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TUAW Podcast #24: Journler
[Update 2: The direct download link is working fine now, and
This week's podcast is a screencast of an app that I finally 'get' and have subsequently gone nutty for: Philip Dow's Journler. It's an app very much like Yojimbo, Mori and SOHO Notes in that it's a journal/digital junk drawer for your work and life. For roughly fifteen minutes I cover some of the coolest features in Journler that both grabbed my personal attention and caused me to chose Mr. Dow's excellent app as my new blogging tool of choice for penning most of my TUAW and Download Squad posts.
As usual you can pick up a copy of our latest podcast (weighing in at 36MB and 13 minutes on the dot) from our iTunes Store Podcast directory, this direct link or our own podcast rss feed. I'm also please to announce that I finally did some research into why my previous video screencasts weren't iPod-friendly and have fixed the issue. Even though this particular screencast might look a little tiny on a 5G iPod (I captured the entirety of my 1440 x 900 MacBook Pro display, then re-sized to 640 x 398 for this one), you should nevertheless be able to take it with you on that commute you're packing up for. Enjoy!
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Michael said 2:46PM on 5-24-2007
I am getting 404 errors on your links. Any chance for help... and the iTunes store does not show the screencast - so maybe its me??
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YodaMac said 3:26PM on 5-24-2007
Still having iTunes troubles with your podcasts - I now see #23 (didn't see that before), but no #24. It's like your listings are at least one behind or something....
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notagolfer said 6:44PM on 5-24-2007
Really nice podcast. After Nullriver updated Connect360 to 3.1, I can watch it on xbox.
May be you can also keep 720p version of the podcast, if it's not a big problem.
Thanks!
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Jonathan Grynspan said 8:40PM on 5-24-2007
Heh. Some of my code's in that app.
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Louis L said 8:48PM on 5-24-2007
Journler is a great little app. I've been using it for about 2 months now, and have no issues, love it. The best part is it's "free" and if you find yourself using it more than you intended (like myself) it's worth the donation.
The podcast really showed me some stuff I have not tried. Thanks.
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Silentio said 9:20PM on 5-24-2007
I'm just messing around with journaler. I tried to copy as html but when I paste it brings all of the style markup with the text. All I want is and . Any way to change this?
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Dave Chartier said 10:42PM on 5-24-2007
#6: Yep, go to the Advanced pane in Journler's preferences and you actually have quite a bit of control over what kinds of HTML and XHTML get copied.
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Danny said 1:29AM on 5-25-2007
What is used to display the keyboard shortcuts over the screen like that in the video? I have never seen that before.
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Dave Chartier said 9:18AM on 5-25-2007
#8: That's Mouseposé from Boinx:
http://boinx.com/mousepose/
It's also what creates the spotlight/dimming effect at certain times. Quite configurable and very handy for drawing attention to certain things you're doing, especially when using keyboard shortcuts the viewer otherwise can't see you pressing. It's $15 and worth every penny if you're a screencaster or presenter.
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Daniel said 10:47AM on 5-25-2007
Bigger = better!
If it's possible to offer two versions of the file then I think a lot of us would appreciate the option to go for something a bit more detail - really useful in screencasts. :)
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Michelle said 11:26AM on 5-25-2007
Well the lower version is fine. Maybe do a high quality version to paid subscribers. As long as you keep the price low, like $5 a month people who want the hi quality can have it.
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PSM said 11:50AM on 5-25-2007
Just watched this yesterday on the train. I've never used a journaling app, but this looks like a really great tool for blogging and some other stuff I do. Downloading the app now. Thanks for making the vid!
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Kilted Eric said 1:14PM on 8-08-2007
While watching your podcast, I noticed you had iGTD in your dock. I was going to use my Journler as my ToDo list, but them after seeing the show, I was thinking maybe I should change my mind.
Do you favor iGDT as you Todo list app and only use Journler as a info inputer / storage and blogger?
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