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Born on February 10, 2010•32 Karma
I fear the day I got to dig through every picture I made and decide if it is worth keeping or not. :-/
That said, maybe I'm in the minority and it would actually work!
Huhwha?
To tell a bit about the software side on a Mac: As long as you don't mess with the system, it runs nicely. Recently I wanted to have a look at clutter ("software library for creating (...) graphical user interfaces") which depends on newer versions of the libraries that ship with OS X. After fiddling around with building it myself (or building Formulae for Homebrew which is a simple and nice package manager for OS X) I decided to go with Ubuntu and Awesome as my window manager. There was just too many barriers in the way. For web development, OS X was nice. Unfortunately I'm also toying around with a lot of music software which rarely has an OSS equivalent.
Some points on Apple hardware: The build quality is very nice. It might not have the latest stuff, but all components they ship are well integrated and usually don't get you into hassle (as long as you stick with OS X). I honestly don't want to miss the multitouch trackpad.
Conclusion: If you can live with the system that OS X is, go for it. Perhaps you'll get pissed some day about the missing freedom some day. Don't expect that the hardware in a MacBook will fully supported in a Linux distro
I honestly don't want to miss the multitouch trackpad
These are the key take aways, OSX is good for web / mobile development and the track pad is one hell of a plus for going with a MBP. I would not use OSX for C or C++ development or any system development for that matter, but for web and mobile it is a great system.
It seemed odd that an extra 1 minute and 40 seconds would make any difference, but Ignite talks seems to have more pep, perhaps because the slides advance 5 seconds faster.
But both formats are hard to do well. Too many presentations end up being a list of items matched to Flickr images and Helvetica-rendered slogans or quips.
In addition to disliking videos for various reasons, today I'm on a crappy internet connection. 5 minutes is actually getting towards a watchable length, but not on this connection:-/
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-> He delivers the message well. The entire presentation is about the message (not the slides - which stand out well with a white but only contain a few words so they don't distract, nor about him - as he is in darkness).
-> He points out some things that are almost so obvious that you would skip over them, but when he points them out here, you go to yourself "ohhh yeeeaaah...why didn't I realise that?"
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-> He talks waaaay to fast. The first time he says 'support' I thought he said 'sport'. Just because he has only five minutes and 15 seconds per slide, doesn't mean he can't edit the volume of info he wishes to convey downwards and/or deliver the message with less words. Talking too fast takes away from the information being conveyed which is the raison d'etre of any presentation.
-> No conclusion at the end. This is a biggie IMO as he hits you with so many information points so quickly, that a summary is badly needed.