January 2010
19 posts
“The bet is roughly that the future of computing: has a UI model based on direct...”
– This is starting to help me talk about why I don’t like the changes to the WordPress admin. It favors WP experts v. users. Whereas Flip vid cams favor users. This device is here for you to use.
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“When I think about the age ranges of people who fall into the Old World of...”
– What I’m enjoying about all this iPad hand wringing is the bubbling up of discussions about the mental models for using computers. Things like iPad are going to make our work available to so many more people, but not without some thoughtfulness on our part. Exciting.
stevenf.com - I need to...
“Until mobile devices compete mainly on price (probably a decade from now), tight...”
– Forget All The “Open” Talk — Apple Should Remain “Closed”
I feel this way about people always crowing about working in the middle of the night. Like, um, WTF, yo?
marco:
Alex Payne, in Don’t Be A Hero:
If someone is working at four in the morning, something is deeply wrong. Figure out what’s broken and delegate the work out evenly across your team such that it doesn’t happen again. Don’t pat your hero on the back for “pulling another...
“When we die we go to the Grand Canyon.”
– Just Like Heaven [The Non-Expert] (via Instapaper)
2009 Data Set
bustr:
feltron:
Today is the last day of 2009. This is a particularly exciting and bittersweet time, as it marks the end of a curious life-tracking experiment I began on the first day of the year.
In addition to the wallet, keys and phone, I made sure all year to always be stocked with numerous 2009 Annual Report cards. These individually numbered cards were handed to any person with whom I...