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Re: Goodbye Cocoa

ibuys — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:45:36 -0000

Hi Daniel,

First off, thanks for such a great app. MarsEdit has long been a favorite of mine. You are right about taking things one step at a time. I think a lot of the problem was just putting to much pressure on myself. I probably will go back to Cocoa eventually, but I'm certainly going to enjoy my break!

As for the CocoaHeads, they are a good bunch of guys. I don't have any hard feelings or anything towards them at all. I was just trying to illustrate the changes in my plans and why I decided to walk away from programming, at least for a while.

Who knows, maybe I'll see you at WWDC one of these days!

Re: Goodbye Cocoa

Daniel Jalkut — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:28:10 -0000

Hi there! Two things:

I'm really glad to read any blog post where the appreciation for what goes into a product like MarsEdit is celebrated ;)

In addition to being the developer of MarsEdit, I'm also the organizer of the Boston-area CocoaHeads group. I am dismayed to learn that you got such a cold reaction to "newbie" questions at a CocoaHeads meeting. At our group you probably wouldn't have had such a cold experience. I agree the mentality on the mailing lists is often very cold and discouraging, but that's exactly the opposite from what I think many CocoaHeads chapters are aiming for.

I applaud you for giving Cocoa programming a go. Give it a try again when you get inspired again. Many of the things that seemed difficult the first time may seem easy the second time through. It's true that getting a large application to behave as you expect is a monumental task, but it gets done one step at a time, as with anything in life.

Daniel

Re: Moving to Ubuntu: F-Spot

ibuys — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:50:08 -0000

Wow, nope, I didn't know about that. I'm going to have to give it a try the
next time I'm going through my photos. Thanks for the tip!

Re: Moving to Ubuntu: F-Spot

Gabriel — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:44:11 -0000

Glad to hear you like it! Are you aware of the type-to-tag bar? Press t when you have one or more picture selected in the Browser and type your tags in, tab-complete, press enter to save what you've typed. :)

Re: On Graduation Day

ibuys — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:07:34 -0000

@JS

Thank you for your comments! If my story made you think, then I know I've done my job. I know how you feel, believe me, I've been there. I wouldn't try to tell you what to do or anything, but it's never too late. I know that sounds cliche, but it's true. I'd encourage anyone to finish their degree, and if its on your mind, than maybe it really is time to take another look at it.

Best of luck to you, whatever you decide.

Re: On Graduation Day

JS — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:37:55 -0000

Well I can't decide whether to applaud you or damn you for telling your story. Your article reminds me of my own academic accomplishments (or lack thereof). I was never very motivated in high school, but did manage to fumble my way through it at the time. College though, was a different story. To make a long story short, I flunked out my first year of college, went on to finish a 2 year degree, and then again did poorly when I transferred to a 4 year school. I currently still only have earned that 2 year degree and just work full time (also in IT). Not a week goes by where I don't wonder whether I should give it one more shot and buckle down and try to finish my Bachelors.

The reason I applaud you is that you overcame lots of obstacles in reaching your goal. The reason I damn you is that your story made me think it might actually be worth it to go back and finish my own degree.. I almost had myself convinced that it wasn't. Much like you, I lost a measure of respect for myself by quitting, I know I have lower expectations of myself than before.. Through your story I see that it's possible to reclaim that sense of respect, and how it might be worth it, despite the challenges (which makes my not facing them seem all the more cowardly).

In either case, a very big "congrats" to you for finishing! Along with earning back your own respect through finishing, you've earned mine by sharing your story of triumph, so thanks...

Re: Creative Uses for Wordpress

John Parks — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:53:10 -0000

...this is a great idea. If I was still managing servers on a LAN I'd put something like this together.

Nicely done mate!

Re: Creative Uses for Wordpress

ibuys — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:18:36 -0000

@Jon

Sure, here you go:

System: SSS
Date: DDD
Name: NNN

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Describe the change here.

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Re: Creative Uses for Wordpress

Jon — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:36:09 -0000

Can you give an example of the template file you use is /scripts/log_template?

Re: Creative Uses for Wordpress

ibuys — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:54:20 -0000

@Anon: Ha! Good point, I never gave it a second thought. How about pow! Or, boom!?

Re: Creative Uses for Wordpress

Anon — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:43:42 -0000

A non technical point, but one which grates nonetheless. Your use of 'whala' as 'there you have it' is atrocious. The word is Voila and pronounced as it is because it's french (vwa'la with a soft 'v').
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/voil%C3%A0
Please don't bastardise another language.

Apart from that a very interesting article and good use of wordpress. Bravo!

Re: Colophon

ibuys — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:17:07 -0000

Sarah,

Thanks for the comment, I think its apparent that SixApart has some great customer service. However, I'm just not sure that TypePad is for me. I've tried it out for a few days, and I just feel more comfortable with Wordpress right now.

Thanks anyway!

Jon

Re: Colophon

Sarah Sosiak — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:24:35 -0000

Hi Jon --

I'm the Product Manager for TypePad. I saw your tweet about considering moving to TypePad and would be happy to answer any questions you have about the service.

Best --
Sarah