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The only really interesting article on this page so far was the Andrew Huang's one: http://andrew.huang.usesthis.com/ http://andrew.huang.usesthis.com/ 90% of
by stiff 15y ago
The only really interesting article on this page so far was the Andrew Huang's one:
http://andrew.huang.usesthis.com/ http://andrew.huang.usesthis.com/
90% of the articles are almost the same - some kind of Macbook, software everyone knows about, "I wish it was lighter and had more battery life" etc. I think it's the format that makes this uninteresting. Probably a lot of those people do in fact use interesting little hacks, configure their software in an unusual way or have a nice looking workspace. But there isn't even a photo of the workspace attached to the article or a bunch of screenshots while people are doing some work. A vidcast or screencast would perhaps be a better medium than an article for doing this, like in the recent "play by play" peepcode screencasts (not an advertisement, they're better, but I didn't found them worth the price so far).
- wyclif 15y agoWell put. See my similar comment above, written before I read yours. You can only read so many versions of The Setup with the same Mac hardware. IMO, what The Setup needs to do now is to branch out and ask other types of geeks, not just software engineers. Why not ask astrophysicists, land surveyors, biologists, &c?
- shadowsun7 15y agoThe two that I've found to be most interesting is rms's: http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com/ http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com/ (think: everything - including his laptop - he uses is open source) and _why's: http://why.usesthis.com/ http://why.usesthis.com/
- gnufs 15y agoI found Russ Cox's interview and setup also pretty original and informative: http://russ.cox.usesthis.com/ http://russ.cox.usesthis.com/