A word on Boot Camp April 6, 2006
Posted by James Webster in : apple, windows , add a commentI don’t know what upsets me more about the announcement Boot Camp (Apple’s solution to XP dual-boot on Intel Macs); the fact that so much of the the blogosphere is ranting about it being the best thing since sliced bread (my opinion on this, dear reader, I believe you already know; virtualization yadda yadda yadda) or that AAPL jumped 8% on the announcement and I don’t own any!
Colibri, Quicksilver for Windows February 5, 2006
Posted by James Webster in : software, windows , 2 commentsAny Mac user worth their smug air of superiority (and hey, that includes me!) will be familiar with Blacktree’s Quicksilver; a highly extensible, keyboard driven app launcher and ‘command-line interface for the GUI’. It is one of THE apps that makes working with a Mac so much fun, especially for all the GTD and productivity acolytes. But many of us also need to get things done in the World of Windows. Unfortunately there hasn’t really been a worthwhile Quicksilver substitute on the Windows platform. Yes, I’m aware of AppRocket, but it isn’t free and it hasn’t been updated for ages. It was great then to come across Colibri, which is promising to be all that Quicksilver is on the Windows platform.
So give it a go and start to see what all the Mac/Quicksilver users have been harping on about for so long. Its also the cure-for-what-ails-ya if your wrists are about to fall off. An ergonomics expert told me, around the same time I happened to be suffering from bad RSI, that the key to working safely with a computer is avoiding the mouse if at all possible. The advice was heeded and I have seen the results. Any app that enables more keyboard-focused operation or has good keyboard support itself gets a big thumbs up from me!