Angry Robot

Plato, software

Interesting that as I was temporarily Howard Hughesified by a seasonal virus, laid up in my command centre, a.k.a. bed, a.k.a. Plato’s cave of twinkling electronic entertainment phenomena, locked in Platonic embrace with my shiny metal bitch goddess, I should come to the same conclusion about the same piece of software as a notable compatriot, at roughly the same time. In short: launchbar kicks ass. I had recently purchased Key Xing, which I still think is pretty sweet, if only as a QuicKeys substitute, but LaunchBar seems to get you to anywhere in three keystrokes. Intelligent and intuitive, like all good (people and) software. Also of note: iPulse from the Iconfactory, a modern-art vision of what your computer was doing half a second ago, and for those with iPods, PodNews, which puts news, weather, and anything with an RSS feed on your li’l music box.