Mac Power Users

190: Workflows with John August

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Katie and David sit down with screenwriter, director and developer, John August.

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

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Guest Starring:

John August

Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

  • John August’s Website
    A ton of useful information about screenwriting from screenwriter John August

  • About John August
  • Store
  • Follow John August on Twitter
  • Ask John August
  • Scriptnotes Podcast
  • One Cool Thing

  • John August - IMDb
  • Craig Mazin - IMDb
  • MPU 050: Workflows with David Wain | Mac Power Users
  • Mac Power Users 147: David Wain Returns | Mac Power Users
  • Quote-Unquote Apps
    Collected from: Quote-Unquote Apps

    • Highland
    • Bronson
    • Courier Prime
    • Less-IMDb

    • Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) - IMDb

      • - Sex, Lies, and Videotape - Screenplay

    • The Macalope
    • Library | johnaugust.com
      This page contains .pdf versions of various projects John’s written over the years.
    • WorkFlowy - Organize your brain.
    • Slack: Be less busy
    • Basecamp is everyone’s favorite project management app.
    • Fountain | A markup language for screenwriting.
    • Daring Fireball: Markdown
    • Glassboard - Know who you're sharing with.
    • Final Draft | #1-Selling Screenwriting Software in the World
    • Slugline. Simply Screenwriting.
    • Literature and Latte - Scrivener Writing Software | Mac OS X | Windows
    • Scriptnotes, 129: The One with the Guys from Final Draft
      Scriptnotes podcast episode where John and Craig talk/debate screenwriting software with the guys from Final Draft. It’s an epic one.
    • San Francisco (typeface) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    • Field Notes — “I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it now.”
    • Byword • Simple and efficient text editor for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
    • Vesper. Collect your thoughts.
    • Ryan Nelson (ryannelson) on Twitter
    • NimaYousefi.com
    • Accidental Tech Podcast
    • Scriptnotes on the App Store on iTunes
    • Accidental Tech Podcast: 54: goto fail;
      The episode where John Siracusa and the gang talk about the Final Draft episode of the Scriptnotes podcast.
    • Skitch | Evernote
    • Airmail
    • TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time
    • Sparrow — Get mail done
    • Command-C ? Clipboard Sharing Tool for iOS and OS X
    • CodeRunner — krillapps
    • CoffeeScript

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