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Lost in E-Mail

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:13:33 GMT

My take: Email is a low-bandwidth tool best used to diffuse responsibility.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/14/technology/14email.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Sweet Decay

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:04:52 GMT

Rands on “the notebook.” I wouldn’t say I write in them so much as I draw flowcharts and diagrams. I’m odd.

Link: http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2008/06/01/sweet_decay.html

Too Much Information? Ignore It

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:40:10 GMT

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/fashion/11guru.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Pre-Spaces, Spaces

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:44:12 GMT

I can’t work without multiple desktops, and I’m excited to see what Apple brings to the game with Spaces. My two favorite products to use while I bide my time waiting for Leopard are VirtueDesktops and You Control: Desktops.

VirtueDesktops is free, and until recently was my personal pick of third-party desktop managers. Unfortunately, when working with Teleport (which I also use everyday) it seems to get a little wonky, and I couldn’t configure my way out of it.

For the last few days I’ve been using the trial version You Control: Desktops and I’m very impressed. I just hate to put down the $30 it costs when I know I won’t be using it in four months.

I’m sure I’m not the only one with that feeling either, I really think I’d hate being a third-party Apple software developer.

Rails cheat sheet for TextMate

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:17 GMT

Shortcuts, productivity boosters and all around goodness for my favorite little text editor

Link: http://blog.inquirylabs.com/2006/03/10/rails-cheat-sheat-for-textmate/