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  • WordPress Upgrade Fear

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    Curtis McHale

    Decent article on WPRealm discussing why users don’t upgrade. The biggest reason I’ve found is that their web developer failed them. Any client I’ve talked to that is not upgrading their site is afraid of something breaking. While that may be the reason they give, it’s not the real reason. Really users aren’t upgrading because

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  • They Make Crappy Hardware Anyway

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    Curtis McHale

    So it seems that there is some risk to Microsoft with producing the new Surface Tablet. The company says in the document that “our Surface devices will compete with products made by our OEM partners, which may affect their commitment to our platform.” The real problem here is the OEM’s. HP, Dell, Acer, and all

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  • It Sounds Good to Say We’re Busy

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    Curtis McHale

    Awesome article over on the New York times about being busy. Busyness serves as a kind of existential reassurance, a hedge against emptiness; obviously your life cannot possibly be silly or trivial or meaningless if you are so busy, completely booked, in demand every hour of the day. I can’t help but wonder whether all

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  • Dragon Express, buggy buggy

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    Curtis McHale

    The more I’ve heard about dictation as a means of text entry I’ve wondered if it’s something that I could be more efficient by using. Nuance, makers of Dragon Dictate, are by far the best game in town. After a bit of research I decided to get Dragon Express (AppStore). At $50 it was a

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  • 1Password has My Back

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    Curtis McHale

    So the best password cracking tool (John the Ripper) is being set up to try and crack 1Password keychains. Not to worry 1Password has our back. There is way more technical detail than I can get in to here. Go read the post on how 1Password (and a strong Master Password) makes sure you’re totally

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  • Twitter Really is the Bad Guy in this Story

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    Curtis McHale

    So I wrote briefly about the censorship of a journalist that was critical of NBC and they’re Olympic coverage. Sure NBC was dumb for filing the complaint but it seems Twitter is the real bad guy in this journalist censorship story. It’s hard to remember now that Twitter was once the darling of techies everywhere.

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  • Most People use the Native Twitter Client Anyway

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    Curtis McHale

    I’ve talked more than once about Twitter restricting it’s API. Sure most people I know don’t use the native Twitter clients, but most people I know easily qualify as power users of pretty much anything they use. It seems that the general Twitter user uses Twitter’s apps or the website. Twitter has these stats as

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  • Twitter, Not Only Screwing Around with Their API

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    Curtis McHale

    So not only is Twitter screwing around with user data through their API, they’re getting in to censorship now. The article on The Huffington Post has more detail. Ultimately, the email address was public. Saying it’s not is like saying my email is not public (see my contact page). NBC just through some weight around

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  • Here Goes Twitter Screwing Around

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    Curtis McHale

    [As I talked about][talk] a while ago, Twitter is starting to get jealous with its data and API. Just recently the gave [Instagram the shaft][inst] by shutting it out of the API which allows Instagram users to find other Twitter friends. While I can certainly see that Instagram is a heavy user of the API

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  • Awesome Thoughts on JetPack

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    Curtis McHale

    I don’t post much about WordPress here anymore but this post on JetPack is right on the money. I use JetPack and have all the same thoughts as Brian. Not much else to say really, read his post for my view.

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