- 42 Astoundingly Useful Scripts and Automations for the Macintosh
- MacOS uses Perl, Python, AppleScript, and Automator and you can write scripts in all of these. Build a talking alarm. Roll dice. Preflight your social media comments. Play music and create ASCII art. Get your retro on and bring your Macintosh into the world of tomorrow with 42 Astoundingly Useful Scripts and Automations for the Macintosh!
- Internet and Programming Tutorials
- Internet and Programming Tutorials ranging from HTML, Javascript, and AppleScript, to Evaluating Information on the Net and Writing Non-Gendered Instructions.
- Learning to program without BASIC
- If BASIC is dead, how can our children—or anyone else—learn to program? Today people interested in programming have far more options available to get started hacking their computers.
- Must-have iOS app: Editorial
- Editorial stands out among Markdown editors by being far more flexible and at the same time easier to use.
- No premature optimization
- Don’t optimize code before it needs optimization or you’re likely to create unoptimized code.
- Our Cybernetic Future 1972: Man and Machine
- In 1972, John G. Kemeny envisioned a future where man and computer engaged in a two-way dialogue. It was a future where individual citizens and consumers were neither slaves nor resources to be mined.
- Smashwords Post-Christmas Sale
- Smashwords is having a sale starting Christmas day, and both Astounding Scripts and The Dream of Poor Bazin are 75% off.
- The way to be a programmer is to program
- How do you become a computer programmer?
- Why should everyone learn to program?
- Anything that mystifies programming is wrong.
More Information
- 42 Astoundingly Useful Scripts and Automations for the Macintosh• (paperback)
- If you have a Macintosh and you want to get your retro on, take a look at 42 Astoundingly Useful Scripts and Automations for the Macintosh. These modern scripts will help you work faster and more reliably, and inspire your own custom scripts for your own workflow. (Jerry Stratton)
- 42 Astoundingly Useful Scripts and Automations for the Macintosh (ebook)
- If you have a Macintosh and you want to get your retro on, take a look at 42 Astoundingly Useful Scripts and Automations for the Macintosh. These modern scripts will help you work faster and more reliably, and inspire your own custom scripts for your own workflow. (Jerry Stratton)