November 2010
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The Only OS X Shortcut You Need to Remember
I’m a big fan of the keyboard. Minimizing time between thought and action helps me flow. Vim helps me do this, as do keyboard driven utility apps like LaunchBar. For everything else I rely on keyboard shortcuts. Unfortunately, it’s easy to forget a shortcut, and mousing through the menu is slow and clunky. So, here’s my all time favorite OSX keyboard shortcut: Shift + CMD +...
August 2010
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Pomo-pairo : Pomodoro Technique + Pairing
Recently, another Obtivian, Scott Parker, joined my team at a client. Since this meant we’d be pairing a lot, I thought we should experiment and see how the Pomodoro Technique worked for us pairing. Overall, I’ve really enjoyed using it and wanted to share some of my thoughts.
Disclaimer - When it comes to productivity boosting techniques, I’m not dogmatic. Instead, I’ll figure out the core...
February 2010
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Homebrew or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and...
Homebrew is package management system for OS X designed to automatically tune build configurations for your system. No more fumbling with compile flags. No more mucking up your $PATH with various installation locations. Just use ‘brew install package_name’ and let Homebrew handle the rest.
Installation
I recommend installing Homebrew as a git repo in /usr/local. I’ll cover some benefits...
December 2009
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Creating Shell Commands with Boson + Zsh
Recently, I decided to play around with Boson, a framework for organizing and executing Ruby. Commands can be executed from both irb and the command line. Check out the link above as there is a lot of customization available to craft exactly the command library you want.
For example, let’s say I want to post a tweet from the command line. I create the following module and place it in...