Comments on: Writely is cool http://electrolicious.com/2006/12/writely_is_cool Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:43:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: nanirolls http://electrolicious.com/2006/12/writely_is_cool#comment-7475 nanirolls Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:51:31 +0000 #comment-7475 Check out this story on Lifehacker about doing the PC to Mac switch: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/mac/hack-attack-a-guide-for-switching-to-a-mac-224674.php Check out this story on Lifehacker about doing the PC to Mac switch:
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]]> By: xaotica http://electrolicious.com/2006/12/writely_is_cool#comment-7476 xaotica Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:29:45 +0000 #comment-7476 when i got a macbook, i spent awhile researching os x software. i don't see a huge mac/pc difference as far as just opening files, reading email, etc... but where i do see it is in the programs that i use regularly. i am very fond of quicksilver, adium, adium book, delicious library, and idupe. especially quicksilver. have i mentioned i love quicksilver? man, it's the shit. other programs i enjoy are garagesale (for selling stuff on ebay), audio hijack (for recording real audio streams to mp3... like kexp, npr, betalounge, etc.), shrook (for reading rss feeds), vlc (for watching video files), yamipod (for adding stuff you listen to on an ipod to your last.fm profile). here's some random links to happy mac software and tips > http://del.icio.us/xaotica/osx i also am very fond of widgets. i know a lot of people consider them relatively pointless eye candy, but i use them regularly. some of the ones i'm using currently are newtunes (tells you when an artist in your itunes library has a new album out), iclip (lets you save multiple things for cut n paste), and the garagesale widget (lists ebay auctions and their current prices). so my mac fandom has less to do with os x and more to do with the people who make software for os x. i love how all the little details integrate. when i got a macbook, i spent awhile researching os x software. i don’t see a huge mac/pc difference as far as just opening files, reading email, etc… but where i do see it is in the programs that i use regularly. i am very fond of quicksilver, adium, adium book, delicious library, and idupe. especially quicksilver. have i mentioned i love quicksilver? man, it’s the shit. other programs i enjoy are garagesale (for selling stuff on ebay), audio hijack (for recording real audio streams to mp3… like kexp, npr, betalounge, etc.), shrook (for reading rss feeds), vlc (for watching video files), yamipod (for adding stuff you listen to on an ipod to your last.fm profile). here’s some random links to happy mac software and tips > http://del.icio.us/xaotica/osx

i also am very fond of widgets. i know a lot of people consider them relatively pointless eye candy, but i use them regularly. some of the ones i’m using currently are newtunes (tells you when an artist in your itunes library has a new album out), iclip (lets you save multiple things for cut n paste), and the garagesale widget (lists ebay auctions and their current prices).

so my mac fandom has less to do with os x and more to do with the people who make software for os x. i love how all the little details integrate.

]]> By: Willi http://electrolicious.com/2006/12/writely_is_cool#comment-7473 Willi Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:39:43 +0000 #comment-7473 I started using Writely off and on as well as Open Office a while back. Not for any bi-platform issues, but just because Office was so damn buggy on XP (before sp2 I believe). I have since stopped using Open Office and use Google Docs/Writely all the time. The spreadsheet kicks ass. The next thing I'd like from the Google quite is better calendar integration with gmail. Right now Calendar is pretty buggy - I've tried to write some tools for it and it's been nothing but headaches. I want to be able to avoid Outlook Exchange entirely in our office as we ramp up employees. But that cannot happen without a degree of Calendar/mail integration. I started using Writely off and on as well as Open Office a while back. Not for any bi-platform issues, but just because Office was so damn buggy on XP (before sp2 I believe).

I have since stopped using Open Office and use Google Docs/Writely all the time. The spreadsheet kicks ass.

The next thing I’d like from the Google quite is better calendar integration with gmail. Right now Calendar is pretty buggy - I’ve tried to write some tools for it and it’s been nothing but headaches.

I want to be able to avoid Outlook Exchange entirely in our office as we ramp up employees. But that cannot happen without a degree of Calendar/mail integration.

]]> By: amy http://electrolicious.com/2006/12/writely_is_cool#comment-7474 amy Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:34:18 +0000 #comment-7474 I also have a bi-platform household. Macs are better for some things, PCs for others -- I wish people could just accept that and stop playing good guy/bad guy about it. I also have a bi-platform household. Macs are better for some things, PCs for others — I wish people could just accept that and stop playing good guy/bad guy about it.

]]> By: Standy http://electrolicious.com/2006/12/writely_is_cool#comment-7472 Standy Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:47:15 +0000 #comment-7472 Oh, and the kicker for me was installing a 250 gig external hard drive. It's a task I tried to do on my old PC, and something weird happened and it took, like, three hours. On my Mac, it literally took four minutes. I plugged the power in. I connected it to my machine with USB/firewire -- and bam. The Mac just sort of took over and finished everything for me. I feel less like a computer moron when I use the Mac. Oh, and the kicker for me was installing a 250 gig external hard drive. It’s a task I tried to do on my old PC, and something weird happened and it took, like, three hours. On my Mac, it literally took four minutes. I plugged the power in. I connected it to my machine with USB/firewire — and bam. The Mac just sort of took over and finished everything for me. I feel less like a computer moron when I use the Mac.

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