Bradley J. Shively|The blog of a student, problem solver, and entrepreneur

I’ve kind of abandoned this page [with the exception of my tweets in the side bar] since setting it up.

Suffice to say, there are a lot of things going on.  I don’t want to go into too much detail right now, but here’s a quick overview:

• The Magazine of IST (MIST) has launched it’s new site (using Wordpress) and will be releasing its Fall 2008 issue soon
• I am in the process of organizing a team for a startup, to be launched in Summer/Fall ‘09
• I have, of course, been attending to my various duties at school (classes, papers, homework, programs etc.)

Big updates will be coming soon.  I have a few articles in ‘draft’ stages, and I’ve also got some posts coming out in the Fall issue of MIST.  Check back for more soon.

In my ongoing approach to find better ways to “get things done“, I’ve been using CulturedCode’s Things.

Even though I’ve only just recently “switched” to Mac OS X, I’ve already found that my years of Windows shortcut-keying are starting to be replaced by the Apple accessibility shortcuts. I also don’t know how I ever lived without multitouch gestures. With the MultiClutch Preference Pane, I’ve programmed Firefox and a few other applications so that I can easily navigate them with a few simple gestures.

Coincidentally, my switching to OS X and the release of Firefox Ubiquity occurred at almost exactly the same time. I’m not only adjusting to using the Quicksilver ‘launcher’ (and so much more), but now I have Ubiquity for web surfing and all the built-in interface tweaks that are a part of OS X. I’m completely dependent upon Spaces.

I think it’s interesting how the interface (menu bars, startbar, etc.) has become so much more flexible. I can now navigate to sites without using an address bar, open programs without browsing a start menu or directory, and perform countless other tasks through automation and macros. The GUI included with Windows and Mac OS seems to be increasingly less important as developers come up with unique ways for users to index and search the resources on their computers without using the out-of-the-box utilities.