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Solved: Typinator Not Working in MacOS Mojave

September 27, 2018

I’ve been using Typinator for years now to expand content with a few keystrokes. Filling out a form is easy when I can type a few keystrokes and have my entire address filled in.  Typinator…

Goodnight Firebug

October 31, 2017

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…

Drift Chat

September 22, 2017

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.…

Transmit 5 Missing Skip Feature Workaround

August 23, 2017

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…

Spigot JSON Feed

June 23, 2017

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…

Adobe Illustrator Turns 30

March 13, 2017

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.…

Apple Pages Hide / Show Guides Keyboard Shortcut

November 17, 2016

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…

Drift Fluid App Icons & Setup

November 1, 2016

I love using Fluid to run websites as an app, especially websites I need to keep open and active. Like Drift, our on-site chat app for Cinch. Setting up Drift in Fluid was not as…