From the monthly archives:

March 2009

This is part of a short series on Creative Tools. Other posts in the series (so far) include: Creative Tools: Hardware, Creative Tools: Backend and Creative Tools: Production. I intended to have posts about software in the Creative Tools series. Welcome to this third. As I was putting the first two together, there were too [...]

MacRabbit released Espresso 1.0 today — http://macrabbit.com/espresso/ (via @smokingapples) # have you bought the @macheist bundle yet? I’ll post thoughts on the bundle later today #

eternal timefulness

March 27, 2009 · 0 comments

The process of creating renews my spirit, and I find myself attuned to the details of life rather than being stressed by being overwhelmed. I find myself listening rather than shouting into the void. Creating art opens my heart to see and listen to the world around me, opening a new vista of experience. This [...]

For the third year in a row, MacHeist has rolled out a bundle of software which any Mac user should consider. The MacHeist bundle includes 12 programs, worth over $550 combined, for $39. You may not use every app in the bundle, but even interest in a few of them makes it worth the money. [...]

This post is part of an ongoing series of reflections on my reading of The Creative Habit, by Twyla Tharp. The Creative Habit begins with a chapter called “I Walk Into a White Room”. Tharp uses this image to describe the stark nothing from which every new project begins. This feels to me like a [...]

OmniFocus can be had for 15% off thru Monday thanks to a coupon code available at http://daringfireball.net (FOCUS_FIREBALL is the code) # Andy Ihnatko — @ihnatko — posted a nice video walkthrough of OSX running on his Dell Inspiron Mini 9: http://vimeo.com/3630135 # curious what you think of my friend @maventheavenger’s thoughts on health care [...]

This is part of a short series on Creative Tools. Other posts in the series (so far) include: Creative Tools: Hardware, Creative Tools: Backend. I have to say, I’m happy to move on from the Backend tools, to the much more glamorous production tools. These are the tools that I use to make things…to take [...]

This post is part of an ongoing series of reflections on my reading of The Creative Habit, by Twyla Tharp. Much of my energy about the creative process of late has pointed toward one thought — how to get into “creative mode”. For me, and probably for you, it doesn’t just happen. It requires an [...]

Creativityist notched up over 400 blog subscribers for the first time yesterday. Thanks to everyone for being part of the conversation! # nice little iPhone voice memo to OmniFocus setup: http://tinyurl.com/cnvchj (via @omnifocus) # SmokingApples is giving away two packages of Things for Mac and iPhone: http://tinyurl.com/dxxr9y # installing OmniFocus 1.6. have you? #

max’s words

March 11, 2009 · 0 comments

Sometimes, our kids have a hard time listening while we do the bedtime routine. And by sometimes, I mean every night. When it’s really not going well, I have to warn them that we won’t read a story if they don’t listen better. That almost always works. On the rare occasion that we do skip [...]