I’ve been using iA Writer Pro to produce the show notes since the beginning for two reasons (and the third just recently).

Easily add a link to highlighted text with Command+K Markdown editing Rich Text Reading mode

That might not seem like much, but each one of those features are crucial for getting these show notes done as efficiently as possible.

1. Command+K

There’s a reason why I listed this first. With so many links (78 for Episode 013), anything that can reduce the friction of adding a hyperlink is welcome.

So this is my lovely workflow:

Within Safari, I’d press Command+L to highlight the current page’s URL Command+C to copy it Command+Tab to go to iA Writer Pro Highlight the word/phrase I want to turn into a link Command+K Rinse and repeat

2. Markdown Editing

With Markdown, formatting is a breeze — there isn’t any WYSIWYG funny business that you can run into. Except for parentheses within URLs — I’m looking at you Wikipedia.

3. Rich Text Reading Mode