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June 5, 2009

Enrique Llanos
kukin
Beyond Zarathustra
» 3 + 1 Apps for Mac Designers

Unlikely to follow twitter links, I’ve followed one due to the word “Mac” in it two days ago:

RT @DesignerDepot: 40 Mac Freewares and Open Source Software for Web Designers:  http://tinyurl.com/pu7o6g

I’m not a designer yet I’m very well versed in Computers and Operative Systems, plus I self-learned the basics of design some years ago out of curiosity.

So, regarding the twitt you see lines above I must say I recommend 3 + 1 apps which will completely overcome these 40 apps recommendations, and these are:

  1. Gimp for OS X (Open Source Software): Advanced app for image manipulation.
  2. TextMate (Paid Software): The best app for editing source code, it completely worth it!
  3. CyberDuck FTP (shareware): A truly complete FTP client, sends keep-alive bits throughout the communication.

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  1. Imagemagick (Open Source Software): I under-use this app via a simple oneliner script I created to resize and change format, using it’s binary “convert”; Installed via Darwin Ports for Mac.

Of course these tools are quite far from the ultimate tools for designers, yet my list is much reasonable to -at least- try than the 40 apps recommended by DesignerDepot; no pun intended.

by Enrique at 8:27 PM under design , design depot , gct , grep , image magick , imagemagick , linux , os x , script , textmate (Comments)
March 24, 2009

Enrique Llanos
kukin
Beyond Zarathustra
» What to look for in a C.E.O.?

Here is the deal, you are an investor, you have a good idea for bussiness and want to put it in action, you also have a draft of a bussiness plan, you start a company.

After short time you realize you need to hire an experimented C.E.O. (hey, you are an investor and your motivation is to invest in more than one bussiness, you have great eye for bussinesses, right?).

Now, what is the minimum set of skills (setpoint [0]) for the C.E.O. you want to hire?; In no particular order here is mine:

  • Strong sense of determination,
  • Strong sense of urgency,
  • Strong capacity of communication,
  • Ability to work under stress and/or ability of finding solutions while in any chaos situation,
  • Our C.E.O. must be a goal oriented person,
  • Our C.E.O. must wear exactly what’s necesary in any situation and must impress people at first look,
  • Our C.E.O. must be someone people wants to work with,
  • Our C.E.O. must speak and write correctly, no ordinary vocabulary nor lack of a good vocabulary must be shown, ever,
  • Our C.E.O. must have “good eye” for people,
  • Our C.E.O. must rapidly adapt to any situation and win,
  • Our C.E.O. must have a passion (or more than one) non work related (must be a “happy” person),
  • Our C.E.O. must love his/hers job/task/mission/goals,
  • Our C.E.O. always have to look into peoples eyes while talking,
  • Our C.E.O. must wear a fine wrist watch,
  • Our C.E.O. doesn’t need to be too friendly, he/she must transmit as well certain feeling of unreachability,
  • Our C.E.O. must be well paid,
  • Our C.E.O. preferably must have a fine car/truck for daily use,
  • Our C.E.O. must demonstrate he/she can spend money at will,
  • Our C.E.O. must want to have family (if not already),
  • Our C.E.O. must know/like arts,

At this time I don’t think of anything else, maybe this list will be update sometime soon… So, what are the skills you look for in your future C.E.O.?

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setpoint_(control_system)

by Enrique at 7:12 AM under business , gct (Comments)