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by tammer 9y ago
macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, embedded systems on AirPorts & AirPods, and more in the oven I’m sure. Apple is “allowed” to do whatever they choose but their decisions are likely constrained by the reality of organizing so many complex prod
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by tammer 9y ago
I agree here but to be fair that was a time when as a company Apple produced one single operating system. That type of attention to detail comes with such singular focus. If you’re an Apple VP right now, your concerns are about branching in
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by tammer 9y ago
The key is understanding your own long term and legacy goals. Then you can estimate whether your current productivity will get you there. If you aren’t clear on what it is you want, you’ll always be caught feeling unsure if you’re doing eno
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by tammer 9y ago
Where Facebook overlaps with the real world it is quite a strong service. What limits them from extending further is that their revenue is dependent on competing with time spent offline.
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by tammer 9y ago
All these comments about hardware buttons will in a few years inspire the same chuckles reading comments about how hardware keyboards are absolutely essential for cellphones from 2007.
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by tammer 9y ago
I think these lessons are so profound that they actually extend beyond technology to most business or social concepts.
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by tammer 9y ago
Western society's concept of justice is largely focused on punitive retribution. A transformation to restorative action is needed here.
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by tammer 9y ago
This assumes everybody's in the same office. Slack has tremendously improved my team's communication as we're spread across many university buildings.
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by tammer 9y ago
Since I'm seeing confusion about how this has occurred in various comments: this is actually not a failure of the executive branch/presidential administration. The American system is defined by a system of "checks and balance
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by tammer 9y ago
Not sure if you live in the US but my experience with the US healthcare system (I work adjacent to one of the top US research hospitals) is that there is a critical problem of patient identification between institutions. Because we have no
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by tammer 9y ago
I think this is absolutely correct which is why I believe the days where we can count macOS on having the ability to execute non-sandboxed applications are numbered. I think in hindsight apps that have already made the transition to the App
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by tammer 9y ago
Specifically I went through a rapid phase of personal development at the People's Action weeklong immersion training[1] (and am pursing becoming a trainer myself). Although of course this is non-tech related & there are likely othe
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by tammer 9y ago
Leadership training. I always thought "leadership" was a nebulous concept that you achieved solely through experience. I later learned that there is an entire curriculum of exercises and reflections one can do to improve their des
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by tammer 9y ago
One-on-one meetings are the single most under-rated (because they are the single most useful) tool for any modern professional. There is a clear technique on how to make these meetings successful that I don’t see being discussed or shared.
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by tammer 9y ago
I follow a similar protocol & find it very helpful. The missing link for me was the events function of Facebook, which I find endlessly useful. Luckily FB now has a standalone app specifically for this, Facebook Local. Its no-nonsense,
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by tammer 9y ago
With an anti-science regime in charge of the government, America will only continue to see its technological lead decline. Brutal to be confronted with such a cutting opinion in an otherwise congenial article and to have no thoughts
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Women’s Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie(prisonpolicy.org)
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by tammer 9y ago
For more on this I highly recommend Jimena Canales' "A Tenth of a Second: A History"[1] [1]: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/093185.html
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by tammer 9y ago
The company that truly improves email will be a fixture and a household name. Its a devilishly hard problem, though. But one with immense potential. I think a big limitation of current attempts are the focus on closed teams/enterprises
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by tammer 9y ago
I think these are actually the most minor problems with the USB-C vision. The VAST majority of consumers will never encounter a thunderbolt device, and the ones that do can be expected to understand the cable difference. What is far more of
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by tammer 9y ago
I see IPFS as the single most promising & important software projects in the world today.
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by tammer 9y ago
Eh it sounds to me that this is a great quick fix for the "I'm slightly too far from the AP to have bandwidth but I'm still maintaining a connection" problem I have almost daily. Will make an obscure security concern you
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by tammer 9y ago
Part of me still misses my beloved IBM-made X31. But ultimately even if I could choose one with modern components/specs, the thing that would keep me on a MacBook (disregarding software) is the unibody enclosure. Much better to have a
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by tammer 9y ago
This is a great observation & seems to dovetail with technologies like IPFS.[1] [1]: https://ipfs.io
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by tammer 9y ago
This is an excellent point and highlights the brutal need people of all walks have for a better authentication paradigm.
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by tammer 9y ago
As an IT person who's ended up having to use Drive Savers a number of times (don't ask), I can speak to their great service. They're a standout in an industry of nickel & dimers.
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by tammer 9y ago
I saw a talk at my university by a prolific robotics engineer who explained that for small drones designed to work by swarming & collaborating, it is much more cost effective to use old Samsung Galaxy phones as the "brain" of
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by tammer 9y ago
This isn't a great question, as the child comments illustrate; effectively its a proven tenet of startup culture that execution and growth are key steps to profitability rather than the uniqueness of an idea or service. I have a simila
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by tammer 9y ago
Curious what your use case is that entails ECC? Are you currently being held back without it?
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by tammer 9y ago
Oh how quickly we forget in the tech community. An internet-focused phone was laughable with the data plans of 2006.

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