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I wouldn't say that I print more or less. I always seem to be unable to print, for one reason or another.
I've always needed a decent printer and have either had a problem inkjet (3, ranging from $100-$600, really didn't matter), or none at all.
Getting ready to toss my highly recommended Epson.

When I first saw a wet, soggy, streaky page come out of an inkjet printer maybe 13 years ago, I knew that no matter how long they tried to perfect these things, they'd only get so far, and I was right. I'm still printing out crappy looking documents. Unfortunately, I was introduced to and put to work on a laser printer as an admin. asst., long before I ever saw an inkjet...kind of like going from a Lexus to a Kia. 

The only inkjet I've ever seen that impressed me is my BF's Canon, but still, the thought of owning a laser printer makes my heart pound.
I can't afford one, but if I could, I'd be printing all kinds of things. I love to create and print beautiful images & documents.  :(

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General Software Discussion / Re: Godin: the end of dumb software
« on: September 13, 2009, 05:36 PM »
(Mostly to 40hz:)
What if it's already been done?

Access could be made into a more user-friendly software. I need Access, but don't use it. It's too hard. Any relational db with the right UI can do what Seth is talking about, so I don't understand why it's such a big deal for someone to create something more user friendly than Access, with Access.

The only smart feature I agree with is the ability to link. I'm sitting here waiting for the only software that will let me connect whatever I want to whatever else I want, and which will allow me to view these links in a pane. Smart. Maybe GemX will release it, maybe not. They're not talking. Their program doesn't automate simple tasks (I don't like that, either), but rather gives the user the option to link all contacts, notes, external links, emails, what have you. Finally!! (Well, almost, it's not here yet.)

40hz, please understand that to us clueless end users, computers are just things made by people, and sometimes we don't see why people cannot create what we consider to be basic features. We don't know they're techie pipe dreams. We just know we have a lot of little programs all over our PC becuause we cannot get what we need from one program. Close this, open that, update this, uninstall that...we see computers doing things much, much more complex than this, every day. We fly people to the moon, perform surgeries, we even have artificial intelligence, so what's the problem with linking data? Given what computers are capable of, and with one missing feature in every single piece of similar software discussed, I, too, am pretty frustrated, even if my idea of smart computing differs slightly from the writer's.

And, web apps are no better.

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I have THREE to-do list softwares that work really well for me.
My system is:...
...2. Populate, and admire the aesthetics...
...4. Admire the list for about a week or until ennui sets in...
...5. Change to new to-do software, set up new to-do list...
...6. Admire aesthetics...

I'm using software now only for to do's related to computing & large project/goal type stuff.
I know most people reading this thread are concerned about getting their computing stuff done, but everyone has incoming papers, so I thought I'd share this:

For basic home aesthetics, I started putting the papers on my desk in an 'in box' drawer. My apartment looked so nice & was so relaxing without any papers in view, that sorting options & aesthetics, both physical & virtual, became my enemies. I'd later find missing appointment cards, business cards, and other things which, as mentioned above, can ultimately become very expensive. So aesthetics was not working for me.

Whatever ended up on a computerized to do list would require hunting things down, or in some other way, more work than normally would be required (linked/dependent tasks). This would require sorting and other time wasters for someone in my position. So nothing got done.

Now, I'm finding that putting all current paper-related to dos - along with bright post-its for errands - on my front door with magnets is working rather well, thanks to the fact that I cannot stand to look at it. It looks horrible.

It's so incredibly ugly that whenever I walk out the door, or just pass it too many times in a day, it bugs me. It's so cluttered, it just makes me nervous.
Therefore, I'm compelled to remove as many papers as possible and handle them ASAP.  Now, I grab any paper I see, including unopened mail or whatever's in my purse & immediately post papers at eye level. In a few more months, maybe I'll be able to trust myself to stop avoiding paper. Then, I'm going to install a magnet board on the inside of the entry closet door, so I won't have to see it's ugliness. It's hideous.

But, if I get the 'out of sight out of mind' problem again, even once, this stuff's going right back on the front door.

The longer I've been doing this, gradually, the fewer papers I have living on my door. Today, (so far) I only have 3 papers to handle, this is great!

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Living Room / Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..
« on: September 13, 2009, 02:10 AM »
Latest additions to the family.
Four-month-old sisters -- Airedales.
 (see attachment in previous post)

How sweet!!! How's the other dog taking it...? Do they get jealous, like cats?

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Living Room / Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..
« on: September 03, 2009, 08:09 AM »
What do they do? My cat does nothing, she appears not to see herself when I put her in front of the mirror.

My cat tried to hit her own reflection in mirror. and then made sound to show hostility. I was expecting more fight but finally she gives up.  :P

Not mine. She is terminally bored. She won't even chase a spider for more than a few seconds. If she can't catch it by then, she just walks away.

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