Macs and PCs
Have you ever noticed that, 95% of the time:
- People who hate Macs have never owned one
- People who hate PCs have owned one
Once upon a time I wanted a better Twitter app for my iPhone, so I wrote one. My goal was to make something simple, beautiful, and intuitive. It’s been a wild ride since 1.0, and over the last year and a half Tweetie has gone from a no-name app from a little known software company to an app hailed…
Overview: Ed’s crew faces a horde of ravenous mannequins, abominations powered by human souls. The twisted creatures aren’t the only unstoppable force on the battlefield –Pride, Sloth, and Envy are on the move.
Washington Crossing the Delaware to Play Laser Tag
We get ripped off a lot. I often spot a button image that’s been repurposed, or a layout that’s just a little bit too inspired by a previous design we’ve done. Generally, we find it really flattering and have a good laugh - if nothing else, it makes us feel that we’re probably doing something…
It’s not all that often you hear of high-profile companies like Mozilla ripping off user interface designs from other companies. From what I’ve read, Mozilla has since changed the user interface of their product, Flight Deck, but it’s still a pretty embarrassing PR stumble.
Seeing as my blog makes use of an amazing MetaLab design, I figure I should point out that the company donated the layout to Tumblr for public use; I have since customized the design to fit closer with my website’s appearance. Totally different ballpark.
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This is definitely worth reblogging.
How Korea, a onetime digital trendsetter, became a laggard in an era of smartphones—and amazing apps.
In the same way they counted down to 1 billion app downloads from the App Store, Apple is counting down to its 10 billionth song purchase on the iTunes Store. That’s pretty crazy.
John Gruber of Daring Fireball notes:
Interesting perspective: looks like they sell about 100 songs per second.
That’s equally intense when you think about it.
The Facebook Login That Wasn’t
I was browsing around Daring Fireball again, and saw John’s post entitled “Facebook Login”. He goes on to show an excellent example of technological ignorance.
Fascinating. ReadWriteWeb has a weblog post that ranks highly in Google’s search results for “Facebook login”. The comments on the post are filled with complaints from confused people who think that this is the new Facebook login page.
It’s funny, yes, but it’s a fascinating glimpse at just how confused many people are about how web sites and browsers work. They don’t use bookmarks, they don’t type “facebook.com” in the location field. They just Google for whatever they’re looking for and assume the first result is correct. All this argument over whether the iPad is too simple — if anything it’s probably still too complex.
For myself, I have to pick my jaw up off of the floor after having read some of the comments on the ReadWriteWeb article in question. Here are a few goodies:
The new facebook sucks> NOW LET ME IN.
Posted by: John Blair | February 10, 2010 9:47 AM
I WANT THE OLD FAFEBOOK BACK THIS SHIT IS WACK!!!!!
Posted by: Nicole Gray | February 10, 2010 9:54 AM
I was just learning,why would you mess it up?
Posted by: Richard Gordon | February 10, 2010 10:13 AM
wtf is this bullshttttttttttt all about. can i get n plzzzzzzzzz
Posted by: M arvin Scott | February 10, 2010 10:17 AM
And just to change it up, a voice of common sense:
This is what happens when people use Google to enter sites instead of typing it on their address bar…
Damn you all Farmville users…
Posted by: Rodrigo | February 10, 2010 11:57 AM
Now, I try to avoid belittling the intelligence of others — karma and such — but sometimes it needs to be mentioned. It’s also moments like this that I come to understand certain things about the world, like how Bush got elected not once, but twice, or the Tea Party movement. But that’s starting to go on a political tangent.
Let’s just leave it at this: the collective unintelligence of humanity does nobody any favours.
About Me
The horribly neglected blog of Torabu.I have decided this blog shall be personal in nature, talking about all things I find interesting in the world — from and to politics, Japanese culture, the internet, and art. And maybe some other stuff, too.
