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Brett Terpstra
Mac developer and writer at brettterpstra.com; makes the apps Marked and nvALT and writes extensively about Markdown and automation.
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Different Markdown flavors force users to trade off features like citations, task lists, and table support against each other.
Markdown flavors keep splitting. Pick MultiMarkdown for citations and you lose something else. Pick GFM for task lists and you're fighting table quirks from another tool.
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Korrents What they believe 1 beliefs — each backed by an exact quote.
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Different Markdown flavors force users to trade off features like citations, task lists, and table support against each other.
Markdown flavors keep splitting. Pick MultiMarkdown for citations and you lose something else. Pick GFM for task lists and you're fighting table quirks from another tool.
Apex comes to Marked 3 Said 22 Sept 2026
What is a korrent?
A korrent is a belief a person has stated in their own words: one sentence stating the claim, backed by a quote and a source, kept at korrents.com.
Under a name here, the quoted block is what they actually said. The korrent beneath it is the claim those words support, in korrents' wording — tap it to see the record, its source, and who else holds it.
Nobody here wrote their own korrents. They are compiled from public statements, and a person can change their mind, which is recorded too.
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rcmnd What they recommend 16 things — each backed by an exact quote.
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Loved 1Password
I also wouldn't want to function without 1Password, Growl, Apptivate and Tags.
usesthis.com 2 Dec 2011
Uses TextExpander
I use TextExpander practically every minute. I also wouldn't want to function without 1Password, Growl, Apptivate and Tags.
usesthis.com 2 Dec 2011
Uses Spotify
When it comes to listening, I've all but forsaken my gigs of mp3 files and taken to Spotify and Musicality (last.fm and Pandora).
usesthis.com 2 Dec 2011
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Loved GarageBand
I used to be a Logic Studio guy, but as my needs have simplified I've found GarageBand to be an amazing tool.
usesthis.com 2 Dec 2011
Uses Marked
I publish to my blog (WordPress) using TextMate, and do my printing and PDF output using Marked.
usesthis.com 2 Dec 2011
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Uses Scrivener
I favor Byword for prose, Scrivener for larger, more structured projects and TextMate for everything else.
usesthis.com 2 Dec 2011
Liked Byword
I favor Byword for prose, Scrivener for larger, more structured projects and TextMate for everything else.
usesthis.com 2 Dec 2011
Uses nvALT
For the latter I use nvALT almost exclusively, though my notes are all stored as individual text files (with OpenMeta tags) and can be added to, edited and searched from a plethora of apps and utilities.
usesthis.com 2 Dec 2011
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Uses MindNode Pro
For the former I use a combination of MindNode Pro (quick maps), Mindjet MindManager (presentation maps) and a Fluid SSB running MindMeister (collaboration and embedding).
usesthis.com 2 Dec 2011
Loved Safari
My preference is Safari. If I didn't have to have any other browsers, I might still keep Chrome around, but since version 5, Safari has been my true love.
usesthis.com 2 Dec 2011
Loved ColorSchemer Studio 2
I absolutely love ColorSchemer Studio 2 for palette design.
usesthis.com 2 Dec 2011
Loved Acorn
I use Photoshop and Illustrator when I have to, but I love using Acorn whenever it's feasible.
usesthis.com 2 Dec 2011
Liked Espresso 2
Espresso 2 is rapidly becoming a favorite for me when it comes to HTML/CSS editing.
usesthis.com 2 Dec 2011
Uses iTerm2
I tend to stick with TextMate, Xcode and iTerm2 most of the day.
usesthis.com 2 Dec 2011
Loved Blue Snowball
When a musical whim strikes, I have an Oxygen 49 and a few microphones (including my beloved Blue Snowball).
usesthis.com 2 Dec 2011
Loved MacBook Air
My secondary machine – and arguably my favorite computer ever – is my MacBook Air.
usesthis.com 2 Dec 2011
Where they publish
Blog brettterpstra.com His blog and apps.
