tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579772240267288367.post7115316969347888804..comments2023-06-05T08:45:12.716-04:00Comments on kwblog: I'm Not TrendyKevin Berridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759114853595462455noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579772240267288367.post-12307634990572832612012-10-05T12:56:23.768-04:002012-10-05T12:56:23.768-04:00You mad, bro?You mad, bro?Matthttp://bit.ly/SHXtTQnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579772240267288367.post-90055780253410245142012-09-17T10:30:07.819-04:002012-09-17T10:30:07.819-04:00At the end of the day, it's a tool to be used ...At the end of the day, it's a tool to be used for solving problems. Same can be said for everything on your list: programming languages, rich client libraries, smartphones, application servers, development techniques, etc. The problem comes first and the tool should only be chosen based on how well it solves that problem. Too many people get this backwards. They choose a tool for one or more erroneous reasons then try to shoehorn that tool into a viable solution. No surprise when it doesn't work.<br /><br />"Trendy" is not a goal to strive for.<br /><br />Which is a long way of saying that, philosophically, I agree with you 100% (even though I have made some different tool choices than you).Jerry in Akronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15934433871354942006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579772240267288367.post-57299491334257627282012-09-15T20:11:44.355-04:002012-09-15T20:11:44.355-04:00Seems like, as in anything, familiarity leads to p...Seems like, as in anything, familiarity leads to preference. I've been working on macs pretty much full time for about 6 years now. I was reluctant to switch, and now I find elements of Windows 7 frustrating and baffling. I'm learning an editing package different from the one that's made my living since I switched, and it's like I've had a stroke; I know what I want to happen, and don't always know how to make my hands do that thing.<br /><br />What's interesting to me about your list is how I've never noticed most of these issues. It's a litany of stuff I've never tried to do.<br /><br />The part where I agree: I'm a Snow Leopard user and see almost no good reason to upgrade to *Lion. However, the Mountain Lion upgrade is probably specifically there to help people having speed or power issues with Lion. For me, the only incentive to upgrade (read: "boot from an external drive with lion") would be to use the iBook authoring tools. <br />Also, skeuomorphic leatherbound calendars are only slightly less absurd and unhelpful than the hand stitched GPS Friend Tracker.<br /><br />The part where I draw unhelpful distinctions: The apps aren't the OS. (And iOS is not OSX) For the most part, OSX offers an environment where folks without a lot of savvy or interest can do stuff without breaking everything. Increasingly with each version, you have to opt in to deeper control. I recall from my brief Lion experience that this is more true and more of a hassle than ever before. It seems to me that OSX community does a very nice job of building small apps that fill very specific roles in better ways than the factory-installed options. Some of them are even free, and these supplements are popular with the more 'power user' types. I use a handful of such things although I understand that the a la carte method of building your system might seem bizarre.<br /><br />The part where I might be helpful, but I'll somehow feel like a jerk for doing it: <br />• There's a shortcut to move focus to the dock. I found it by looking at system prefs-> Keyboard, and by default it's the improbable ctrl-f3, but you could set it to anything, and that would be a way to restore minimized windows. I have never minimized a window in OSX.<br />• I don't use Mail, Chrome, or iCal. I have no advice about them.<br />• iPhoto seems fine at 9000 photos here, but I don't spend much time in it. Photos are stored in the 'iPhoto Library' which is just a package, and you can navigate in finder. You can right click any photo and choose 'reveal in finder' to go straight to your image. That's also in the file menu.<br />• If you don't want itunes to sort your files, there's a checkbox to ask it not to. I mainly use it as an iDevice manager.<br /><br /><br />Robhttp://www.notart.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579772240267288367.post-66704479437460049762012-09-14T14:04:10.982-04:002012-09-14T14:04:10.982-04:00I am not a power user at all, but I do blog. I ne...I am not a power user at all, but I do blog. I need access to my pictures (iPhoto hides them somewhere) and that along with Finder not letting you move files efficiently is enough for me to be annoyed. I use Picasa for pictures and store them in the places *I* designate. Unfortunately I don't have a work around for the file moving.<br /><br />But yeah, I don't think I actually use any Apple only software.Sarah @ Cooker Girlhttp://sarahberridge.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579772240267288367.post-12072936066868480792012-09-14T04:15:39.954-04:002012-09-14T04:15:39.954-04:00I don't disagree with some of your points, how...I don't disagree with some of your points, however I think you could provide some more details. For instance, when you say the Finder is broken. What *exactly* are you referring to? (Now you sound like Dan Shultz - he says everything is broken)<br /><br /><br /><br />While my iCal syncs with Google, it isn't always the quickest and does have it's fair share of connection errors. To be fair, I am not sure that's always iCal - I have seen the same with people using Outlook or other calendar software to connect to the calendars.<br /><br /><br /><br />I want badly to love iPhoto, but you are right - it doesn't scale. It falls down once you have a certain amount of photos. It also locks up while trying to connect to the devices I plug in and their cloud photos, which is a nuisance. I don't want to even open it up anymore.<br /><br /><br /><br />Booting Lion on my Air is quick, not so much on my iMac. Coming back from sleep state is really slow with my Air.<br /><br /><br /><br />For years there have been no reliable package management systems for it. However, working on Linux servers I can say their package management systems suck as well and constantly need patched or updated. Otherwise you live with dated packages. Curious - what are the unix-y things you have tried that have failed?<br /><br /><br /><br />Everytime someone says they use Knockout.js: baby Jesus cries, kittens die, and angels lose their wings. Have you no respect for a clean DOM structure and organization of client side code? ;) <br /><br /><br /><br />Also, I am responding to this post at 4AM, right after I finished pre-ordering a new iPhone. ha.<br /><br /><br /><br />We need to grab coffee and chat more sometime :) <br />Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08761582051547496633noreply@blogger.com