Typed, Markdown Zen

Earlier this year I wrote a post on an amazing Markdown1 editor for iOS called Editorial. Since I’ve taken up Editorial on my iPad and iPhone I’ve been looking for an editor of comparable quality on my Mac. There are several popular Markdown editors on the Mac App Store, and I’ve purchased two of the…

Approaching Lightroom

Last Spring Apple announced the expected, and yet altogether depressing, demise of the incredible Aperture. This photo organizing and post-processing application was one of the first purchases I made after begin given my first DSLR. I love it’s simplicity, clean lay-out, and speed. Aperture will probably work for another year or so before it becomes…

Coherence, an inconsistent yet entertaining mental-romp

Since I was a child movie trailers have held a special interest for me, an interest which has only grown over time. There is something appealing about an art form which teases a fuller story while not ruining the narrative itself. Granted, there have been trailers which dress up garbage in designer clothes, but for…

The Hobbit Battles to the End

This past Monday I took in a viewing of The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies. I was actually rather surprised to be going at all, as I had no intention of finishing the trilogy in the Theatre after the travesty that was The Desolation of Smaug. My neighbor had insisted for a year that the was buying…

Scrivener and Ulysses III — The Stuff of Writers’ Dreams

About two years ago I was looking for a decent application on my Mac which could help me create ebooks from my writing – mainly devotionals, blog posts, and studies I write for the congregation I pastor. I also was looking to create an eBook version of our weekly bulletin to augment our digital version….