Fake ittillyou make it

Learningnew IT skillis daunting

LowRAM

timeforMuscle Memory

What ifItell you

there is something

Better thanTraining wheels

Better thanCheet Sheet

BETTER than

Notes

IntroducingText Expansionutilities

Windows

PhraseExpress

MACAtext

Don'tRepeatYourself

✰ ForEveryone

Data Entry - Auto CorrectionTypos gets corrected as you type them

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Data Entry - Form FillingYou are writing another email and you need to give your full contact information. You type this in the text area:

;sig

Hit Enter, and it instantly expands to:

California Hospital Medical Center 1401 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90015 (213) 748-2411

Annie Burns

Data Entry - Canned ResponseYou are a customer support agent, and you are trying to help someone in live chat to understand what "API key" is. Instead of finding that definition to copy and paste to the live chat window, you type this:

;api-key

Hit Enter, and it will magically expand to the full defination for you

Because you've predefined dictionary & abbreviations

Data Entry - Rich Text Template

You get the idea

Wait

It getsBetter

✰ ForCoders

Use Variables

Code Snippets

✰ Sys Admins on steroids

Memorize 1 abbreviationUse Multiple Commands

fire fighting & have your command done in 1 second

Command never meant to be remembered is a blink away

✰ Use itanywhere

- Terminal (Any Command Line Interface)

- VIM editor

- Word Document

- Browser

- Remote Desktop

Turn your nightmareubuntu-vm-builder kvm precise \ --debug \ -v \ --domain somename.somedomain.com \ --arch amd64 \ --dest /data/kvm/somename.somedomain.com \ --hostname somename.somedomain.com \ --cpus 2 \ --mem 2048 \ --rootsize 51200 \ --swapsize 1024 \ --user nexus9 \ --pass qwerty21 \ --bridge=br0 \ --ip 10.0.0.1 \ --mask 255.255.224.0 \ --net 10.0.0.0 \ --bcast 10.0.0.255 \ --gw 10.0.0.1 \ --dns 8.8.8.8 \ --dns 8.8.8.4 \ --mirror http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu \ --security-mirror http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu \ --components main,universe \ --addpkg openssh-server \ --addpkg acpid \ --removepkg cron \ --timezone America/Los_Angeles \ --libvirt qemu:///system

Into Joy;vm-add

✰ Call Shell or apple script with Abbreviation

#!/bin/bashecho "Hello from Bash!"

What problem did we solve?» Save time ( 5 min x 365 day = 30 hr. per year)

» Less mistake, less Typo

» Universal macro. Create once, use everywhere

» Did I mention you can save time?

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