Julie M. Willingham
Assistant Editor
Real Job: Nurse
About Me
After 15 years working in agriculture with a M.S. in Agronomy, I was laid
off 2 jobs in less than a year. Medicine has always interested me and I now work as a Nurse.
I am somewhat of a Mac Luddite, usually using my
original software and hardware until one or the other no longer
works. I just started using OS 9 in 2002, after a brief stint
on 8.1 and a very long time on 7.5. I have been dragged into
X “screaming and kicking”, so I know there are “things” in
X that should have been brought from 9. And I still use floppy
disks.
My favorite non-game software includes Photoshop
Elements, Spring Cleaning, iTunes, Kaleidoscope, Kineticon, DragThing/DragStrip,
and interesting icons and cursors. Games I like are Galactica,
Bugdom, Snood, Descent, Cloudz, Taskmaker, pinball, and “shoot-em
ups”, but I prefer those requiring more brains than wrist
or reaction time.
What I really want is a yoke-style steering
input device and a joystick for flight sims (recieved from Robert in 2005) and to have time
to learn Mah Jong from my computer. Alas, I usually spend my
time at the computer using a word processor and a spreadsheet!
Why Mac?
The primary reason I use Macs is because (usually) they do what I want them
to, tend to behave themselves, and don't try to outsmart me. I am
not a geek or tech guy and don't think I should have to become one
to use my computer or to troubleshoot it on those rare occasions it needs
it.
I have been using Macs off and on since 1987, before
I ever did anything except a little Fortran with punch cards
and VAX/VMS. I was lucky enough to use a Mac at work from 1992-1994,
and have suffered with the Windows platform ever since. In 2002,
I was finally able to splurge on the Mac below.
My Mac
G4 733 MHz with SuperDrive and 17” monitor; 1.25GB RAM; 60GB internal
HD with OS 9, 80GB internal HD with Mac OS X and a partition for Virtual PC 6.
Why write for macCompanion?
I was invited to do so and it helped bring me into the world of Mac OS X.
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