How to import voice memos into Things

I usually write new ideas into the Things app on my iPhone straight away, but sometimes it’s better to just dictate into the Voice Memo app instead of typing. Here’s how you automatically add those voice memos to the Things inbox:

1. Add the folder /Users/<your username>/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Voice Memos to Hazel.
2. Enter these settings:
   

   Here is the script:

   1. tell application "Things"
   2.    set props to {name:"Voice memo"}
   3.    set newToDo to make new to do with properties props
   4.    set notes of newToDo to "[filepath=" & POSIX path of theFile & "]TITLE[/filepath]"
   5.  
   6. end tell

Now, every time you make a voice memo on the iPhone and connect it to your computer a note titled “voice memo” with a link to the sound file will be added to the inbox in Things.

If you don’t have Hazel you can achieve the same thing by setting up a folder action on the voice memos folder. But you will have to modify the script.

Updated the main website. Because less is more.

I have finally updated my main website. I wanted to make it as simple and clean as possible, just like the app itself. It seems most websites try to cram as much text and images as possible onto the pages, making them a chore to read. I’m hoping to avoid that, while still providing enough information. So if anyone notices anything important that is missing, please let me know. Except for a support page, I will add that when I get back from vacation.

My Dream Gadget: A Really Big iPod Touch

My idea of the perfect device would essentially be an iPod touch with a screen the size of an A4 sheet of paper. It would be brilliant for surfing the web and reading e-books and PDF’s. Anyone who’s tried to do that on an iPhone or an iPod touch would appreciate not having to scroll for every paragraph. And in addition to running iPhone apps it should be able to remote control a Mac. Just imagine sitting in the living room and using Front Row on this thing. Not to mention playing an adventure game. Only problem is with a touch-screen that big it would probably end up costing as much as a desktop computer. So we probably won’t see it for a couple of years.

But eventually it will be made. It’s just too obvious and idea for it not to.

Naming things

As is evident from the name of this blog (and the name of my open source project mySettings),  I’m not particularly good at naming things. So if anyone can come up with a better name for this blog, then please let me know. I only called it NotTooBad Blog because it fits in with the name of my website, NotTooBad Software (a name I am satisfied with).