Switching from Quicksilver to Alfred
With a new job comes a new laptop, and a lot of application installations. I’ve long been a fan and user of Quicksilver, but decided to drop a little money and give Alfred a go.
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Posting From New Wave Coffee on my iPad
It’s a bit cumbersome, and I tend to have about 20 more typos per minute, buti’m writing this from my new iPad! I’m sitting at New Wave Coffee, sipping on a bottomless mug. Honestly, I don’t know that I can see doing blog posts in this manner very often. The typing is tedious, and mine tends to be rife with…
Transcribing Audio or Video With QuickTime, Using AppleScript
Rather than me having to switch applications and tab over to QuickTime, then hit pause/play repeatedly… I could let these scripts do all the work. And by associating these scripts with a Quicksilver trigger, this let me stay in one application while controlling QuickTime with a few keystrokes.
Using Quicksilver Triggers to Create Instant Web Searches: Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, IMDB
It’s been about 2 years since I started using Quicksilver, and I’m ashamed to say that it’s still mostly a glorified app-launching program for me. That said, Quicksilver has become a core part of my daily workflow. My ability to switch from app to app is near instantaneous (and more importantly… nearly thoughtless). I no longer click on icons in…