> "I went through the whole tech cycle Liam did (started programming in '84), and felt crushed every time another obviously superior product died." I myself fe

> "I went through the whole tech cycle Liam did (started programming in '84), and felt crushed every time another obviously superior product died." I myself feel like a walking death sentence. Every tech that I'd ever liked and considered superior had died or getting there. Shit wins. As for smartphones/app store combo: I consider it a crime. People are dragging along powerful computers but instead of being able to use those in a creative way they're actively isolated from this type of usage.