Dan Byler has a handful of very useful AppleScripts for getting around a few of the due-date quirks of OmniFocus. Like, you know, when you’re trying to change the due dates of nine unique action items to all be due on Monday instead of today? With Dan’s scripts you can hammer that out in seconds instead of minutes.
Month: November 2010
Using Safari Reader to Send Multi-Page Articles to Instapaper →
A useful tip for when you’re on a site that doesn’t offer a print version of its multi-page article. (Via Brooks.)
Ben Brooks MacBook Air Review →
If you want to read a bunch of facts and figures, see AnandTech’s 11-page review. If you want to read a well-written narrative about how a real person uses the new Air in real life as their one and only computer, read Ben’s review.
FancyZoom →
Speaking of posting images, FancyZoom is what I use for that cool pop-out-and-zoom effect.
Dave Caolo on Using Apple’s Preview as an Image Editor →
Though I don’t post screenshots or images that often, when I do, I often use an Automator workflow which, when run via the contextual menu, duplicates the selected image and resizes it to 463 pixels wide (the default image width I use for this site).
Why vs. How →
Frank Chimero:
How is coulda, why is shoulda. How is specifics. Why is motivation.
Though it’s two months old already, this piece by Frank is fantastic and clear and lands on my ears in very good timing. I’m finding that as a leader it’s very hard to always communicate the “why” behind your requests. But when you’re working with clever and talented folks, just bossing them around without any regard for motivating them will lead to friction.
Moreover, I’m finding that when I am personally asked to do something, I need to know the why. Even if I don’t agree with the reasoning, knowing the why helps me support those I’m serving. As a boss, I try hard to communicate the ‘why’ to my team, and when my boss doesn’t communicate it to me I’m learning to simply ask: “Why?”
So: build a team that can define how, give them a leader who can define why, and you, my friend, are dressed for success.
Shawn Blanc’s iPad Life →
A very handsome fellow is featured this week in Ben Brooks’ series of interviews with folks about how they use their iPad in every day life.
[Sponsor] Alarms for Mac – Don’t Miss It →
An incredibly clever alarm/timer/to-do app. It sits in your Menu Bar and you can drag files, emails, URLs, and contacts onto it and schedule a concrete time to hash out a to-do item. It also syncs with iCal and works great for those times when you need to quickly set a timer.