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Comment · 2 years ago
I do not have long term damage from my COVID infection from February 2023.
Comment · 15 years ago
Still not 60 FPS. :)
Comment · 15 years ago
You can swipe left from Me across the tab bar which flips the view over. Makes perfect sense if you think about it.
Comment · 15 years ago
This is exactly right. People don't choose their passions; their passions choose them. Specialization is a Good Thing.
Comment · 15 years ago
Make things. (Hat tip Caterina Fake.)

And if those things need a company as a vehicle, make that, too.

Comment · 15 years ago
"Producing beautiful software is not a goal." Speak for yourself! That is my goal; money is a mere byproduct enabling it.
Comment · 15 years ago
Google doesn't think this is an issue.

And that is exactly the problem.

Comment · 15 years ago
Souping up the file browser in your next operating system is like putting New Balances on your next horse.
Comment · 15 years ago
The notion that design can be "hacked" is unfathomable to me, really. I can't think of a less hack-oriented profession.
Comment · 15 years ago
Today I read an article with the headline "How to Pick the Right Idea for Your Startup." That right there epitomizes exactly what is wrong with startup culture.

Don't have an idea? Don't have a startup.

Ideally, problems could be solved and ideas implemented without the need to form a company, get funding, or turn a profit. Those are simply (often optional) measures that must be taken to help realize the end goal.

Comment · 15 years ago
"98% of startups fail because 98% of startups are unnecessary. They're trying to solve artificial problems." -Joey Pfeifer
Comment · 15 years ago
Why?

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