Comments for Alex Jones

Comment on Y’all Vs. Ya’ll by Alex

Alex — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:30:15 +0000

I’m glad you agree with me Kristy, though I take issue with your categorization of Texas as the Midwest. Missouri is typically the furthest south of any Midwest state and given Oklahoma isn’t included in that label, I think Texas doesn’t qualify either.

If you want to separate the Texas from the rest of the southern US, you could label states like Georgia, Florida and Alabama the Deep South and just call us Texas.

Comment on Y’all Vs. Ya’ll by Kristy

Kristy — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:24:00 +0000

I think its a regional thing. But- I also dont consider Texans “SOUTHERN” either- thats the midwest….. From the responses (with a couple exceptions) I gather most that said y’all is the proper spelling are from the TRUE SOUTH!!!!!
Now, pardon me- but i’m going to sit on my porch, sip my sweet tea and yell “Hey y’all” to my neighbors!!!! HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Comment on Say Hi at South-By by Shari Bare

Shari Bare — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:35:16 +0000

Hey Alex, Good stuff. I agree about the “scheduling dance.” Altho, as a planner, I’ll try to do it anyway but then probably disregard most of my schedule! Hope to see you soon.

Comment on My Must Have OS X Apps for Business by Alex

Alex — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:11:53 +0000

Yeah, it’d be great to not need Office. But such is life in the work-a-day corporate world. ;)

I’ve barely touched Bridge as I found it cumbersome in its early days and haven’t messed with it since it moved bast the 1.x release. Perhaps now is a good time for me to dig into it once more. Thanks for the reminder Julie!

Comment on My Must Have OS X Apps for Business by Alex

Alex — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:09:54 +0000

I can’t wait for Things to get proper syncing built in. Right now I sync it through Dropbox, so I have to ensure that I don’t run it on two machines at once by accident given the risk of it corrupting or overwriting the db.

Comment on My Must Have OS X Apps for Business by Alex

Alex — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:07:20 +0000

Once again you come through with a wealth of suggestions, thanks flip! I’ll have to dig into some of these – Sequel Pro sounds really useful. Thanks!

Comment on My Must Have OS X Apps for Business by Julie Gomoll

Julie Gomoll — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:35:28 +0000

I’ve abandoned MS Office for OpenOffice.org. I love having a Microsoft-free machine :)

I’m a big Skitch fan too. Not only is it perfect for quick screen grabs, I’ve found it’s a great app for folks who need minimal graphics capabilities (e.g., images for blog posts) and are intimidated by “real” graphics apps.

I use Fireworks more than any other app in CS4. And although I don’t use them often, I wouldn’t want to be without InDesign or Bridge.

Comment on My Must Have OS X Apps for Business by john chandler

john chandler — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:40:12 +0000

Yojimbo can sync via MobileMe, but it’s spotty. No iPhone availability. I was already deep into Yojimbo when Evernote came out. Considered the switch, but still like the UI of Yojimbo better…and the scripts available from a great user community.

Same story with OmniFocus…was deep into it before Things came out, though I still think I prefer OmniFocus. In this case, it does have better sync capabilities than Things.

Comment on My Must Have OS X Apps for Business by Alex

Alex — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:28:35 +0000

Hey Chris, I tried to use Mail.app and iCal with Exchange 2007 and while it did all technically work, it felt clunky. That said, it’s possible that I didn’t configure it as well as I could have or that our Exchange server could be better configured for integration.

Mail.app is definitely a better app than Entourage, so I’d use it exclusively if the calendaring system was smoother.

Comment on My Must Have OS X Apps for Business by Chris Hunter

Chris Hunter — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:02:31 +0000

If you haven’t tried it recently, the support for Exchange Server (I believe it has to be at least 2007) in Mail.app and iCal under Snow Leopard is a huge improvement over older versions.

I actually find it to be even better than Entourage. I can check and book rooms for example.