"Alternatively it could be an app that has a menu bar with say File/Send Command that you click and something pops up, but that seems silly." Bingo! It just si

"Alternatively it could be an app that has a menu bar with say File/Send Command that you click and something pops up, but that seems silly." Bingo! It just sits in the menubar so you can run things, and the hotkey is there for you to do anything you want with. Set it to pop open a window and attach, announce "your task is complete", or whatever. Simple, boring, silly, etc. Just for those times when a terminal window would get in your way because you're working on something else. That being said, there are plenty of interesting features that could be added to make the idea more compelling. Edit: my noprocrast is about to kick in and I think I'll honor it... so thanks for taking a look, hope I didn't waste anyone's time.