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- Web Excursions for October 19th, 2026 19 Oct 2026 Whether you’re a new user or a seasoned pro, ScreenCastsONLINE offers in-depth screencasts on a wide range of topics, from tutorials to app discovery. Check it out. Cloakshot Cloakshot by Spawn Lau is a screenshot…
- Marked Share for DEVONthink 8 Oct 2026 I put together a small DEVONthink script that publishes the Markdown notes you have selected to Marked Share. The notes stay private, and publishing one again updates the same document instead of making a second copy. D…
- Using Apex for the Marked docs 7 Oct 2026 The Marked help site, and the copy that ships inside Marked, is generated from a pile of Markdown in a single folder. For a long time that pile was fed to MultiMarkdown. It now goes through Apex. I’ve been buildin…
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- Web Excursions for October 6th, 2026 6 Oct 2026 Web excursions brought to you in partnership with Fabric, the best way to organize your notes, tasks, and projects in one place. Tansei Tansei is a simple shelf at the edge of your screen for Mac and Windows. Drag anyth…
- Grab the Mac Power User bundle for 36% off 5 Oct 2026 I’ve packaged three of my favorite Mac utilities into a single App Store bundle, and it’s a pretty good deal. The Mac Power User bundle gets you TerminalWidget, Marked QL, and FileRouter for $31.99. Buying t…
- Wiki linking for Marked Share 5 Oct 2026 Wiki links now work on Marked Share. Type a note’s name in double brackets and, when someone reads the page, that name becomes a link to the matching document. The match stays inside the same library folder, so tw…
- Zen search for SearchLink 4 Oct 2026 SearchLink can now look through Zen bookmarks and history the same way it already did with Firefox (and Chrome and Safari). Zen keeps its history and bookmarks in a Mozilla places.sqlite database, so !h grew a z. If it&…
- Web Excursions for October 2nd, 2026 2 Oct 2026 Web excursions brought to you in partnership with CleanMyMac X, all the tools to speed up your Mac, in one app. Crest Suite Three native Mac apps that talk to each other instead of the cloud. Take records the screen, Mi…
- Folder sync for Marked Share 29 Sept 2026 Marked Share just took another big step toward full folder sync. The API can now take a folder full of Markdown in bulk, process it in the background, and keep it in step with your local copy in both directions. What th…
- Callout improvements in Marked, Share, and Apex 28 Sept 2026 Callouts (as popularized by Obsidian and GitHub) are one of those features that seem simple until someone really puts them to work. One user did exactly that. He sent me a document with callouts nested inside callouts,…
- Nested topics for Howzit 27 Sept 2026 Howzit has always split build notes into topics using Markdown headers. What it didn’t do was care which header level you used. A level 2 and level 3 header were both just “a topic,” and they all got f…
- Web Excursions for September 24th, 2026 24 Sept 2026 Web excursions brought to you in partnership with MindMeister, the best collaborative mind mapping software out there. Tungsten Edge Tungsten Edge is a per-window taskbar for macOS: every window in view, one click away.…
- Just the Links, please 22 Sept 2026 I built a new app because I was tired of scrolling past jokes, quote-posts, and the same article six times on social media. I also didn’t want to miss great articles from sources not in my RSS feeds when I wasn&rs…
- Apex comes to Marked 3 22 Sept 2026 I’ve been working on Apex for a while: a unified Markdown processor that pulls together the good parts of CommonMark, GFM, MultiMarkdown, Kramdown, and Marked itself. With Marked 3.2.6, Apex lands in the app as a…
- Folders for Marked Share 21 Sept 2026 Marked Share finally has folders. Not collections pretending to be folders. Actual places a document can live in your library, nested the way a notebook app would nest them. I have been wanting this for a while, mostly…
