Don't tell me this is not good news!
Have you noticed the big thing with the big boys (and girls) from Joomla!?
Have you seen that fruit growing on most everyone's podium?
Have you glanced behind you at a Joomla! conference and seen them staring at you?
Have you checked out the photos from the Joomla! meets and seen them lying smugly under the pro's fingertips?
When I visited Joomla!Day Germany (packing my new MacBook Pro to casually show off to everyone) - they were already there. Dozens of them!
The event registration was being done with one - they were all over the place. I was so shocked I didn't even take mine out of its slick carrying bag until the next day.
'Fast reverse' a couple of years - not many people had Macs. Sure, the designers and the occasional programmer had one. I've been using Macs since 1990, but I've always been odd. But most programmers sneared at Macs and dressed them down to be the computers for those people that knew nothing about computers. Perhaps they were right.
'Fast forward' to today and show me a good programmer that doesn't swear by his Mac. (It's a good job none of you know where I live - me thinks)
Truly, I am amazed by this overwhelming upsurge in Mac ownership and totally gobsmacked that some of the best programmers in the business will tell you out straight that they do all their work on a Mac. (Yes, we all test our work on windows).
Which brings me to Eddie. My trustee programmer has long laughed in my face when confronted with persistent 'buy a mac' prodding. Eddie is a brilliant programmer and really knows his stuff (but alas not his computers LOL). I was having a conversation with Johan Janssens 2 weeks ago and Eddie stood next to us soaking up the wisdom. I thought this was a chance not to be missed and asked Johan what computer he uses. He looked at me as though I had asked him if he had ever heard of Joomla! "Mac" he replied.
Eddie has every intention of getting his new Mac as soon as possible.
Don't tell me this is not good news! (Ok, now you can lay it on me - but don't expect a response)
Have you seen that fruit growing on most everyone's podium?
Have you glanced behind you at a Joomla! conference and seen them staring at you?
Have you checked out the photos from the Joomla! meets and seen them lying smugly under the pro's fingertips?
When I visited Joomla!Day Germany (packing my new MacBook Pro to casually show off to everyone) - they were already there. Dozens of them!
The event registration was being done with one - they were all over the place. I was so shocked I didn't even take mine out of its slick carrying bag until the next day.
'Fast reverse' a couple of years - not many people had Macs. Sure, the designers and the occasional programmer had one. I've been using Macs since 1990, but I've always been odd. But most programmers sneared at Macs and dressed them down to be the computers for those people that knew nothing about computers. Perhaps they were right.
'Fast forward' to today and show me a good programmer that doesn't swear by his Mac. (It's a good job none of you know where I live - me thinks)
Truly, I am amazed by this overwhelming upsurge in Mac ownership and totally gobsmacked that some of the best programmers in the business will tell you out straight that they do all their work on a Mac. (Yes, we all test our work on windows).
Which brings me to Eddie. My trustee programmer has long laughed in my face when confronted with persistent 'buy a mac' prodding. Eddie is a brilliant programmer and really knows his stuff (but alas not his computers LOL). I was having a conversation with Johan Janssens 2 weeks ago and Eddie stood next to us soaking up the wisdom. I thought this was a chance not to be missed and asked Johan what computer he uses. He looked at me as though I had asked him if he had ever heard of Joomla! "Mac" he replied.
Eddie has every intention of getting his new Mac as soon as possible.
Don't tell me this is not good news! (Ok, now you can lay it on me - but don't expect a response)
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Permalink Reply by Amy Stephen on
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I have a PC. :(
I don't think I've read anything or watched any commercial or You-tube video that made me feel more compelled to rush out and get a Mac.
You are a marketing genius. -
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Permalink Reply by Mitch Pirtle on -
I had my finger perilously close to the "Buy Now!" button at the IBM store on a tricked out thinkpad, a friend gave me his ID and I was about to get the discount of my life... But before I could commit, one thought persisted at the front of my tiny spacemonkey brain that refused to leave me alone: "You know, you're going to be married to this machine before you know for sure whether there is a linux driver for that wireless chipset, suspend/resume actually works, and let's not even think about sound..."
In the end I grabbed a Powerbook (before the pros) and considered it a linux box that just worked. It still is UNIX under the hood, I got my macports, and yes it just works.
My wife summed it up perfectly. She said, "when you were on windows, you spent all day swearing at your computer, and when you were on linux you spent all day swearing at yourself. Now you got a mac, put your headphones on, and I don't even know you're home." -
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Permalink Reply by Chris Szabo on -
2 y's U R
2 Y's UB
I C U R 2 Y's 4 PC! -
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Permalink Reply by Mitch Pirtle on
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Made me squirt tea out of my nose. Thanks Chris.
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