42 Astoundingly Useful Scripts and Automations for the Macintosh linked on About Astounding Scripts

I find Goodreads very useful for keeping track of what I thought about the books I’ve read. In fact, one of the scripts that I cut from 42 Astoundingly Useful Scripts was one for searching my Goodreads backup. I download the backup once a week, and so have it available for off-line searching; this also allows for more specific searches that the Goodreads website doesn’t allow for.

Here’s an older version of that script.

I cut it because, while that is an older version, I had already covered it, and in addition it would have been the longest script in the book. Part of the point of these scripts is that they can be typed in without too much work (and in fact, it should be a lot easier to type them in accurately than it was to type in the BASIC programs from the BASIC books that inspired me).

That said, I may change my mind in a future sequel. Using Pythonista on the iPhone and iPad, that script is especially useful because I have access to my reviews quickly while on the road.