Archive for the 'ShoveBox' Category

ShoveBox 1.1.2 Released

Friday, April 4th, 2008

ShoveBox 1.1.2, a free upgrade, is out. Here’s what’s new:

Added several new keyboard shortcuts including arrow keys for switching between folders/entries list, spacebar to open.
Fixed bug where keyboard shortcuts would stop working in some circumstances
Fixed several small GUI bugs.

You can download it here or through the auto-update feature.

ShoveBox 1.1.1 Released

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s release, ShoveBox version 1.1.1 (build 161) is out, fixing several printing-related bugs.
You can download it here or through ShoveBox’s auto-update feature.

Macgasm Podcast Interview and Giveaway

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

The fine gents at Macgasm have interviewed me in their latest podcast about ShoveBox, SimpleChord, and being a Mac developer in Boston.
We’re giving away two copies of ShoveBox to the people with the messiest desktops. Just submit your entry to their flickr pool. The deadline is March 11, 2008. Check out the details […]

Recent ShoveBox Review Highlights Narcotic Properties

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

The Macgasm blog has posted a glowing and hilarious review of ShoveBox. Reviewer Joshua Schnell’s desktop was “fuller than a frat boy after homecoming” until he tried it out.
ShoveBox, he writes, is like “a clipboard on crack” — not steroids — crack.
Naturally, some have compared Otis to cocaine, but this is unexpected.
I’m not sure which […]

ShoveBox on MacUpdate Promo

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

ShoveBox is the featured promotion on MUPromo.com today. You can buy your copy for half-off: just $12.95 USD.

ShoveBox v1.1 Released

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

ShoveBox v1.1 has been released. It’s a free upgrade for existing users.
You can download it here or through the automatic update feature.
Release Notes:

New Features

"Run Shell Command" action for rules (see documentation for what variables are available)
Word document importing
Growl support

Enhancements

You can now drag entries directly out of the organizer to other apps (this does not activate […]

ShoveBox 1.0.4 Released

Friday, December 14th, 2007

ShoveBox 1.0.4 is a quick fix to an interface glitch that occurred when resizing a PDF window. You can download here or use the auto-update feature.

They Get It, They Really Get It

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Productivity guru Merlin Mann has an insightful rant titled It’s Just A Cup, where he explains what he terms the fractal productivity spiral:
“People complain that they find themselves spending huge amounts of time just dicking around: making labels for folders, putting things in files, buying pens, writing things on dry erase boards. All the sort […]

ShoveBox 1.0.3 Released

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

ShoveBox 1.0.3 (build 107) has been released. This is a free upgrade for all users with some bug fixes and minor enhancements. Here’s what’s new:
- Fixed bug that could truncate the titles of data imported via bookmarklet
- Fixed bug where the specific face of the selected default font was not stored
- Fixed interface glitch […]

Creating a More Tasteful ShoveBox Icon

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Since I released ShoveBox in August, a number of users have taken me to task on its menubar icon.
Up until now, it’s looked like this:
(The little box opens up when you drag importable data over it)
Many menu extras on Mac OS X use grayscale icons. But I reckoned ShoveBox’s wasn’t a problem because […]