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One year with a Mac

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It’s funny, I use to be a “PC Guy” and hated console gaming and Mac. Now if you asked me, I’d consider myself a “Mac Guy” and 99% of the gaming I do is on a console. My, how times have changed.

A year ago next month, will be when I purchased my first Mac. It was intended as an experiment, me and some friends had delusions of grandeur and planned on making some iPhone apps. That hasn’t happened, not to say it will never, as there are a couple of apps that I’d like to see, but I’m not there yet.

Over the past year, my Windows rig (Vista, C2D @ 2.53 GHz, 2 GB RAM, ATI HD 4870 512) has been neglected, only turned on to run Quicken when I’m balancing the checkbook. Even that came to an end as I found something that fills my needs on the Mac. So, what software do I use? What Mac software replaced my Windows software? Let’s take a look. Continue reading →

OpenOffice.org To Google Docs Plugin

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I quit using Microsoft Office a long time ago. I don’t have a whole lot of use for an “Office Suite” at home, and OpenOffice.org handled everything I needed it to. When Google Docs & Spreadsheets came around, I gave it a try, and fell in love. There was now a way for me to edit spreadsheets and documents online from any computer.

Granted, Google Docs still had some limitations, and I didn’t (and don’t) want to post anything that had personal or private information. Aside from the PII, there were still some times I found working with OOo to be better than working with Google Docs. But then for some reason, rather than import my doc to Google Docs, I’d send it to myself via email.

Well, I read about a new OOo plugin the other day that sounds like it’ll make things better for me, especially when it comes to combining the Google service with the desktop power of OOo. It’s appropriately named OpenOffice.org2GoogleDocs.  It allows you to import docs, spreadsheets, and presentations between the two services.

Microsft Running Scared

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Is Microsoft scared of Google? From the looks of things, they might just be terrified.

It’s been long rumored (and often discredited) that Google has plans to launch a web based Operating System as well as an office productivity suite (based on OpenOffice.org). The internet has tons of pictures claiming to be Google Office or Google OS (GooOS even), but no one can vouch for the authenticity of the images. Most likely they are fake images created by someone with too much time.

Looks like Microsoft isn’t taking any chances. They’ve announced Microsoft Office Live and Microsoft Windows Live. Funny thing is, when I visit the “live site” it crashed Internet Explorer.

Now it’s time to see what Google plans to do. If anything.

Google Looking To Hire OpenOffice.org Developers

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We’ve heard a lot over the years about Google hiring developers and employees from other companies. The Mozilla Foundation, Opera Software, GAIM, Microsoft, and AltaVista are just a few of these companies.

Now it looks like we might see something a bit different. According to C|Net News, Google is looking to hire a few developers for OpenOffice.org. That’s right, Google will be hiring people to work specifically on improving OpenOffice.org.

Personally, I’m glad to see a major company throwing some money at OOo. I’ve been using it at home for 2+ years, and find it amazing. That said, there is still room for improvement. Maybe with the help of Google we’ll see some nice things done with OOo. Now, if a few more companies would just jump on board.