Tag Archives: technology

Text lasts

Text lasts. It’s not platform-dependant, you don’t just get it from one source, read it in one place, understand it in one way. It is not dependent on technology: it is what we make technology out of. Code is text, it is the fundamental nature of technology. We’ve been trying for decades, since the advent […]

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It’s going to happen

From Ben Hammersley’s speech to the Information Assurance Advisory Council: [Moore’s Law means] that anything that is dismissed on the grounds of the technology-not-being-good-enough-yet is going to happen. It’s a fantastic speech on pre and post Cold War generations, networks vs hierarchies, and the failure of governments to come to terms to what is happening in […]

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Matt Mullenweg on shipping 1.0

There is some great advice in this piece from Matt Mullenweg about shipping version 1.0. Usage is like oxygen for ideas. You can never fully anticipate how an audience is going to react to something you’ve created until it’s out there. That means every moment you’re working on something without it being in the public […]

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Khoi Vinh on iPad Magazines

Khoi Vinh examines the state of magazine apps on the iPad and finds them wanting. My opinion about iPad-based magazines is that they run counter to how people use tablets today and, unless something changes, will remain at odds with the way people will use tablets as the medium matures. They’re bloated, user-unfriendly and map […]

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The ambient umbrella

The ambient umbrella’s handle glows when rain is forecast. I love the idea of ambient processes, but weather forecasting is still such a fickle thing. I worry about the utility of it.

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