Comments for Maurice's selected thoughts. http://www.mauricecarey.com The intersection of software, design, computers, and life from the perspective of a pragmatist. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:46:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Adobe CS 4 Design Premium, Part 2 by Preston Lee http://www.mauricecarey.com/2009/08/13/adobe-cs-4-design-premium-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3833 Preston Lee Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:46:24 +0000 http://www.mauricecarey.com/2009/08/13/adobe-cs-4-design-premium-part-2/#comment-3833 OpenRain uses CS4/CS3 for pretty much all our graphics work now. It's really tempting to use Pixelmator, Vector Designer, OmniGraffle etc., but they just don't have the feature sets we need for web-related work. (Slicing, optimization, device previews etc.) The compatibility between CS4 and CS3 seems to be pretty good, as well, with the exception of InDesign. Photoshop and Illustration don't seem to have major issues, though, so overall I've been happy with both CS4 and CS3. Check out the training videos when you have an hour to burn: they're pretty good and worth watching to built your skillset. OpenRain uses CS4/CS3 for pretty much all our graphics work now. It’s really tempting to use Pixelmator, Vector Designer, OmniGraffle etc., but they just don’t have the feature sets we need for web-related work. (Slicing, optimization, device previews etc.) The compatibility between CS4 and CS3 seems to be pretty good, as well, with the exception of InDesign. Photoshop and Illustration don’t seem to have major issues, though, so overall I’ve been happy with both CS4 and CS3.

Check out the training videos when you have an hour to burn: they’re pretty good and worth watching to built your skillset.

]]> Comment on Storage Problems Part 1: Background by Preston Lee http://www.mauricecarey.com/2009/08/14/storage-problems-part-1-background/comment-page-1/#comment-3832 Preston Lee Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:41:25 +0000 http://www.mauricecarey.com/?p=45#comment-3832 You probably want either a ReadyNAS or a Drobo. If you're using it across a network I'd go with the ReadyNAS, though I think it's still more expensive. Last I checked, the network add-on for the Drobo was limited by a USB bus or something. (Don't recall exactly, and that was over a year ago.) I use a ReadyNAS NV+ at home with 4 drives, and it has worked great so far. The Drobo is much user friendly, but the ReadyNAS is more feature complete. I know people that have one or the other, and they both seem like reasonable cost-effective choices for a 2TB+ setup. You probably want either a ReadyNAS or a Drobo. If you’re using it across a network I’d go with the ReadyNAS, though I think it’s still more expensive. Last I checked, the network add-on for the Drobo was limited by a USB bus or something. (Don’t recall exactly, and that was over a year ago.)

I use a ReadyNAS NV+ at home with 4 drives, and it has worked great so far. The Drobo is much user friendly, but the ReadyNAS is more feature complete. I know people that have one or the other, and they both seem like reasonable cost-effective choices for a 2TB+ setup.

]]> Comment on Why all development will move to the Mac. by PrestonLee.com http://www.mauricecarey.com/2007/02/12/why-all-development-will-move-to-the-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-180 PrestonLee.com Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:55:28 +0000 http://www.mauricecarey.com/2007/02/12/why-all-development-will-move-to-the-mac/#comment-180 <strong>Xserve w/Leopard Server (Mac OS X 10.5), First Impressions...</strong> We just picked up a refurbished 2.66GHz quad-core Xeon from Apple, which we’ll be using for internal infrastructure. (We’re in the process of migrating from a mix of Solaris and Linux). After about 8 hours of learning the ins and outs of Le... Xserve w/Leopard Server (Mac OS X 10.5), First Impressions…

We just picked up a refurbished 2.66GHz quad-core Xeon from Apple, which we’ll be using for internal infrastructure. (We’re in the process of migrating from a mix of Solaris and Linux). After about 8 hours of learning the ins and outs of Le…

]]> Comment on Test-Driven Development: Best and Bad Practices by Bulletin News http://www.mauricecarey.com/2007/03/21/test-driven-development-best-and-bad-practices/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Bulletin News Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:19:32 +0000 http://www.mauricecarey.com/2007/03/21/test-driven-development-best-and-bad-practices/#comment-171 Phenomenal write up talking about Test-Driven Development: Best and Bad Practices. I enjoy this point of view. Phenomenal write up talking about Test-Driven Development: Best and Bad Practices. I enjoy this point of view.

