February 2012
12 posts
“Let’s be perfectly blunt. A splash screen communicates sloth.”
– assertTrue( ): Splash screens == sloth
“I’m starting to think that building an early-stage product is an exercise...”
– Francis Hwang: Buy-vs-build for an early stage startup
“Startups don’t starve, they drown.”
– Francis Hwang: Buy-vs-build for an early stage startup
“But that Zuckerberg was able to hold onto so much stock and an astounding...”
– Daring Fireball Linked List: Zuckerberg’s Share
The Wilderness Downtown →
“We don’t need to be first to market. We need to be the best in market.”
– Leaked Zynga Memo Justifies Copycat Strategy - Forbes
“One last thing…whatever you build, make sure it looks good and is the highest...”
– You’re Overthinking It | Miso Engineering
“There is no better user study, no more accurate persona than asking yourself...”
– You’re Overthinking It | Miso Engineering
“A year into my first startup, my first major product epiphany was to never,...”
– You’re Overthinking It | Miso Engineering
January 2012
8 posts
Why is there Flash in the HTML5 version of Cut the... →
“Successful social games take first-time players and quickly reward them for...”
– Getting into the Game: Social Gaming in the Google Era
December 2011
9 posts
Computer History Museum | Vintage Steve Jobs... →
Interactive CSS3 Lighting Effects →
“economic growth can inadvertently undermine autocratic rule by creating an urban...”
– Russian Middle Class Turns on Putin, a Benefactor - NYTimes.com
Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction →
James Bridle – Waving at the Machines | Web... →
“Whenever you are negotiating take long…very long pauses before you ask...”
– What is a “mind trick” you know of? : AskReddit
November 2011
16 posts
Asynchronous UIs - the future of web user... →
Speed matters; a lot. Or to be precise, perceived speed matters a lot. Speed is a critical and often neglected part of UI design, but it can make a huge difference to user experience, engagement and revenue.
“This is like being a Rock and roll musician in the late sixties. This is like...”
– Cycle Gap: John Gruber Has Some Career Advice For Developers
“So, if you’re gonna pitch me something it better provide magic. Angels...”
– Robert Scoble - Google - Why I’m treating startups more critically lately I’ve…
“Sometimes the best thing that can happen to you is not getting what you want.”
– FAIL UPWARDS | Dave Trott’s Blog | CST The Gate
“I’m not sure if I am more amazed with your imagination or your ability to...”
– Noelle • ZZZ??? | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
“Humans are storytellers. The best stories convey a sense of emotion.”
– Swearing
Why Angry Birds is so successful and popular: a... →
“Further, the type of content that Flash enables doesn’t make a ton of sense on...”
– gskinner.com: gBlog: Flash Player Mobile, a Post Mortem.
“Sometimes I’d rather be a tree frog. I don’t think they fall asleep...”
– What precisely was the knowledge that God didn’t want Adam & Eve to have? - Quora
“The name comes from the idea of unleashing a wild monkey with a weapon in your...”
– The Netflix Tech Blog: The Netflix Simian Army
“This was our philosophy when we built Chaos Monkey, a tool that randomly...”
– The Netflix Tech Blog: The Netflix Simian Army
“We have to constantly test our ability to actually survive these “once in...”
– The Netflix Tech Blog: The Netflix Simian Army
October 2011
21 posts
the understatement: Android Orphans: Visualizing a... →
understatementblog:
The announcement that Nexus One users won’t be getting upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich led some to justifiably question Google’s support of their devices. I look at it a little differently: Nexus One owners are lucky. I’ve been researching the history of OS updates on Android phones…
An explanation of the CSS animation on Apple's... →
Four months with Android: reflections, grievances...
dinnerwithandroid:
OR, The longest, most awkward dinner of my life
tl;dr version: I’m really glad to have an iPhone 4S.
(Note: this was written over multiple days, spaced weeks apart.)
I approached this experiment with a lot of questions, the primary of which was quite simple: why do people use Android? I had my own preconceived answers — they dislike Apple or couldn’t get an iPhone for one...