software
Notes from the shop — process, tools, and the occasional opinion.
January 9, 2019
Turn Off Photoshop’s New Default Proportional Transform
Update: Photoshop 2020 now has a setting to use the 'legacy' transform behavior. Go to Preferences > General and tick the 'Use Legacy Free…
September 27, 2018
Solved: Typinator Not Working in MacOS Mojave
I've been using Typinator for years now to expand content with a few keystrokes. Filling out a form is easy when I can type…
October 31, 2017
Goodnight Firebug
So many web technologies have come and gone over the years, and when their time is up, most go quietly. Last week Mozilla announced…
September 28, 2017
Transmit 5 Empty Directory When Using Transfer and Skip
10.31.17 Update: Good news! Update to Transmit 5.0.5 fixes this issue! I really like the new version of Transmit. It's super fast and easier…
September 22, 2017
Drift Chat
We've used Drift chat on our sister site Cinch for over a year now. During that time we've been able to help countless people…
August 23, 2017
Transmit 5 Missing Skip Feature Workaround
Transmit 5 was released back in mid July. I picked it up right away, not only for the initial launch discount, but because Transmit…
June 23, 2017
Spigot JSON Feed
TLDR; Spigot has a new JSON feed for posts, and you can find it here: https://spigot17.spigotdev.com/feed/json. Our Portfolio feed is here: https://spigot17.spigotdev.com/feed/json/?post_type=portfolio I still…
March 13, 2017
Adobe Illustrator Turns 30
Like many of my peers, I've had a love/hate relationship with Adobe in recent years. Yes their software is a staple in my toolkit,…
November 17, 2016
Apple Pages Hide / Show Guides Keyboard Shortcut
We've recently started using Apple Pages over InDesign for client proposals and contracts. It's part of a larger strategy to start moving away from…
November 1, 2016
Drift Fluid App Icons & Setup
I love using Fluid to run websites as an app, especially websites I need to keep open and active. Like Drift, our on-site chat…