06 March 2009

I was looking at my Quick Launch bar the other day and thought, "How cool would it be to see how other people lay out their Quick Launch bars?"

Why?

I don't know...maybe because it says something about a person. A person's desktop is less interesting to me because it's typically just cluttered up with shortcuts to programs and documents.

The Vista Sidebar isn't of much interest either because there is typically a clock, the date, a system analyzer and some goofy gadget that guesses your weight...

However, the Quick Launch bar is typically scaled back and can be a direct reflection of a person's abilities, work habits and interests.

Disclaimer: I'm not a regular Mac user so I'm not sure how this translates...

So Here Is My Quick Launch Bar (moving from bottom to top):

• Desktop
• Vista Window Manager
• VPN access to work server
• External Hard Drive (used to back up personal files)
• Excel File (password protected: List of all my passwords for work and personal use).
• SyncToy 2.0 (excellent free tool for syncing folders on computer or even to external sources).
• Outlook 07
• Windows Live Messenger (love the new look)
• Blu (sweet Twitter client)
• IE7 (can't wait for IE8 - even though I rarely ever use IE anymore)
• Firefox 3 (my default browser - with the FoxMarks extension I can keep faves synced across all computers)
• Safari 4 (cool looking - just not using it much)
• Zune (sweetness pure and simple - subscription plan is the only way to go)
• Windows Media Player (how did that get in there? I need to delete that since Zune handles all that stuff for me...)
• (next six) My most used CS4 Apps (Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash and the Flask media encoder are my core)
• Work files (located in My Documents and synced with the server for backup purposes)
• Personal files (outside My Documents - synced with my external hard drive for backup purposes)
• Recycle Bin (for easy disposal of my trash :)