Comments for Isaac Su http://www.isaacsu.com theologian designer developer Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:45:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Dead tree libraries and exploratory learning by Aun http://www.isaacsu.com/2012/02/dead-tree-libraries/#comment-635 Aun Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:45:57 +0000 /?p=620#comment-635 Mmmm love it. Surreal memories of going up a hill in Shah Alam to an old public library with Sesame St books. Similar sentiments with the adult/kids section growing up visiting the Box Hill library as well. Was a crazy flash back when I started studying there again in Year 12 for final exams. Mmmm love it. Surreal memories of going up a hill in Shah Alam to an old public library with Sesame St books. Similar sentiments with the adult/kids section growing up visiting the Box Hill library as well. Was a crazy flash back when I started studying there again in Year 12 for final exams.

]]> Comment on Why I’m not running Ubuntu yet by Duncan Bayne http://www.isaacsu.com/2012/02/why-im-not-running-ubuntu-yet/#comment-625 Duncan Bayne Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:32:07 +0000 /?p=580#comment-625 What window manager are you running? I'm using StumpWM and it's great. I've got shortcut keys bound to explicitly control things like suspend, monitor switching (work in progress there, but looks good), volume control, etc. I've used Windows 7, Mac OS X and Linux professionally and have to say that Linux is head & shoulders the best choice for a dev environment. Fire me an email if you need help getting set up ... What window manager are you running?

I’m using StumpWM and it’s great. I’ve got shortcut keys bound to explicitly control things like suspend, monitor switching (work in progress there, but looks good), volume control, etc.

I’ve used Windows 7, Mac OS X and Linux professionally and have to say that Linux is head & shoulders the best choice for a dev environment.

Fire me an email if you need help getting set up …

]]> Comment on The importance of ceremony by Jonathan Chua http://www.isaacsu.com/2012/02/the-importance-of-ceremony/#comment-619 Jonathan Chua Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:50:18 +0000 /?p=562#comment-619 Really interesting perspective, especially for the "anti-ceremonial, minimalistic" me. Heck I don't even celebrate birthdays. Really some food for thought here. Really interesting perspective, especially for the “anti-ceremonial, minimalistic” me. Heck I don’t even celebrate birthdays. Really some food for thought here.

]]> Comment on Ego driven by Aun http://www.isaacsu.com/2012/02/ego-driven/#comment-586 Aun Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:36:32 +0000 /?p=493#comment-586 I used to get overtaken by girls on fixies with baskets. I used to get overtaken by girls on fixies with baskets.

]]> Comment on Crowdsourced accounting by Nathan Ballentine http://www.isaacsu.com/2011/11/crowdsourced-accounting/#comment-571 Nathan Ballentine Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:59:42 +0000 http://isaacsu.com/?p=339#comment-571 I like the idea. Sounds like an info/educational exchange. Accounting students get to learn with real data and real unaccounted for business variables; I get to learn more basic-accounting and data finagling. However... I'm in the United States. Looks like you're in Australia. I imagine our tax laws are different to the point where it wouldn't really help each other out. I like the crowd-sourcing idea though. The payment method sounds like the crowd sourced digital design site I've crossed paths with before. N I like the idea. Sounds like an info/educational exchange. Accounting students get to learn with real data and real unaccounted for business variables; I get to learn more basic-accounting and data finagling. However… I’m in the United States. Looks like you’re in Australia. I imagine our tax laws are different to the point where it wouldn’t really help each other out. I like the crowd-sourcing idea though. The payment method sounds like the crowd sourced digital design site I’ve crossed paths with before.

