Get yourself more time to write by making your expensive Mac work harder for you.
LINKS:
Writer’s Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/gQTqTT
The Blank Screen: Productivity for Creative Writers: https://amzn.to/3RZhfAH
Previous 58keys Five Mac Tips for Writers: https://youtu.be/O-qTtFllYgY
The two new MacBook Pro models released this week are very good – but it’s the new Mac mini that is superb for writers.
LINKS:
Writer’s Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/gQTqTT
The Blank Screen: Productivity for Creative Writers: https://amzn.to/3RZhfAH
Previous 58keys Five Mac Tips for Writers: https://youtu.be/O-qTtFllYgY
You do not need a blogging app, but you’ll want this one and it is so good it’ll make you blog more. Recommending the new MarsEdit 5 for Mac.
LINKS:
Writer’s Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/gQTqTT
The Blank Screen: Productivity for Creative Writers: https://amzn.to/3RZhfAH
MarsEdit 5: https://redsweater.com/marsedit/
Self Distract blog: http://williamgallagher.com/selfdistract/
Dark Sky was the best iPhone Weather app until it closed down on December 31st. But there is a new best-in-show weather app — and a lot of rivals.
LINKS:
Writer’s Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/gQTqTT
The Blank Screen: Productivity for Creative Writers: https://amzn.to/3RZhfAH
Apple Weather: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weather/id1069513131
AccuWeather: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/accuweather-weather-alerts/id300048137
CARROT Weather: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/carrot-weather-alerts-radar/id961390574
(Not Boring) Weather: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/not-boring-weather/id1531063436
BBC Weather: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/bbc-weather/id649420946
Met Office: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/met-office-weather-forecast/id1068146838
Weathergraph: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weathergraph-weather-widget/id1501958576
Weather Underground: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/weather-underground-local-map/id486154808
You can’t beat that great Kindle Scribe screen for reading — except unfortunately you will want to.
LINKS:
Writer’s Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/gQTqTT
The Blank Screen: Productivity for Creative Writers: https://amzn.to/3RZhfAH
Kindle Scribe: https://amzn.to/3G7o3Z0
Previous 58keys episode about writing on Kindle Scribe: https://youtu.be/lc4xAxGRBOA
BOOKS FEATURED:
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang: https://amzn.to/3G6UqHf
Arms and the Women by Reginald Hill: https://amzn.to/3hCvtub
Let’s test run Apple’s new Freeform app by using it to plot out what we’re going to write next year. Note that it was in beta when this was recorded.
Join the Writer’s Mailing list too: http://eepurl.com/gQTqTT
LINKS:
Plan your Writing 2021 on 58keys: https://youtu.be/Pa-Y6Sr6DAc
Plan your Writing 2022 on 58keys: https://youtu.be/7Smd0B0KpPM
Apple for a mid-year review on 58keys: https://youtu.be/s-l46JgONLc
Apple’s Freeform: coming soon
MindNode: https://youtu.be/FIKTb4rpWwA
OmniOutliner: https://youtu.be/76K4J47TFV8
OmniFocus: https://youtu.be/-vlMCIvAlSU
There’s no nice way to say this: I was wrong about the Kindle Scribe’s shortcomings for writers. But unfortunately, perhaps not quite wrong enough.
LINKS:
Writers’ Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/gQTqTT
Kindle Scribe: https://amzn.to/3Fn03jl
Previous 58keys from when Kindle Scribe was announced: https://youtu.be/yI0AJrnkHLU
The Blank Screen: for writers who need to get more done: https://amzn.to/3RZhfAH
So you’re writing chapter 7 and yesterday found website that had just the detail you need for something. Hookmark can let go straight back to that site or from that site to that chapter, with a keystroke. Get the Mac app, watch this video interview with Hookmark’s creator, and then tell me how you ever did without his app.
LINKS:
Join the Writer’s Mailing list too: http://eepurl.com/gQTqTT
The Blank Screen: for writers who need to get more done: https://amzn.to/3RZhfAH
Setapp: https://setapp.com
Hookmark official site: https://hookproductivity.com
58keys on 2021’s Hook: https://youtu.be/YaYbJhYg8qQ
Not to encourage this terrible habit you have of going on social media instead of writing – clearly I mean you, not me, no, no – but here’s how to join Mastodon. New 58keys.
Join the Writer’s Mailing list too: http://eepurl.com/gQTqTT
LINKS:
Mastodon app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mastodon-for-iphone-and-ipad/id1571998974
Me on Mastodon: @wgallagher@home.social
Poet Jonathan Davidson on Mastodon: @JFDavidson1964@home.soci
Not to save you watching the new 58keys video, but it’s about how by just writing in a different app, maybe you can refresh your writing — and how you see it. New 58keys.