three mac programs jeff and lisa need

three mac programs jeff and lisa need

today was great. i woke up. ate breakfast. took a three hour nap. then started my day when my mom called.

after we went to lunch and got the gps, i went to visit adrienne for a bit, before heading up to jeff and lisa's to meet papa bannon and becca. we all went up to the after school arts gallery/showing... it was pretty awesome. there were performances from all of the arts taught at the afterschool program. i was very impressed by their progress. man, it was awesome, and lots of fun too. afterwards, we went to jeff and lisa's for some key lime pie, u2 concert watching, and track mixing for our demo.

but when i used their macbook to research some potential affordable solar power options... i realized the absence of a few key mac programs.

quicksilver
it's a do-it-all application launcher. actually, it's so much more than that, but it does that, and even more. you push a keyboard combination (very simple, mine is apple+spacebar) and as a window pops up, you start to type an application name, website, whatever, and when you hit enter, it launches said application/website/whatever. you can even use it to resize a whole load of images if you're especially saavy. a mac user must have.

sidenote
it's exactly what it says... a window that is docked on the side of your screen that enables you to take quick notes, and then hide it away. i've got mine set up with universal hotkeys for quick showing and hiding in any situation. you can even drag images or links from websites into it to save them for later. it's quite handy. i use it when preparing for bible studies, or typing up quick prayer requests.

tube tv
open it up and type in a webpage with a video on it that you'd like to have in your itunes, and it automatically converts them for it. it's easy. you barely have to do anything. you can download youtube videos, as well as videos from practically anywhere else as well.

anywho, there are a lot more sweet mac apps out there. but try those three out. they're awesome.