Posts by Bryan Hoffman
Special Character Reference
The following reference table is from the Webmonkey Special Character reference page, a link that I’ve kept for at least a decade (http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/reference/special_characters/), (Note this link is also now broken) now owned and redirected to Wired. The link broke the other day and I commented about it on Twitter. They heard my cry and put…
Read MoreGoodnight Firebug
So many web technologies have come and gone over the years, and when their time is up, most go quietly. Last week Mozilla announced that Firebug has reached its end of life and will be retired as of their next Firefox release. While I haven’t used Firefox or Firebug in years, this is still a…
Read MoreTransmit 5 Empty Directory When Using Transfer and Skip
10.31.17 Update: Good news! Update to Transmit 5.0.5 fixes this issue! I really like the new version of Transmit. It’s super fast and easier than ever to use. But after 7 years and a massive overhaul of, well, everything, there are bound to be bugs that pop up. A skipped directory, an empty directory There’s…
Read MoreDrift Chat
We’ve used Drift chat on our sister site Cinch for over a year now. During that time we’ve been able to help countless people with the small WordPress problems they encounter, and it’s been fabulous. Most of them don’t end up becoming Cinch customers, but that’s okay. A few do and we’re just happy helping…
Read MoreTransmit 5 Missing Skip Feature Workaround
Transmit 5 was released back in mid July. I picked it up right away, not only for the initial launch discount, but because Transmit has been my transfer tool of choice for years. I was psyched to see it get a huge update. Where’s the skip? For some reason, this hasn’t come up until recently,…
Read MoreSpigot JSON Feed
TLDR; Spigot has a new JSON feed for posts, and you can find it here: https://spigotdesign.com/feed/json. Our Portfolio feed is here: https://spigotdesign.com/feed/json/?post_type=portfolio I still love RSS Ever since I discovered RSS I embraced the technology and incorporated it into my life. As the years have passed and RSS continued to lose support among the bigger…
Read MoreAdobe Illustrator Turns 30
Like many of my peers, I’ve had a love/hate relationship with Adobe in recent years. Yes their software is a staple in my toolkit, but as the pricing has gone up, so has my frustration. I’ve Googled terms like “InDesign replacement” countless times. I usually come up empty. One app that has no obvious replacement…
Read MorePostbox Tip: Change Message Selected After Delete
When you delete an email in Postbox, by default the next message is selected. That means it goes up the chain of emails and if you’re like me, you read from top to bottom. This means Postbox selects ‘next’ message which has already been read. I like to cruise through my email in the morning…
Read MoreApple Pages Hide / Show Guides Keyboard Shortcut
We’ve recently started using Apple Pages over InDesign for client proposals and contracts. It’s part of a larger strategy to start moving away from Adobe and the high cost of Creative Cloud. Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign still have a strong place in my designer tool set. For admins and account execs, however, a full Creative…
Read MoreHow to Leave an Organization in Asana
We love Asana here at Spigot, if it wasn’t obvious enough. When we work with clients that also use Asana, it’s very easy to pair the two by joining their organization. Often times we’ll stay on beyond the project to help, but what happens when it’s time to leave? I recently decided to clean my…
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