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Why I Hate Adobe
Ok…hate is such a strong word. I don’t exactly hate them…I don’t hate anyone actually (not that I can think of ). However, the image below …
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Richard Stallman: "I Wished I Had Killed Myself"
I received a review copy of Steven Levy's seminal book Hackers back in the 1980s, but never read it. I did, though, keep it, because it lo...
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Android Tries Harder
Google is trying very hard to get developers to build apps for Android app phones.
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Women in tech - Stop talking, start coding
I read Out of the Loop in Silicon Valley in the NYTimes today, which explores how and why women are under-repesented in tech startups. From the number of retweets I saw and the clicks through bit.l…
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JWZ on iPhone OS development: "This is why I sell beer"
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Non-Apple's Mistake
I've been patient, I've been gracious And this mountain is covered with wolves Hear them howling, my hungry children Maybe you should stay and have another drink and think about me and you. Jonathan Coulton, "Skullcrusher Mountain"
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Apple removes Scratch from iPad/iPhone/iTouch
A real bummer — Apple removed Scratch from the iTunes store, so it’s no longer available for iPad, iPhone, or iTouch. Why? Discussion on the Scratch forums suggests that it’s be…
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The Gervais Principle III: The Curse of Development
In the first two parts of this series, we talked about the archetypes that inhabit organizations (Sociopaths, Losers, Clueless), what they do (the Gervais…
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Nakatomi Space
architectural conjecture :: urban speculation :: landscape futures
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We are like prisoners... We do not have a life, only work.
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Five rational arguments against Apple's 3.3.1 policy
Many developers are up in arms about a new policy from Apple that mandates all iOS applications to be written in either a flavor of C or JavaScript. It’s original motivation is apparently to prevent Adobe’s imminent Flash-to-iOS compiler in CS5 from working, but the collateral damage is…
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Bravo, Apple
Finally, Apple is doing away with those arrogant upstarts who think then can write a few lines in a high level language and call it a program. Their new developer agreement requires:
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Steve Jobs’ response on Section 3.3.1
After posting my reaction to clause 3.3.1 of the iPhone SDK terms I decided to write Steve Jobs the following email:
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Steve Jobs Has Just Gone Mad
Today Apple announced a version 4 their iPhone OS. It seems to answer most of the open issues relating to the platform. All sounded good.
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Why Apple Changed Section 3.3.1
I’m not arguing that it benefits anyone other than Apple itself. I’m just arguing that it makes sense from Apple’s perspective — and it was Apple’s decision to make.
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John Gruber: The iPad
Notes and observations, five days in.
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The Shirky Principle
[Translations: Japanese] “Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.” — Clay Shirky I think this observation is brilliant. It reminds me of the clarity of the Peter Principle, which says that a person in … Continue reading →
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Daring Fireball: The Kids Are All Right
Somehow I don’t think young Mr. Kaplan — a 13-year-old with an iPad app — sees the iPad as hurting his sense of wonder or entrepreneurism.