On Man Dislikes Word Processing Program
Ironically, Microsoft Word 5.1.a for Macintosh was one of the best word processing programs ever. I used to write resumes and did over 20,000 documents using that version of Word. Those files take up less space than 5,000 documents created in any subsequent version of Word.
What happened? Money happened. Microsoft's business model didn't allow for perfection, and each new edition of Office had to have "upgraded" software, whether the apps needed to be upgraded or not. So, instead of surveying secretaries, Microsoft surveyed business managers who loved the idea of Word being the 800-lb gorilla of publishing.
As a result, each version of Word grew larger, clunkier, and could do more things (but did those things in a second-rate, messed up way).
Word 5.1.a won't, of course, run on any operating system created in this century, and if you tried to re-release an updated version, Microsoft would sue you to death. Tom Socca knows what he's talking about.
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On The Intolerable Evolution of Poynter's "Romenesko+"
@koretzky@twitter After Jim leaves Poynter, The Awl will be a much more important site, so there's no reason for Choire to leave us for what formerly was a daily must read for most netizens interested in journalism.
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On The Intolerable Evolution of Poynter's "Romenesko+"
The worst part about Moos' post is the comments. There are idiots leaving comments stating that Jim Romenesko is a plagiarist. A PLAGIARIST?!
After Jim leaves, I think Poynter is going to be astonished to find itself back to the clueless several dozen readers who frequented their site before they smartened up and hired one of the original godfathers of blogging.
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On The Mysterious Case Of The Craigslist Writing Gig Scam
I think it's the same thing as email spam. The more they do this, the more suckers they find. You didn't bite so they gave up but they must be finding some suckers or there wouldn't be any percentage in this for them. There's also no risk. When's the last time you ever heard of anyone getting busted for petty internet scams?
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On Your Blind Allegiance To Steve Jobs Can't Save You Now
I also blog (albeit to a much smaller audience) so I'll just say this as gently as possible: you should have read the comments before posting your link to this specious crap.
Yes, Macs are vulnerable to phishing sites. Not the same thing as a virus.
I'm a huge pirate and download all kinds of crap from seedy places on the net, and I've never infected my Mac with anything. In fact, after 21 years of Mac use and 17 years online, I've only seen a virus once, and that was an infected floppy from a PC user (Word macrovirus). But if I'd been running Windows on my Mac, it could have "got" me.
In addition to having downloaded tens of thousands of internet files, I worked with over 3,000 complete strangers via the internet and never got infected once.
Hate Mac users for being smug, but you make yourself look silly when you link to idiot crap like this.
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On The Day They Got Jesus
So, since they've already established that Jesus was born in 3 BCE, this means he was 36 when he died, not 33.
No big deal, just another chronological discrepancy....