One Thing Well

Wry

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:00:13 +0100

Wry:

Wry is a command-line client for App.net for Mac OS X 10.7+ (Lion), written in Objective-C.

Fries

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:15:22 +0100

Fries:

Fries lets you prototype Android apps using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

TaskBadges

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:45:13 +0100

TaskBadges:

TaskBadges is a free app that adds the number of open tasks in your plain-text todo list to the file’s icon so that it shows up in Finder and on the desktop.

With support for todo.txt, TaskPaper and ‘square bracket’ list formats.

Mac App Store

Red Pen

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:30:27 +0100

Red Pen:

Red Pen lets you upload your design, share a short URL, and get live, annotated feedback super-fast. It remembers you— there’s no logging in, no project management, no bullshit.

gitit

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:15:55 +0100

gitit:

Gitit is a wiki program written in Haskell. It uses Happstack for the web server and pandoc for markup processing. Pages and uploaded files are stored in a git, darcs, or mercurial repository and may be modified either by using the VCS’s command-line tools or through the wiki’s web interface.

doo

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:45:00 +0100

doo:

Doo is a sort of reverse ‘everything bucket‘ — point it at local directories, hook up your cloud storage or web mail accounts, and the app provides search, filtering tagging & OCR, no matter where your documents are stored.

For OS X, Android and Windows 8.

Mac App Store / Google Play / Windows Store

phog

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:30:08 +0100

phog:

What is phog? A static-site generator along the lines of Jekyll, Volt, nanoc etc. but for the purpose of generating image & video galleries and photo blogs. It’s not a general purpose blogging engine — galleries are the main focus.

cocoaDialog

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:15:23 +0100

cocoaDialog:

cocoaDialog is an OS X application that allows the use of common GUI controls such as file selectors, text input, progress bars, yes/no confirmations and more with a command-line application. It requires no knowledge of Cocoa, and is ideal for use in shell and Perl scripts (or Ruby, or Python, or… etc).

Bluenote lets you store and encrypt notes, todo-lists &...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:45:06 +0100

Bluenote lets you store and encrypt notes, todo-lists & passwords, and sync them via Dropbox.

App Store

Via Mac Appstorm.

Task Till Dawn

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:30:23 +0100

Task Till Dawn:

Task Till Dawn is a free task scheduler which can execute your repetitive tasks (i.e. open files or applications) at specified times or intervals.

Push to Kindle

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:15:06 +0100

Push to Kindle:

Push to Kindle lets you send web articles (news stories, blog posts, Wikipedia entries) to your Kindle app or device for a better reading experience.

Add nicely-formatted articles to your Kindle via extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Opera & Safari, or an Android app.

Amazon Appstore / Google Play

GistBox

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:45:05 +0100

GistBox:

A web-based, Gist-backed code snippet manager.

Via gridwriter.

ikiwiki

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:30:19 +0100

ikiwiki:

Ikiwiki is a wiki compiler. It converts wiki pages into HTML pages suitable for publishing on a website. Ikiwiki stores pages and history in a revision control system such as Subversion or Git.

Get Plain Text

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:15:15 +0100

Get Plain Text:

Get Plain Text is a practical utility program to process text within Mac OS: It converts copied text into plain text.

Get Plain Text will convert any bit of text into plain text, no matter where you copied it from (a website, PDF document or elsewhere). You can activate the feature manually, or check “Automatically remove formatting” to make the app take care of it every time you copy something.

App Store

Via @danvpeterson

gitdown

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:45:18 +0100

gitdown:

gitdown is a script which moderates your git committing activity based on your blood alcohol content (BAC). It uses the DrinkShield for Arduino as a breathalyzer, and a Ruby script as the git hook.

Mini Display

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:30:03 +0100

Mini Display:

Mini Display turns your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch into an external display through Wi-Fi.

App Store

dzenstat

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:15:03 +0100

dzenstat:

dzenstat is a simple monitor that prints system information out to the console. It is meant to be used in combination with dzen2.

MacUtil

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:30:17 +0100

MacUtil:

MacUtil is a customization application for the Mac. It allow you to make your mac your own, with lots of customization options ranging from two dimensional docks to modifications of CoreOS files.

Blockchain

Sat, 11 May 2013 14:15:16 +0100

Blockchain:

The Blockchain android app provides a convenient way to access your bitcoin wallet on the move. Any keys you generate or transactions you make will be automatically synced with your My Wallet account.

With two levels of encryption, automated wallet backups and paper wallet support.

Google Play

Thanks, Donny!

App.net Invitations

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:00:00 +0100

After I set up an Alpha account for One Thing Well last week, the folk over at App.net suggested I give away a bunch of invitations to their service.

Fancy joining? Click on this link:

https://join.app.net/from/gpvcbnkfjf

If you sign up to App.net via the URL above, you’ll get an account on the free tier¹ and automatically follow @onethingwell.

There are 150 accounts available, and the invitation link will expire on Wednesday, 15th of May (in other words, be quick!).

If you’re not sure what Alpha and App.net are, and wonder whether you should bother with an account:

Alpha is a Twitter-ish thing built on App.net that feels a wee bit like Twitter did before it hit the mainstream, but after the influx of new users who signed up in 2007, post-SXSW — generally quite geeky, relatively quiet, and with an emphasis on conversation over quickfire one-to-many quippery. It’s roomier, too, with posts limited to 256 characters.

App.net proper is a platform for, well, all sorts of social-type things²—messaging and chat, file storage, sharing & synchronisation, location check-ins, &c..

This generalist approach allows developers to build, say, an App.net-backed photo-sharing app, or a quick ‘n’ easy file-sharing application. So, if you’re not interested in Alpha, an App.net account might still come in handy.

Whatever you end up using App.net for, the following line from their ‘core values’ applies:

> App.net members always have full control of their data and the fundamental right to easily back-up, export, and delete ALL of their data, whenever they want.

In short, Alpha is a nice place to hang out and talk to folk; App.net is a platform with a lot of potential, and a laudable emphasis on treating its users well.

The only thing missing is people — particularly people who aren’t developers, technology journalists or semi-professional webloggers! — a problem you can help fix with a quick click:

https://join.app.net/from/gpvcbnkfjf

This means you can follow up to 40 accounts, and have 500 MB of file storage to play with. If you upgrade to a paid account (which costs $36 a year) you get 10 GB of storage and can follow as many accounts as you like. ↩
See the App.net API’s Annotations documentation for an idea of how flexible the service can be, and check the App.net directory to see what developers are dreaming up. ↩