Package Manager: Homebrew is how you get things onto your Mac. Then I open Chrome (I guess you could use Safari or Firefox …) and start loading up the essentials: Then I find Terminal and add it to the Dock. The first thing I do is install Chrome and completely empty the Dock of everything but Finder, Settings and Notes. You open that crisp, white packaging, go through the basic setup, see the desktop and … now what? This blog is about a similar phenomenon I’m calling Blank Mac Syndrome. It’s been seen in countless movies, and there are a ton of tricks and tips to get past it. It haunts writers of every genre and format. It’s so common it has its own name: Blank Page Syndrome. I’m far from the only person who feels this way. No matter how great an idea you have, no matter how productive you feel, you open up that IDE or Word doc or (insert tool of choice) for the first time and your mind instantly empties. Nothing is more intimidating than a fresh page with a blinking cursor. As someone who loves to write, both personally and as a programmer, there’s one thing I dread more than anything else: an empty screen.
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