David and Katie sit down with Brett Terpstra drink to talk about his current projects, Marked 2, text, automation and being obsessive about making great things.

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!

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Guest Starring:

Brett Terpstra

Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

• MPU 045: Finding Files and Tagging | Mac Power Users
  
• MPU 081: Workflows with Brett Terpstra | Mac Power Users
  
• Mac Power Users 167: Workflows with Brett Terpstra | Mac Power Users
  
• BrettTerpstra.com
  
• Marked 2 - Smarter tools for smarter writers
  Marked 2 Mac App Store Link
  
• MPU 011: Services and Macworld 2010 | Mac Power Users
  
• Markdown Service Tools - BrettTerpstra.com
  
• MultiMarkdown
  
• Daring Fireball: Markdown
  
• Home | kramdown
  
• MPU 037: Markdown and MultiMarkdown | Mac Power Users
  Katie and David tackle the use of Markdown and MultiMarkdown to write for the Web and more. This episode also includes an interview with Fletcher Penney, author of MultiMarkdown.

• Ulysses III
  
• CriticMarkup
  
• Creating Content with Markdown: Learn by Video: Simple, future-proof writing with plain text | Peachpit
  Creating Content with Markdown: Learn by Video: Simple, future-proof writing with plain text.

• PDFpen for iPad: Edit and Sign PDFs on Your iPad - Video Tutorial
  David Sparks did this new soup-to-nuts video tutorial that shows you (almost) everything you need to know about PDFpen for iPad. Epic!
  
• Brett's PopClip Extensions - BrettTerpstra.com
  
• ErgoDox.org - Home Page
  
• Star Wars Celebration The Ultimate Fan Experience - Star Wars Celebration • April 16 - 19, 2015
  
• Macdrifter
  
• Mac Power Users 177: Workflows with Gabe Weatherhead | Mac Power Users
  David and Katie talk with Gabe Weatherhead (aka MacDrifter) about being a Mac geek in a PC office, DEVONThink, and his automation workflows.

• An unsolicited GeekTool showcase - BrettTerpstra.com
  
• GeekTool: Tynsoe projects
  GeekTool is an application for Mac OS 10.6+. It lets you display various kinds of information on your desktop via 3 default plug-ins
  
• How To Customize Your Desktop with GeekTool | Mac|Life
  
• Geeklets - The best place to get GeekTool scripts
  
• Google Charts — Google Developers
  
• A brand new approach to screenshot software | Clarify-it
  
• Indigo Domotics - Advanced Mac Home Automation Software
  
• INSTEON - Indigo 5.0x Pro INSTEON - Compatible Software
  
• Adonit | The Best Fine Point Stylus for iPad & iPhone
  Jot - Amazon Link
  
• 5by5 | Systematic #103: Speaking Of Stage Fright with Nat Osten
  Nat Osten, an iOS developer at Smile, joins Brett to discuss building for the sake of creation, stage fright, high school cafeterias, and the top picks of the week.
  
• App Camp For Girls - Home
  
• Pencil | FiftyThree
  Pencil - Amazon Link
  
• Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Leap Motion | Mac & PC Motion Controller for Games, Design, & More
  
• Minority Report (2002) - IMDb
  
• BetterTouchTool
  
• PromptDown
  
• Christina Warren (film_girl) on Twitter
  
• 5by5 | Overtired
  Overtired is Christina Warren and Brett Terpstra, two tech-geeks with unusual sleep schedules coming together to nerd out over gadgets, software, personalities and life. Tune in to find out what keeps them up at night.