Hi I'm Justin. I like to tell stories through the written word, film, acting, or whatever else presents itself. Contact me: jsabestinas at gmail.
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“ Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential. ”
Winston Churchill
“ You’re constantly trying to get the audience into the state of feeling, and how things feel, rather than how things are. ”
Pixar’s Brad Bird
Today I’ve been trying out Ommwriter, and I really really like it. I’ve tried Writeroom for the Mac and Darkroom for PC. As it is (in beta), Ommwriter has put itself up there among the best distraction-free writing applications. With a couple little tweaks and fixes, it will be the best. If you have a Mac (OSX 10.5+), give it a try for your next writing endeavor.
I love the keystroke sound effects and the ambient music, and I especially love that they can be turned off. You can save documents as simple text or in a native Ommwriter format. I really love that you can resize and reposition the text input area.
At first I thought, “Gee I wish I could customize the font choices, background colors/images, etc.” Then I realized that its lack of choices actually kept from fiddling with the program for twenty minutes instead of getting down to writing immediately.
(Found via minimalmac)
I Say Murder That Darling
bendelaney:
The “answer” interface has two things going for it that set it apart from regular comments. The first is what your post is about—the inability to go back and forth in a conversation. The second (and in my opinion more important) thing is the limited character count. I think Tumblr could enable users to post multiple answers and allow the post author to get in on the conversation. The limited length of reply is what would keep it from becoming the rant-back-and-forth-while-everyone-else-loses-interest that blog comments tend to digress into. (In theory at least. It depends on Tumblr users staying classy about it.)