Scrivener Power Tip – Binder Symbols

  

 

One of the great features of Scrivener is the binder, in which you can dump research, web pages, pictures, and video. When doing legal research I will often collect case decisions as individual research assets. I like to insert little symbols into the entries to help me remember. An arrow up for a positive case or down arrow for a negative will suffice. This could be used for other writing applications as well. To insert the symbols, activate the Character Viewer in the Language & Text/Input Sources preference pane and you are good to go.

 

MacSparky RSS Update

 

As part of the domain transfer, the name of the RSS feed has changed just enough to have lost hundreds of subscribers. I’ve switched the Feedburner address and installed handy buttons to the right. In the meantime, if you are not getting these posts in your feed, please re-subscribe. That is all.

OmmWriter Initial Thoughts

 

The word processing renaisance continues. The most recent entry is OmmWriter. This is another distraction free writing application in the vein of WriteRoom. It features very simple and nicely done controls, limited features, and a soundtrack. That is right, a word processor with a pleasing background music. I’m not sure how I feel about it yet but it is in beta and worth checking out. 

MacSparky Amazon Shop

 

Attention Black Friday shoppers. Want to help pay for MacSparky bandwidth and hosting costs? Do your Amazon shopping through the MacSparky Amazon shop. I’ve picked out a few of my favorite geeky items but don’t stop there. If you click any of the items on the page and head off to buy something else in Amazon, MacSparky.com still gets a small percentage. Go crazy, and thanks.

The Big Server Switch

 

 

It has been a crazy few days at MacSparky. I’ve been unhappy with my prior domain server for some time. There has been a constant poblem with network speed. The kicker, however, was downtime. I have experienced recurring downtimes culminating in a full day this week. Enough was enough.

Thankfully, the transition was much easier than I expected. I am now hosted by SquareSpace. I re-engineered the site, imported the wordpress back-up, and switched the domain over with reckless abandon. The whole process took about 4 hours, which is remarkable. I’ll be continuing to tweek the site for a bit and please report any problems you encounter. It looks like most existing links came over and Google has already found me at my new home.

Also, please re-subscribe to the RSS feed if you are not getting it. Finally, thanks to everyone for their patience during the transition and the spectacular customer service department at SquareSpace for saving my bacon.