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riverjack
I'm looking to have some custom applescript written and I'm not really
sure if this is something people just do for free for the heck of it or
if I can commision someone or what...
I use Quicksilver in combo with Entourage to take care of a ton of my
task input, etc, in a system somewhat GTD based. Right now I use a
small script by Paul Welty that's incredibly useful that will take
whatever text I input into Quicksilver and make a new task with that
text as the subject. So anytime I think of something I need to do I can
add it as a task to Entourage without having to leave the program I'm
working in. Really handy.
What I'd like to do now is be able to quickly capture little bits of
things that aren't really tasks but need to be contained on lists, like
"groceries," or "great presents for my girlfriend." Right now I just
keep these in text files and use Quicksilver's handy "append to..."
command to take my text input and add it to the correct text file.
I'd like to be able to input text in Quicksilver and have it append
that text to the end of a note in Entourage. I don't care if I have to
choose the note name from a dialogue box or if I have to remember the
name correctly and type it in. This way I could keep lists of things
like "Books to read" or "Movies to watch" in my notes area and do the
following: 1) Hear a great book recommendation and say, "Hey, I want to
remember to read that!" 2) No matter what I'm doing on my computer,
pull up Quicksilver, type in the name of the book (and maybe the
author) 3) run a script from quicksilver that takes the text I just put
in and adds it to the end of my "Books to read" note in Entourage. 4)
Take a look at this list next time I'm headed to the library.
I'm not sure if I'm asking for the moon here or if this idea is in the
realm of probability. I'd try and script it myself but I've never
written an applescript before in my life and I really have no idea
where to start, especially when it comes to scripting objects and the
like in Entourage. I'm sure someone out there does this for fun, right?
:-D
Thanks.
sure if this is something people just do for free for the heck of it or
if I can commision someone or what...
I use Quicksilver in combo with Entourage to take care of a ton of my
task input, etc, in a system somewhat GTD based. Right now I use a
small script by Paul Welty that's incredibly useful that will take
whatever text I input into Quicksilver and make a new task with that
text as the subject. So anytime I think of something I need to do I can
add it as a task to Entourage without having to leave the program I'm
working in. Really handy.
What I'd like to do now is be able to quickly capture little bits of
things that aren't really tasks but need to be contained on lists, like
"groceries," or "great presents for my girlfriend." Right now I just
keep these in text files and use Quicksilver's handy "append to..."
command to take my text input and add it to the correct text file.
I'd like to be able to input text in Quicksilver and have it append
that text to the end of a note in Entourage. I don't care if I have to
choose the note name from a dialogue box or if I have to remember the
name correctly and type it in. This way I could keep lists of things
like "Books to read" or "Movies to watch" in my notes area and do the
following: 1) Hear a great book recommendation and say, "Hey, I want to
remember to read that!" 2) No matter what I'm doing on my computer,
pull up Quicksilver, type in the name of the book (and maybe the
author) 3) run a script from quicksilver that takes the text I just put
in and adds it to the end of my "Books to read" note in Entourage. 4)
Take a look at this list next time I'm headed to the library.
I'm not sure if I'm asking for the moon here or if this idea is in the
realm of probability. I'd try and script it myself but I've never
written an applescript before in my life and I really have no idea
where to start, especially when it comes to scripting objects and the
like in Entourage. I'm sure someone out there does this for fun, right?
:-D
Thanks.