Steveism

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by Steveism 15y ago
I've noticed quite a few Mac and iOS apps using Markdown lately. If anything it seems to be gaining adoption. Of course this isn't based on any actual data just my own observations. Perhaps a Windows user can chime in and comment about it's
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New IE10 memory protection features not just for IE(arstechnica.com)
3 points by Steveism 15y ago|0 comments
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by Steveism 15y ago
I agree with the sentiment that what matters most to the customer is what should be front and center in marketing. In my opinion what is shown to the customer is a direct indication of the respect level that a company has for their customer
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by Steveism 15y ago
This reminds me of a blog post from Maciej, the creator of Pinboard, regarding why sometimes free services aren't all they're cracked up to be: http://blog.pinboard.in/2011/12/don_t_be_a_free_user/
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by Steveism 15y ago
As perviously stated, the article touches on data gathering from Twitter in another Wikileaks related case where data was legally seized without a warrant.
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by Steveism 15y ago
It's troubling that this type of data gathering doesn't require a warrant. The American Government can't expect oppressive countries to clean up their act when the example they set is to bypass civil liberties whenever possible.
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Before the Pacific: finding the lost islands of a Pangea-era ocean(arstechnica.com)
1 points by Steveism 15y ago|0 comments
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by Steveism 15y ago
After taking a gander at Pinterest's Terms of Use I deleted my account. The legal disaster that is Pinterest's terms is just epic. It's bad for its users and awful for the sites that had their content pinned. It puts everybody in a bad spot
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by Steveism 15y ago
I love that Instagram has been able to grow and be successful without needing much of a website. While they do have a website it sure doesn't do much beyond sharing a photo. This definitely sends a message that designers, developers, and st
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by Steveism 15y ago
I've always been fond of the official navy.mil time site. It's an ascii lovers paradise: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl
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by Steveism 15y ago
I'll choose to ignore the insult. Actually, I'm a web designer and I could quite easily tell them apart. Couldn't you?
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by Steveism 15y ago
All I did was mention that I agreed with Gruber not that he swayed me one way or the other. I think the fonts in ICS along with the rest of the Android interface is just awful. And obviously saying that in a thread which would appeal to an
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by Steveism 15y ago
Well, he clearly felt that three adjectives to describe the font was sufficient. I would have to agree. Of course everything on Daring Fireball is normally in the context of how a certain topic pertains to Apple which the rest of the articl
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by Steveism 15y ago
John Gruber is extremely well versed in typography. He talks at great length about typefaces in his podcast and has worked for Bare Bones Software on BBEdit, a well known text editor. I would tend to trust his judgements on this matter.
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by Steveism 15y ago
I'm not a Roboto fan. I think Gruber sums it up the best: http://daringfireball.net/2011/10/font_hipsters
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by Steveism 15y ago
As far as aesthetics go I actually prefer the approach Marco takes with Instapaper. I think Readability does have more of a polished feel but in no way does this polish make the service any more usable. The Instapaper apps are top notch in
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by Steveism 15y ago
I couldn't agree more with Marco. The App Store rating system is confusing and down right ineffective. It consistently hurts developers and does little to help consumers. Apple really needs to bring some clarity and common sense into the ra