's new "Newbie Central" site, Google Blogoscoped's Philipp Lenssen posted a swell pile of his own best tips for improving AdSense performance on your site. Linked here because (at least IMHO) it's depressingly rare to find useful, non-douchey advice about making money with a website. Typical of the sage stuff from PL: read more »POSTED IN:
New year, new jobsMerlin Mann | Jan 2 2008This Week's Featured Job➪ Senior Web Developer - Vodori, Chicago, IL You an Employer? Here's 30 days for $30.00January is a popular time to start job-hunting, which also makes it a great time to find new talent for your organization through the 43f Job Board. To get that ball rolling for our baby new year, post as many jobs as you want to 43f and use coupon " < p>Many thanks to all our job posters. And good luck making the connection in aught-eight! read more »POSTED IN:
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