Best of 2014

The blog posts Hacker News loved most in 2014. 105 posts.

Design & UX
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Fixing Windows 8 (2013)

Let me begin by saying that I love Windows 8. I have it on all of my computers and I find that is the best OS for productivity and awesomeness. OS X is good looking and polished, especially with the Mavericks update (A.K.A. fake leather killer), but I find that it is lacking some productivity detai

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Pushing iOS

Here’s the stronghold and I’m the little bunny who can barely move around a sword going straight for it. If anyone sends me a picture of a bunny me that can’t move around a sword against a giant Apple stronghold castle… I’m putting it right here! Windows Phone is getting more traction and Android i

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The Art of Unix Usability (2004)

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