ChrisLTD

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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
What if, right before he wrote that, he said "here's me pretending to be the evil guy the music execs think I am." :-)
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
It doesn't sound like you need to pay $30 to keep playing (in fact the base game is now cheaper than before), you're just paying to access continuously released extra features. Just another example of the industry's move toward more and mor
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
I suspect you're right about the number of users troubled by this behavior. However, that doesn't mean it shouldn't be fixed. If browsers are going to have this feature it might as well work properly.
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
"The UX feels slow, choppy, and unnecessary." While I am glad people are experimenting with new UI metaphors and reading experiences, every product I've seen from Onswipe has been, as you say, slow and choppy. And not just a little slow o
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
That ad is a pretty small price to pay for such an excellent browser. If the ads get more obtrusive then the price may be too high, but at least there are other great free alternatives to pick from (Safari, Firefox, Opera and even IE).
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
"[Yahoo is] still trying to be too many things to too many people--none of them well." And the things they did do well (Flickr, Delicious) have been abandoned or left to rot.
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
As long as there continues to be very little cost for switching from Google, they will always be vulnerable to a competitor who does search significantly better, mindshare or not. The good thing for Google is that no one is providing a comp
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
Good post. None of the parties mentioned, Apple, Google or Amazon really care about owning app distribution. It's something they do to increase the desirability of their devices. Apple does it so they can sell more iDevices, Google does it
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
NYC isn't likely to be the next Silicon Valley if we're talking about where the next Apple, Intel or HP will spring up. There is too much of a premium on space and too little hardware expertise. But the hot Valley companies these days are
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
As for HTC, I think they are hedging their bets. They license WP7 as well, and don't want to bet their entire company on Android.
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
"There's next to no additional value (especially with the currently broken push) provided by such a half-assed pseudo-native app." There may be no additional value to nerds like you and me, but there are plenty of normal people who want G
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
I'm not sure that's true. There are two types of video content right now: 1) Ad supported 2) Pay per episode or subscription Unless Google tries to block the ads or take an outsized cut of the episode or subscription fee, the content provid
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
Google had the best idea. Just search for the show you want to watch, don't worry about the source. Unfortunately, big media companies – in their infinite shortsightedness – decided to torpedo the project. By contrast, the app solution woul
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
"I don't know what you mean by 'Albert Pujols lifetime batting average with two outs and the bases loaded'." "If you like I can search the web for 'Albert Pujols'." [Search the web]
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
Yes, but you could listen to more music for the same price. Even if there are only 2 new albums I want to listen to a month, it's break-even to get an rdio/mog/spotify subscription vs. buying the albums.
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
Rdio was definitely lean at first (they didn't even have the Pixies!) but now they have a pretty solid US catalogue. Plus their mobile apps and music discovery features are superior to Spotify.
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
Looks like the Kindle and the Nook are the clear leaders in both availability and price. I haven't been too impressed with magazine iPad apps, so I'm hoping the Kindle Fire reigns in their "creativity" a bit and keeps the prices more in lin
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
I remember in the 90s when we lambasted Microsoft for cornering markets with free products (IE) so they could drive out the competition (Netscape) and eventually start charging for them when we had no other choice. Luckily that never really
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
Here's the money quote: "Americans love winners. But that's just the problem. These guys on Wall Street are not winning – they're cheating. And as much as we love the self-made success story, we hate the cheater that much more."
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
I have to think that your odds of getting hit by a car crossing the street would be lower than driving an hour each day. Anybody have any statistics?
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
Over the past couple of years I've noticed that when I pass someone driving erratically or abnormally slow, they are more often than not futzing with their phone (texting or talking). This is the kind of driving that ten years ago I would h
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
"When he starts to overlap with Siracusa and Gruber I start to tune out." Agreed 100%. I like Marco, Siracusa, and Gruber's podcasts but it'd be nice if they did a better job coordinating their topics.
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
I don't think too many liberal protesters are unaware of the plight of the developing world. It's a requirement for being a Bleeding Heart. :-)
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
There are some cheap Android phones with ancient OS's and terrible screens. Maybe you aren't likely to end up with one, I don't know. I'd still give someone advice about which Mac to buy, but I don't think an uninformed buyer is going to go
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
I guess I'm comparing it to what it was like in the early 2000s and 1990s. If someone asked me what computer they should get, I'd have to think about the quality of the manufacturer, the processor speed, the memory, the hard drive space and
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
There is an element to the Microsoft brand which not only lacks "coolness" but is also actively "uncool". I'd trace this phenomenon back to the antitrust lawsuits and the overall craptastic experience of Windows prior to XP. XBox was brilli
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
I know you're looking at this from the handset maker's point of view but I think it's equally applicable to the consumer. Exactly why should I chose a Windows Phone over an iPhone or Android phone? At this point, you can get Android phones
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
Playing devil's advocate here, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend any new Mac or any new iPhone to an average computer or phone user. Even Apple's lowest priced options are up to the task of all but the most demanding applications (state
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
"If Apple penalizes developers and undermines the promise it is making to users because it decides to be miserly about bandwidth, then it has to admit it launched iCloud before it was ready." That's the key right there. The size of the In
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by ChrisLTD 15y ago
I would only go as far as to say that Krugman is a dissenter from the prevailing line of economic thought in the United States and Europe. He's useful precisely because the prevailing thought crippled our economy and has little success in r

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