Comments on: In Defense of Fiddling http://patrickrhone.com/2008/03/27/in-defense-of-fiddling/ Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:59:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Michael Armstrong http://patrickrhone.com/2008/03/27/in-defense-of-fiddling/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Michael Armstrong Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:19:02 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/03/27/in-defense-of-fiddling/#comment-124 <p>emacs vs. vi?</p> <p>I can't speak intelligently about emacs because I don't use it. vi is the end all and be all of editors -- which I guess makes me one of those 10000 eye-rollers.</p> <p>Of course the perfect piece of software will solve all of your problems! The trouble is that precious few actually realize that the perfect piece of software is the one that they will actually use.</p> emacs vs. vi?

I can’t speak intelligently about emacs because I don’t use it. vi is the end all and be all of editors — which I guess makes me one of those 10000 eye-rollers.

Of course the perfect piece of software will solve all of your problems! The trouble is that precious few actually realize that the perfect piece of software is the one that they will actually use.

]]> By: Patrick Rhone http://patrickrhone.com/2008/03/27/in-defense-of-fiddling/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Patrick Rhone Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:15:03 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/03/27/in-defense-of-fiddling/#comment-123 <p>dydimustk- That sound you hear is 10,000 vi users rolling their eyes. :-)</p> <p>Michael - I know you probably have a ton of people on you to do this but... We would love to see a post on that at your site soon.</p> dydimustk- That sound you hear is 10,000 vi users rolling their eyes. :-)

Michael – I know you probably have a ton of people on you to do this but… We would love to see a post on that at your site soon.

]]> By: Michael Ramm http://patrickrhone.com/2008/03/27/in-defense-of-fiddling/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Michael Ramm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:28:50 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/03/27/in-defense-of-fiddling/#comment-122 <p>I totally agree. As the Dave says, you have to enjoy and WANT to use your system. So sometimes that means that you have to retool it. I am about to roll out my new Twitter/RTM/Sandy system that I have found really fun to use...which will make me more productive.</p> I totally agree. As the Dave says, you have to enjoy and WANT to use your system. So sometimes that means that you have to retool it. I am about to roll out my new Twitter/RTM/Sandy system that I have found really fun to use…which will make me more productive.

]]> By: dydimustk http://patrickrhone.com/2008/03/27/in-defense-of-fiddling/comment-page-1/#comment-121 dydimustk Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:20:54 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/03/27/in-defense-of-fiddling/#comment-121 <p>"the perfect piece of software . . . will solve all of their productivity problems like the holy grail"</p> <p>It's called <a href="http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/EmacsNewbie" rel="nofollow">emacs</a>.</p> “the perfect piece of software . . . will solve all of their productivity problems like the holy grail”

It’s called emacs.

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