Wordius
Wordius
Jeff Porter
Freelance journalist, editor, and I enjoy experimenting on the web. But, above all, I am human.
Latest Posts
My review of ReadKit for Mac will appear later today. For now, I thought I’d add some comments about free iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad app Newsify. Towards the end of last week Newsify ensured it will remain relevant post–1 July by...
ReadKit started life as a read-later client for the Mac. When Google announced it was retiring Reader back in March, the team at Hungary-based Webin – the company behind ReadKit and a number of other Mac and iOS apps – set about...
David Smith’s Feed Wrangler has all your bases covered (assuming you’re a Mac user); it’s a feed-reading service with a web interface, and first-party iPad and iPhone apps. Even the Mac is covered, with support on its way from...
When I started researching this post series, the aim was to review each app and service myself. Unfortunately, I have what’s known in financial circles as a one-way bank account – money’s going out, but nothing’s coming in. So, I’ve had...
Newsblur is not new to me, but it might as well be. I signed up within hours of Google announcing its intentions to close Reader. Since then, Newsblur’s design has improved and it has invested in faster, more responsive servers. It had...
Mr. Reader is the go-to app for catching up with my RSS feed subscriptions, and has been since September 2012. But ever since Google announced it was closing Reader back in March, I’ve been exploring other options. That has meant a lot...
First up, BazQux. You’ve probably never heard of it, and nor had I up until a couple of days ago. As for the name, don’t ask, even the developer says it has no meaning. But what’s intriguing about BazQux is that its interface is so like...
Get Mac Apps allows you to select multiple apps and install them with a single Terminal command. Simply check the box next to each of the apps you want to install, click ‘Install these!’ and Get Mac Apps generates the Terminal command...
All images uploaded to this site are compressed in ImageOptim – free, open-source software for the Mac – after being put through Photoshop’s ‘Save for web’ routine. But I decided some time ago that that part of my workflow could be...
Roger Johansson, in ‘How to proportionally scale images that have dimension attributes’: Allowing images to scale along with their container is an important part of responsive web design (and was so even before the term “responsive web...
Hide the dock. It’s as simple as ⌥-⌘-D, or point your mouse at > Dock > Turn hiding on/off. I can hear the in-rush of air as you suck volumes of the stuff between your teeth, but bear with me. Look at the clutter in my Dock in the...
This post, as the title suggests, describes a workflow that involves Markdown writing apps Ulysses and Byword, and the world’s most popular CMS, WordPress. There are two other things you’ll need to make it work: Hazel, an automated...
Metaclassy has released Byword 2.0 to the masses. I dived straight in and paid the £2.99 ($4.99) in-app upgrade fee, forgetting that this blog is running under the static-file system delivered by Kirby CMS. Not for long, though. I was...
The Postbox filter described below organises then sends iTunes receipts to Evernote, ready for me to browse when it comes to completing my quarterly VAT return. I’ve been using note-taking app Evernote to help manage my financial affairs...
In a survey of book typography from the 18th century to the present, Dave Bricker, of The World’s Greatest Book blog, questions the authenticity of classic design work: The non-proportional digital typeface argument [for single-spacing]...