I love Tumblr, somewhat for its social features, but mostly for its ease of publishing. A good blogging tool gets out of your way, and makes it so easy for you to publish your ideas and disc... Read more
Smart nerds do this thing at tech conferences when they’re trying to get to know each other: they ask “What are you (working on|most interested in|excited about) right now?... Read more
Couldn’t disagree more with TechCrunch on this one. Google has certainly had its social fails—see A Case Against Drop-down Identities—but this was not one of them. My fathe... Read more
Well, that was sooner than we expected. The newly-revised Lifehacker book is now shipping from my publisher’s warehouses and Amazon, and should be in fine neighborhood bookstores near... Read more
Do a Google search for the words “gay”, “lesbian” or “transgender” and you’ll get a rainbow graphic in your results, no doubt to celebrate Pride mon... Read more
In the spirit of Eat This, Not That!, a list of alcoholic beverages sorted by their calorie to alcohol ratio. See also Get Drunk Not Broke. Read more
From cover art to hack revisions and additions, I’m very pleased with what Wiley and Adam have done with the third edition of this book. I don’t have an exact date, but if you pr... Read more
This NYT piece quotes me saying that business cards are going the way of the dinosaur. After it published, I asked my wife if she gives out business cards in her (non-tech) job. “Oh ye... Read more
Yesterday on TWiG I said something in passing that needs clarification: I mentioned the rumored Nexus 4G’s phone specs are better than the first computer that I ever owned, in 1997 or... Read more
… and it’s too easy and cheap to add recipients. TED’s Chris Anderson discusses why email sucks, why it’s getting worse, and how the battle of the overloaded inbox is... Read more
My Todo.txt project turned five years old last month—happy birthday, shell script which runs my life—and development is still going strong. The Android app is selling great, iOS... Read more
Rumor has it today’s iCloud announcement from Apple will be about a Dropbox-like Time Capsule-based file syncing. That would be A Good Thing. Decentralized, personal cloud storage and... Read more
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Dewbie in: The Jobsian fallacy
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