Having a keyboard has completely changed the way I use my iPad. Before it was a thing for my kid to fiddle with and also a thing with great music making potential I’d never commit time to. Now it’s a full-on computer with benefits.
The most important benefit of the keyboard is the ability to write. But it also makes internet searching and everything else better since the on-screen keyboard has always been bungly (‽).
Here’s some quick thoughts on why I think this keyboard/iPad combo will be important for me: read more →
Update: Use TextExpander to trigger 1Password auto-logins
Note you can do the same stuff below in any browser using TextExpander. This is great!
In chrome you can quickly setup keyboard shortcuts to take you to your favorite sites by using the built in custom search engines.
e.g., when I type “yt” and hit enter I’m taken directly to YouTube.com. The same is true for “gm” for gmail, “gi” + space + keyword to do a quick google image search, “hm” for Hypem.com’s most popular tracks, etc.
I’m addicted to this lil’ feature, saves me loads of time and thought sauce.
Another thing I’m addicted to is 1Password–the excellent password manager etcetera–and the way it automatically logs me in when I click a bookmark within the 1Password app.
What I really needed was a way to use chrome’s keyboard shortcut stuff to take me to a site using 1Passwords automatic login voodoo. So I found a way. read more →
I recently got into a new laptop. It’s not like the old days — now I need to be able to spin up the new ‘puter into a big boy professional workhorse as quickly as possible.
So I’ve created this list of apps and data to help me remember what I need to consider so’s I don’t miss anything important. These are roughly in order.
I’m posting it here in case you find it helpful. Also, so I’ll be able to find it next time I get a new ‘puter. read more →
I got a new computer and while setting it up I mucked up something by changing the name of the user I had created. My main hard drive (Macintosh HD) was asking me for passwords to edit info, some apps weren’t letting me create/save data into folders, etc.
So I did some research to find out how to fix it. The internet kinda let me down on this one. I mean, I found my way through thanks to convoluted forums from 2003, but it took me a long while to get it right. So, in the spirit of leaving the internet in a better place than when I found it, I’d like to share my solution with you (and future me who has this same issue).
NB: I’m not a sys-admin type. I would be very careful about this. I’m not even all that sure about what’s going on here!read more →
Be sure to read this if you don’t know the basics of the “em” font sizing thing. I’ll leave it at that. If you’re interested, just spend the 8 minutes on here to understand the thing: How to size text using ems by Richard Rutter.
