23: Diving into Drafts Automation with Tim "The Drafts Man" Nahumck

In this episode Rosemary and David get Tim the Drafts Man to talk about how he uses Drafts, sharing actions, tips and tricks.

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Guest Starring:

Tim Nahumck

Links and Show Notes:

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Merlin Mann talking about Drafts

Add List to Groceries | Drafts Action Directory

Add list of items to the Groceries list in Reminders.

Screencasts | Drafts

Drafts for Mac: The MacStories Review – MacStories

Vector with Rene Ritchie: 033: Drafts, with Greg Pierce and Merlin Mann

The origin story of Drafts

Text Modifier… | Drafts Action Directory

Tim's Text Modifications Actions Group

Mac Power Users #478: Journaling with Day One - Relay FM

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The Day One Podcast: 26 - More Shortcuts with Rosemary Orchard!

Drafts 5.4: Siri Shortcuts, WordPress, and More – MacStories

The WordPress Actions here are extremely useful.

Pre-Travel List → Things | Drafts Action Directory

Create a pre-defined packing list in Things. You will first be prompted for a Trip Name, Note, and a date of when the packing needs to be completed. Sends a project to Things, broken up by areas. Uses a modified version of Send to Things by Tyler Eich.

Keys | Drafts Action Directory

Useful action keys and their associated duplicate actions that can be copied to other action groups. Duplicate actions are denoted with a prefix of “ ⸁ “ in the action.

Add Single Reminder | Drafts Action Directory

Create a single task to Reminders with a note to a specific list from a prompt (no draft required).

Everything “Drafts” – nahumck.me

Remind Me of… Draft | Drafts Action Directory

Creates a reminder with a link back to the draft, setting a due date and time for the reminder.Note: This can use the following apps: Reminders, GoodTask, Things, Todoist, and OmniFocus.

Fundamentally Broken

As Tim mentioned, potentially not safe for work or around children.

Tim @nahumck on Twitter