I really enjoy writing in Markdown. The plaintext syntax allows me to write quickly without worrying how things look. Its wonderful. A side-effect of writing in a plain text format is the relative ease by which I can add automation to my writing workflow. Repetitive tasks can be invoked with a tap or key-stroke, saving…
Category: Geek
Final Cut X – powerfully confusing simplicity
This week I finally pulled the trigger and purchased Final Cut X and Motion. I’ve been using Final Cut Express 4 since 2008, it was WAY past time to upgrade. To be honest, while I knew it was a needed move 1, I was a little leery. Final Cut X got trashed when it first…
Practical Traps
I was “at work” 1 the other day and had a sudden realization. Many of my co-workers don’t know me very well. This came as quite a shock to me. I’m friendly with everyone there, but in a lot of ways I feel I’ve been cast into the “computer guy” role so deeply that people…
It’s a Major Award!
I’ve been nominated for a Liebster Award by my friend, Jamison Swift. He blogs at Second Runnings and you should definitely check his stuff out. Thanks Jamison! According to rule number 6 below I would like to say, “I’d like thank all the people who made this achievement possible.” The Rules Thank and link the…
The age of ePub
Yesterday I wrote about my fun day writing something which was terribly boring – a user documentation manual. As I wrote it led me to ponder the nature of user documentation in general. Specifically, what format it should take when it’s shared with the users. For years the go to choice has been “Portable Document Format,”…
