Mac Power Users

In this episode Katie and David get geeky with the automation and macro creation program Keyboard Maestro. For this episode, we’re joined special guest and Keyboard Maestro guru, Gabe Weatherhead aka MacDrifter.

Chrometa, OmniGroup: OmniFocus, and Smile.

Gabe Weatherhead

Links for this episode:

• Keyboard Maestro
  
• Mac Drifter
  
• ScreenCastsOnline Episode Featuring Keyboard Maestro
  
• Keyboard Maestro Tips on MacDrifter
  
• MacTips Video: Keyboard Maestro Triggers and Actions
  
• Mac OS X Screencasts: Keyboard Maestro Tips
  
• Macro Examples
  
• Video: Expedite your Workflow with Macros
  
• Mac Stories on Keyboard Maestro
  
• Brooks Review on Keyboard Maestro
  

Alex Lindsay of the Pixel Corps joins Katie and David to talk about his video and travel workflows.

1Password, OmniGroup: OmniFocus, and Smile.

Alex Lindsay

Links for this episode:

• Pixel Corps
  
• Alex's Twitter
  
• Player-Missile Graphics
  
• Blackmagic Products
  
• Cintiq Pen Displays
  
• Sketchbook Pro
  
• Wirecast Pro
  
• Contour Shuttle
  
• Colloquy for iPad
  
• Countryman Mic Products
  
• Shure X2u
  
• Sound Devices USBPre 2
  
• Sound Devices 788t
  
• Zoom H4
  
• Zoom R16
  
• Zoom R8
  
• Maki Audio Boards
  
• Eagle System Brick Storage
  
• Grid-It Storage
  
• Hypermac Batteries
  
• Cube Taps
  
• Brookstone International Plugs
  
• Salesforce.com
  
• BusyCal
  
• David's OmniFocus Videos
  

Katie and David discuss strategies and methods for disconnecting a cable or satellite television service and using alternate sources for media content. Topics include setting up an antenna, streaming media services, Internet television and alternative sources of content.

1Password, Byword, and Smile.

Links for this episode:

• Antennaweb
  
• MonoPrice Antenna
  
• TiVo
  
• AppleTV
  
• Sony Blue-Ray Player BDP-S270
  
• Netflix
  
• Hulu
  
• Roku
  
• Elgato EyeTV
  
• Lifehacker "How Can I Watch (Almost) Any Live Sports Game Online?"
  

David and Katie sit down with Michael Lopp, author of Rands in Repose, Being Geek and Managing Humans. We discuss how Michael uses Apple technology to manage humans in his day job and in his writing workflow.

1Password, Byword, and Smile.

Michael Lopp

Links for this episode:

• Rands in Repose
  
• Being Geek
  
• Managing Humans
  
• Rands, How to Write a Book
  
• Michael's Home screen post
  
• Writing Down the Bones
  
• Bird by Bird
  
• Sentinal Typeface
  
• Vera Sans Mono
  
• Things
  
• FieldNotes
  
• Simplenote
  
• Livescribe
  
• Zebra Gel Pens
  
• Outlook for Mac
  
• Word for Mac
  
• OmniPlan
  
• Keynote
  
• TextMate
  
• Dropbox
  
• Notability
  
• nvALT
  

Katie and David are joined by Brett Kelly to discuss using Evernote, along with usage cases and limitations.

Squarespace and TinyLetter.

Brett Kelly

Links for this episode:

• Evernote
  
• Evernote Essentials
  
• Evernote Screencast
  
• Bridging the Nerd Gap
  
• Brett’s Evernote AppleScript
  
• Safari OmniBar
  

David talks through the process of writing his latest book, iPad at Work including writing workflows, dealing with editors, and other strange anomalies of the publishing business.

Rackspace and easyDNS.

Links for this episode:

• iPad at Work
  
• Mac at Work
  
• David's Macworld OPML Article
  
• iThoughts HD
  
• OmniOutliner
  
• Scrivener
  
• MPU 015: Scrivener
  
• Notsey
  
• Oragami Bluetooth Keyboard Case
  
• Microsoft Office for Mac
  
• MPU 053: Workflows WIth Bob LeVitus
  
• MPU 046: Workflows With Merlin Mann II
  
• About QR Codes
  
• QRBeam
  
• MacSparky: Juggling
  
• Rands in Repose on Writing
  

In this episode, Katie and David cover the varied Google services now available.

Sourcebits and Sifter.

Links for this episode:

• Sparrow
  
• Gmail
  
• Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts
  
• Google Calendar
  
• BusyCal
  
• Breevy
  
• Gruber: Going Flash Free
  
• Google Docs
  
• FlashFrozen
  
• Click To Flash
  
• MPU 029: Workflows with Jason Snell
  
• MPU 018: Managing the Onslaught
  
• Ars on RSS Feeds
  
• Picasa
  
• Picasa for Mac
  
• Picasa Plug-In
  
• Google Voice
  
• Google Apps
  
• Syncing Google Apps
  
• Google Privacy Center
  
• CloudPull
  
• Backupify
  
• MaliActOn
  
• OmniFocus Screencasts
  
• Rands in Repose
  
• MCE Event
  

In this episode, David and Katie explore the use of more powerful text editors, like TextMate and BBEdit, in a writing workflow with guest, Brett Terpstra.

1Password, OmniGroup: OmniFocus, and Smile.

Brett Terpstra

Links for this episode:

• Brett Terpstra
  
• TE-Snippets
  
• Byword
  
• Marked
  
• Scrivener
  
• nvALT
  
• TextMate
  
• BBEdit
  
• Brett on TUAW
  
• Why Markdown - A Two Minute Explanation
  
• Blogsmith Blogging Bundle
  
• Markdown Service Tools
  
• Espresso 2
  
• MPU 037: Markdown and MultiMarkdown
  
• MPU 005: Word Processing and Writing
  
• MacSparky: Multi-Platform is a Feature
  
• Alex Payne: Adding Get Bundles to TextMate
  
• VIM Tutorial
  

Katie and David go soup to nuts on e-mail protocols, services, applications, and best practices.

1Password, OmniGroup: OmniFocus, and Smile.

Links for this episode:

• POP Mail
  
• IMAP Mail
  
• Macworld Gmail Article
  
• Microsoft Exchange
  
• iCloud
  
• Apple Mail
  
• GMail
  
• Sparrow
  
• Microsoft Outlook
  
• SpamSieve
  
• Postbox
  
• MailSteward
  
• TextExpander
  
• Dragon Dictate
  

Katie and David chat with LonelySandwich about how he gets work done with his Apple technology.

Smile

Makers of TextExpander and winner of a 2010 Eddy Award!

Save 20% Smile software with the coupon code mentioned in the show. Hurry, offer ends September 30, 2011!

Launchbar

The premier Mac OS X launcher.

1Password

Save 20% off the price of 1Password using coupon code MacPowerUsers or through the above link.

The Omni Group

Makers of fine Mac productivity software

Adam Lisagor

Adam Lisagor

Adam’s Twitter

Adam’s Videos

Adam’s Blog

David Wain Mac Power Users Interview

FileMaker Pro

Shake - now deprecated

Merlin Mann

Adam’s iOS app, Birdhouse

TextEdit

Dropbox

Notational Velocity

Simplenote

NValt

iCloud

Final Cut Pro X

Drobo

Adam’s FastCompany Interview

Launchbar Episode

Josh Allen’s Twitter

Logic Studio

Alex Weinstein Music