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i've become addicted to these three new tools literally within minutes of discovering them. loving the new minimalistic wave of software and tools appearing everywhere (all slightly apple-y in nature, and that is in no way a complaint). they're usable, pretty, and also free, which always helps. sorry, i'm poor.

the first is a software i've been aggressively selling on twitter for a few weeks now. ommwriter is currently a mac-only (but soon coming to pc) writing software. i know, such an abused term that is. but this seriously works. you don't even have to use it to know it works, just watch this video. so simple and pretty i almost cried.

Ommwriter from Herraiz Soto on Vimeo.

favorite feature: ambient key clicks that give all the pleasure of a typewriter with all the beauty of a mac. i love number 5 the most.

next is a browser-based app (yay for cloud) with a very clever name. teuxdeux is everything i was looking for. everything in the to-do tool category that is. again, just watching the demo is enough to know i'm right. i'm right.

TeuxDeux Demo from TeuxDeux on Vimeo.

favorite feature: the "someday" bucket :)

lastest (and i'm afraid to say leastest but definitely worth a mention) is scribbles. i heard of this through sam brown, mister exploding dog, who apparently uses it to make some of those scaryamazing characters. this one has fewer features than ms paint, but the ones it has are the ones it needs.

psst. teuxdeux was designed by swissmiss who's threatening to turn it paid soon. at which point i'll go back to covering my desk in post its.

and when ommwriter becomes unaffordable i think i'll just have to switch careers.