Markdown-based Presentations

I've only spent a short amount of time with it so far but Deckset is impressing the hell out of me for creating Keynote-like presentations with Markdown syntax. I love creating minimalistic slides and I always feel like going from notes to slides loses something. Now I can create my notes with the slides being in-line with the content using a minimalistic design language in Markdown. <3 It's only available for Mac through the Apple Mac App Store at the moment. ...

December 6, 2015 · 1 min · Aaron

Remember Norton Commander?

If you've been around long enough to have used Microsoft DOS as your primary operating system, you might remember Norton Commander. Norton Commander 5.51 running on MS-DOS 5Managing files in DOS was a pain in the butt without something even remotely graphical. I loved the two panes and simplistic navigation in folders. In fact I think Norton Commander made me better at command line stuff after I got a visualization of the file structure. ...

November 18, 2015 · 1 min · Aaron

Software I Use Every Day

In the spirit of yesterday's post, I'm going to list out what I use every day in terms of software. This isn't exhaustive but it's pretty darn close. General Utilities1Password - Probably the best password manager out there combined with mobile appsCloudup - quick way to share images, videos, text (ask me for a referral code)Coffitivity - coffeehouse sounds to help boost productivityCyberduck - SFTP clientDaisyDisk - finding where all my space has goneDropboxEvernote - where I keep my larger notes, graphics, PDF filesParallels Desktop - for the occasional booting of old Mac OS & Windows VMsRadium - menu bar radio streamingRdio - monthly subscription-based song streamingRescueTime - track my app usage to determine if I'm distractedSimplenote - for my quick note taking needsSkype - sadly yesSlack - communication for our team - web socket-based system like HipChat but betterGraphicsAdobe Photoshop CC - go-to app for image editingAperture (more for personal use)Balsamiq Mockups - easy mockupsBartender - organize your menu bar extras areaCamtasia 2 - screen castsColor PickerJoin.me - easy screen sharing - I use it more for helping people fix computer problems remotelyPixelmatorSnagItDevelopment - GeneralBase - for digging around SQLite files; especially handy debugging Core DataCharles - proxying application for testing remote callsHockeyApp - binary distribution for testingKaleidoscope - arguably the most beautiful diff tool - ignore whitespace is still not a feature :(PHPStorm - for when I have to get into WordPress and WordPress.com API codingTextMate - Still my favorite text editorTextual - Mac IRC clientDevelopment - iOSAppCode - alternative IDE for Objective-C - I switch between Xcode and here for specific reasons (future post?)iExplorer - could not live without the ability to dig around device filesystemsPaintCode - easiest way to get Core Graphics code from images or hand-drawn UI elementsReflector - transmit your iOS device screen to your computer for recordingSpark Inspector - interactively debug your UIView layers & NSNotificationCenter callsXcodexScope - helpful UI tools for your MacDevelopment - AndroidAndroid StudioGenymotion - Android VM manager - lurv

April 4, 2014 · 2 min · Aaron