Sunday, March 15, 2009

rant on programs

my keyboard is failing badly, so you'll not see many capitaliations or any of the letter's you see missing in the word 'capitaliation'.

there are some great programs out there that are cheap, if not free. It doesn't matter which operating system (OS) you have. they are there. free linux versions are so integrated into the OS and user culture that it is the norm.

in xp, one of the places to go is... Google. Search for free software. Find places like... (nope, not tellin' ya. you should already know and if you don't you dang better learn. That goes for the rest of you too. if you want to be taken seriously, you need to be competent when it comes to computer usage and data retrieval. other data exchanges are what you might call optional, but getting computer savvy is something you just decide to do and never-stop-doing.

(what about the cap's, you ask? well, I started using the right side of the keyboard recently. now i'm just being la y. ( the letter 'xee' still isn't working, though))


anyway, many people around me fail to reali(xee)e that being curious about new things that will make computer life easier for them is all they need to do to make it happen. This goes so for many aren't even willing to take into consideration they might like whatever's being shared with them.

i will sight 2 examples:

1. Launchy - A small software program, also called a utility, that allows you to not have to click all the time. Whenever you're around a computer guy/superuser/computer expert/computer technician/hacker oh no! you probably see screens pop up & disappear a lot. it's like things just appear at their bidding. They touch the keyboard a little bit from time to time '...and these weird things happen!'

Well guess what, they're using keyboard shortcuts. So, i've shown people all around me about a free (open source) program called, of all things, Launchy. I shouted it from the rooftops as being the next best thing since the invention of the mouse! i don't think even one out of 5 of the people even showed any interest.

so, what I think is, that i just discovered a NPG finder. For those of you who don't yet know what a npg is and are asking you yourself what it is are exactly the person I am talking about. Google should always be a keystroke away. You would've already hit the ctrl+t keys to pull up a new tab, then typed npg. it would've/should've/could've had it give the answer on the google results page. (6 keys in a magic combination, whooo!) Then you hit a n incredible thing called the backspace key to get back to this serendipitously insulting page.

don't mind me, i'm just frustrated with other's lack of inttrigue in what I consider helpful to them. Don't get me wrong, i have some people around me who actually do adopt, or at least listen when i have a idea, revelation or rant. just ask 'em, it's not easy! (e.g. having to read this sociologically cultural suicide blog like this)

notice how i didn't even give you the website for Launchy? exactly. Google. it should be second nature in 2009 for anyone/everyone/you.

2. chrome, the new browser.