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[Windows] Eliminate distractions while you write with FocusWriter [Mac OS X, Linux]
This time last week I was checking out Obtract, an app that helps you resist and eliminate distractions to your workflow. That got me thinking about other distraction-free apps, and I thought it was high time to try a few more distraction-free apps. Whether you’re trying to focus on getting [...]
[Windows] Abiword is a lightweight word processor that still packs a punch [Mac OS X, Linux]
Sometimes you don’t need an entire office suite, you just need to write. That’s where Abiword comes in. Abiword is a simple yet full-featured word processing program. If you use XFCE on Linux, Abiword also happens to ship with the XFCE desktop environment as the XFCE team feels that Abiword [...]
[Mac OS X] Is the iText Express word processor dated or delightful? Let’s find out!
Here’s an interesting fact I learned the other day: “Game of Thrones” author George R. R. Martin still writes all of his novels in WordStar. Never heard of it? Neither had I. Apparently, it was released for CP/M computers in 1978 before being converted into a DOS-compatible program years later. [...]
[Mac OS X] Bean is a lean, simple word processor
A quick search of Amazon tells me that Word for Mac 2011 will cost you the exorbitant sum of $120 (not much of a savings off the list price of $139.99, is it?) So what’s a cash-strapped writer to do? Thankfully, you don’t have to resort to piracy to get [...]