your favorite little computer program hoonja-doonja (mac version)

what it your shortcut for that?

getoutgif

cool

this is neat
http://www.tomahawk-player.org/

Yeah that's ^ been available for awhile on the web and as a set of APIs. There was some big-time service that was using it for their underlying tech, can't remember what it was now. A bit hit and miss but yeah very cool.

in the same vein as tomahawk, this is the best app ive spent money on all year:

http://cloudplay.fm/

used to be cheaper, not sure when the guy raised the price.

whats the killer thing it does for you

being able to put soundclound + youtube + mp3s in my itunes library in one playlist

that i can listen to without having to keep a browser window open

what happens if a youtube or soundcloud goes down?

hottness

it skips itxp

i tend to just download the soundclouds if i like them that much... youtube audios too on the v rare occasion they're otherwise unattainable

128kbps webrips feel like such a defeat to add to my library, i like the idea of keeping it pure and streaming webstreams directly via an applayer

yeah exactly, prefer to just keep that shit in a casual menubar playlist till i can get my hands on a proper copy

well yeah it's only a temporary measure. i'm no audiophile though granted

actually i don't really do libraries either so idk why i let my weird self stray into these discushes

new iTunes update had me frustrated that you still can't open playlists up as windows, which I used to do all the time to move things around.

Discovered Swinsian, a lightweight iTunes replacement, that's pretty amazing. Using the trick of not just reading the iTunes library, but making my iTunes folder a watched folder, so anything I add to iTunes or buy shows up. It's quick and works pretty great.

Storyboarding software that lets me select tons of clipart - the more options the better? Storyboard That looks ok.

hey bibliographic software users: is there any reason I shouldn't change the directory where Zotero keeps my pdfs to somewhere in the cloud? They're taking up too much space on my hard drive.

The battery on my old laptop konked out and in the ensuing hand-wringing I fell into a couple Apple discussion board threads about MacBook Pro hyper-miling. School of thought says that keeping your laptop plugged in often could have negative effects on battery life, yadda, yadda. Anyway, folks recommended the silly-named http://fruitjuiceapp.com if you need something that tells you want to do about your battery.

Ooh – I like the sound of that, given that my last battery needed servicing after about 300 cycles.

so guys, I'm looking for an app to clean up my iTunes music collection, maybe correcting tags and titles, with a special focus on getting missing album artwork. I've seen a few apps here and there but reviews are always quite negative and prices steep. Can anyone recommend something? CoverScout looks cool (fetches missing album artwork from a numebr of websites) but at 20 bucks, I'd like to make sure that ita ctually works as adverstised.

doesnt itunes do that automagically?

it's supposed to - but it fails quite often.

I've never used it but know folk who swear by Jaikoz.

J'accuse

http://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_Picard

i tried it. bit linuxy (i.e. awful UI), but pretty good at matching stuff. overview in podcast form at http://5by5.tv/b2w/104.

Is there a program out there that isolates duplicate audio files but by their waveforms (or by some other clever device) and not metadata?

Not that I'm aware of. I doubt that anything can match identical songs at different bit rates, etc.

http://www.lairware.com/songsergeant/ is a good one for library analysis

Thanks for the suggestion - I bought Jaikoz but so far I'm completely lost. Seems this is really way beyond my needs but I'll try to skim through the user manual.

Is there a program out there that isolates duplicate audio files but by their waveforms (or by some other clever device) and not metadata?

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i bet this is possible but would take forever to analyze a 1000+ library

I guess Shazaam does this pretty quickly.

Right now I'm loving Skip Tunes, a little hoonja doonja to control itunes, Spotify and Rdio from the menu bar.

Looking for a hoonja doonja that would automatically monitor my entire iPhoto library and sync it with Flickr (so far I've only found automatic uploaders of new photo files, which is not exactly the same thing).

I think there are plug-ins for Lightroom if you wanted to switch to Adobe. It's a far better program in many other ways.

Lightroom 4 has Flickr integration built in

OneNote for Mac is out. I know PC people that rave about this. http://blogs.office.com/2014/03/17/introducing-onenote-for-mac/

plain text for my notes
URLs to link to everything else
that is all i want

almost there, just wish dropbox was smarter - if I click a URL and I'm on a machine with my files synced locally, just (somehow) open the file please

can't remember if I plugged it, but I've been using Wunderlist as my to-do program. It's the to-do program I've always wanted. And doing my taxes I realize I actually spent money on the Things app and desktop app, when it is totally useless compared to Wunderlist.

Nice simple layout, sub-tasks, sharing etc. Everything I need.

There are too many list apps!

if only there was some way to keep track of them all

Just gonna throw my hands in the air, and use the free copy of Clear I downloaded at some point

I just use apple reminders for lists.

1. Wunderlist is better than all of those.
2. That's all you need to know.

and maybe not so little, but after spending a good deal of time trying to figure out how to build my own database application for as little money and technical knowledge as possible, I found Zoho Creator. Within minutes I had built an online client and job tracking system. Not free, but cheaper than buying Filemaker and easier to use than anything else I tried.

FWIW, I'm using Apple reminders too. Don't need anything more than that.

No sub-tasks though, right?

i use list apps and then i get too many to dos and then i abandon the app out of fear. this has happened more than once.

also i like trello a lot.