Windows 7 is refreshing!

I’ve been playing with Windows 7 (slightly on accident) after being a long-time Mac user. I’m writing this post from a couch a few feet away from a 27″ screen (a little squintish) connected to a laptop running Windows 7 and it feels pretty awesome. My switch to Mac was primary due to the extremely long wake times when opening the lid of my Windows XP or Vista laptop. I don’t know whether it was due to my impatience or Vista – I just couldn’t tolerate it anymore.

Windows 7 on the other hand, wakes up pretty quickly (although still not as fast as Mac OS X). Apart from this, Windows 7 is extremely refreshing. It’s snappy and the Aero interface does not feel expensive to use. Instead it feels like it really does belong.

I think the other refreshing aspect is the newfound intuitive feeling of the Taskbar. Definitely borrowing elements from the Mac OS X dock as many would tell you, the Taskbar just feels fluid now with quick viewing of open windows and the ability to move around icons as you please. Very basic features I know but they mean a lot in terms of productivity.

Overall, I can see myself flipping between Windows 7 and Mac fairly regularly now. My work now requires the use of Windows due to the Silverlight products we’re playing with (specifically DRM) and it shall be a pleasure to do so. I will still have to migrate back to my Macbook to do any real development after getting addicted to Coda (probably the most awesome development IDE out there). If there were a clone for Windows, I’d feel compelled to switch back to Windows without much hesitation. Many would argue that IDEs like Eclipse or Aptana would be fine (or recommend one of 3 dozen other IDEs). I’ve used them all and know quite well that Coda trumps them all.

One however that I’ve been playing with (out of desperation when I’m on Windows) is a IDE called WeBuilder 2010 and it has the ability to code on the server over SSH.

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Published:: 11.04.09 / 5am

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My third attempt at “blogging”. It use to be that people kept private diaries. Now it’s about social acceptance this blogging thing. My reason? To share my discoveries on what I think is interesting. To gripe about the things that bother me. To bore the world with some emotions that may affect me from time to time.

Let’s see how far I get this time around – third time’s a charm!

I was born in the suburbs of Chicago, IL and lived there until I was 10 (I think). Parents moved to Houston and, of course, I had to go with them. Lived there for a few years and then we moved to…Saudi Arabia. Didn’t believe it when my father told me. He brought a World Map to prove to me that there was, in fact, a city called Jeddah. Lived there for a few years.

Went to boarding school in Switzerland (Leysin American School) for a year (10th grade). Parents then moved back to Houston where I finished high school.

Went to college for a year at UC Davis. Transferred to UT Austin in Austin, Texas and did a few years there. Moved to Dallas for a year and half (2002 I think). Moved back down to Houston in the Fall of 2003 (after spending one month back in Austin).

Moved to Calcutta/Kolkata, India in March 2004 where I founded a little Internet company named Tripod Computing. Exactly four year laters, I moved back to the US this time settling in the Bay Area (Millbrae) and worked at Social Media Networks, a pioneer in the field of social advertising. Now hacking on experiments (mostly in the constantly changing world of mobile and social apps).

That pretty much sums it up. And now the story begins…

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