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Things: Procrastinate

By ian | Published: March 15, 2011
Why on Earth anyone would do anything immediately is beyond me. Hence the invention of this simple little script, which will resechedule your currently selected To Dos in Things for tomorrow. As is often the case with application scripting, a large part of the challenge is wrapping your head around the app’s unique nomenclature – every [...]
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Things: Add NetNewsWire Headline

By ian | Published: March 15, 2011
While hacking my way through the RSS jungle in NetNewsWire, I often find something interesting that I don’t have time to look at right now. Instapaper takes care of long form articles, but if the media in question is a little richer – a video of a skateboarding dog, say – you’ll need another way to come [...]
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  • What’s this all about then?

    rb-appscript is a powerful way to automate your Mac. It's similar to Applescript but it's built in Ruby, which means you get to leverage that language's powerful syntax and libraries. Giving you more time to make toasted sandwiches. You want long-winded explanations? We got those.

    Please note that these scripts are by no means bulletproof, and are intended to provide examples of application scripting. I take no resposibility for any loss of data or mishaps; you download and run everything at your own risk. That said, I use all of these scripts in a production environment every day (well – more accurately, I use some of these scripts in a production environment most days).