m2cw – my 2 cents worth

i’m a mac-head. always have been, always will be…

in my new job i’m forced to use a wintel machine (a fujitsu siemens – oh lord, what a drag…). that’s why i decided to start a series on my blog about what bugs me about windows as there has been a blog entry by russell beattie with which i whole-heartedly disagree.

so without any particular order i will put together my gripes i have with windows now that i have to use it.

so here we go: why, oh why are word/excel/powerpoint acting differently in handling windows? what i mean? why is each document in word or powerpoint a separate “task” in the taskbar? and why does excel not behave in this way? if i want to switch between excel sheets, i need to go to the “window” menu and switch or, even worse, i have to minimize the sheet (which then all of sudden appears on the bottom of the overall excel window) and “maximize” the sheet i’m looking for while in word i can just switch between windows by selecting them in the taskbar!

this is one suite of programs from one and the same vendor (microsoft). what are they thinking?

almost a number two: but if you have a lot of windows open the taskbar is UNUSABLE! because you just don’t know which of the open windows you want to switch to… (that’s for those people that keep complaining about the dock in mac os x where i don’t see the open windows if i don’t want to. instead i can use “expos

i wish i could write more about what i do these days. there would be plenty to talk about. but the problem is i’m involved in too many issues that can’t be openly discussed or written about as they concern the strategies and inner workings of our portfolio companies.

i would love to find a way to get a couple of things off my chest… i have been contemplating how to do that for a long time now but can’t seem to find a good way to do so…

i’ll keep thinking… 😉

wow! no post in two months! that’s not good. i apologize but there isn’t really much to say these days – at least not what i can say “on the air”… 😉

in any case, i’m currently thinking about what to do with my blog. how to go forward and how to commit to a more regular schedule.

let’s see. i hope to come up with something soon (at least within less than 2 months)