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Re: macOS dialog shortcut keys - BrettTerpstra.com

MitchWagner — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:13:47 -0000

The muscle memory thing seems like a good tip. Often once I've found the keyboard shortcut using Alfred, I just hit Enter.

Re: macOS dialog shortcut keys - BrettTerpstra.com

MitchWagner — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:35:55 -0000

My brain doesn't seem to be wired to be able to remember many keyboard shortcuts. Any pointers on helping learn them better? I use both CheatSheet and the menubar search workflow in Alfred, which helps a little.

Re: Electric Pork is ready for you to try

MitchWagner — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 12:25:11 -0000

Nope.

Re: Electric Pork is ready for you to try

MitchWagner — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 10:19:48 -0000

Links seem to result in the app not seeing any text. Hopefully, this screenshot explains the problem:

https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

If I remove the link, the text shows up correctly in the preview box. I did not try sending at that point.

Re: Electric Pork is ready for you to try

MitchWagner — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 16:20:59 -0000

My RSS feed is not showing up. I've created two tweetstorms. Still seeing this message, which I saw after I did no tweetstorms and after my first: https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

Re: Electric Pork is ready for you to try

MitchWagner — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 16:16:56 -0000

One more. Starts here: https://twitter.com/MitchWa...

Re: Electric Pork is ready for you to try

MitchWagner — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 16:13:58 -0000

My porky tweetstorm:

https://twitter.com/MitchWa...

Question: Is it supposed to post the follow-up tweets as replies to the preceding tweets? My Electric Pork tweetstorm does not appear to do that.

Thanks for letting me in on the test.

Re: Electric Pork coming soooon

MitchWagner — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 12:44:44 -0000

Electric Pork is a great name, btw.

Re: Electric Pork coming soooon

MitchWagner — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 12:44:11 -0000

I'd like to test it please. Thanks!

Re: Canonical Space Goo

MitchWagner — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 10:50:24 -0000

Oh, for Pete's sake, Erika prefaced her comments by saying she loved the movie. I thought she made some good points. I'm not sure whether I agree with her -- it's been a few years since I watched this movie -- but I certainly wouldn't ascribe her opinion to Evil Social Justice Warrior Agenda.

Anybody who starts a comment by saying that they wince whenever a woman appears on a nerd podcast is someone whose opinions are automatically suspect. What The Minister is saying here is that women are fine on nerd podcasts -- encouraged, even! -- so long as they follow the male agenda. Which is hogwash. There is no male agenda or women's agenda. There's just people giving their opinions about movies and TV shows and stuff, saying what they like and what they don't like.

Re: PR Pitches Are Valuable Real Estate

MitchWagner — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:12:25 -0000

All true!

Subject line and first two sentences are exactly how I read PR pitches.

Another rookie mistake I see: Starting the pitch with background that I already know. "Cloud computing is changing the face of enterprise IT." Once I see that, I stop reading and start skimming the first paragraph for keywords. If I don't see any interesting keywords in the first graf -- if it all looks like more background, more stuff I already know if I'm interested in your client's story -- then I just close the email and move on. And I don't even look at the second paragraph, or anything else.

Also, the pitch should never, ever include an attachment. Never, never ever.

Re: Ocean swimming as meditation

MitchWagner — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:16:51 -0000

Sounds lovely, Xeni. Also, sounds like you're on the mend. Glad to hear it!

Re: Nexus 7: a perfect, low-cost, rugged, easy tablet that works for the whole family

MitchWagner — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:57:09 -0000

Good post, Cory. I like my Nexus 7 a lot. I bought it when the model first came out, and I spend hours a day on it.

Thanks for the NewsRob recommendation. Nicer than the default Google Reader app, which I had been using, or GReader. I'd love to see a post from you on your favorite Nexus 7 apps.

Do you do any writing on the Nexus 7? What app do you use for that? Do you use an external keyboard?

For a Twitter app that supports muting, try Tweetings.

https://play.google.com/sto...

Re: http://mitchwagner.tumblr.com/post/9886498769

MitchWagner — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:05:42 -0000

You didn't have beds?

Re: http://mitchwagner.com/post/9041311421

MitchWagner — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:16:34 -0000

Thanks, but Notepad++ is Windows-only, isn't it? I'm on a Mac.

Re: http://mitchwagner.com/post/8999679320

MitchWagner — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:09:49 -0000

Yes, Patrick. Teresa blogged about this a couple of years ago, and we discussed it there. I linked to her blog in my post above. And I blogged about this book earlier when I started reading it.

Re: http://mitchwagner.com/post/8825496819

MitchWagner — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:10:08 -0000

I seem to recall Shakespeare was not respected for a century or two after his death. And different generations have interpreted Shakespeare differently, finding different elements of his plays important.

We recently saw a production of "Taming of the Shrew" and found the ending jarring. I'd completely forgotten how the play ends.

Re: http://mitchwagner.com/post/8690620648

MitchWagner — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:53:27 -0000

Hmmm.... I hadn't thought about a collection, I was thinking of publishing them as individual stories. How do individual stories sell?

Of course, if I publish the individual stories, afterward I can bundle them up into a collection, maybe do a nice intro or set of intros or something.
I'm excited about this.

Re: http://mitchwagner.com/post/8216190926

MitchWagner — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:41:44 -0000

Demonkid - Do people want that level of engagement in their entertainment? I know when I'm done with a day's work I want to watch TV or read. I don't want to do more work in the name of entertainment.

Re: http://mitchwagner.com/post/7886242829

MitchWagner — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:48:00 -0000

Chris, just to clarify, this is not something I've ever seen. But I believe it happens.

Re: http://mitchwagner.com/post/7762964983

MitchWagner — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:24:51 -0000

We're watching a lot of series on Netflix streaming: Rescue Me, Weeds, Parks & Recreation, The Larry Sanders show. The last movie we watched was "Fantastic Voyage." I guess that counts as arcane. We've seen a couple of movies in the theater this year.

Re: http://mitchwagner.com/post/7532781957

MitchWagner — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:00:46 -0000

Yeah, it's on my list of Movies To Give Another Try When I'm in a Different Mood.

Re: http://mitchwagner.com/post/7495381102

MitchWagner — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:45:42 -0000

Actually shutting down the computer is hard-core. I salute you. I don't know if I'm ready to go that far yet.

Re: http://mitchwagner.com/post/7495381102

MitchWagner — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:45:14 -0000

John, I remember that from my daily newspaper days. I worked Sunday through Thursday, and every fourth Saturday (with Thursday off as a comp day that week). I'd rather have had a Friday night, especially since I was single then.

Re: http://mitchwagner.com/post/7357409880

MitchWagner — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:29:54 -0000

Ha! That's great!