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Replacing Skitch
When I left Mac for Ubuntu, there were a few programs that I missed. Skitch, this really amazing screenshot app that integrates with the web and causes your colleagues to deposit copious amounts of drool on their keyboards when they see the quality of your work product, was right underneath Scrivener in the most missed category. (Funny, all the programs that I really miss seem to start with an S…) I’d sort of given up and reverted to taking screenshots and then editing them with a combination of GIMP and Inkscape. Then I found Shutter.
This little jewel does everything I need it do quickly and with a minimal of fuss. It has some nice plugins, a built in editor, and a low learning curve. Nice, eh? Here are some screenshots I took playing around. It took longer to open up the other programs than it did to figure out Shutter. So I’m in love with a computer program. So what? Look at this way, this means that next set of Knitter’s Guides, which are going much better on the new computer, won’t take nearly as long to create as the first ones did!
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Words are my paintbrush. I've published technical articles and several small blips of fiction. An avid reader since age four, my sister once accused me of reading the words off the cereal box. Now, I can't imagine life without books and writing. With my Kindle in hand, I'm making my way through a long list of indy authors with a few traditionals thrown in for fun. Book reviews, baking tips, bread pictures, knitting, my latest computer meltdown/headache, relevant software reviews, rants about useless products and/or stupid politicians, odes to oolong tea...no topic's off limits.
My interesting, but rarely used education:
- BA Political Science; UGA 2004
- BA International Affairs; UGA 2004
- MA International Commerce and Policy; George Mason 2008
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