October 2009
23 posts
15 Minutes – Clean Clothes – Anywhere In The World →
“Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People...”
– Steve Jobs, Apple’s C.E.O.
“An indicator is only useful if it is indicating something.”
– Johnathan Ive
The Suck Less philosophy for software →
mnmal:
Many (open source) hackers are proud if they achieve large amounts of code, because they believe the more lines of code they’ve written, the more progress they have made. The more progress they have made, the more skilled they are. This is simply a delusion.
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Code complexity is the mother of bloated, hard to use, and totally inconsistent software. With complex code, problems are solved...
The rules for computing happiness
mnmal:
Back by popular demand:
Alex Payne has the following rules for a healthy computing experience. I do agree with all of them.
The list
On software:
Use as little software as possible.
Use software that does one thing well.
Do not use software that does many things poorly.
Do not use software that must sync over the internet to function.
Do not use web applications that should be...
“Black face in a high place.”
– Cornel West on Obama on The Colbert Report
The problem with iPhone Killers →
I usually don’t have much to say about the smartphone race, but this article hits bang right on the nail of what I feel about this whole iPhone Killer business.
WatchThis is the heart of why I am so fanatical about OS X.
“Stitch: tookie bo waba,
|chorus: i lai la ua i la, no mala hini ohana
welcome...”
On arugments
If I don’t argue with you it doesn’t mean you’re opinion is worth shit. It just means that I’m tired of fighting it out with a person who is not open to new ideas and such.
Or probably doesn’t know as much.
Sometimes there are just some people who think they know a lot because they have either studied a lot or travelled far and wide or both. It doesn’t mean...
On Fanboyism
To put it simply. Nothing is good, unless everything about it is. That’s the perfect world.
In this imperfect world, whichever has more good all over, wins.
Coming from a developer standpoint, whoever makes fantastic tools/frameworks to make the developer’s life easier while helping in making things look top notch wins.
And that’s why I think Apple does the best shit ever and...
It's in opportunity cost
I don’t get why reviewers can objectively do reviews of products if they haven’t paid for it at all.
Shouldn’t opportunity cost be a factor in all things. And considering the average consumer, it is more experiential and personal than just assuming you paid or the product and trying to extrapolate it’s value by guessing.
Mein gott! I want this book. Like really want it.
Have always been really impressed with how he does what he does, RDF and all. Even applied it to when I was doing my term as Students’ Union President in Polytechnic.
Would love to see what they can dissect from perhaps a master at telling you stories and getting you to buy stuff.
Ikea Hacker →
WatchIt dawned on me when I watched this particular TED talk that I was very much in what David Logan terms a level 2 tribe. I’ve basically gone from saying that life sucks to the one that says mine sucks on infinite levels of hell.
That being said, I do want to move on, cause it is only natural eh?
I’ve been doing some stuff to better my situation thus far. Working on apps to make life...
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Reboot
Restarted the tumblr account. Old one was being too clogged up with feeds from twitter and flickr. Gonna stop that with this new one and just write and post other cool shit.