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App Haiku: OmniFocus
May 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
App reviews are a dime a dozen; let’s try something new with some App Haikus.
Up first: OmniFocus by the Omni Group.
I pile the tasks on
It slices and dices them
Helps me get shit done
More app haikus to come…
Other People Said Interesting Things: May 28th
May 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment
As I wander the web I find interesting things. I share:
- ¶ A Home Where the Buffalo Roam
Steve Rubel starts using Tumblr for his blogging - Hands-on with Amazon’s Mac software store
A look at the process of buying and installing software via Amazon's new download store. Hint: lots of manual steps. A OS X App Store it ain't. - Photography Isn’t Dead, The Business Model Is
A look at the changing business models and market for photography on the ASMP's business blog - New Policy: I Will Not Blog What I Can Tweet
Tech journalist Marshall Kirkpatrick decides that he will tweet the news if he can cover it in 140 characters instead of blogging about it. Makes sense to me (see my comment on his article for more of my thoughts). - Developing on WordPress using Git
WordPress core developer Mark Jaquith discusses the tools and workflow he uses to develop for WordPress (which uses Subversion for source control) while using git for his source control
What have you seen lately that’s interesting?
Using OmniFocus to Wrangle Mass WordPress Upgrades
May 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
For those of us who might have, um, a few blogs, the process of installing WordPress updates is one that can involve a few steps. Thankfully the upgrade process is pretty darned easy, but if one has a few active blogs as well as a few that are inactive but still remain online*, it’s not too hard to accidentally overlook one when there’s a security patch.
Yesterday (when another update was released) I realized a too-simple way to keep track of it: setup a template project in OmniFocus that contains a list of each of my WordPress sites, put it on hold, and then whenever there’s an update, duplicate that project, make it active, and work through the list.
* Yes, even old blogs need to be patched. Those who will exploit security vulnerabilities don’t care whether you write on a site anymore.
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