Thinking About Seriously Going To Be Switching From PC To Mac

I’ve been a PC since 2000 and am very comfortable with it but as the work load increases I find myself fighting with this machine more and more. With having to have Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Outlook, FireFox (with 3 or 4 tabs open), and Pandora running at the same time and juggling between 3 or 4 files in Photoshop the PC I’m on just doesn’t have the muscles to perform.

I’ve used a Mac before and liked the performance but getting used to it is a whole different story. However, what is encouraging is that I’ve been through this kind of switch before on a smaller scale. I switched from IE to FireFox. I’ve dreaded having to do that for a long time before one day making a decision and getting rid of the IE icon from my task bar, replacing it with FireFox. I have not looked back since, FireFox is great! Now I am hoping that the PC to Mac switch will be just as smooth.

I am going to get me one of these new iMacs. I hear that they are pretty good for my kind of work. I know many of you will say I should go with the Mac Pro but those start at $2,500 and I just can’t afford that at this time. Plus I’ll need to buy me a Adobe Master Suite which will be a chink of cash too.

It is exciting and I can’t wait till the day this happens. First I need to get an SUV or a Van, the baby’s on her way and going to be here soon.

I have questions, have you had to switch from PC to Mac? How was the transition? What are the things I should watch out for? I would appreciate any tip. Thanks!

FireFox Crashing When Adding Image To WordPress?

This was starting to be really annoying, my FireFox crashing every time I click the button to add an image to the post.  5 days later of trying to ignore the problem I got fed up and Googled it. Easily enough others were experiencing the same thing so a solution was right there for me. Apparently Google is the culprit… again. Google Gears is what is having compatibility issues with WordPress.

If you are experiencing this, your solution is to disable Google Gears.

To do that go to Tools>Add-ons> and disable Google Gears.

I hope this helps.

Submit Your Website To Get Featured!

How would you like your website to be featured here on WDI?

Please submit you own websites or websites that you have worked on and I will feature them on this blog every Friday. These will be Feature Fridays!

The only requirement is that the sites are nice looking and no spam.

Use this submit form to submit and make sure you enter a paragraph or two about the website and your inspiration for creating it. Please, no sales pitches or spam.

I am looking forward to seeing your work!

Thanks.

~Valik

Photos Of Me I Didn’t Want You To See…

This is suppose to be a serious web design blog and I know that I would probably not have an opportunity to show my goofy side so here is me just getting it out of my system.  Go ahead, laugh it out, I can take it.

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How You Know It’s Time For Twitter To Monetize

This is a rare view… This page only comes up for air but twice or three time per year. It took two web designers two full….. Ok, enought of that.

Looks like Twitter needs more resources. This is the 3rd time I am seeing this page. Is it the lack of finances that prevents them from making Twitter a smooth ride? I believe it is time that they figured out a way to monetize the site and start spending some money on preventing overloads.

How do you think Twitter can monetize the site without users getting bothered by it? Cause you know how irritated we get at the sight of a stray ad… :)