Hey everybody, I just pushed the button on my newest MacSparky Field Guide. Markdown I co-wrote this book with Eddie Smith and I’m really proud of it. Markdown started as a clever way to write for the web but has become so much more.…
Continue reading →John Siracusa on Self-Reliance
John Siracusa looks closely at the the dependencies between Google, Samsung, and Apple. This post includes everything I love about John’s writing (including an obscure link to a Gone with the Wind clip). At one point, John explains Google’s overall success with Android: “Google’s…
Continue reading →Solarized
I’ve received several emails asking me about my love of Ethan Schoonover’s Solarized color scheme. Solarized is a set of colors Ethan selected for use in a text editor or app development platform.. Computer programmers spend a lot of time gazing at computer screens…
Continue reading →PermaLinking with Squarespace, revisited
I recently posted my trick for using TextExpander to add permalinks to link posts. James Smith figured out some clever code injection to make this automatic. The only down side is that it goes on every post, not just selected link posts (like this…
Continue reading →PDFpen Sale
As promised, for the next two days you can get PDFpen 6 for $29.99 and PDFpenPro 6 for $39.99. I recommend getting it from the App Store for the iCloud support. I just purchased my copy of PDFpenPro. Because I know the developers, I…
Continue reading →MPU 129: Workflows with Lex Friedman
I really like Lex Friedman. He’s a bit of a nerd (like me) but also the more I get to know him, the more I realize what a quality person he is. Learn all about his Mac and iOS workflows (and even a little…
Listen & read notes →Japan? Check.
Starting today Paperless and 60 Mountain Lion Tips are on sale in 51 countries, including Japan. I love that a little guy like me can publish in 51 countries.
Continue reading →Sponsor: RocketMatter
I’d like to thank RocketMatter for sponsoring MacSparky this week. Make sure to download their free ebook, Productivity Tips for the Discerning Cloud Computing Lawyer, to see the future of legal (and other professional) services. Leave the dinosaurs behind and move your practice into…
Continue reading →PDFpen Version 6
This weekend’s Mac Power Users episode announced the pending release of PDFpen for Mac, version 6. I’ve been in the beta test and I really like this update. PDFpen has always been a great PDF solution on the Mac and this upgrade really improves…
Continue reading →Permalinking SquareSpace with TextExpander
I get a lot of requests about how I put permalinks at the bottom of link posts. People think I’ve done this with some clever bit of web programming but the answer is really just a TextExpander snippet. Here is the snippet text: [∞](https://www.macsparky.com/blog/%clipboard)…
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