167: Workflows with Brett Terpstra

Long overdue, David and Katie sit down with the mad scientist himself, Brett Terpstra to talk about his setup, tagging and music. Drink

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Brett Terpstra

Links for this episode:

• BrettTerpstra.com
  Collected from: Contact - BrettTerpstra.com
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  • last.fm
  • flickr
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  • soundcloud

• MPU 045: Finding Files and Tagging
  Katie and David, joined by Mac mad scientist Brett Terpstra, cover the many ways to organize and find files on your Mac.

  Drink!
  

• MPU 081: Workflows with Brett Terpstra
  Drink!
  
• Slogger
  
  Slogger indexes various public social services and creates Day One journal entries…

  Slogger related posts on Brett's website

  Slogger download
  

• Marked 2 - Smarter tools for smarter writers
  Marked is a previewer for Markdown files.
  
• 60 Mountain Lion Tips by David Sparks and Brett Terpstra
  Beautifully laid out in iBooks Author, this multimedia ebook makes learning Mac tips a fully interactive experience.
  
• Brett's Projects - BrettTerpstra.com
  The things I do when I'm not doing the things I get paid for.
  
• Markdown Service Tools - BrettTerpstra.com
  The Markdown Service Tools are a collection of OS X Services designed to make writing Markdown text that much easier.
  
• Markdown — MacSparky Field Guide
  
• Brett's PopClip Extensions - BrettTerpstra.com
  This is a collection of my own extensions for the Mac app PopClip.
  
• Treadmill Desk | NextDesk
  Designed for style and function, the NextDesk Fit™ treadmill features a sleek low profile design allows the treadmill blend in with any home or office environment.
  
• Chadwick® | Knoll
  
• Apple - Thunderbolt Display - More pixels and more possibilities.
  
• Apple - MacBook Air
  
• Mac Power Users 162: Using Mavericks
  
• Apple - Mac mini
  
• The Wirecutter
  Wirecutter, a list of the best technology to buy as determined by dozens of hours of research and testing.
  
• Solid-state drive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  A solid-state drive (SSD) (also known as a solid-state disk or electronic disk, though it contains no actual "disk" of any kind)
  
• 27" IPS-ZERO-G Slim Monitor WQHD 2560x1440 - Dual Link DVI, VGA - Monoprice.com
  
• How To Post A Podcast Using iOS — Chambers Daily
  
• Sublime Text: The text editor you'll fall in love with
  Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose.You'll love the slick user interface, extraordinary features and amazing performance.
  
• LiveReload
  
• CodeKit — THE Mac App For Web Developers
  It's like steroids for web developers
  
• Run Windows on Mac - Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac
  
• VMware Virtualization for Desktop & Server, Application, Public & Hybrid Clouds
  
• Oracle VM VirtualBox
  VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.
  
• TextMate — The Missing Editor for Mac OS X
  
• Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 10
  
• Tower - The most powerful Git client for Mac
  
• Objective-C - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Cocoa (API) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• GitHub · Build software better, together.
  
• Python (programming language) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Ruby (programming language) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• AppleScript - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Developer Tools Overview - Apple Developer
  
• Regular expression - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  In computing, a regular expression (abbreviated regex or regexp) is a sequence of characters that forms a search pattern...
  
• Mac Basics: Automator
  
• MPU 070: Working with Automator
  Apple automation guru, Ben Waldie, joins David and Katie to discuss incorporating Automator and AppleScript into your Mac workflows.
  
• 5by5 | Systematic
  A weekly discussion about creativity, productivity, work, and everything Mac and iOS.
  
• Systematic Audio Drop
  
• 5by5 | Systematic #71: David Sparks on Email
  David Sparks guests to talk about his new field guide e-book, Email, as well as email strategies, bad jokes and sociopaths in politics.
  
• TextExpander Tools - BrettTerpstra.com
  
• TextExpander Snippets — MacSparky
  
• Ironic Software
  
• Tags - Simply Organized
  
• Tag (metadata) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  In information systems, a tag is a non-hierarchical keyword or term assigned to a piece of information (such as an Internet bookmark, digital image, or computer file).
  
• Take Control Ebooks Home Page
  
• Hazel by Noodlesoft | Simply useful Mac software
  
• Trickster - Your files, at your fingertips! - Apparent Software
  
• jTag - BrettTerpstra.com
  
• Jekyll • Simple, blog-aware, static sites
  
• MIDI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• X10 (industry standard) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  X10 is a protocol for communication among electronic devices used for home automation (domotics).
  
• INSTEON | Wireless Home Control Solutions
  
• Keyboard Maestro 6.3.2: Work Faster with Macros for Mac OS X
  
• Bugs Bunny piano boom - YouTube
  "You stupid rabbit, like this!"
  BOOM!
  
• Mac Power Users 144: Workflows with Chris Breen
  
• Apple - GarageBand for Mac
  
• Apple - Logic Pro X - Music production. Cranked up to X.
  
• Cubase
  
• Underworld (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• MailMate