Comments on: Working With My Head In the Cloud http://functionalnerds.com/2011/09/working-with-my-head-in-the-cloud/ Tue, 22 May 2012 22:19:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Patrick Hester http://functionalnerds.com/2011/09/working-with-my-head-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-11869 Patrick Hester Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:40:18 +0000 http://functionalnerds.com/?p=2200#comment-11869 I use Drop box right now but I have noticed a limitation when you share files with someone else. Let's say that you do all the stuff they ask you to do and you get the 2GB free with a little extra for installing on multiple machines/devices - so you're at 2.25GB. Someone decides to share one of their folders with you - the size of that folder cuts into your 2.25 GB. I can't wrap my head around why they do it that way. The whole thing kinda annoys me. I've also used Evernote - was an early adopter, actually, In the early days of my solo podcast, and then when we launched the Functional Nerds, I used Evernote to tag interesting tidbits from across the web, which usually made it into the podcast as a topic of discussion. But I got away from using it and haven't really gone back. For me, it was more about organization than anything else. Great post - keep em coming! ~P @atfmb I use Drop box right now but I have noticed a limitation when you share files with someone else. Let’s say that you do all the stuff they ask you to do and you get the 2GB free with a little extra for installing on multiple machines/devices – so you’re at 2.25GB. Someone decides to share one of their folders with you – the size of that folder cuts into your 2.25 GB. I can’t wrap my head around why they do it that way. The whole thing kinda annoys me.

I’ve also used Evernote – was an early adopter, actually, In the early days of my solo podcast, and then when we launched the Functional Nerds, I used Evernote to tag interesting tidbits from across the web, which usually made it into the podcast as a topic of discussion. But I got away from using it and haven’t really gone back. For me, it was more about organization than anything else.

Great post – keep em coming!

~P
@atfmb

]]> By: Paul (@princejvstin) http://functionalnerds.com/2011/09/working-with-my-head-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-11867 Paul (@princejvstin) Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:07:36 +0000 http://functionalnerds.com/?p=2200#comment-11867 I don’t avoid Mac or PC products but if I have a choice, yes, I love the functionality of a Linux OS because it is so customizable and there are a lot of great, free, open-source softwares available. That's what I meant. Given a choice, you use Linux. My best friend is very much a DIY Linux sort of guy. He's been giving me advice the last couple of days because my SSD (with Windows) is dying and I was looking at getting Linux as a second boot option on my PC (on a different drive) as a backup... I don’t avoid Mac or PC products but if I have a choice, yes, I love the functionality of a Linux OS because it is so customizable and there are a lot of great, free, open-source softwares available.

That’s what I meant. Given a choice, you use Linux.

My best friend is very much a DIY Linux sort of guy. He’s been giving me advice the last couple of days because my SSD (with Windows) is dying and I was looking at getting Linux as a second boot option on my PC (on a different drive) as a backup…

]]> By: Carrie Cuinn http://functionalnerds.com/2011/09/working-with-my-head-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-11866 Carrie Cuinn Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:27:41 +0000 http://functionalnerds.com/?p=2200#comment-11866 Paul - I'm a Linux user in the sense that I use Ubuntu on my desktop computer (which I also built myself, something I should probably put in another post) but my netbook is a Mac and my other netbook is dual-booted Ubuntu/Windows. I use PCs at work or at the library and I do a bit more work on my iPhone. I don't avoid Mac or PC products but if I have a choice, yes, I love the functionality of a Linux OS because it is so customizable and there are a lot of great, free, open-source softwares available. I first learned to use DOS as an elementary school student and though I went into tech support after high school in an Windows NT environment, I've always been interested in Linux. I think that's what got me into Macs to begin with - that they were based on Linux and initially were more of a geek toy than PCs were. Over time they've become a company at the forefront of the Plug and Play movement, and my interest in them has dropped considerably. I'm all for ease of use but the idea that we should spend more money to get something that seems to work without having to know why bothers me because it's encouraging us to trust in the device to work like "magic", cutting out our need to think for ourselves (which is kind of the point of this column). Paul – I’m a Linux user in the sense that I use Ubuntu on my desktop computer (which I also built myself, something I should probably put in another post) but my netbook is a Mac and my other netbook is dual-booted Ubuntu/Windows. I use PCs at work or at the library and I do a bit more work on my iPhone. I don’t avoid Mac or PC products but if I have a choice, yes, I love the functionality of a Linux OS because it is so customizable and there are a lot of great, free, open-source softwares available.

I first learned to use DOS as an elementary school student and though I went into tech support after high school in an Windows NT environment, I’ve always been interested in Linux. I think that’s what got me into Macs to begin with – that they were based on Linux and initially were more of a geek toy than PCs were. Over time they’ve become a company at the forefront of the Plug and Play movement, and my interest in them has dropped considerably. I’m all for ease of use but the idea that we should spend more money to get something that seems to work without having to know why bothers me because it’s encouraging us to trust in the device to work like “magic”, cutting out our need to think for ourselves (which is kind of the point of this column).

]]> By: Paul (@princejvstin) http://functionalnerds.com/2011/09/working-with-my-head-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-11865 Paul (@princejvstin) Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:14:25 +0000 http://functionalnerds.com/?p=2200#comment-11865 So I take it you are you a linux user, Carrie. Have you always been or did you "convert"? So I take it you are you a linux user, Carrie. Have you always been or did you “convert”?

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