Software that's enjoyable ... software that's a drudgery

Posted by Ken
Mar 2, 2015 at 03:56 AM

jaslar wrote:
>So I too get nostalgic for the past every now and then. But not enough
>to give up the advantages of computing! Bottom line: I just get more
>done in less time.

I get more done in less time as well (for the most part) thanks to the many great software programs I use. It just seems like more items (tasks, mail, assignments, etc.) keep coming down the pike than in the past, much more on many days. It kind of reminds me of hardware and software. Just after newly released hardware with more processing and storage abilities is released, it seems that software gets more bloated and requires more processor power and memory storage. I know the size of my Android and iPad apps has continued to increase over the years. And, the amount of mail I now receive has dramatically increased over the past couple of years. So, the S/N ratio seems to get smaller, and the companies sending the mail keep increasing their volume, hoping to increase their specific ratio, only to actually lower my overall ratio. With most of my mail being available on my phone, I have become much more brutal with frequent senders (mostly companies) after just reading the subject line and the first few sentences. But I often still feel as though I am not getting ahead no matter how hard I try, not unlike drinking from a fire hose.

—Ken