June 2010
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“It’s clearly designed for kids to play with their dads and for chicks to...”
– @ivegotabooboo, re: the player 2 function on Super Mario Galaxy 2.
May 2010
34 posts
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“The iPad makes using a computer less of a commitment.”
– Fred Wilson
To me, this is its most important characteristic by far.
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Feature request for OS X
I’ve used a multi-monitor setup for a while now. There’s no doubt that it increases my productivity significantly, but I do have one serious annoyance. I’ll be researching something on monitor 1, then go to type a note on monitor 2, but, forgetting to first click into monitor 2, I end up typing into a window on monitor 1.
So here’s my feature request: a setting that...
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On social (web) norms and on-boarding
Every social network is its own community with its own norms. Social norms are often the most daunting aspect of entering a new community. People like to know what’s expected of them. When they’re unsure, they’re uncomfortable. When they’re uncomfortable, they don’t engage. And when new people don’t engage, a community will eventually die out.
Alleviating...
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Watchjared:
Epic. Nike. Win.
Ronal…d’oh!
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Coolio - Gangsta’s Paradise
My bookend on...
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Live - Lightning Crashes
With my second-to-last...
“The reason browser quality matters for web usage is that if a feature is painful...”
– Marco Arment
“Have you heard from them, or should I get Medieval on them?”
– Anonymous
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NOFX - The Brews
Middle school throwback week...
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Weezer - Buddy Holly
Can’t get more middle...
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What's wrong with this picture (set)?
Image 1
Image 2
I noticed a small issue with eBay’s picture uploader. Can you see it? Icons are controls. Controls should do what they indicate in the manner that they indicate. So if your control indicates that it will rotate a picture counter-clockwise, it should do that.
This is a tiny issue, sure, but it confused me for a few seconds when I was listing my previous phone. And...
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Ben Horowitz - Why Startups Should Train Their... →
I’ll add another reason. Training is a major point of differentiation in recruiting. Wall Street/Consulting hype the hell out of their training programs because people don’t just want to learn, they want to be taught. A startup can’t match the formal programs offered by a GS or McK, but a strong apprenticeship program is always within reach. And where a single startup may lack...
“I’d like to speak to all of you tonight, or more realistically, Monday morning...”
– Alec Baldwin, SNL (via soupsoup)
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Why I Steal Movies, Even Ones I'm In →
Peter Serafinowicz (@serafinowicz) wrote an incredibly insightful piece today for Gizmodo about ownership and piracy in the digital age.
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Paul Westerberg - Waiting for Somebody
Because I...
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off (via Twitter/Foursquare) →
$16 billion vs. $16 million
jared:
The real problem isn’t a matter of “M” or a “B”. It’s the fact that one trade, one glitch, or even one insignificant trader, can wreak havoc with a single misinformed click.
Agreed, but I’m suspicious that this is really what happened. I’ve never interacted with a computer that would let me crash it without five levels of warning. B instead of M seems like a serious...
Marco.org: Hot zones →
If you’re reading this, there’s a better-than-average chance that you own an iPad. Have you tried to show it to someone extremely nontechnical, like that parent or grandparent who has never really used computers, or those friends who are always scared of technology because their computers always…
This is also true for fidgeters (like me).
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Solving the alt-tab problem →
Like the author, I don’t know if this will solve the problem, but I love his thoughtful approach.
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Guest post: Legal research takes a giant step...
[EDIT: @ivegotabooboo has withdrawn her praise for this product (and has learned a great lesson about the nature of product demos). Please see her comment following the post]
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My fiancee came home last night RAVING about this new search product Westlaw (sub of Thomson Reuters) is rolling out. I don’t know if I’ve ever...
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“It will figure out what you need and then give you what you want.”
– This is a line from a presentation for Thomson Reuters’ newest legal research product, Westlaw Next. This is the exact opposite identity of previous online research products (I always thought of them as: you figure everything out; if you’re specific enough, I’ll show it to you)....
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52 Weeks of UX: Experience Precedes Branding →
Do we all love the Nike logo because it’s inherently a great logo or do we love it because we’ve had good experiences with Nike shoes? How about the FedEx logo? The Apple logo? Chanel No. 5?
Conventional wisdom, or a trip to Times Square, might convince us that logos and imagery change the…
Start following this tumblr.
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Efficiency in all forms
My fiancee and I saw a movie tonight at the 66th street Loew’s (it was The Losers, and it was pretty damn entertaining). Because she had some coupons we had to stand in line for the box office. Now, we haven’t bought movie tickets from a human in months, if not years. Usually the box office consists of one attendant and one line, which translates to a long line. The best solution...