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ClipMenu Rids Your Mac of its Textual Amnesia

06.30.10 @ 9:02AM Tags : blogging, clipmenu, jumpcut, productivity, writing

You probably use a computer to write instead of freehanding or typewriting, because computers have all sorts of tools for saving, formatting, spell-checking, and copying and pasting. But when you think about it, the default copy-and-paste functionality of a computer is extremely basic. Out of the box, Macs and PCs only remember the very last thing you copied. The thing you copied before that? Gone. This makes no sense, since computers have enough memory for billions of lines of text. Thankfully there are a number of free applications out there to “buffer” your clipboard, placing everything you’ve copied — as well as commonly-used snippets of text — at your fingertips. Once I started using such an application, I forgot how I wrote without it. More »

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Productivity in an age of constant connectivity

07.24.09 @ 11:22PM Tags : apps, freedom, mac, productivity, writing

I affixed a quote from a GQ interview with Philip Roth into my writing notebook before leaving for Costa Rica; it seems especially relevant now that I’m trying to shut out New York City for considerable chunks of every day. More »