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@mordy @justinseeley Hmm, how about: "it'd be like driving from Midtown to JFK, in the rain, at 3pm on the Friday before a long weekend"?

@jehartwick thanks! Glad you like 'em. Studio tech? I tip my hat to you - that can be a tough job.

@JustinSeeley @mordy Hey, I'd happily take a fellow staff author out for dinner, but it's a 300 mile round trip from Flagstaff...

I wonder if the local gun club would let me bring my printer along and machinegun it into shreds? A baseball bat just not good enough.

The redesigned AirPort Utility is very, uh, pretty. Makes me wonder what system prefs will look like in the next version of Mac OS

@_vipuls my guess is late February, if there are no problems with testing and QA - will announce as soon as I know!

@Admore yeah, I should have taken a pic, but unfortunately I just fed it to the other neglected piece of equipment - the shredder

Long-neglected fax machine just spat out junk fax for "Driveway Asphalt!" Clip art. Comic Sans. Like getting a message from the past.

@MSAljaber Python good for website, sure, but Ruby on Rails is also great platform.

@MSAljaber make iPhone and Mac apps.

@MSAljaber ..secondary to "what do I want to make" so even tho Objective-C not my favorite language, that's what I use because I want to

@MSAljaber ..Ruby, but that's just because I've done more with it - Python and Ruby are both great languages. But for me, language is...

@MSAljaber These days, PHP rarely, just to extend existing app like Wordpress or Drupal, not for new development. I use Python more than..

@maskegger Chrome for best Gmail support. I still use Firefox for debugging out of habit, but Chrome Developer Tools are very good.

I wish Apple would start making printers again. I'd happily go Office Space on this one #pcloadletter #whaddyameanprinternotconnected

@emaarkhan yes, Objective-C is very Mac-focused, it's possible to write on PC but doing anything practical requires a Mac

@emaarkhan @lyndadotcom thanks Emaar! Sorry, but it's unlikely - PHP not my strong point and my next several courses already planned out!

@bobbyowsinski touchscreen control surfaces (lemur, neyrinck, smithson-martin) seem to be on the rise - are you a fan? #NAMMchat

@bobbyowsinski With amateur home studios, what's the usual weak link in the chain - the room? monitors? interface? (talent? ;)) #NAMMchat