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by nchlswu 16y ago
I'm surprised someone hasn't made a "crappygraphs"-esque version of this yet.
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This is a silly issue of semantics, but the trackpad isn't exactly a mouse; still a pointing device though. Anyways, his snipe is hardly outdated. Apple's most succesful products manage to balance form and function beautifully, but their mi
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You're not considering regional standards and cost of living, though. Even if you consider that, I think what you described is hardly specific to the Toronto Area. Any company without their own "dev shop" or tech culture, regardless of area
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You've just given examples where a great UX has made up for any apparent UI-deficiencies. SDK buttons are "good enough," in that they're UI elements that won't negatively impact UX on their own (implementation obviously matters here). "Goo
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Uof Calgary forms committee to determine rules for electronics in class(cbc.ca)
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In recent weeks/months there was some discussion over the connotations of the term "hustler." To be succesful, you have to put forth the effort (hustle) in every single area of a business. The assumption made is that skill (and determinatio
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This is a hugely overlooked point. There's a huge variety of simple blogging tools, but Tumblr's difference is the simplicity combined with the community. The ability to reblog with simplicity is a huge part of their success.
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I was too young and never paid attention to search results. I definitely think your reasons are valid. I didn't intend to say people's perspectives weren't, rather that from an insider's perspective, Live was very much approaching success.
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I think that's one of the objectives of this article; provide that alternate perspective. I thought that Bing was the true turning point as well, but I never gave Live Search a fair chance then, and I don't think many others did either. To
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Among people I've seen use it, there's this tendency to dive in head first to use it. I get the impression that the general thinking is to differentiate themselves from the crowd (and since I'm in school, the thought is they'll get better m
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Perhaps this is a shortsighted and gross overgeneralization, but I would imagine CS conference attendees are more interested in the content of a presentation than the humanities. Presentation style and stylistic elements that can make or br
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I love RedBull's approach to sponsorships and marketing. Like many others, I really think they just get it. RedBull sponsors such a wide variety of activities, it's amazing. They hold tonnes of mainstream pop culture events, and then have e
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that situation was taken way out of proportion
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I think it is directly tied to this process; but it's definitely something deliberate (and I assume thought out for a while) as well.
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At first glance, I can easily agree with "professionalism is for amateurs," but the explanation is severely lacking. There's confusion between acting and behaving professional (professionalism) and being a professional (vs. an amateur). You
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There's this tunnel vision that propagates in highly specialized communities like HN. Stepping back and viewing things from the bigger picture is a skill that is highly underrated. That being said, from my personal observations, Dropbox is
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This is exactly what I was thinking. I wasn't realistically expecting anymore than what was presented, but I got sucked into the hype machine last minute. As a result, the case truly stood out to me. Apple improved on ideas that have been i
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by nchlswu 16y ago
I love Apple's design. It's absolutely beautiful. But when I look back, their designs tend to age with the same quality that you mentioned. I take a look at the Colourful iMacs, PowerBooks and iPods of the past and now they all have the sam
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by nchlswu 16y ago
I follow that design studio fairly closely, and from what I can tell, the project's been abandoned anyways. They got a developer in, but after that there wasn't much progress. Edited: Typo.
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Except - unless I misinterpreted it - PG didn't quite say that. He pointed out the differences between the tech bubble then and what's occurring now. Sure, I'm nitpicking, but I think it's an important distinction. If there's a bubble, it w
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by nchlswu 16y ago
Looks like this isn't too clear. An IBM spokesperson said he can't hear what other players are saying at all and only takes input from the question board. ( http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/02/ibms-wats... ) Regardless, Wat
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Personally, I've never been surprised at Wave's apparent failure. To me, it was no different than any other attempt at a "revolutionary idea" that didn't work later in another revision or iteration (I think Hacker News readers understand th
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Great idea. While, I'm not sure about having an online star chart, I'm sure I'm underestimating the prevalence of technology in children's lives today. There's an opportunity here to extend this into reinforcement tracking for other areas a
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This. I always liked the term "CV" (I was just trying to be different - lame I know), but I realized in North America - I'm Canadian - "resume" is the defacto standard. A position in academia will mention CV, or rather, "CV/Resume". In my e
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Without considering the context, the logo itself is pretty good. I like the badge/custom badge and related components. Overall though, I don't like it. I don't think it's a fitting logo (the superman/superhero comparisons are what come to m
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I think it's safe to say that most people simply think of cross platform BBM as being the most wanted potential cross platform offering. Then, I recall RIM's lawsuit against Kik. Aside from Kik, though, I think the obvious question would be
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I've always been a single spacer. I understood the purpose in monospace, I otherwise never understood the practice. Almost everyone I've heard only practices it because that's how they learned. That reason wasn't good enough, especially whe
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Off the top, there are a couple of problems with the article. First, the number of likes may be the easiest quantifiable measure to refer to, but by no means does it reflect the effectiveness of a campaign Secondly, music isn't the best su
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Reminds me of the "No Name" Brand in Canada (maybe local to certain provinces; Google Images: tiny.cc/nonamepics). It's interesting because the brand has purposely gone minimal. It's easily distinguishable treatment and lack of loud element
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by nchlswu 16y ago
I agree, 100 percent. Some of the brands they mentioned are surprising as well. I think all companies should be social media competent (and keep an eye on what people are saying) but participation is not required.

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