Tag Archives: Microsoft Windows

The Conquest That Wasn't

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Faruk Ateş: The Conquest That Wasn’t. How Microsoft dominated the PC world without conquering it. I think Faruk utterly nails this.

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Plug and play: Canon N656U

Posted on September 21, 2006 by Steven Fisher

Last night I tried to connect my Canoscan N656U to a computer. First, I tried the Mac. Connecting the device did nothing. Pushing the button on the device did nothing. A search of Canon’s website revealed a driver, but the … Continue reading →

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Visual Studio vs. Xcode

Posted on September 13, 2006 by Steven Fisher

Working with Xcode and Visual Studio on a day-to-day basis, it’s natural that I’d compare the two tools. The following is not intended to be an unbiased comparison. These are my opinions only. They’re based on how I work, and … Continue reading →

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Visual Assist X

Posted on September 1, 2006 by Steven Fisher

Whole Tomato Software makes a product called Visual Assist X that makes Visual Studio’s text editor almost tolerable. This replaces the evil demonic spawn Microsoft calls “Intellisense” with something that doesn’t seem to crash.

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Are we talking about the same Visual Studio?

Posted on September 1, 2006 by Steven Fisher

Every time someone tells me how great an IDE Visual Studio is, I wonder if we’re talking about the same Visual Studio. Just to be clear, the one I’m using is from Microsoft. Here’s an error message I ran into … Continue reading →

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