Comments on: Lessism over minimalism

By: eric

eric — Tue, 10 May 2011 14:06:18 +0000

It all depends on your objective function… in my case, I use one tool (emacs) for the vast majority of my computer work (code development, writing articles, email, etc.). Hence minimal == 1 tool! The fact that emacs runs perfectly fine on even my wee Nokia internet table (N800) seems minimal enough for me as well in terms of resource requirements.

By: Cowardly Commentator

Cowardly Commentator — Tue, 10 May 2011 13:24:05 +0000

Emacs!? and you call yourself a minimalist? You sir, disgust me.

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chris — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:49:24 +0000

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By: antalya web tasarIm

antalya web tasarIm — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:45:33 +0000

Still using a C64 for the old games. Am I a minimalist?

By: eric

eric — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:56:06 +0000

I truly enjoy this blog and follow it regularly (albeit sporadically, if that makes any sense…).

However, I would like to suggest that the attitude towards minimalism need not be the same for both hardware and software. I use (and need to use) very fast computers for what I do (algorithm design for optimisation) so my hardware is never what one would consider minimalistic; however, I do believe in software not getting in the way so I typically use very simple interfaces and usually text based tools when I can (linux with ratpoison, emacs, org mode and that’s about it really).

For me, it’s definitely all about functionality!

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By: Mini Malism

Mini Malism — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:26:52 +0000

Maybe minimalism (and even lessism) should mean using newer, smaller, quieter, more efficient machines rather than old clunkers. You can still run a slim system on top of that.
You shouldn’t only limit your scope to software. Look at the hardware you’re running. Hah.