Post Current iTunes Album to Twitter
Download
This ruby script will automatically update your Twitter
account when you start listening to a new album in iTunes
on a Mac. It doesn't send updates for every song, for
obvious reasons, and requires the rbosa and twitter
libraries for ruby. The easiest way to install these on any
recent Mac is to open a terminal window and type 'sudo gem
install rubyosa' and 'sudo gem install twitter4r'
The script takes two command-line arguments, your Twitter
username and password.
So, for example:
ruby itunes_twitter.rb myusername mypassword
To run as a background process, simply use
ruby itunes_twitter.rb myusername mypassword &
instead.
Quicksilver / Backpack Reminder Applescript
Create New Reminder
From Quicksilver
This script allows one to create a new Backpack Reminder
straight from Quicksilver. To install, just download and
the script file in a directory that's scanned by
Quicksilver for scripts (usually ~/Library/Scripts). After
installation, you'll need to add your Backpack username and
API key to the top of the script file using your favorite
script editor (For those who don't have a favorite, open it
using Script Editor.app). Then, just select the script in
Quicksilver, choose the 'Process Text' action, type the
name of the new reminder, hit option-enter to get a
new line in the Quicksilver window, and enter the date and
time for the reminder. I experimented with several
different ways of working with the date, but finally
settled on simple and explicit. The date must be provided
in the format yyyy-mm-dd followed by the time (time is a
little more lenient, you can use 3 PM, 3:00 PM, or 15:00).
A full entry would look like the following:
Backpack Quicksilver Reminder Test
2007-4-23 3:00 PM
This script also works well as a Quicksilver trigger,
allowing immediate access to the Reminder text entry box.
Enjoy!
Quicksilver / DEVONthink Pro Integration
Applescripts
I wrote these scripts after switching from Yojimbo to
DEVONthink Pro. DEVONthink is awesome, but can't match
Yojimbo for ease of searching and ease of data entry. So I
wrote these scripts to work with another one of my favorite
applications, Quicksilver, and more tightly integrate
DEVONthink into my workflow.
DEVONthink Search
Script
The DEVONthink Search Script allows one to search the
DEVONthink database directly from Quicksilver. Just add it
to your Quicksilver catalog (you may want to rename it for
easier / faster searching. I use DS Search), enter the
script name in the Quicksilver entry box, choose the
'Process Text' action, and enter the text you want to
search DEVONthink for. It'll return a list of DEVONthink
database objects matching your search that are sorted by
relevance. Choosing one will open it in DEVONthink.
DEVONthink New Note
Script
The DEVONthink Note Entry Script was written to be tied to
a Quicksilver trigger. After adding it to your Quicksilver
catalog and setting up the trigger, just activate it and
it'll ask for a name for the note, content for the note
(uses the contents of the clipboard as a default), and a
category for the new note (if no category is provided,
it'll place the note in a group called 'Unclassified' and
create the group if it doesn't exist). Enjoy!
Due to my own laziness and the way Script Editor forces
you to compile applescripts, I haven't provided scripts
compatible with non-Pro versions of DEVONthink. However, I
know of no reason why these wouldn't work in vanilla
DEVONthink. Just open them in Script Editor and change all
instances of 'DEVONthink Pro' to 'DEVONthink'
Quicksilver can be obtained from http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/
Information on how to use this seriously cool app can be
obtained by reading
this Lifehacker post.