AdamR

Everyone knows that I’m an outspoken Windows user. I’m running Windows Vista on 5 machines in my house (completely stable, mind you), and a server in my house is running Server 2003. My desktop is specced out from a custom build.
That’s why it’s interesting that I’m writing this right now. Over the last few years, [...]

For those who may not have read my previous blog posts, over the past 12 days I have been using Windows Live Mail exclusively for my desktop email client needs. I normally use Mozilla Thunderbird. So far, the experience has been pleasant, but it isn’t without its annoyances. I’ve already posted my Top 10 Annoyances [...]

Don’t get me wrong, I love Mozilla Thunderbird as a desktop email client. In my opinion, it’s better than Microsoft’s Outlook in terms of ease of use, stability, and simplicity. Also, configuring account settings is much more intuitive and actually more powerful. It’s also certainly better than Microsoft’s Outlook Express. But regardless, I’ve had my [...]

I have just purchased a Microsoft Zune as a replacement for my old MP3 player (Creative Zen 20GB). My experience with the device and software has, so far, been extremely satisfactory. However, there were various things which I found about it which annoyed me. I just submitted those as feedback to the Zune Team in [...]

Let’s take a trip back in time. The year is 2003 and the internet is a rather pleasant place to be, although looking back we wouldn’t make that claim. MySpace and Facebook didn’t exist and half of the world didn’t visit them at least once per day. No one knew what AJAX was let alone [...]

It’s ironic that I’m not a hardcore Mac OS X user since I’m such a major advocate and stickler for good looking, well designed, and highly productive user interfaces. For me, the OS is only one of the many aspects of proper user interfaces. To a degree, I care more about the keyboard or mouse [...]