Re: [FCP-L] OT: Computers on a stick

well, all the apps on my site will run from any drive...
My favourite is my subtitler app. that i always carry with me...
(Although i don't work outside my own studio much lately.)

Bouke

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kerry Soloway" <ksoloway@gmail.com>
To: "Final Cut Pro L" <FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 3:40 PM
Subject: [FCP-L] OT: Computers on a stick

> Am I the last person to find out about "portable" applications? I recently
> learned that there are many programs available that can be run off of USB
> flash drives, enabling one to take their favorite applications with them.
>
> As a free-lancer, I find that many of my clients don't have the
> applications
> available on their systems that I have become accustomed to using. It's
> not
> a problem if I can download the application and install it myself (like my
> browser of choice, Firefox), but at large companies with IT departments
> that
> can be reluctant to install new applications, it can be.
>
> So I now travel with a USB flash drive with a variety of programs on it. I
> like to call it my "computer on a stick". These are, by and large, open
> source programs that I carry like Firefox, Filezilla, GIMP, Inkscape, Open
> Office, Celtx, NVU. The preferences are all saved on the stick so you are
> leaving nothing behind on the host computer.
>
> Is anyone else on the list taking advantage of this capability? If so,
> what
> are your favorite apps?
>
> Kerry
> -------------------
> Kerry Soloway
> http://www.NightingaleEditorial.com
> 201-247-4110
> ksoloway@gmail.com
>
> Watch "Consuelo Mack/WealthTrack" weekly on PBS. Check your local
> listings.
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

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