A couple of days ago, I posted an article detailing how to use Keyboard Maestro to create todos in OmniFocus 2 that are linked to original messages in Mail.app. Security-conscious Ben Brooks thought the idea was neat, but couldn’t give it a try, as it relies on the use of the OmniSync Server.
Using Keyboard Maestro to create todos in OmniFocus 2 that are linked to original messages in Mail
23 May 2014
About a year ago, I switched from OmniFocus to Things, in part because of a dislike of the OmniFocus Mac app. Today, I’m switching back to OmniFocus for two reasons.1. OmniFocus 2 for the Mac was released yesterday—delivering feature and UI parity with its wonderful iPad cousin.
- I’ve pretty much given up hope that Things 3 will be released within my lifetime.
As I wrote about in the past, I host my email on a Mac mini with OS X Server, and on which I run Mail.app and SpamSieve together to provide a server-side spam filtering and rules-processing solution. While this setup works great for remote spam filtering and management, it is somehow causing a separate, irritating and confusing problem.Right now, here’s what my inbox looks in Mail.app running locally on my MacBook Air:
Arbitrary scheduling in Keyboard Maestro
02 May 2014
This morning I was trying to create a Keyboard Maestro macro to automatically send an email to my team members on the last day of each month. I got stymied when I realized the the time schedule trigger is basically limited to “Daily at a certain time”.
Richard Feynman on knowing something
07 April 2014
In the video The Pleasure of Finding Things Out I love this profound quote by Richard Feynman. He’s talking about pseudo-science, but it has broad applicability:
Fucking politicians—The consequences of having donated to the Ron Paul political campaign
21 March 2014
Back in 2008, I made a terrible mistake—I donated to the Ron Paul political campaign.
Hilarious co-host rambling on the Cubed Podcast
19 March 2014
Remember those funny videos of people like George Bush or Dan Quayle incoherently rambling on about something? You know, the ones that make you cry, “What the hell is he saying!?!” Well, I’m frequently reminded of those when I listen to the Cubed Podcast.