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Create Dropbox Links from Alfred

I've always treated Alfred as a Finder replacement. The speed at which I can find and take action on files is faster than Finder.app or Spotlight will ever be able to do. Because of this, I want to have a quick and easy way to share Dropbox files from … [Read More]

2017-05-16

Category: Tech

Tags: alfred, dropbox, automation, python

Publishing from Day One to Pelican with Hazel and Dropbox

I'll be soon embarking on a long bike tour and was searching for a way to keep a journal of my trip but also post updates to a website. Day One was an obvious journaling choice, but with version 2, publishing isn't yet available. With a little poking around, it … [Read More]

2016-08-19

Category: Tech

Tags: hazel, pelican, automation, dropbox

How I use my Mac Mini Server on Macminicolo

I frequently get asked why I use Macminicolo and if it's worth it. It's a relatively expensive hobby, but it gives me so much benefit that at this point I couldn't live without it. Having an always-on Mac opens up a lot of opportunity and I'm always finding new things … [Read More]

2015-02-09

Category: Tech

Tags: Dropbox, automation, hazel, scripting

Back up Your Contacts with Pythonista

While it hasn't happened in a while, I have lost or had issues with contacts in iCloud. I haven't found a reliable way to automatically back up my contacts on my Mac, but Pythonista offers a simple way to back them up. Pythonista offers a great library which gives you … [Read More]

2014-09-28

Category: Tech

Tags: automation, Dropbox, ifttt, launchcenterpro, ios, pythonista

Global Shell Variables for Dropbox Paths

I have multiple computers running Dropbox, all of which have different folder paths to where the Dropbox folder is located. I wanted to have a universal way to find and navigate to the folders regardless of what computer I was on. In most cases, setting a variable to your Dropbox … [Read More]

2014-08-31

Category: Tech

Tags: bash, automation, Dropbox

Quick Sharing with Launch Center Pro and Dropbox

I've been finding more and more reasons to use Launch Center Pro recently. With the fairly recent addition of Dropbox actions, I've been finding new ways to share links quickly. I take a lot of quick photos that I never plan to keep around. In most cases, it's just to … [Read More]

2014-03-04

Category: Tech

Tags: ios, automation, Dropbox, launchcenterpro, photos

Digitizing the Family Photos

I had this ongoing fear that all of our family photos would get lost or destroyed. I've always wanted to have a central place for all of my photos, both past and present. In early 2012, my mom and I started on a project to scan, crop and organize all … [Read More]

2014-03-01

Category: Tech

Tags: python, alfred, hazel, dropbox, bash, photos

My Photo Workflow

After listening to the Mac Power Users episode on photo management and reading the slew of follow up blog posts on other photo management workflows, I thought I would share mine as well. While my workflow will be fairly similar to Federico Viticci's with a few exceptions, I thought I … [Read More]

2014-01-11

Category: Tech

Tags: hazel, automation, dropbox, ios, photos

Using Dropbox to Host Images on your Website

I notice a lot of people asking about why they can't get images to display on their website when using Dropbox shared links. Dropbox is a great way to post an image quickly on a forum or as free hosting for your low traffic website, but there are a few … [Read More]

2013-11-03

Category: Tech

Tags: dropbox, automation

Instascriptogram. Post Instagram pics to Scriptogr.am

[Update 2014-11-19] I've since moved off of scriptogr.am. The service wasn't working for a long time and doesn't seem to be in active developement. I ended up moving that blog over to a static blog with Pelican similar to this one. Since moving to Dublin, my girlfriend and I … [Read More]

Updated on 2014-11-19

Category: Tech

Tags: dropbox, automation, ifttt, photos