Processes not tools

Posted by Paul Korm
Sep 24, 2018 at 05:27 PM

Firstly, welcome out from the woodwork. Glad you decided to post your thoughts.

I can’t say I agree with it all (or any of it) but it’s an interesting point of view. Even though you have a mainstream-only philosophy it looks like make room for niche approaches (semi-private cloud, IAWriter, etc.).

One should never buy software just because some blogger or forum (including this forum) suggested it. If a blogger makes its money from link revenue (as do most of the Mac bloggers) then whatever they say is suspect. Doesn’t mean the blogger or forum opinion is wrong—just means we should do the homework before buying.

I have no problem with Tinderbox or other “non-mainstream” software. It’s a terrific application—and I’ve spent years learning it and building value from it. I wouldn’t be as harsh as the OP in rejecting it. However, I suspect that well over half of those who buy it have no business using it—because they have no clue what they need *any* software for.