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A kind word for github

By
J. Shirley
on August 31, 2008 5:01 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
You know a project is successful and well built when you get people trying a product simply because some additional accessory is built around it.

Imagine buying a computer because the case was that good.

A car because the seats were so comfortable

That, precisely, is what github is. Git is fantastic software, sound engineering principles went into it and it works very well. I still use subversion+svk for nearly everything, because that is just what most places use and I'll never be able to get away from that software.

Github just makes me wish I could.  It is excellent work, astoundingly simple and put together very well.

A hesitant plug...

By
J. Shirley
on August 18, 2008 6:57 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

After Rick Segal mentioned Windows Live Writer, I figured that I had nothing to lose if I gave it a try.

The problem with that thought is that I did have something to lose. And lose it I did. I lost my belief that Microsoft couldn't produce a program that is worse than any other alternative.

I don't like to unnecessarily hate on Microsoft, but I find their products to be absolutely terrible when compared with sufficiently advanced alternatives. In the case of Windows Live Writer, there is no alternative.

A few folks have pointed out Mars Edit and other offerings (on OS X, as that is my platform of choice currently) but they really aren't as good as Live Writer.  Even under Linux I couldn't find anything that is just better than Live Writer.

It still isn't perfect, but it works extremely well. Now my only hope is that Microsoft will lose something... the irritating need to bundle a staggeringly large amount of irrelevant software with Live Writer. Until they do that, I don't think I can recommend Live Writer to people who won't just blindly click "Continue" without seeing what other crap they're installing. If you do read before clicking, definitely check it out.

It seems to be working fantastically with Movable Type 4, but I still need to figure out how to manage static pages.

An experiment in transparency

By
J. Shirley
on August 18, 2008 1:28 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
I am finding it hard to stay on target, but I'm still getting stuff done.  This is mostly exhibited by my attention to the examples area.  It's a distraction, but I think it has value.  I really need to close the loop on the remaining work on Cartionary to launch the "full" version of it so we can start to generate some buzz and get some actual users on the site.

For now, this will be where I let everybody know exactly what I'm getting done (or not getting done).

Public shaming should work, right?
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