The Big Switch

I’ve been writing a series of articles for Philweavers.net, a local web-designer community, that focuses on the various lessons I’ve learned over the past month with my new Macbook Pro. Due to the nature of the venue, the essays are written from a web-designer’s perspective, but I touch on several foundational concepts as well. Check them out here:

The Big Switch: Introduction. Mac from a Windows user’s perspective. Talks about basic concepts like the file-system, installing/uninstalling applications, organizing your desktop, etc.
The Big Switch: Designer Tips and Tricks. Discusses various shortcuts and utilities available in the standard MacOS that go a long way towards making a web-designer’s life a little less stressful. Touches very briefly on the concept of PDF-based desktop rendering (via Quartz).
The Big Switch: A Touch of Windows. Compares the three major options for getting Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (and other Windows apps as well) working on your Mac. This article has yet to be published on Philweavers, but you can check it out already on my personal blog.