I just read Jaron Lanier (father of virtual reality, etc.)’s December blog post, “Long Live Closed-Source Software,” re: the open-source movement’s ability to create faithful copies and complete inability to innovate in the user space.
Although I use some open source software RELIGIOUSLY (Firefox web browser, QuickSilver, some web coding programs), Lanier’s totally fuckin right — […]

NetVibes has some very serious user experience problems, ones that I would hazard to guess they’re unlikely to fix. The solutions would undoubtedly domino into major changes and cannibalize other “features”, so I’m not going to presume to suggest solutions here. So why rant if I know it won’t result in improved future versions of […]

What up with the grossly oversharpened faux-screen images on Apple’s new Macbook Pro marketing page? Just sayin.

Open letter to Shozu, because you don’t have a public bug tracker:

When i take a photo and the one-click automatic upload runs, Shozu asks if i want to open BlueTooth…!?! Then it uploads normally to Flickr.
When i delete a photo from within Shozu, it corrupts the file so that the image disappears from Shozu’s list, […]

Tony Figueroa aka Maskedwrestlerzero on Hugh MacLeod’s Sex & Cash:

I thought I was utterly alone in my struggles and then I find your thoughts Hugh. I work as a janitor for the government (cash) and I’m a single dad of a 13 year old boy. I write and draw my own comic book. I have […]

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