Back to the Future, 1985 - ★★★★★
It’s been years since I’ve seen this movie. The editing is great; no scene is wasted. Christopher Lloyd is slapstick gold. Why don’t they make films like this anymore?
I love this album. It makes my wife contemplate an early death. music.apple.com
I’ve settled into a great ’daily notes and other documentation’ system using Dynalist. I’ve never had this much consistent success with any app, except for perhaps Day One, which I also still use.
This app, TextBuddy makes me giddy.
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I Forgot About 1Writer
I also own 1Writer, which also plugs directly into Dropbox, and is, arguably, a better editor. It’s certainly a more fully-featured one.
Yes, I own many text editors. It’s the curse of the tinkerer.
I also forgot that you can pretend a file name with _ in Blot and it won’t publish it as a live post. I’ve done that with this entry, so ideally it will publish when I’m finished and ready - not when I’m just getting started.
So many different ways to skin this cat.
Posting here using Byword
I’ve owned Byword for many years. I think it was the first Markdown editor I bought, for both iOS and macOS. I abandoned it a long time ago as well, as it seemed to pale in comparison with other Markdown editors.
In looking for an easier way to post to Blot via Dropbox, however, Greg Moore suggested Byword.
I’ve installed it here on my iPad, and it does connect neatly to Dropbox - bypassing the futzy iOS Files.app interface.
I’m typing this directly into Byword into my live Blot site. That may not be the ideal workflow - perhaps a non-published draft might be a better option, with the file then dropped in as a finished item. Nevertheless, it’s interesting that a very old tool such as Byword may be the best one for the job.
That job being, making it as easy to publish to my Blot site as it is to publish to my micro.blog. If it’s not easy, I won’t do it. That much I know to be true.
Micro.blog has been on fire the last few days. I’ve really enjoyed the interactions. Thanks everybody! 🔥 💯 🤚🏻
I do a weekly Australian National Basketball League (NBL) podcast, NBL Pocket Podcast. Today’s episode is out and I think it’s a particularly fun one. 🏀 🎙
Alfred on macOS seems to be much more dynamically developed than Launchbar. As a long-time Launchbar user I’m wondering if it’s time to invest in the Alfred PowerPack and retrain my fingers?
A question for the micro.bloggers: What is the website you most often visit, and why? Mine is probably ABC News - Australia because I’m old.
Unexpected events today:
- Credit card details stolen and $1,500 of fraudulent transactions incurred.
- Our 5-year old boy decided to wander off to fight criminals by himself. Eventually found, thanks to neighbourhood community and police.
I’m feeling the urge to add a bookmarks manager to my workflow. I already use Instapaper, but now I’m thinking about adding either Pinboard.in or Raindrop.io to the mix.
Micro.blog Photo Challenge: Day 27: ‘pompasetting’. Hemispheric Views is the best podcast in the world. 📷
MailTrackerBlocker for Mail on macOS
Block tracking pixels in macOS Mail.app with MailTrackerBlocker for Mail on macOS:
I generally use MailMate which has pixel blocking built-in, or Fastmail apps which also block tracking. But it’s good to have an option for Apple Mail as well.
Always a great day when a new episode of @HemisphericViews podcasts drops. In Hemispheric Views 021: Ad Lib! we work without notes. And end up talking about restaurants, neck ties and Mars. It’s compelling!