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]]> Comment on Systems thinking in IT by Lean Service | VoiceSage Blog http://www.isaacsu.com/2011/11/systems-thinking-in-it/#comment-421 Lean Service | VoiceSage Blog Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:19:45 +0000 http://isaacsu.com/?p=354#comment-421 [...] John Seddon of Vanguard uses the example of a local authority that was building endless call centers but making very little impact on the customer’s experience of their services. The problem was that an agent would take the call and then a field service person would turn up at the property at any time, this meant that 50% of the time there was no one home and would leave the premises without the problem being fully fixed. Every call after that, every reschedule is termed “failure demand”. Failure demand adds no new value. [...] [...] John Seddon of Vanguard uses the example of a local authority that was building endless call centers but making very little impact on the customer’s experience of their services. The problem was that an agent would take the call and then a field service person would turn up at the property at any time, this meant that 50% of the time there was no one home and would leave the premises without the problem being fully fixed. Every call after that, every reschedule is termed “failure demand”. Failure demand adds no new value. [...]

]]> Comment on Day 1: Vim to Emacs by Carlos http://www.isaacsu.com/2011/11/day-1-vim-to-emacs/#comment-320 Carlos Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:21:42 +0000 /?p=414#comment-320 Btw, for vim's 'o' you want C-e RET. C-o leaves the cursor in the original line. Btw, for vim’s ‘o’ you want C-e RET.

C-o leaves the cursor in the original line.

]]> Comment on Day 1: Vim to Emacs by Carlos http://www.isaacsu.com/2011/11/day-1-vim-to-emacs/#comment-319 Carlos Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:14:56 +0000 /?p=414#comment-319 Some comments for emacs: Select whole buffer: C-x h → Copy whole buffer: C-x h M-w. You can search a regexp with C-M-s. Query-replace is bound to M-%. It's easier to answer '!' to the first query rather than write the full function name. C-M-% for the regexp version. In emacs, for copying it's sometimes easier to just kill and yank. For example, C-S-backspace deletes the whole line. To copy a whole line, just do: C-S-backspace C-y. M-d deletes a word. To copy a word, do: M-d C-y. Etc. Some comments for emacs:

Select whole buffer: C-x h → Copy whole buffer: C-x h M-w.

You can search a regexp with C-M-s.

Query-replace is bound to M-%. It’s easier to answer ‘!’ to the first query rather than write the full function name. C-M-% for the regexp version.

In emacs, for copying it’s sometimes easier to just kill and yank. For example,

C-S-backspace deletes the whole line. To copy a whole line, just do: C-S-backspace C-y.

M-d deletes a word. To copy a word, do: M-d C-y.

Etc.

]]> Comment on Day 1: Vim to Emacs by user http://www.isaacsu.com/2011/11/day-1-vim-to-emacs/#comment-317 user Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:54:45 +0000 /?p=414#comment-317 Don't put too much emphasis on the default keybindings. Emacs is about making it work like you want, so don't accept everything just because they are default, For example, for such a frequent operation as opening files it is stupid to use a a complex key sequence like ctrl-x ctrl-f. I use F3 instead, etc The defaults are only suggestions and some of them are bad suggestions, so feel free to override them aggressively, instead of adapting to them. In Emacs there is no one True Way, everyone should use it the way it's the best for him or her. Don’t put too much emphasis on the default keybindings. Emacs is about making it work like you want, so don’t accept everything just because they are default,

For example, for such a frequent operation as opening files it is stupid to use a a complex key sequence like ctrl-x ctrl-f. I use F3 instead, etc

The defaults are only suggestions and some of them are bad suggestions, so feel free to override them aggressively, instead of adapting to them. In Emacs there is no one True Way, everyone should use it the way it’s the best for him or her.

]]> Comment on Day 1: Vim to Emacs by Tim Macdonald http://www.isaacsu.com/2011/11/day-1-vim-to-emacs/#comment-315 Tim Macdonald Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:09:52 +0000 /?p=414#comment-315 To copy the entire buffer in Vim, there's no need to enter visual mode. Just: gg y G. Rule of thumb: Only use visual mode to link together several movements (for example, <i> gg v G k $ y </i> to copy all but the last line.) To copy the entire buffer in Vim, there’s no need to enter visual mode. Just: gg y G.

Rule of thumb: Only use visual mode to link together several movements (for example, gg v G k $ y to copy all but the last line.)

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