Comments on: Interview with Allan Odgaard, creator of TextMate http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/ Sun, 20 May 2012 16:50:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jay http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-30992 Jay Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:03:05 +0000 http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/#comment-30992 The crazy thing is... this interview is 2 years old. And there isn't any TM2 releases. The crazy thing is… this interview is 2 years old. And there isn’t any TM2 releases.

]]> By: Arne http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-30956 Arne Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:33:07 +0000 http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/#comment-30956 I really enjoyed this interview, though it's a little bit older. It's so nice to hear Allan Odgaard talk about his work, and your questions were very great. I really enjoyed this interview, though it’s a little bit older.
It’s so nice to hear Allan Odgaard talk about his work, and your questions were very great.

]]> By: Patrick http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-1414 Patrick Sun, 07 Oct 2007 09:31:37 +0000 http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/#comment-1414 Thanks for this great interview. Thanks for this great interview.

]]> By: Rafael Bugajewski http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-1409 Rafael Bugajewski Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:57:20 +0000 http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/#comment-1409 I enjoyed reading, very nice posts. Thanks for the insights in TM2. I enjoyed reading, very nice posts. Thanks for the insights in TM2.

]]> By: Egil http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-1408 Egil Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:16:53 +0000 http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/#comment-1408 Nice post and great interview! Really looking forward to TM2 - it will definitely rock! Nice post and great interview!

Really looking forward to TM2 – it will definitely rock!

]]> By: Karl Fogel http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-1411 Karl Fogel Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:35:41 +0000 http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/#comment-1411 Great interview! Interesting that you can't really tell (until about one-third through the interview, where he says it outright) that TextMate itself is not an open source project. So much of the dynamics of the way he's running the project are open-sourcey, and the way he talks about the IRC channels, etc. It's clear he's really thinking deeply about how to design user interfaces that make sense for experts, e.g., the whole "primary action" part of the conversation, and about menus changing according to subcontext. I think Emacs (my poison of choice) went through a similar phase of angst about ten or fifteen years ago, and has never really emerged from it, but that may be because there's no completely satisfactory solution to the problem. (And, just out of personal & professional interest: I'd love to see if switching to a distributed version control has the effects he hopes it will have, in terms of removing administrative overhead.) Great interview!

Interesting that you can’t really tell (until about one-third through the interview, where he says it outright) that TextMate itself is not an open source project. So much of the dynamics of the way he’s running the project are open-sourcey, and the way he talks about the IRC channels, etc.

It’s clear he’s really thinking deeply about how to design user interfaces that make sense for experts, e.g., the whole “primary action” part of the conversation, and about menus changing according to subcontext. I think Emacs (my poison of choice) went through a similar phase of angst about ten or fifteen years ago, and has never really emerged from it, but that may be because there’s no completely satisfactory solution to the problem.

(And, just out of personal & professional interest: I’d love to see if switching to a distributed version control has the effects he hopes it will have, in terms of removing administrative overhead.)

]]> By: Jose http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-1410 Jose Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:34:36 +0000 http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/#comment-1410 Great post! Great post!

]]> By: Mary McKee http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-1413 Mary McKee Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:56:39 +0000 http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/#comment-1413 I second that! Very interesting read. I second that! Very interesting read.

]]> By: Terrell Russell http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-1412 Terrell Russell Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:49:58 +0000 http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2007/10/01/interview-with-allan-odgaard-creator-of-textmate/#comment-1412 Great post, JJB. Fascinating look into how these decisions get made. Thanks. Terrell Great post, JJB.

Fascinating look into how these decisions get made. Thanks.

Terrell

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