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Screwdriver Narrowness Considered Harmful
Merlin Also | Oct 26 2005
Something I actually think about a lot just popped out in an email to an internet acquaintance who makes Mac software Quote: One thing to know about me (and probably a surprisingly large number of your customers and potential customers): there's very little mutual exclusivity in my software world. For example, I use TextEdit, Vim, and TextMate pretty much every day and for completely different things. To me it's like having several screwdrivers. I could be that guy who insists there's only One True and Good Screwdriver, but I prefer to keep them all handy and just grab the one I need for the job. Does that make any sense? I mean I hear these territorial pissing matches on `foo tool` vs. `bar tool`, and how the fate of the world turns on making the right decision one time, and then becoming some kind of viral evangelist. Meh. There's stuff like Quicksilver and OS X in general where you inherently have to choose a platform. But what about text editors, graphics apps--jeez, even _notebooks_? Am I the only one who employs a stable of several different tools for a certain kind of task? Esp. where one is clearly better at one portion of the task than the others? How about you? 23 Comments
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 the late, great Bruce Lee...Submitted by nickg on October 28, 2005 - 7:08am.
the late, great Bruce Lee on martial arts.. Question: What are your thoughts when facing an opponent? A good fight should be like a small play...but played seriously. When the opponent expands, l contract. When he contracts, l expand.. and when there is an opportunity... l do not hit...it hits all by itself (shows his fist). Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it. Any technique .. or tool. There is no golden hammer, no silver bullet, no spoon, no screwdriver. LOL. ;-) classic Lee: Hmm, mind like water. I've heard that somewhere before. To tell the truth, GTD reminds me a lot of Bushido and Zen - maybe it's because someone told me Allen is a karate master..? "I'll never be the best, but I could be better." ~me » POSTED IN:
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