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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.
