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quicksilver + applescript = quick timestamped note taking →

I love the Quicksilver “append to…” feature for logging quick notes, but found it tiresome to always (a) manually add the date and (b) find my target file.  So I wrote up some quick AppleScript to take care of that for me.  Now it’s just “invoke QS, type ‘.’, jot my note, TAB, type ‘LogIt’ and I’m done.”  Here’s the AppleScript in case anyone else would find it useful.

Bonus suggestion:  the Mac’s Console.app is a great way to actually consume those notes you take.  If you set your “open with…” preference on your own personal log file to Console.app, you’ll get to take advantage of the app’s string matching feature to quickly find and filter the file to just the things you’re looking for.  Say you log what you have for lunch every day, if you open the file in Console.app, type “lunch” into the search box, the app will only show you those entries.  Simple, easy, and it’s already on your mac.

(Submitted by sippey)

Ooh, that Console tip is a juicy one ain’t it? Hot damn!

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