Another Mac site ?

That's probably what you're asking yourself right about now. Heck, it's what I'm asking myself ! So, what's this all about then ? And who am I ?

Well, after using Macs for - um - longer than I care to admit (hint: it's not far off the 'Macsimum' of 20 years), I've become known amongst my friends as something of a Mac expert and evangelist. I don't claim to know all there is to know about Macs - but I have built up a lot of knowledge that doesn't have an outlet. So why not share it with you guys ?

I work as a web developer*, mostly using Perl but trying to land a Ruby on Rails gig, and try to use Macs wherever possible in my professional life. More often than not, this means supplying my own Powerbook and hitching it up the the client's network without saying too much to their IT department. But I'm not just a road warrior - I have a Dual G5 back at home which gets plenty of use too.

I suppose what makes me kind of unusual is that I'm a techie (yep, I have a bona fide IT degree) that's been into Macs since the start. There's a growing crowd of linux users who've recently discovered the Mac, but not many programmers who were using the Mac back in system 7 days ! I've got to admit that the concept of Mac OS X - combining the Mac user interface with Unix's back end power - is something that I always thought would be a winner.

So, that's me - I think I'm pretty well qualified to offer up tips, hints and opinions on my favourite fruit flavoured computer brand.

Why now ? Well, it's the start of a new year, that's for sure. Also, in literally just a day or two His Steveness is highly likely to announce the availability of the first Intel based Macs. This is a sea change in the landscape of the Mac world - I have little doubt that this will have a huge impact on the way Macs are perceived amongst the other 90-odd percent of the computer using populace. Intel Macs will bring a hug amount of attention on to Apple's computers, and there's never been a better time to start blogging the Mac-o-sphere.

Who are you ? Well, you could be a rank novice in all things Mac, or a pro designer, or maybe a web developer like me. Whoever you are, I hope to keep you informed and interested, and if I don't do one or the other I'm relying on you to put me straight !

All that remains for me to say is :

Welcome to Macintosh


.* yes, I know it's hard to believe that I'm using a standard Blogger template - or that I'm using Blogger at all. I'll get round to addressing that just as soon as I can.

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