February 2010
31 posts
Dan Grover » Toward a Grand Unified Theory of... →
“As a computer savvy person, it’s easy to forget how different the average joe is from you. This disparity is the source of much frustration and inefficiency in the world. And it’s only going to get worse, unless we do something about it.”
Suicide Linux @ Things Of Interest →
“I have invented Suicide Linux. Any time - any time - you type any remotely incorrect command, the interpreter creatively resolves it into “rm -rf /” and wipes your hard drive.”
Marco.org - Side effects of developing for... →
“Major features only get developed if I want to use them. And, correspondingly, features I’ll never use are unlikely to be implemented.”
On the complexities of the filesystem →
Uri:
“I spent some time reading different comments and articles about the pro’s and con’s of the idea behind the iPhone OS, most specifically the fact that it is hiding the filesystem from the user. Personally I think it’s a great idea.”
“Raw Dog” (2007)
RA News: Mille Plateaux to relaunch this spring →
“Four years since its last release, quintessential electronic label Mille Plateaux has announced it will resume production in May 2010.”
Oh baby!
Soulver - Work with numbers your iPhone →
Basically replaced the regular calculator on my iPhone.
iPhone Application UI Design Patterns — Flyosity:... →
“The iPhone is one big constraint — no keyboard, small screen, few buttons — so designing applications for the iPhone is an exercise in building smart, simple software. Bloated apps on the iPhone? You won’t find many. Most applications pick one feature or group of related features and centralize the product around that central theme.”
“Evening”
“Night”
Eastern Threat 161 by Superjohan, good shit comin’ up: http://podcast.technopop.biz/episode.php?ep=161
Stop Being an Idiot - Ordered List →
“I hear this phrase a lot, and even recently, out of my own mouth: “Users are stupid, so we have to dumb this down to the lowest common denominator.” Stop it. Just stop it.”
Ghetto B-Boyz: “Are You Going To Make...
