David and Katie sit down with automation guru, minister and geek TJ Luoma. We talk about his love for Keyboard Maestro and how he uses automation to make life easier.

Thanks to MPU listener Hay Oborn for assistance with the shownotes this week!

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Guest Starring:

TJ Luoma

Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

Rhymes With Diploma
The current web home of TJ Luo.ma
Impolite Company - Mule Radio Syndicate
Reforming Faith
A PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING, BUILDING, OR RENEWING THEIR FAITH.
Breaking Apple News, Tips and Reviews from The Unofficial Apple Weblog
TJ Luoma on The Unofficial Apple Weblog
TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time
Type more with less effort! TextExpander saves your fingers and your keyboard, expanding custom keyboard shortcuts into frequently-used text and pictures...
Noodlesoft | Hazel
Hazel watches whatever folders you tell it to, automatically organizing your files according to the rules you create. It features a rule interface similar to that of Apple Mail so you should feel right at home.
Keyboard Maestro 6.3.2: Work Faster with Macros for Mac OS X
Keyboard Maestro can help improve almost every aspect of using your Mac. Even the simplest things, like typing your email address, or going to Gmail or Facebook, launching Pages, or duplicating a line, all take time and add frustration.
1Password
Default Folder X
Custom keyboard shortcuts put your favorite and recent folders at your fingertips. Pop-up menus let you navigate your folders and open Finder windows.
A useful Caps Lock key - BrettTerpstra.com
ATLASerials® (ATLAS®)
Accordance - Bible Software for Mac, Windows, iPad and iPhone
Logos Bible Software - Bible Study at its best
The best MultiMarkdown editor just got better!
The best MultiMarkdown editor just got better!
Skitch 2.0 is like Skitch 1.0 without all those pesky "features" | Breaking Apple News, Tips and Reviews from The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Skitch 2.0 is like Skitch 1.0 without all those pesky "features"
Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 10
BBEdit is the leading professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of Web authors and software developers, this award-winning product provides an abundance of high-performance features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text.
Beamer - The AirPlay Movie Player for Mac
Keyboard Maestro and the automation mindset | Breaking Apple News, Tips and Reviews from The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Choosy helps those with Browser Commitment Phobia | Breaking Apple News, Tips and Reviews from The Unofficial Apple Weblog
George Starcher » Griffin Powermate – Mic Mute Button
A better Google search experience with Choosy, Keyboard Maestro and Fluid | Breaking Apple News, Tips and Reviews from The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Replicating QuickCursor using BBEdit and Keyboard Maestro | Breaking Apple News, Tips and Reviews from The Unofficial Apple Weblog
TJ Luoma
Using Keyboard Maestro 6 to automate a web database - TUAW
Ask Different
Send to Dropbox | Email + Dropbox
TJ Luoma (tjluoma) on Twitter
NeXT Computer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dell UltraSharp 29 Ultrawide Monitor - U2913WM
Spectacle
Bartender | Mac Menu Bar Item Control
Organize your menu bar apps
Satellite Internet, HughesNet Gen4 High-Speed Satellite Internet Provider
Little Snitch
A firewall protects your computer against unwanted guests from the Internet. But who protects your private data from being sent out? Little Snitch does
Radio Silence | Firewall for Mac OS X
PowerMate - USB Controller | Griffin Technology
You can use PowerMate to edit home movies, or scroll through long documents, or create your next audio masterpiece. How can PowerMate be this cool? Because it's an assignable controller that you can program to do anything you want, in any application.
Mizage - Shush
CodeRunner — krillapps
With CodeRunner, it has never been easier to write and test code, run scripts, work with algorithms, or simply experiment with a new coding or scripting language.
A guided tour of my Hyper key shortcuts - BrettTerpstra.com
PCKeyboardHack - Software for OS X
KeyRemap4MacBook - Software for OS X
Download QuickCursor for Mac - Access your favorite text editor via keyboard shortcuts. MacUpdate.com
creates a better, faster text-editing experience by using global keyboard shortcuts to bring your favorite editor to any app. If you've ever been frustrated by the process of manually copying and pasting between apps, QuickCursor will automate the entire process and save you time
Byword • Simple and efficient text editor for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Simple and efficient text editing for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
TextMate — The Missing Editor for Mac OS X
TextMate brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both worlds to the benefit of expert scripters and novice users alike.
Sublime Text: The text editor you'll fall in love with
Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose.You'll love the slick user interface, extraordinary features and amazing performance.
The Text This Week - Textweek - Sermon, Sermons, Revised Common Lectionary, Scripture Study and Worship Links
SaneBox - Email Management for Any Inbox
Fluid - Turn Your Favorite Web Apps into Real Mac Apps.
Web applications like Gmail, Facebook, Campfire and Pandora are becoming more and more like desktop applications every day. Running each of these web apps in a separate tab in your browser can be a real pain.
Chrome Browser
Default Folder X
Save your files effortlessly and open your folders instantly. Default Folder X makes Mac OS X's Open and Save dialogs work as quickly as you do.
BusyMac
BusyCal is the ultimate OS X calendar app — packed with powerful time-saving features in a friendly, easy-to-use package.
Toggle JavaScript in Safari with Keyboard Maestro | Breaking Apple News, Tips and Reviews from The Unofficial Apple Weblog

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