Month: September 2012
Venture Beat Jumps on with Overblown Claims
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So WordPress just released a live blogging plugin and Venture Beat tested it. Yes Venture Beat found a bug, then decided to make some overblown claims. All’s well that ends well, I suppose, but WordPress would do well to test its new plugins on at least the most recently released versions of the blogging engine…
Typing.io – Typing Practice for Programmers
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A few months back I changed over to Dvorak for my keyboard layout. Having a number of resources around for typing practice was crucial to getting my typing speed back up to what it had been. None of the typing tutors out there are really meant to help programmers type faster. Programming requires far more…
The Everything Bucket Just Never Stuck
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It’s always interesting to see the development of a person. Back in 2009 Shawn Blanc wrote a review of Yojimbo as a case for an ‘anything bucket’. Shawn’s Yojimbo review was actually my first encounter with his writing, and it was good enough I gave Yojimbo a shot. I had tried Evernote many times but…
It’s not All About the Quest for Pageviews
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I wrote yesterday about sensationalist reporting at The Verge regarding the iPhone 5 mockup hands on. We all know they’re doing it for pageviews, the real unfortunate part is that advertisers are paying for pageviews. When ever a client talks about pageviews while we are discussing the goals for a new site design I always…
Asinine Browser Requirements
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My buddy Roger just posted about stupid browser requirements. If you’re not going to read it here the short story is that an employee portal was launched in the last 6 months that only works with IE8 and lower. So he called tech support for the company that he works with.. And after they remote…
Sensationalist Reporting by The Verge – again
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This type of crap is exactly why I never read The Verge. The only way I get to their articles is by coming across them in Flipboard. They have a hands on with a IPhone mockup. I admit I never watched the video, I was too busy sighing and rolling my eyes at the stupidity…