February 2011
17 posts
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Readability: Enjoy Reading. Support Writing. →
January 2011
11 posts
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“Governments shouldn’t hoard information. The information is there and it belongs...”
– Jennifer Stoddart (The Woman Who’s Making Your Privacy Her Business)
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What Your 16-Hour Workday Says About You!
jessiechar:
You’re a really hard worker
Your time is poorly managed
You don’t know what to do with your life
Your boss knows you’re gullible
At least 40% of your diet consists of pre-packaged food
You send out work emails at inappropriate hours
You have no perspective on life
You don’t sleep enough for proper brain function
You have very little self-respect
Your salary should be higher,...
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How the iPhone mail app decides when to show you... →
This is the kind of attention to detail that makes Apple an user-experience company, not just a gadget manufacturer.
“Apple does not sell computers, they sell consumer appliances. But what they...”
– Techies don’t understand what business Apple is in
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Blast from the Past links
Shawn Blanc suggested that people post links today to old articles that are still great to read. So here are my picks:
Watching the Corners: On Future-Proofing Your Passion by Merlin Mann
What You Can’t Say by Paul Graham
The Cult of Done Manifesto by Bre Pettis and Kio Stark
The Cult of Busy by Scott Berkun
Computing Simplicity, Minimalism, and Trust by Alex Payne
Taking a cue from...
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Facebook is a Ponzi Scheme — The Brooks Review →
Following on from yesterday, I’m not the only one thinking Facebook isn’t quite sustainable.
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Facebook bubble?
The move will also be a blow to Facebook. Goldman was reportedly aiming to raise $1.5bn for the company but had received orders for $7bn.
That’s a lot of money, almost to the point one must wonder if Facebook is big enough to take it. $7B input means many more Bs are expected out the other end, over time, and I’m not sure if that’s sustainable1. Even with 500M users, one...
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(※) The Simplification of Computing (or: Why Geeks...
The launch of Apple’s Mac App Store is a great opportunity to revisit an issue previously brought to light by the launch of the iPad: The simplification of general-purpose computing. It’s true that computers have been used for a few decades now, but you’ll be hard-pressed to find many users who have not been, at some point or another, thoroughly frustrated by the things....
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VLC pulled from the App Store, group-moaning...
Not sure what the problem is here: VLC for iOS has been pulled from the App Store, following one lead developer’s quest to resolve the issue of GPL apps having DRM applied to them. But TUAW and MacStories decide this means it’s open season on said developer because they are inconvenienced by the app’s absence. Gems like:
That’s awesome, Rémi. I’m sure your...
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riscfuture:
Let’s cover the App Store first.
All the points raised by Tim Morgan in his piece on the Mac App Store are valid concerns in terms of the differences between Apple’s HIG and how the MAS looks like. My only guess is that Apple made the decision to change some UI components looking forward to Lion rather than the existing version of the OS. It’s fine to debate whether...