My job is to make life easier for my clients.
Kristi Wachter - Drupal Consultant
Recent Blog Posts
Switching to Skim for PDFs
I often have a ridiculous number of PDFs open. I like to have reference materials handy, and it's nice to be able to have two or three PDFs side by side on my large monitor so I can compare information.
My habits are too much for Apple's built-in Preview app. If I try to open more than 10 documents, it keeps adding them to an existing document window, so I have to take the extra step of moving the document to its own window; and if I open a LOT of documents, it'll start to crash now and then when I bring the app to the foreground.
iMazing's amazing trial version
Over on Ask MetaFilter, I recently found myself recommending iMazing yet again, and I realized it might be helpful to mention it over here as well.
iMazing is software that makes it easier to manage all the stuff on an iPhone.
It makes it easy to do things that are harder - or impossible - otherwise, like
Uninstalling CiviCRM
CiviCRM is a fantastic system for organizations - especially non-profits - who offer memberships, host events, or collect donations.
They have excellent documentation, including the installation guide. However, when I needed to remove CiviCRM from a test site recently, I couldn't find documentation on uninstalling it.
If you find you need to remove CiviCRM from a Drupal site - perhaps to roll back to an earlier version - here's what worked for me:
Using Whisper to transcribe audio
I don't get to play with python apps nearly as much as I'd like to, but I do occasionally venture into the python command line to install something that looks interesting - for example, the Whisper tool, which transcribes audio into text.
Navigating a page in Firefox using the keyboard
Did you know you can search link text in Firefox - which is an easy way to navigate a page from the keyboard?
Just type the apostrophe key:
'
(between the semicolon ; and the Return key)
and type a few letters of a link. Once Firefox highlights the link you want, press return to open that link.
I like to do everything from the keyboard, as much as possible. (The mouse - or in my case, the trackball - is fine, and great - it's a wonderful invention. But it's so much faster to use the keyboard, in so many cases.)