Elsewhere…

Mark Pilgrim discovers new levels of arrogance. How dare he tell programmers what software they shouldn’t be working on, especially when evidently, there’s a market for them (they sell!).

Who is so serious about writing that they need a full-screen editor, but so unserious that they don’t have a favorite editor already?

Did the world stop, did people cease to be born and are we still using software from the 1980s? No. The world, its people and the software they use continues to evolve, and there is neither a requirement nor a benefit in sticking to old software just for the sake of pleasing Mark’s wishes. Someone like him should know that all too well. There is no need to resort to an idiotic “Starbucks, pick-up chicks” stereotypes either, nor for distinguishing writers by their “seriousness”.

When will the real Mark we’ve all grown to love come back? With such brilliant articles as “What’s your Winer Number?”?

Me and others are waiting.

In the meantime, while I personally have no use for a full-screen text editor, I sure as heck will continue to try out new ones, thankyouverymuch, and yes, if TextMate had been created this very year, I would still definitely give it a go and probably end up using it.