Big Think interview with Jason Fried, 37signals (via neutrino)
Big Think interview with Jason Fried, 37signals (via neutrino)
Lost Generation (via metroamv)
via hackthissite.org
Good old geeky fun.
Posted via web from Jeff Hui | Comment »
“Notice the difference between acme or sam and (say) vi in running editor commands like search and replace. In acme you can just highlight the section you want, type the command, and you’re done. In vi, you have to cursor to one end, mark it, cursor to the other end, and finally type the command. The cursoring takes much longer than the mouse. Time yourself.” (Emphasis mine.)
“Emacs’s default keybindings are very ergonomically painful, for several reasons. (For detail, see: Why Emacs’s Keyboard Shortcuts Are Painful.) This page shows an emacs package that makes your emacs use a new shortcut set. This shortcut set is designed based on ergonomic principles, based on emacs command call statistics, similar to how Dvorak layout is designed.”
It has been 5 years since this call to action was written, and over a decade since UDI was conceived. Every time I look at this project I get depressed by the HUGE amount of lost potential for systems researchers and hobbyists (like myself).
Sikuli is a visual technology to search and automate graphical user interfaces (GUI) using images (screenshots).