At one point in time I had window shade enabled. At another point in time I had a "spaces" equivalent, 3rd party app.
When having these installed, I have found that I never really used them that much. I had been trained on the wonder that is cmd-h. I simply hide those applications that I'm not using and cmd-tab to them when I want to see them again. I think only the adobe products gave me trouble because of their non-standard use of cmd-h.
I guess I'm asking, why has everyone given up on apple's preferred window management tool?
My first programming job was like this; very open, using extreme programming principles. The company was small, about a dozen developers or so. People paired up at which ever computer hardware setup was required for their project. (no set work station) There were desks arranged in a large circle but no cubicles. As for personal items, we had a small amount of personal space, not for pictures per se, but more for jackets. As for the massive amount of books that people tend to acquire throughout an IT career, we simply wrote out names in them and put them on the _bookshelf_ where everyone could use them. To be fair, most books were bought and paid for by the company so this system worked well. This was the most effective programming team I have ever been a part of of. Ideas were shared, questions answered, and a very open family feel emerged.
After leaving this place to join a software giant like Symantec, I see how valuable that configuration was. I found myself walking all over the building to get answers and track down people on my team. I even spent three days pairing with someone in their cubicle, not even visiting my own. The open space not only saves money on cubicle walls, but it fosters open communication between everyone on the team.
My current employer (edmunds.com, shameless plug) is also into the "open seating" trend, but with assigned desks for everyone. Dev is over here, creative is over there, QA is somewhere else. This works great, but we can already see that for a particular project, we need all the groups near each other for the duration of that project. For you personal phone call nuts, like HR and execs, we have small pods (offices) that can be used by anyone at any time for times when some privacy is needed.
In short, yay for open seating, boo for the execs that move into their pods so they can have pictures of their kids on their desk. I'd pick functionality over a corner office any day.
With all the negative spin floating around these days, I never really gave a thought to people actually still liking the US on any level. I appreciate you input.
I guess the best I can do is write my congressman and continue to vote for the lesser of the evils.
I could not agree with you more QuickFox, however you lose me when you say "Americans". I am an American, but I had nothing to do with this law. (I'm only hearing about it on/. just now) I place the blame on our government, but I admit I lack the knowledge to do anything about it. Could you suggest a few inboxes that I could blow up... er.. send nice letters to? What are the correct paths of a true American if they want to "fix" issues such as these? Have we already given up too much of the power that used to reside with the people?
Some URLs would be nice.
This goes along the same lines as: if you aren't a terrorist who cares if the govt taps your phone lines. It's a thing called privacy. Privacy is slowly being taken away from people, mostly because of fear. The OP is just trying to assert his right to it, and ended up getting arrested instead. Yay America!
Ads are what allow us to use great sites like/. for free. I love slashdot, but I wouldn't pay a subscription fee for it. I understand the frustration from crazy flash ads that are visually disruptive. But, if you want to use the free service, shouldn't we support it by at least viewing the "commercials". This is the same philosophy that keeps TV and radio free for the masses. Why should it be different for the internet. Why should we expect the people at slashdot to pony up all the funds it takes to keep this massive site running?
As long as the ads are small and unobtrusive just leave 'em be. Am I just crazy, or do we live in a society where everyone expects everything given to them on a silver platter at absolutely no personal cost?
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Some more info on the Volt: http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=126606
I am excited to see these type of advance to pull us away from our dependency on oil.
At one point in time I had window shade enabled. At another point in time I had a "spaces" equivalent, 3rd party app.
When having these installed, I have found that I never really used them that much. I had been trained on the wonder that is cmd-h. I simply hide those applications that I'm not using and cmd-tab to them when I want to see them again. I think only the adobe products gave me trouble because of their non-standard use of cmd-h.
I guess I'm asking, why has everyone given up on apple's preferred window management tool?
In case you're wondering: I am a diehard fanboy.
My first programming job was like this; very open, using extreme programming principles. The company was small, about a dozen developers or so. People paired up at which ever computer hardware setup was required for their project. (no set work station) There were desks arranged in a large circle but no cubicles. As for personal items, we had a small amount of personal space, not for pictures per se, but more for jackets. As for the massive amount of books that people tend to acquire throughout an IT career, we simply wrote out names in them and put them on the _bookshelf_ where everyone could use them. To be fair, most books were bought and paid for by the company so this system worked well. This was the most effective programming team I have ever been a part of of. Ideas were shared, questions answered, and a very open family feel emerged.
After leaving this place to join a software giant like Symantec, I see how valuable that configuration was. I found myself walking all over the building to get answers and track down people on my team. I even spent three days pairing with someone in their cubicle, not even visiting my own. The open space not only saves money on cubicle walls, but it fosters open communication between everyone on the team.
My current employer (edmunds.com, shameless plug) is also into the "open seating" trend, but with assigned desks for everyone. Dev is over here, creative is over there, QA is somewhere else. This works great, but we can already see that for a particular project, we need all the groups near each other for the duration of that project. For you personal phone call nuts, like HR and execs, we have small pods (offices) that can be used by anyone at any time for times when some privacy is needed.
In short, yay for open seating, boo for the execs that move into their pods so they can have pictures of their kids on their desk. I'd pick functionality over a corner office any day.
With all the negative spin floating around these days, I never really gave a thought to people actually still liking the US on any level. I appreciate you input.
I guess the best I can do is write my congressman and continue to vote for the lesser of the evils.
I'd probably help if I wasn't such a cynic.
I could not agree with you more QuickFox, however you lose me when you say "Americans". I am an American, but I had nothing to do with this law. (I'm only hearing about it on /. just now) I place the blame on our government, but I admit I lack the knowledge to do anything about it. Could you suggest a few inboxes that I could blow up... er.. send nice letters to?
What are the correct paths of a true American if they want to "fix" issues such as these? Have we already given up too much of the power that used to reside with the people?
Some URLs would be nice.
This goes along the same lines as: if you aren't a terrorist who cares if the govt taps your phone lines. It's a thing called privacy. Privacy is slowly being taken away from people, mostly because of fear. The OP is just trying to assert his right to it, and ended up getting arrested instead. Yay America!
Ads are what allow us to use great sites like /. for free. I love slashdot, but I wouldn't pay a subscription fee for it. I understand the frustration from crazy flash ads that are visually disruptive. But, if you want to use the free service, shouldn't we support it by at least viewing the "commercials". This is the same philosophy that keeps TV and radio free for the masses. Why should it be different for the internet. Why should we expect the people at slashdot to pony up all the funds it takes to keep this massive site running?
As long as the ads are small and unobtrusive just leave 'em be. Am I just crazy, or do we live in a society where everyone expects everything given to them on a silver platter at absolutely no personal cost?