New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Engineers of HN, which tools and tech help your computer productivity?
Ask HN: Engineers of HN, which tools and tech help your computer productivity?
8 by robinhartley94 | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Hi engineers of HN, I’m interested in building software to help boost your productivity, particularly when using your computer. Therefore, I was wanting to ask the two following questions. If I get enough answers back, I’d like to write this up into an article, which I will post back to HN once done. You are welcome to answer the questions in the comments below, or using the Google Form I’ve set up here, whichever you’d prefer: http://bit.ly/2IN4o3n Question 1: It is my assumption that there are lots of repetitive keyboard actions you have to do in your day-to-day, both with highly specialised engineering software (database management, CAD, fluid modelling, stress analysis) and also when working with reports, spreadsheets and email. For example, changing snap sizes in AutoCAD or formatting reports in Word. Is this an accurate assumption or do you generally find no repetitive keyboard actions in your computer work? Specific examples of the tasks and the software it occurs in would be excellent! Question 2: If the above assumption is true, how do you overcome this repetitive computer work? Do you script your own macros, do you have a USB gadget to automate some of the process or do you use some existing software? Of course, you may do none of these and just get on with it – that’s a perfectly valid answer. Thank you for your insight, if you’re interested in the software I’m developing, you can see what it’s about here: http://bit.ly/2GBidk1 Cheers, Robin
8 by robinhartley94 | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Hi engineers of HN, I’m interested in building software to help boost your productivity, particularly when using your computer. Therefore, I was wanting to ask the two following questions. If I get enough answers back, I’d like to write this up into an article, which I will post back to HN once done. You are welcome to answer the questions in the comments below, or using the Google Form I’ve set up here, whichever you’d prefer: http://bit.ly/2IN4o3n Question 1: It is my assumption that there are lots of repetitive keyboard actions you have to do in your day-to-day, both with highly specialised engineering software (database management, CAD, fluid modelling, stress analysis) and also when working with reports, spreadsheets and email. For example, changing snap sizes in AutoCAD or formatting reports in Word. Is this an accurate assumption or do you generally find no repetitive keyboard actions in your computer work? Specific examples of the tasks and the software it occurs in would be excellent! Question 2: If the above assumption is true, how do you overcome this repetitive computer work? Do you script your own macros, do you have a USB gadget to automate some of the process or do you use some existing software? Of course, you may do none of these and just get on with it – that’s a perfectly valid answer. Thank you for your insight, if you’re interested in the software I’m developing, you can see what it’s about here: http://bit.ly/2GBidk1 Cheers, Robin
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