- Web Excursions for September 16th, 2026 16 Sept 2026 Web excursions brought to you in partnership with CleanShot X, the absolute, hands-down best app for Mac screenshots. Get one of my all-time favorite apps here. Snapsly Capture any webpage as an image or PDF. Generate d…
- Bunch is back for Golden Gate 14 Sept 2026 Bunch is back under development. Not a grand relaunch, just me picking the project up again, starting with the unglamorous work of making it run on macOS 27 (Golden Gate). What shipped The first updates are all about la…
- GoLlyGee for Mac 13 Sept 2026 I already made GoLlyGee for fun. Then I thought: what the heck, make a Mac version… also just for fun. Same toy, more screens See my intro post from a couple of days ago for the original announcement. GoLlyGee is still…
- Share cards for Marked Share 12 Sept 2026 Public posts, profiles, and collections on Marked Share now get their own share card. Paste a link into Mastodon, Slack, iMessage, or a blog comment and you should see the title, byline, and date on a Marked-colored car…
- Marked is Hookmark's Partner of the month 10 Sept 2026 for September, and it’s a pairing that makes a lot of sense to me. Hookmark is a Mac utility for linking the things you work with: files, emails, notes, tasks, web pages, and documents in all kinds of apps. Instead of r…
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- Lately on the blog: Web Excursions for October 19th, 2026 19 Oct 2026 brettterpstra.com
- Lately on the blog: Marked Share for DEVONthink 8 Oct 2026 brettterpstra.com
- Lately on the blog: Using Apex for the Marked docs 7 Oct 2026 brettterpstra.com
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- Lately on the blog: Web Excursions for October 6th, 2026 6 Oct 2026 brettterpstra.com
- Lately on the blog: Grab the Mac Power User bundle for 20% off 5 Oct 2026 brettterpstra.com
- Lately on the blog: Wiki linking for Marked Share 5 Oct 2026 brettterpstra.com
- Lately on the blog: Zen search for SearchLink 4 Oct 2026 brettterpstra.com
- Lately on the blog: Web Excursions for October 2nd, 2026 2 Oct 2026 brettterpstra.com
- Lately on the blog: Folder sync for Marked Share 29 Sept 2026 brettterpstra.com
- Lately on the blog: Callout improvements in Marked, Share, and Apex 28 Sept 2026 brettterpstra.com
- Lately on the blog: Nested topics for Howzit 27 Sept 2026 brettterpstra.com
- Lately on the blog: Web Excursions for September 24th, 2026 24 Sept 2026 brettterpstra.com
- Lately on the blog: Just the Links, please 22 Sept 2026 brettterpstra.com
- Lately on the blog: Apex comes to Marked 3 22 Sept 2026 brettterpstra.com
- Lately on the blog: Folders for Marked Share 21 Sept 2026 brettterpstra.com
- Lately on the blog: Web Excursions for September 16th, 2026 16 Sept 2026 brettterpstra.com
- Lately on the blog: GoLlyGee for Mac 13 Sept 2026 brettterpstra.com
- Lately on the blog: Share cards for Marked Share 12 Sept 2026 brettterpstra.com
- Lately on the blog: Marked is Hookmark's Parter of the month 10 Sept 2026 brettterpstra.com
- Lately on the blog: Just for fun: GoLlyGee, Game of Life visualization 9 Sept 2026 brettterpstra.com
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GitHub ttscoff His open-source work.
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- homebrew-thelab 19 Oct 2026
- marked-docs 19 Oct 2026
- howzit 9 Oct 2026
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- searchlink 2 Oct 2026
- bunch — Documentation repository for Bunch.app 12 Sept 2026
- graffitimoe 10 Sept 2026
- screencoord — Select a screen region and print coordinates for screencapture or AppleScript 9 Sept 2026
- popclipextensions — Brett's PopClip Extensions 17 Aug 2026
- bt-svg-viewer 16 Aug 2026
- mk 16 Aug 2026
- graffiti — Fortune-style CLI for graffiti.moe 8 Aug 2026
- marky-api 6 Aug 2026
- mdtosendy 6 Aug 2026
- nvalt-export 4 Aug 2026
- doing 27 Jul 2026
- na_rust 25 Jul 2026
- Marked3-obsidian 25 Jul 2026
- content 1 Jul 2026
- mdless 25 Jun 2026
- terminalwidget 14 Jun 2026
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