Cheering The Slow Death of Physical Media

Disc illustration - Article ThumbnailIs it disk or disc? If Apple gets their way, it won’t matter. Optical storage media will be obsolete. Computer files will be stored in the cloud… a magical place where relics of the past do not exist.  Free yourself of worldly goods, material things do not matter in the cloud. It’s like some sort of spiritual enlightenment. Yet, I find myself suspicious. Is this utopian future really better for me? Is the cloud more trustworthy than a CD, DVD or Blu-Ray disk… disc… thing?

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Madness — Microsoft Windows on My Mac Mini

Microsoft Window XP ThumbnailBe faithful to your lover, not your computer. While I still like my Mac, some radical changes to Apple’s hardware line has me concerned about the future of the Mac. With the removal of the optical drive from the new Mac Mini, disappointments with Mac OS X Lion, the White Macbook going bye-bye and the hardwired MacBook Air RAM, the entry-level Macs have become less attractive to me. That’s why I started wondering about Microsoft Windows.

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Easy Applications To Make You More Like A Professional

Hard work, that’s supposed to be the secret to success… right? Technology changes that. Humans are the dominate species on this planet because of tools. We can make things that make our life easier. That’s what software developers do. They’re creating software to make your life easier. Their hard work is your gain, but some are really exceptional at their trade. There are applications that are so simple to use, so powerful by design, they can replace years of study and training.

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Pixelmator – A Successful Alternative to Adobe Photoshop

If you’ve been following this website, you might have detected a strong hatred toward Adobe. I consider their software to be overrated, bloated and expensive. Sure, Photoshop and Illustrator were great — BACK IN THE MID 90’s — but the software just hasn’t progressed all that much since then. True, there are some nice new features in the latest version of Adobe’s Creative Suite. Are these features worth hundreds of dollars? I don’t think so. That’s why I purchased Pixelmator. I like to encourage competition!

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SpriteDeck – Bullets for Corona’s Gun

Competition – that’s the basis of a capitalist economy. It’s the American way. The theory is that consumers will support the best products and services. Thus, the inferior companies will go wander off into the snow and die. It’s the stuff from high school history courses. It’s one thing to theorize about competition, it’s another to experience it first hand. New software called “SpriteDeck” reminded me of the intensifying Corona vs. GameSalad battle. It’s beautiful and frightening sight to behold.

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