Why Quickcursor?

I recently wrote about how I use QuickCursor to switch between Scrivener and TextMate, which left at least one reader wondering, “Why?” “I’d like to know why you sometimes feel it’s necessary to jump from Scrivener to TextMate…via QuickCursor.” –@drdrang Scrivener is perfect for organizing writing projects and providing a focused writing environment, yet it …

Safari and AppleScript

I’ve used a Mac since the early 1990s and have never learned AppleScript. No time like the present! I was trying to do something that seems so simple, but the answer was eluding me. My goal was to write a script accessible with a FastScripts keyboard shortcut that would: open a new Safari browser window …

Journler – Back from the Almost Dead

Journler (yes, that is the correct spelling) is intriguing software that I used for a while some years back. The developer, Phillip Dow, stopped development in 2009, but he posted a couple of days ago that he is open sourcing the application and introducing a new application called Per Se. Journler – Blog: I’ve finally …