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Tech thoughts, workflow notes and digital-life observations.
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Paletro: Turbo-charged Mac Menu Search
Paletro brings fast, keyboard-based search to your macOS Menu items. Using a custom assigned keyboard shortcut (initially set to Command-Shift-P), I can easily search and traverse menus for the app I’m currently working in. Using Paletro has changed my Mac productivity ten-fold, because my hands never have to leave my keyboard to use it. It’s…
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Pica Brings Delight to Mac Font Management
Pica is a new font manager for macOS. With it, you can easily view, categorize, and preview your Mac’s collection of typefaces. I’ve spent a day playing with it and wanted to share my first impressions. First, Pica is fast! It takes full advantage of all the benefits that come with being natively written for…
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Create an Alfred Workflow to Toggle macOS File Sharing On and Off
Let’s talk about macOS File Sharing, an option I use almost daily. On macOS, File Sharing lives under: That method works fine if you only need to toggle it occasionally. But I need File Sharing ON when I bring my laptop home, and OFF when I’m about to take it with me when I leave…
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Long-term Notes on MacBook Pro Battery Usage
From time to time, I lurk on the r/macbookpro reddit group. Chief among the main worries of new MacBook Pro owners are battery life and battery cycles. These folks seem extraordinarily concerned about the battery cycle count, to the point of anxiety. To them, I would say: Batteries are a consumable item – they will…
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Two Launchers, One Mac
Jason Snell’s recent post on reverting back to Launchbar led me to reflect a bit on my own use of Mac launchers. I use two, specifically. My launcher of choice is Alfred, which I use for a variety of tasks: launching apps, file navigation, running terminal commands, searching the web, etc. As a power user,…
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The Modern Automobile Dashboard is a Mess
Look carefully at the image above. It’s from the dashboard of a 2025 Toyota Camry. Littered across the cluster are a cacophony of icons, measurement gauges and more. It’s a mess. Sure, the speedometer, engine temperature and gas guage are useful – but even within a few of those elements, there’s a lot going on. …
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My Mac Blogging Stack
Now that I’m back to regularly blogging once again, I wanted to document the software tools I use, along with my rationale for their use. My blogging chain is Mac-based, and each of the apps listed below are exclusive to this platform. MarsEdit, by Red Sweater Software, is my preferred tool for writing and publishing…
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How to Approach Drawing Organic Forms
This week on my YouTube channel, I share a technique to help drawing practitioners improve their understanding of form, specifically focusing on organic, asymmetrical structures (i.e. trees, teeth, etc.). This technique is universally applicable, whether your medium of choice is a tablet or a sheet of paper. I hope you find value in it. -Krishna
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On Brevity
Jeffrey Zeldman writes: What’s rare—what’s difficult—is knowing when you’ve said enough. Cutting the sentence that’s technically correct but doesn’t earn its place. Trusting the reader. Trusting the idea. Trusting the white space to do work. Knowing what to leave out is just as important as what you keep in. Zeldman focuses on…
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Mac Backups, Backups, Backups
“There are two kinds of tech users in the world: Those who have lost data, and those who are about to lose data.” I’m paraphrasing a popular idiom here, but I find it to be true nonetheless. If you work with computers, you need a back-up strategy. Computers can be replaced, but the data it…