Mac Power Users

Katie and David sit down with screenwriter, director and developer, John August.

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!

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John August

Links for this episode:

• John August’s Website
  A ton of useful information about screenwriting from screenwriter John August
  • About John August
  • Store
  • Follow John August on Twitter
  • Ask John August
  • Scriptnotes Podcast
  • One Cool Thing

• John August - IMDb
  
• Craig Mazin - IMDb
  
• MPU 050: Workflows with David Wain | Mac Power Users
  
• Mac Power Users 147: David Wain Returns | Mac Power Users
  
• Quote-Unquote Apps
  Collected from: Quote-Unquote Apps
  • Highland
  • Bronson
  • Courier Prime
  • Less-IMDb

• Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) - IMDb
  
  - Sex, Lies, and Videotape - Screenplay

• The Macalope
  
• Library | johnaugust.com
  This page contains .pdf versions of various projects John’s written over the years.
  
• WorkFlowy - Organize your brain.
  
• Slack: Be less busy
  
• Basecamp is everyone’s favorite project management app.
  
• Fountain | A markup language for screenwriting.
  
• Daring Fireball: Markdown
  
• Glassboard - Know who you're sharing with.
  
• Final Draft | #1-Selling Screenwriting Software in the World
  
• Slugline. Simply Screenwriting.
  
• Literature and Latte - Scrivener Writing Software | Mac OS X | Windows
  
• Scriptnotes, 129: The One with the Guys from Final Draft
  Scriptnotes podcast episode where John and Craig talk/debate screenwriting software with the guys from Final Draft. It’s an epic one.
  
• San Francisco (typeface) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Field Notes — “I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it now.”
  
• Byword • Simple and efficient text editor for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
  
• Vesper. Collect your thoughts.
  
• Ryan Nelson (ryannelson) on Twitter
  
• NimaYousefi.com
  
• Accidental Tech Podcast
  
• Scriptnotes on the App Store on iTunes
  
• Accidental Tech Podcast: 54: goto fail;
  The episode where John Siracusa and the gang talk about the Final Draft episode of the Scriptnotes podcast.
  
• Skitch | Evernote
  
• Airmail
  
• TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time
  
• Sparrow — Get mail done
  
• Command-C ? Clipboard Sharing Tool for iOS and OS X
  
• CodeRunner — krillapps
  
• CoffeeScript