Don't forget that it would be trivial to show a "virtual" stack with the spines of all the neighboring books. If they can be catalogued and displayed physically, they can be catalogued and displayed electronically.
I loved "researching" by browsing neighboring books in the stacks. But can't this be done electronically? If the book has a library code, then a computer can easily show what other books are in the same section.
Even if they require a Word file, you can use something else. My editors use Word too, but I don't have MS-Office or Open Office installed on my computer. It's not a problem, unless you want to use LaTeX.
As a professional writer, I could use Office all day. Instead I choose to use something different. At my part-time teaching job, I have to use Office occasionally and hate it.
I've used it many times. The problem is you have to first FIND where they have hidden things that you used to know exactly where it was. That usually takes 10-20 EXTRA clicks.
Have it at work and HATE it (but I've always hated Word and PowerPoint, Excel is fine). I use TexShop (Latex frontend), iWork, and Storymill for my serious writing (I'm an author and teacher).
And it takes you 5 minutes to find where a stupid MS programmer has moved a menu item that you know is under "Edit" and has been for many a year. My time is money. I don't want to waste it because some dumb programmer thought they should move things around.
I agree. If it is a mission critical production machine. Then once it works don't bother upgrading until there is a really, really good reason to do so. If it is just your home machine that you do amateur recording with, then them's the breaks.
I agree. I absolutely HATE Outlook. It's the most unintuitive program I've ever used. Unfortunately last year I substituted at a school that ran virtualized Windows from Sun Rays. I wasn't allowed to install Thunderbird. I tried the portable version, but it was blocked by the Nazi-like proxy. Ugh, which did I hate more--teaching junior high kids there or using Outlook? Tough call.
I've been hunting for a latex-to-mobi (or other e-book formats) util out there, but haven't found anything. I have tons of code that I would love to make ebooks for Stanza and my Touch.
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You could cross-compile code for Windows and Next Machines in NeXT's version of X-Code back in the day.
Don't forget that it would be trivial to show a "virtual" stack with the spines of all the neighboring books. If they can be catalogued and displayed physically, they can be catalogued and displayed electronically.
I loved "researching" by browsing neighboring books in the stacks. But can't this be done electronically? If the book has a library code, then a computer can easily show what other books are in the same section.
Seeing just how blazingly fast that thing was makes me know that we have absolutely no chance against Skynet.
My comment written in Apples Pages work fine when exported to a Word file.
I write ESL textbooks and workbooks for junior/senior high school. They aren't insanely expensive (around 75-120 SEK around 10-16 USD).
Even if they require a Word file, you can use something else. My editors use Word too, but I don't have MS-Office or Open Office installed on my computer. It's not a problem, unless you want to use LaTeX.
That's better than what I get as a textbook author.
Agree. And it isn't bad for power users either.
I resemble that comment! Grumble, grumble.
As a professional writer, I could use Office all day. Instead I choose to use something different. At my part-time teaching job, I have to use Office occasionally and hate it.
I've used it many times. The problem is you have to first FIND where they have hidden things that you used to know exactly where it was. That usually takes 10-20 EXTRA clicks.
Have it at work and HATE it (but I've always hated Word and PowerPoint, Excel is fine). I use TexShop (Latex frontend), iWork, and Storymill for my serious writing (I'm an author and teacher).
No, Apple's Pages "out of your face" interface makes sense. Word's ribbon does not.
I know plenty of people who have switched to OOo at home, because it is more like the "old" Office they are used to.
And it takes you 5 minutes to find where a stupid MS programmer has moved a menu item that you know is under "Edit" and has been for many a year. My time is money. I don't want to waste it because some dumb programmer thought they should move things around.
I agree. If it is a mission critical production machine. Then once it works don't bother upgrading until there is a really, really good reason to do so. If it is just your home machine that you do amateur recording with, then them's the breaks.
It's a lot easier to trick people into visiting a website, just once, than it is to convince them to install your theme.
A pretty lady as a wallpaper will convince them just fine.
You must not be a junior high student. Almost all of my students use Spotify here in Sweden.
I agree. I absolutely HATE Outlook. It's the most unintuitive program I've ever used. Unfortunately last year I substituted at a school that ran virtualized Windows from Sun Rays. I wasn't allowed to install Thunderbird. I tried the portable version, but it was blocked by the Nazi-like proxy. Ugh, which did I hate more--teaching junior high kids there or using Outlook? Tough call.
Good for you. Personally, I'd rather have an eInk device. Like iLiliad or Kindle (not available here in Europe).
I've been hunting for a latex-to-mobi (or other e-book formats) util out there, but haven't found anything. I have tons of code that I would love to make ebooks for Stanza and my Touch.
Mac Pros are workstation not gaming machine. Go figure.
I don't think I've every searched for "freeware". It never occurred to me that someone would do that instead of "open source."