Author Archive

Why the Lucky Stiff, a pseudonymous Ruby programmer and writer with an engaging, friendly, playful style, has deleted his entire online presence. John Resig has a nice appreciation of Why’s work and style. ★ 
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Tim Bray is a convert. (And TouchPal looks good.) ★ 
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New documentary “about advertising and inspiration”, by Doug Pray. Check the list for upcoming screenings. ★ 
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CBS:Don Hewitt, recognized as a father of modern television news and the creator of the medium’s most successful broadcast, 60 Minutes, died of pancreatic cancer Wednesday. He was 86 and had homes in Manhattan and Bridgehampton, New York, w...
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Om Malik:Microsoft is apparently going to counter the Android and iPhone offensives on the mobile market with a new strategy: confusion. The company will allegedly continue to sell its increasingly less relevant Windows Mobile 6.5 for a low...
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Follow-up points and observations regarding 'The Android Opportunity'.
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“It’s not about email.” ★ 
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Shaun Inman:Lessn is an extremely simple, personal URL shortener written in PHP with MySQL and mod_rewrite. ★ 
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Some classic claim chowder from Steve Ballmer, back in April 2007 (two months before the iPhone hit stores):There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance. ★ 
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Bruce Schneier:Self-enforcing protocols are safer than other types because participants don’t gain an advantage from cheating. Modern voting systems are rife with the potential for cheating, but an open show of hands in a room — one t...
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