My Windows 7 Fresh Install Guide
Formatting and installing Windows is a routine thing. More so back the days of Windows XP and 98, but even today it's occasionally necessary to format Windows 7 to keep things running lean.
And so - regardless of your OS - it's helpful to have a checklist of programs and tweaks that you use to setup your optimal working environment. It's handy for when you format and do fresh installs. But also, in case of a hardware failure - it's good to have a reference to how you have things setup at any given time.
Here's my list of programs and tweaks I use to get Windows 7 setup the way I want it.
A 'guide' if you will. I'm a designer, so my setup may differ significantly from that of a programmer - but regardless, there may be something here you can add to your own 'fresh install' checklist.
15 Killer Offices by Tech Companies
The Architecture. The construction. The systems. The layout & design inside. A new office encapsulates everything that makes software development happen. Here are 15 killer offices created by companies in the business of software & tech (in no particular order).
15. Twitter San Francisco, California
Somehow they managed to make their office as 'cute' as their website.
The Adobe Flashphone (what they should have done)
Hundreds of thousands of Flash developers out there - from animators to programmers - all very loyal to the Flash platform. All very keen to see their years of Flash development experience pay off. But now, their future is uncertain. Do they stick
with a platform that Steve Jobs just said has "had it's day"
or do they move on to alternatives like jQuery and HTML5?
If there was a grand vision for the Flash platform - people wouldn't be mourning in mass right now about the impending death of flash. Sure, it's easy to sit on the sidelines and say what a company could have done. But that's exactly what I'm going to do.
Here is the strategy Adobe should have taken, but never did...
Adobe CS4 Preview
The new Adobe CS4 is looking pretty slick.
The official release date for Creative Suite 4 has not yet been announced, but a solid prediction has it scheduled for release in early 2009. In the past, Create Suite releases have had an 18 to 24 development cycle with the last version CS3 having been released in March of 2007.
