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

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!

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Guest Starring:

Brett Terpstra

Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

• BrettTerpstra.com
  Collected from: Contact - BrettTerpstra.com
  • rss feed
  • Twitter
  • App.net
  • Github
  • pinboard
  • last.fm
  • flickr
  • google+
  • 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