Design Adaptations

If you follow design related blogs, it seems you can’t click a mouse anymore without Coda’s icon making an appearance. I heard about this software long before buying my Mac, but because it’s exclusive to that platform, I was never able to give it a test run. Now eight months after making the switch, [...]

If you’ve ever read the book Getting Things Done, you’re familiar with the concept behind it – empty your head of the things you need to do without taking a lot of time to do it, because that task itself should not be time consuming. The idea is to free your mind thereby increasing focus [...]

My old laptop (a Compaq) is dying. While technically still operable, it’s days are numbered. The trackpad doesn’t work anymore, the battery doesn’t last as long, and lately it takes forever to “think about things” when I’m shuffling between programs, despite valiant attempts to keep it optimized. I decided it was time for a new [...]

One of the most difficult transitions in switching from PC to Mac, at least for me, has been getting used to the different keyboard mappings. Some are not consistent across applications, which is disappointing, I have to say. When you spend a lot of time bouncing between various utilities, this quickly becomes source of frustration.
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Most of you know by now I was really excited to make the switch from PC to Mac, but transferring data is still a pain in the derrière, any way you spin it. In going through the process over the past few days, I’ve compiled a list of tips for moving those crucial files and/or [...]