]]> Comment on My Business Website: Ready to Rock by maurice http://www.mauricecarey.com/2007/11/02/my-business-website-ready-to-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-170 maurice Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:14:22 +0000 http://www.mauricecarey.com/2007/11/02/my-business-website-ready-to-rock/#comment-170 I'm hoping to have something new together by end of January. Between research project, teaching, and job interviews this month has really rushed past. Next month is going to fly by preparing my proposal. So probably end of January. I’m hoping to have something new together by end of January. Between research project, teaching, and job interviews this month has really rushed past. Next month is going to fly by preparing my proposal. So probably end of January.

]]> Comment on My Business Website: Ready to Rock by Preston Lee http://www.mauricecarey.com/2007/11/02/my-business-website-ready-to-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Preston Lee Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:49:06 +0000 http://www.mauricecarey.com/2007/11/02/my-business-website-ready-to-rock/#comment-169 Your loyal following demands more content :) Do you think you'll get to spend more time on that soon? Your loyal following demands more content :) Do you think you’ll get to spend more time on that soon?

]]> Comment on Mugr by PrestonLee.com http://www.mauricecarey.com/2007/10/31/mugr/comment-page-1/#comment-168 PrestonLee.com Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:57:39 +0000 http://www.mauricecarey.com/2007/10/31/mugr/#comment-168 <strong>In The News...</strong> OpenRain affiliate img surf’s Mugr facial recognition services have been receiving some press lately. Here’s the lowdown of what’s been happening.. ReadWriteWeb.com article, by Josh Catone. AltSearchEngines.com comparison, by Charles... In The News…

OpenRain affiliate img surf’s Mugr facial recognition services have been receiving some press lately. Here’s the lowdown of what’s been happening..

ReadWriteWeb.com article, by Josh Catone.
AltSearchEngines.com comparison, by Charles…

]]> Comment on Mugr by Preston Lee http://www.mauricecarey.com/2007/10/31/mugr/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Preston Lee Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:48:57 +0000 http://www.mauricecarey.com/2007/10/31/mugr/#comment-167 Thanks for the kind words. We're reaching out to developers such as you to bust out some cool apps, so the upcoming months should certainly be exciting as the ideas start to flow. Thanks for the kind words. We’re reaching out to developers such as you to bust out some cool apps, so the upcoming months should certainly be exciting as the ideas start to flow.

]]> Comment on Test-Driven Development: Best and Bad Practices by Preston Lee http://www.mauricecarey.com/2007/03/21/test-driven-development-best-and-bad-practices/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Preston Lee Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:21:21 +0000 http://www.mauricecarey.com/2007/03/21/test-driven-development-best-and-bad-practices/#comment-15 Check out Behavior Driven Development. It has the same core values as TDD but is more business oriented. http://behaviour-driven.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior_driven_development There's also a Ruby implementation out there which is rapidly gaining momentum. http://rspec.rubyforge.org/ Preston Check out Behavior Driven Development. It has the same core values as TDD but is more business oriented.
http://behaviour-driven.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior_driven_development

There’s also a Ruby implementation out there which is rapidly gaining momentum.
http://rspec.rubyforge.org/

Preston

]]> Comment on Wilkes University Update: Why all development will move to the Mac by maurice http://www.mauricecarey.com/2007/03/20/wilkes-university-update-why-all-development-will-move-to-the-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-14 maurice Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:41:31 +0000 http://www.mauricecarey.com/2007/03/20/wilkes-university-update-why-all-development-will-move-to-the-mac/#comment-14 Good point. However, with an application like Parallels you can run Windows to support Office. It would be nice if 99% of the market was not Office, or if we could have a supported standardized format for the exchange of documents. This is a mature application area and there is no excuse for non-standard documents other than it is not in the best interest of the number one application provider for this area. Good point. However, with an application like Parallels you can run Windows to support Office. It would be nice if 99% of the market was not Office, or if we could have a supported standardized format for the exchange of documents. This is a mature application area and there is no excuse for non-standard documents other than it is not in the best interest of the number one application provider for this area.

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