February 2010
15 posts
“Funny, isn’t it? It’s a running joke that Google labels many of its services as...”
– David Pogue in State of the Art - Buzzing, Tweeting and Carping, a NYT post on Google Buzz. (via chrisbowler)
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“Logged into Gmail for first time in a few days and there are buzz replies from...”
– Justin Williams, via Twitter
“Once you catch the UX disease, life changes. Doors open the wrong way. Machines...”
– Cennydd Bowles, via Twitter
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Here's what's wrong with Google Buzz
Editorial Note: There’s bigger problems in the world than the brouhaha surrounding Google Buzz. However, in a day and age where we’re being encouraged to be wary of what we share online, Google’s reckless miss-steps and decisions with Buzz are concerning. This article contains strong language.
I’ll be blunt and say it: I’m totally unhappy with Google Buzz. For a...
“My email contacts list is not a social graph. It is not a group of people I have...”
– Google Buzz: Not fit for purpose - The smartest piece I’ve read yet on Buzz. My views on Buzz are summarised by this tweet.
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What's happening with Happening? →
I’ve just posted a quick update on Happening to the all-new Happening Tumblog. More soon!
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“If you feel like your technology column is lacking something, it’s...”
– Fake AP Stylebook, via Twitter
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A follow-up to my Press Pack section on the MDN...
Late last year, I sat down and chatted with Steve Scott for a Mac Developer Network show section on organising press packs for your software release. The segment went live shortly before heading to NSConference last week, and I’ve had a couple of similar emails about it.
I am in the works of a 1.0 product as an indie developer, and your press pack idea sounded really useful and interesting...
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lather asked: You travel so much! Do you ever travel to NYC?
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“The people don’t want “tablet computers” with Ubuntu and OpenID (worst name ever...”
– Mike Monteiro, via Gruber
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“When iPhone was announced, the big question was when or if it would support...”
– Jason Snell, via Twitter
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“Folks, it’s us, the freaks who understand drive partitioning, regular...”
– stevenf (via foresmac)
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“It makes all the difference in the world that Apple is pushing H.264 rather...”
– Gruber