Operating systems
- Me: No, the pirate game is not on your computer.
- 3yo: It's not on our computer?
- Me: Yes, that computer is a Linux computer.
- 3yo: What's a Linux computer?
- Me: It's an operating system.
- 3yo: <becomes disinterested>
Apps that use Vi shortcut keys
I’m a big fan of Vi/Vim and I love to see apps utilizing vim-like keyboard shortcuts. I thought I would start a list of them:
Gmail
The grand-daddy of web-apps, Gmail uses j/k for up and down and has a slew of other Vim-inspired shortcuts.
Google Reader
Uses j/k for up and down.
The Hit List
The Hit List is a powerful todo app and also uses the familiar j/k for up and down.
Again the familiar j/k up and down. I don’t think there is anything more hidden in this other than the up and down navigation.
Reeder
j/k up and down
I’m sure there are more out there. matt@kizmeta.com or @mattpetty on Twitter and I’ll add to this list.
Temporary vim background color
I use this little script to set a a temporary background color to differentiate vim sessions/projects at a glance.
Spinach
Spinach, a gherkin based test framework like cucumber but without the Regex madness.
Dropzone and Github Gist
One of the tools I use frequently in my workflow is Dropzone.
Dropzone hacks the dock to give you a pop over menu that is easily accessed. The functionality it provides comes down to two things:
- A quick way to access icons you don’t want cluttering up the dock itself and -
- Drag and drop scripts for things such as quick uploads to Cloud app, Flickr, Dropbox, and folders on your local machine.
Here’s a screencast of how you can use Dropzone to turn highlighted text into a Gist:
It’s worth it at the regular price of $14 bucks anyway, but if you are reading this today (2011-08-23) then go get Dropzone for a 30% discount ($9.79) at Mupromo.
Newest Robohash Family Member
A continuation of a previous post, here is the Robohash for baby Ayla:
Just please, do me a favor: before you tell me that Ruby and Rails doesn’t need any of this discipline, have a chat with the guy or gal who is still maintaining the first Rails app you worked on.
A few good robots
RoboHash is a cool site where you can get random robot (and monster) avatars via internet magic. Here are some examples:
http://robohash.org/lodestone.png
http://robohash.org/mattpetty.png
http://robohash.org/jammies.png
http://robohash.org/rollerbot.png
http://robohash.org/mirabella.png
http://robohash.org/kai.png
http://robohash.org/hiro.png
http://robohash.org/aimee.png
Cool stuff!
